Thanks for reading, thanks for your company this season. See you for the Euros. And The FA Cup. And the Champions League final. And the Europa League final. And whenever Manchester United v Bournemouth is played.
In the meantime, after Leicester’s incredible season, here’s something to read on your way home - some other incredibly unlikely football bets to come off:
The latest from Old Trafford
Match report: Chelsea 1-1 Leicester
At Chelsea, John Terry has told the club’s supporters “I want to be here for the rest of my career”, adding that he wants to stay. He doesn’t say whether he’s going to though.
John Terry: "I want to stay: the club knows that, the fans know that. I want to stay." Abramovich applauding up in the stand.
— Dominic Fifield (@domfifield) May 15, 2016
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Match report Newcastle 5-1 Tottenham
Match report: Southampton 4-1 Crystal Palace
Match report: Arsenal 4-0 Aston Villa
Match report: Swansea City 1-1 Manchester City
Match report Stoke 2-1 West Ham
Match report: Everton 3-0 Norwich City
Match report: Watford 2-2 Sunderland
Match report: West Brom 1-1 Liverpool
Apologies - a foolish error. Grimsby are leading Forest Green 2-0 at half time (not the other way round) in the National League playoff final. And I’m an idiot.
Here’s what happened at Old Trafford earlier:
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West Ham could still play Europa League football, of course. If Manchester United beat Crystal Palace in the FA Cup final a Europa League place filters down to seventh. If Palace win they are in the Europa League at the group stage.
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Here’s the latest Premier League table - but it’s one that could still change after the Manchester United v Bournemouth match is finally played. Leicester win the title by 10 points, Arsenal finish above Spurs and Manchester City will be in the Champions League next year.
FULL TIME: Stoke 2-1 West Ham
West Ham finish seventh, Stoke ninth.
West Ham launch a last ball into the box from a free-kick, deep into injury time. The ball in is won by Randolph, the goalkeeper who had come up from the back. He heads just wide.
Into the last minute at the Britannia, which is the last time we will be able to say that. Stoke 2-1 West Ham currently
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FULL TIME
Watford 2-2 Sunderland: Sanchez Flores finishes with a draw.
Southampton 4-1 Crystal Palace - Southampton move into fifth but may be knocked out of it by Manchester United. Nevertheless, they have secured Europa League football for next season even if they end up in sixth.
Tottenham finish third, Arsenal finish above them in second. Manchester City secure Champions League football.
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Chelsea 1-1 Leicester
Arsenal 4-0 Aston Villa
Watford 2-2 Sunderland
Swansea 1-1 Manchester City
Everton 3-0 Norwich
West Brom 1-1 Liverpool
Newcastle 5-1 Tottenham
GOAL! Arsenal 4-0 Aston Villa (Bunn, OG)
Oh, Spurs.
Spurs 😂❤️
— Wojciech Szczesny (@13Szczesny13) May 15, 2016
Forest Green are losing 2-0 to Grimsby at Wembley, at half-time in the National League playoff final.
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GOAL! Stoke 2-1 West Ham (Diouf)
The European dream could be over for West Ham
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GOAL! Southampton 4-1 Crystal Palace (Davis)
That caps a wonderfully cool performance from Southampton.
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Manchester City are set to secure their Champions League spot - follow the latest with Daniel Harris.
At Arsenal, who are leading Villa 3-0, the party has started. St Totteringham’s Day has arrived late this year, but it has arrived nonetheless.
GOAL! Newcastle 5-1 Tottenham (Janmaat)
10-man, relegated Newcastle have put five past Spurs. This is ridiculous.
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GOAL! Newcastle 4-1 Tottenham (Aarons)
Andros Townsend refused to go off when Benitez tried to sub him, and instead is making his old club pay: he lashes a shot against the post and Aarons follows it up and taps it home.
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There has been a controlled explosion at Old Trafford:
Latest update: A controlled explosion has just been carried out within the stadium by bomb disposal experts at Old Trafford. More to follow.
— G M Police (@gmpolice) May 15, 2016
From a Spurs corner, Newcastle break and are two v one on Lloris. Sissoko should score but the Tottenham keeper saves. Tottenham’s heads are down, their spirit broken.
Looks like Tottenham will finish third in a two horse race @tombry
— Gary Naylor (@garynaylor999) May 15, 2016
GOAL! Chelsea 1-1 Leicester (Drinkwater, 81)
What. A. Goal! A cracker from Drinkwater.
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GOAL! Arsenal 3-0 Aston Villa (Giroud, 80, hat-trick)
Giroud’s first Premier League hat-trick and that almost certainly seals second for Arsenal.
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GOAL! Southampton 3-1 Crystal Palace (Bertrand, 75, pen)
Speroni gets a hand to the ball, but Bertrand puts Southampton firmly into fifth place.
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GOAL! Arsenal 2-0 Aston Villa (Giroud, 78)
Does that clinch second for Arsenal?
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There’s all manner of chaos in the Stoke box, with roughly half of each side on the floor in a tangle. The ball finally breaks to West Ham’s Emenike who blazes over. A moment later, there’s a goalmouth scramble and Given knocks the ball off the line.
GOAL! Newcastle 3-1 Tottenham (Wijnaldum, pen)
A massive dive earns Newcastle a penalty, which they convert. A shocking penalty decision, but Spurs are back in trouble.
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Kyle Walker has been subbed after that appalling challenge from Mitrovic. Could be a tactical, but would be a surprise if he wasn’t injured after that.
For West Ham, Valencia has just headed over the bar from close range. Stoke 1-1 West Ham
Arsenal are still dominating possession against Villa, and are still failing to get the ball anywhere near the goal. They lead 1-0, while Tottenham are 2-1 down against 10-man Newcastle with 70-or-so minutes played.
The latest at Stoke 1-1 West Ham: Andy Carroll looks like he may have been subbed off with an injury.
Sakho and Carroll are off, Valencia and Emenike are the strikers as West Ham look for a second...
— Jacob Steinberg (@JacobSteinberg) May 15, 2016
Red card
Mitrovic sent off for Newcastle against Tottenham after a collision with Kyle Walker. An absolutely appalling challenge from the Newcastle striker, studs up and a real leg-breaker against the Spurs man. He goes off effing and jeffing but should have no complaints.
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GOAL! Southampton 2-1 Crystal Palace (Puncheon)
An absolute rocket!
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GOAL! Southampton 2-0 Crystal Palace (Pelle, 61)
Southampton currently sitting pretty in fifth.
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GOAL! Chelsea 1-0 Leicester (Fabregas, pen)
It’s a soft penalty, as Matic hits the deck having played for it. Fabregas makes no mistake from the spot though.
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Hmm, Hiddink is playing the right back Azpilicueta at centre back. He’s playing the left-fotted centre back Tomori at right back. Chelsea supporters have their heads in their hands. Safe to say Chelsea fans haven’t enjoyed Guus Hiddink’s second spell in charge at Stamford Bridge as much as his first. But …
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Troubling news from Old Trafford:
Stewards here definitely saying device, including phone, was strapped to gas pipe. Not confirmed. MUFC say their own security found it.
— Daniel Taylor (@DTguardian) May 15, 2016
GOAL! Newcastle 2-1 Tottenham (Lamela)
Are Spurs back in this? Lamela scores from an incredibly tight angle.
At Stamford Bridge, Hiddink brings on Fikayo Tomori for Ivanovic, his final act as the Chelsea (interim) manager. Still 0-0 there, a very pre-season atmosphere inside the ground.
GOAL! Watford 2-2 Sunderland (Deeney, 61, pen)
Penalty for Watford against Sunderland. Tory Deeney with the chance to level the match … and he does! A cool finish.
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GOAL! Stoke 1-1 West Ham (Imbula, 54)
Imbula levels at Stoke, which could be significant in the race for Europa League spots.
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Rondon nearly puts West Brom 2-1 up against Liverpool, but Rondon thumped a header into the post with Bogdan beaten.
Tottenham are still curiously impotent against Newcastle. However, Arsenal are not exactly dominant against Villa - Giroud has had a couple of chances and taken just one of them. The problem is the same old story: lots of attractive build-up, few efforts on goal.
“Is there an Arsenal fan in the world that doesn’t see Villa getting the draw in the 88th minute. Most likely through a Gunner own goal. #OhArsenal,” hashtags Dominic O’Donnell.
Stoke have been having a real go at West Ham, but West Ham very nearly went 2-0 up with Sakho firing hard at goal. A brilliant save from Shay Given has kept it 1-0.
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Hiddink is finally going to do what the Chelsea fans want and play some kids. Tammy Abraham and Ruben Loftus-Cheek coming on against Leicester. Abraham replaces Traore, Loftus-Cheek on for Pedro.
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GOAL! Everton 3-0 Norwich (Mirallas)
The Martinez effect in action.
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GOAL! Watford 1-2 Sunderland (Lens, 51)
Sunderland immediately go back ahead.
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No news yet on when the Manchester United v Bournemouth match will be replayed - could be over a week. More details here.
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GOAL! Watford 1-1 Sunderland (Prodl)
Watford back on level terms against Sunderland.
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Peep, peep
Around the country, 18 Premier League sides kick off for their final 45 minutes of league football for the season.
Some half-time reading for you, in light of the news from Old Trafford:
HALF TIME SCORES
Arsenal 1-0 Aston Villa
Chelsea 0-0 Leicester
Newcastle 2-0 Tottenham
West Brom 1-1 Liverpool
West Brom 1-1 Liverpool
Everton 2-0 Norwich
Stoke 0-1 West Ham
Southampton 1-0 Crystal Palace
Another goal at the Liberty: find out which way it went here.
GOAL! Southampton 1-0 Crystal Place (Mane, 43)
With two minutes before half-time, Mane puts the home side ahead.
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Half time: Arsenal 1-0 Aston Villa. Arsenal currently second.
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GOAL! Everton 2-0 Norwich (Baines, 44, pen)
Norwich’s Brady drags Lukaku back in the penalty area and the big Belgian goes down. It was a soft challenge but a penalty nonetheless. Baines doesn’t miss.
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Fabregas forces Schmeichel into a great save, but a moment later Pedro has the ball in the net for Chelsea against Leicester. The Spaniard is offside though.
Mahrez pings a cross over for Vardy who heads over for a goal kick, a let off for Chelsea.
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Tottenham are in trouble, but Arsenal might be helping them out - they’re playing lots of pretty football but without threatening the goal very often.
GOAL! Watford 0-1 Sunderland (Rodwell, 39)
Rodwell scores his first goal in 14 months and, seconds later, Sunderland have the ball in the net again via Watmore. The goal is disallowed, but probably shouldn’t have been.
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GOAL! Newcastle 2-0 Tottenham (Mitrovic, 39)
Mitrovic powers a header in from, roughly, the penalty spot. Oh Spurs.
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Leicester’s Drinkwater smashes a shot at the Chelsea goal, but Ivanovic is there to clear. Chelsea break and Baba crosses for Traore to hit home, but the striker stumbles on the ball and can’t score.
At Arsenal, Wilshere lashes a shot into the side-netting with Villa playing as sloppily as they have done all season.
Schmeichel makes a wonderful save as Chelsea attack, Leicester go straight up the other end and Vardy has a shot saved.
John Terry has been acknowledging the crowd’s support at Stamford Bridge:
Captain. Leader. Legend. (@alibendertv) pic.twitter.com/C2MeTqs2je
— Mourinholic (@Mourinholic) May 15, 2016
In the match itself, Newcastle are looking very solid. Good in defence, probing in attack. Tottenham on course for third, Arsenal second as things stand.
Sunderland fans in prissy mood have hired a plane to fly over St James’ Park. “Auf Wiedersehn Prem, Tyne to go” reads the banner.
On the 26th minute at Stamford Bridge, the Chelsea fans have risen as one to applaud John Terry (who wears number 26). It’s clear they want him to stay, and Chelsea have offered him a one year deal - but have not offered him the same money he is rumoured to have been offered from China.
The top of the Premier League table looks like this currently.
Shaun Wilkinson emails about the scoreline in Newcastle: “And the ‘after the horse has bolted award’ for 2016 goes to Gini Wijnaldum. If that goal had come in literally any of the last 10 games ...”
GOAL! Stoke 0-1 West Ham (Antonio, 24)
West Ham have started sluggishly but are now ahead.
Reid headed a high corner back into the area, Antonio brought down on his chest - handball? - and drove a low shot in.
— Jacob Steinberg (@JacobSteinberg) May 15, 2016
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GOAL! West Brom 1-1 Liverpool (Ibe)
Ibe has just run half the length of the pitch to score his first Premier League goal.
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Details of the goal in Newcastle: Janmaat crosses from the right and Alderweireld could not head the ball out. Newcastle pounced on the ball, working it Wijnaldum, who stroked the ball home.
The Everton goal: McCarthy strode to the edge of the box, then bent the ball past Ruddy from distance.
GOAL! Everton 1-0 Norwich (McCarthy, 19)
The new manager bounce?
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GOAL! Newcastle 1-0 Tottenham (Wijnaldum,19)
Oh, Tottenham.
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Here’s the full story on the abandoment/postponement at Old Trafford:
More news to make people feel old:
1 - WBA's Jonathan Leko is the first player born in 1999 to assist a Premier League goal. Party.
— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) May 15, 2016
There’s a funny old atmosphere at Stamford Bridge: the Leicester fans have demanded the Chelsea fans “Stand up for the champions” and, oddly, they have complied. All very friendly.
Jacob Steinberg is at Stoke v West Ham:
West Ham are looking a tad leggy in midfield. Sloppy start from both sides.
— Jacob Steinberg (@JacobSteinberg) May 15, 2016
GOAL! West Brom 1-0 Liverpool (Rondon, 13)
Rondon is played in and, from a tight angle, beats Bogdan at his near post.
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Vardy whistles a shot across the face of the Chelsea goal from distance, Courtois watches it go wide.
Norwich have started brightly against Everton, but Lukaku has had the first chance of the game, smashing one at Ruddy in the Norwich goal, who turns the ball around the post for a corner.
At Newcastle v Tottenham: Andros Townsend plays Janmaat in, who finds Mitrovic. The striker, under pressure from Alderweireld, misses badly.
So the Premier League season will not finish today. A suspect package has been discovered at Old Trafford forcing the match to be rescheduled and the ground evacuated.
Match abandoned
The Manchester United v Bournemouth match has been abandoned. Details here.
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There’s been a goal at the Liberty Stadium - find out which way it went here.
GOAL! Arsenal 1-0 Aston Villa (Giroud, 5)
Giroud puts Arsenal in with a shout of finishing above Tottenham.
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At Chelsea v Leicester, Robert Huth is sitting in the press box. The Leicester fans, meanwhile, are singing “We’re staying up!”
The evacuation at Old Trafford has been caused by the discovery of a suspect package. More here.
Caption competition:
“‘Roman; So our cunning master plan to humiliate all those pundit idiots came off. Brilliant!’” hoots Mark Elliot.
“You’ve spent how much since I’ve been gone?!” asks Daniel Barnett.
We're off
Chelsea have lined up to provide Leicester with a guard of honour, with Roman Abramovich applauding Claudio Ranieri with a very fixed grin as he receives a special trophy on the pitch at Stamford Bridge. The Chelsea crowd offer their former manager warm applause.
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All round the country, there is clickety-clack sound of studs in tunnels. Players are striding out onto pitches, some of them for the last time. Kick-off minutes away.
Caption competition:
“Ha ha, yes Claudio, I agree. José Mourinho is the devil and I got what I deserved this season for hiring him,” hoots J.R. in Illinois.
Caption competition:
“HE WHO LAUGHS LAST ...” bellows Tony Walton.
In July last year, our football editor Marcus Christenson wrote an article suggesting that Claudio Ranieri was likely to get Leicester City relegated from the Premier League. Here’s his apology:
Swansea v Manchester City will still kick-off at 3pm, but there will be a 45 minute delay at Old Trafford. Fergie time? Details here.
Caption competition:
“‘Hahaha, that’s my dilly-dong, Roman!’,” hoots someone called, apparently, Mad Vader.
In other news - Max Verstappen has won the Spanish Grand Prix. Wow.
There are reports that Old Trafford is being evacuated. Daniel Harris has the details here.
The grand prix in Barcelona is drawing to a close - join Lawrence Ostlere for the last lap here:
Caption competition latest: the gist basically being “ha ha ha ha ha!”
“Roman, the funniest, haha, the funniest thing, haha, happened to me, hahaha, after you sacked me before I could win, haha, the league here... it took a while though, so don’t be smiling too much,” hoots Robert Smith.
“Ha ha ha ha .. so who’s the loveable loser now?” howls Anirban Majumdar.
New of some exits at Arsenal:
Wenger and Sir Chips Keswick confirming the departures of Rosicky, Arteta & Flamini in pieces in the programme today #afc
— David Hytner (@DaveHytner) May 15, 2016
Could there be a playoff for a Europa League place? Possibly. Here’s how:
West Ham and Liverpool will tie for sixth or seventh place (depending on Southampton’s result) if West Ham lose 1-0 at Stoke and Liverpool win 2-1 at West Brom, or if West Ham lose 2-1 and Liverpool win 3-2 etc. If a Europa League place is at stake, a play-off at a neutral venue will then be required if Liverpool lose to Sevilla.
Caption competition latest:
“Bwahhh ... Ha! Ha hahahahaha! ... wait ... wait ... [pauses for breath] Bwaaaaaah! HA HA HA!” reports John Pitre.
“Ranieri: ‘Please stop squeezing: Yes, yes I’ll come back’,” chuckles Andrew Clark
North of the border, Celtic have spanked Motherwell 7-0. And here’s one for a future pub quiz: The 16-year-old debutant substitute Jack Aitchison - the youngest player to play for the Hoops - scored the seventh with his first touch. Aitchison was born on 5 March, 2000 which is enough to make me feel very, very old.
Caption competition: email tom.bryant@theguardian.com
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The crowd at Stamford Bridge have warmly applauded the Leicester City players as they stroll out onto the pitch to warm-up. Which is nice. Meanwhile, some news on Theo Walcott’s hamstring from Dave Hytner:
Slight hamstring for Walcott, apparently ... Not in the 18 #afc
— David Hytner (@DaveHytner) May 15, 2016
Rafa Benitez is talking about how the Newcastle fans have had an impact on whether or not he will stay at the club: “They have already made me think about the future. When I came I knew about the size of the club but I was really impressed with the fans. So I am considering my options because of the love from the fans. The main thing is to be sure everyone wants the same thing.”
There will be no title decider today, of course, but that’s no reason not to spend a little time with Rob Smyth’s Joy of Six on that very subject from a few years back.
In the League One playoff, Milwall have beaten Bradford 3-1. Plymouth host Portsmouth in the second leg of their League Two play-off semi-final with the scores level at 2-2 alter on while Forest Green and Grimsby go head-to-head in the National League play-off final at 4pm at Wembley.
Chelsea then, playing for nothing and with talented youngsters galore, opt not to give those youngsters the chance to get some game time and instead play the same old underperforming lot who will all be off the Euros and could do with a break. Sunderland, with nothing to play for anymore, have played a team full of kids. Big Sam to Stamford Bridge? Samford Bridge?
Team news
Newcastle v Tottenham Hotspur
Newcastle: Darlow, Janmaat, Taylor, Mbemba, Dummett, Tiote, Colback, Townsend, Sissoko, Wijnaldum, Mitrovic.
Subs: Cisse, De Jong, Shelvey, Aarons, Perez, Woodman, Sterry.
Tottenham Hotspur: Lloris, Walker, Alderweireld, Vertonghen, Davies, Dier, Mason, Lamela, Son, Eriksen, Kane.
Subs: Rose, Vorm, N’Jie, Chadli, Onomah, Wimmer, Carroll.
Referee: Anthony Taylor (Cheshire)
Arsenal v Aston Villa
Arsenal: Cech, Bellerin, Gabriel, Koscielny, Monreal, Coquelin, Wilshere, Cazorla, Ozil, Sanchez, Giroud.
Subs: Gibbs, Arteta, Ospina, Ramsey, Campbell, Elneny, Iwobi.
Aston Villa: Bunn, Lyden, Lescott, Toner, Cissokho, Sanchez, Westwood, Gana, Bacuna, Ayew, Sinclair.
Subs: Guzan, Richards, Traore, Gil, Hepburn-Murphy, Gestede, Grealish.
Referee: Mark Clattenburg (Tyne & Wear)
Chelsea v Leicester
Chelsea: Courtois, Azpilicueta, Ivanovic, Cahill, Baba, Fabregas, Matic, Pedro, Willian, Hazard, Traore.
Subs: Begovic, Oscar, Alexandre Pato, Kenedy, Loftus-Cheek, Abraham, Tomori.
Leicester: Schmeichel, Simpson, Wasilewski, Morgan, Fuchs, Drinkwater, Kante, Gray, King, Mahrez, Vardy.
Subs: Albrighton, Amartey, Schlupp, Okazaki, Ulloa, Chilwell, Schwarzer.
Referee: Craig Pawson (South Yorkshire)
West Brom v Liverpool
West Brom: Foster, Dawson, McAuley, Olsson, Evans, Fletcher, Yacob, Leko, Gardner, McClean, Rondon.
Subs: Chester, Myhill, Lambert, Berahino, Sandro, Roberts, Field.
Liverpool: Bogdan, Flanagan, Lucas, Skrtel, Smith, Brannagan, Stewart, Allen, Ojo, Benteke, Ibe.
Subs: Henderson, Mignolet, Tiago Ilori, Ings, Randall, Chirivella, Canos.
Referee: Robert Madley (West Yorkshire)
Everton v Norwich
Everton: Howard, Pennington, Stones, Jagielka, Baines, McCarthy, Barry, Mirallas, Dowell, Davies, Lukaku.
Subs: Robles, Lennon, Cleverley, Barkley, Osman, Connolly, Kenny.
Norwich: Ruddy, Ivo Pinto, Martin, Bennett, Olsson, Redmond, O’Neil, Dorrans, Jarvis, Naismith, Jerome.
Subs: Whittaker, Bassong, Brady, Rudd, Hoolahan, Andreu, Odjidja-Ofoe.
Referee: Lee Mason (Lancashire)
Southampton v Crystal Palace
Southampton: Forster, Martina, Fonte, van Dijk, Bertrand, Romeu, Wanyama, Tadic, Steven Davis, Mane, Long.
Subs: Cedric, Yoshida, Ward-Prowse, Reed, Pelle, Stekelenburg, Austin.
Crystal Palace: Speroni, Ward, Mariappa, Delaney, Souare, Jedinak, McArthur, Puncheon, Mutch, Gayle, Adebayor.
Subs: Dann, Campbell, McCarthy, Lee, Kelly, Gray, KaiKai.
Referee: Michael Oliver (Northumberland)
Stoke v West Ham
Stoke: Given, Cameron, Shawcross, Wollscheid, Pieters, Whelan, Imbula, Walters, Krkic, Arnautovic, Joselu.
Subs: Bardsley, Muniesa, Adam, Diouf, Shaqiri, Crouch, Haugaard.
West Ham: Randolph, Tomkins, Reid, Ogbonna, Cresswell, Antonio, Noble, Kouyate, Lanzini, Sakho, Carroll.
Subs: Valencia, Obiang, Collins, Moses, Byram, Emenike, Spiegel.
Watford v Sunderland
Watford: Gomes, Cathcart, Prodl, Britos, Ake, Abdi, Guedioura, Watson, Jurado, Ighalo, Deeney.
Subs: Nyom, Mario Suarez, Amrabat, Paredes, Pantilimon, Berghuis, Anya.
Sunderland youth side: Pickford, Yedlin, Kone, O’Shea, Tom Robson, Rodwell, Lens, Larsson, Watmore, Greenwood, N’Doye.
Subs: Jones, Brown, Defoe, M’Vila, Khazri, Mannone, Honeyman.
Referee: Kevin Friend (Leicestershire)
For the Manchester United v Bournemouth, and Swansea v Manchester City go here.
It was 12 years ago today that Claudio Ranieri took charge of his last match as the Chelsea manager. For many other men - me included - the chance to walk back out on that pitch having taking the title from your former employers would be an opportunity to stand in the centre circle and flick Vs at all four stands. But Ranieri is, perhaps disappointingly, not like that. Chelsea will provide Leicester with a guard of honour and it is just the final touch in a wonderful season for the visitors that they will take their deserved plaudits at the home of the former champions.
In theory, Arsenal have the easier task today. Aston Villa, manager-less, relegated and without even giving the impression of putting up much of a fight have won just six points away from home all season and are dead bottom of the away form table.
Tottenham, however, face Newcastle at St James’ Park where the home side have been reasonable of late. Newcastle have lost one of their last six at home, and may well have something to prove in front of their own fans. There’s a sense of optimism around the club that they can keep Rafael Benítez in the dugout and so Tottenham’s task may well be harder than their north London rivals’.
What do Tottenham fans feel about their season? “Pochettino has done wonders”, but the midfield lacks cover and, if Harry Kane get injured or loses form, they’re in trouble. What do Arsenal fans feel about their season: “We’ve blown it, big time”.
Aston Villa fans are in particularly angry mood, while Chelsea fans believe the club has been invaded by body snatchers. There’s plenty more below:
Preamble
The bottom’s done and dusted, there’s plenty of jockeying for position to be done between 11th and 16th – though it all has the feel of bald men fighting for combs.
Chelsea, Stoke and Swansea can duke it out for mid-table obscurity and then it’s the fight for (or against) Europa League qualification.
What a funny old season, what a strange anticlimax the end of it has been. Still, at least there’s still some tension in north London where Arsenal could still clinch second if they beat Aston Villa and Tottenham fail to get a result at Newcastle. Check out the full table here.
Daniel Harris will be covering the battle for the final Champions League spot, so we’ll keep the noise from that to a minimum here.
I would type out the full ramifications for how the European places are decided, but fortunately someone else has done that for me - click on this handy link for the details.
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