Premier League final day LIVE SCORES: Man City, Newcastle, Chelsea, Aston Villa and Forest battle for Champions League
THE final day of the Premier League is here, and there is so much still to be decided!
Manchester City, Newcastle, Chelsea, Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest are the FIVE teams in the mix for the remaining three Champions League spots.
The top seven are guaranteed to be playing European football next season, but there is a scenario that eighth could also join, which Brighton and Brentford are battling for.
Elsewhere, Liverpool will lift the Premier League trophy in front of a packed Anfield for the first time following the conclusion of their fixture against recently crowned FA Cup winners Crystal Palace.
just now By Craig Mahood
Premier League final day
Good afternoon! Welcome along to a bumper SunSport live blog covering EVERYTHING from Matchday 38 of the Premier League.
A long, hard season comes to a close this afternoon with all 20 clubs in action at 4pm.
The title and relegation spots were decided a long time ago, with the triumphant Liverpool squad getting their hands on the trophy later today.
But the small matter of Champions League football next season gives us more than enough to talk about today, with five teams vying for three spots to join the Reds and Arsenal amongst Europe's elite.
Nottingham Forest and Chelsea are two of those sides in contention and meet in the game of the day at the City Ground.
Manchester City are at Fulham, Newcastle host Everton and Aston Villa travel to a Manchester United side in disarray and still hurting from that performance in Bilbao.
Three points separate the five sides, with three locked together on 66 and Forest a point behind.
Meanwhile, Spurs will still be jubilant after European glory and a win over Brighton today could see them knock United down to 17 th in the table, to add insult to injury.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Scotsman
31 minutes ago
- Scotsman
'If you're linked with Rangers...': Club told to reject Ibrox transfer approach as 'more mileage' claim made
Rangers have been linked with a transfer for the England international. Sign up to our Football newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Scotsman, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... Rangers transfer target Conor Coady would 'no doubt' be a good signing for the Ibrox giants this summer but Leicester City should not sell him to the Ibrox club this summer, according to one Sky Sports pundit. The 10-cap England international faces an uncertain future at the King Power Stadium following Leicester's relegation from the English Premier League, with the future of manager Ruud van Nistelrooy still uncertain heading into the new season. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Strongly linked with a move across the border to Rangers, head coach Russell Martin reportedly keen to add the ex-Wolverhampton Wanderers captain to his squad due to his leadership qualities and experience as a ball-playing centre-back that could fit his defined, expansive, possession-based style of play. Rangers have a reported interest in ex-England defender Conor Coady. | Getty Images Limited to just 19 starts last term, the 32-year-old is entering the final year of his contract at Leicester and could be tempted across the border for more regular first team football, while he also has a prior relationship with Rangers' sporting director Kevin Thelwell, with the pair working together during his year long loan stint at Everton during the 2022/23 campaign. However, with Leicester under the threat of a potential points deduction due to alleged breaches of the English Football League's (EFL) Profitability and Sustainability Rules (PSR), the club must keep hold of Coady and reject any approaches from Rangers by Sky Sports pundit and former England midfielder Lee Hendrie, with his extensive experience likely to be invaluable as the club target an immediate return to the top flight. "I could see him at Ibrox, for sure,' Hendrie FootballLeagueWorld. 'I think that he could certainly step in and do a job at Rangers. There's no doubt about that. He still offers a lot in the line of experience. He has been limited on game time, but I think, particularly with Leicester being in the Championship, he'd be one you look at and think that he's got a bit more mileage in him to go on and kick on in the Championship. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad "If you're linked with Rangers, I'm sure that would certainly give him something to think about. I'd be looking at it from a Leicester point of view, thinking that he'd be one that I want to keep hold of, given some of the players that they have at the club. Rangers and Scotland centre-back John Souttar. | SNS Group Meanwhile, Rangers centre-back John Souttar has taken the first step in his road to recovery after undergoing surgery for a hernia problem recently. The Scotland international had delayed the operation in order to be able to play a part in the international friendlies against Iceland and Liechtenstein, and now faces a race in time to be fit for the Champions League qualifying match against Panathinaikos on July 22.
Reuters
32 minutes ago
- Reuters
Ford captains England XV against France but has to wait for 100th cap
LONDON, June 19 - Flyhalf George Ford will co-captain an England XV against a France XV at Twickenham on Saturday but will have to wait to gain his 100th cap as the match is a non-cap international. Coach Steve Borthwick named a team on Thursday that included uncapped backs Joe Carpenter of Sale and Seb Atkinson of Gloucester and uncapped flanker Guy Pepper, a week after he was named man of the match in Bath's Premiership final victory over Leicester. Exeter wing Immanuel Feyi-Waboso also starts after missing most of the season with a shoulder injury, as does Bath scrumhalf Ben Spencer, who will be desperate to change his international luck after losing seven and drawing one of his eight England appearances. Borthwick is without his British and Irish Lions players and is using Saturday's match as a warm-up for England's summer tour when they will play two tests in Argentina and one in the United States. Ford, unlucky not to make the Lions squad after a superb season for Sale, is likely to make the 100-club on that tour, joining 101-capped hooker Jamie George, with whom he shares the captaincy duties on Saturday. The RFU have made tickets available from 25 pounds ($33.60) - less than a third of normal Six Nations prices - and hopes to attract thousands of first-time supporters, particularly youngsters. England XV to play France XV on Saturday (14.15 GMT) 15. Joe Carpenter (Sale Sharks, uncapped) 14. Tom Roebuck (Sale Sharks, 4 caps) 13. Henry Slade (Exeter Chiefs, 72 caps) 12. Seb Atkinson (Gloucester Rugby, uncapped) 11. Immanuel Feyi-Waboso (Exeter Chiefs, 8 caps) 10. George Ford (Sale Sharks, 99 caps) – co-captain 9. Ben Spencer (Bath Rugby, 8 caps) 1. Fin Baxter (Harlequins, 11 caps) 2. Jamie George (Saracens, 101 caps) – co-captain 3. Joe Heyes (Leicester Tigers, 12 caps) 4. Alex Coles (Northampton Saints, 7 caps) 5. Nick Isiekwe (Saracens, 15 caps) 6. Ted Hill (Bath Rugby, 4 caps) 7. Guy Pepper (Bath Rugby, uncapped) 8. Tom Willis (Saracens, 6 caps) Replacements: 16. Theo Dan (Saracens, 17 caps) 17. Bevan Rodd (Sale Sharks, 7 caps) 18. Trevor Davison (Northampton Saints, 2 caps) 19. Chandler Cunningham-South (Harlequins, 15 caps) 20. Jack Kenningham (Harlequins, uncapped) 21. Alex Dombrandt (Harlequins, 20 caps) 22. Raffi Quirke (Sale Sharks, 2 caps) 23. Oscar Beard (Harlequins, uncapped) ($1 = 0.7440 pounds)
BBC News
33 minutes ago
- BBC News
England wing Feyi-Waboso to make comeback against France XV
England wing Immanuel Feyi-Waboso will make his return against a France XV on Saturday after six months out though 22-year-old Exeter flier dislocated his shoulder against Sale in December and suffered a setback during an international training camp before having an flankers Ted Hill and Guy Pepper also start after playing key roles in last weekend's Premiership final victory over Leicester, with Saracens' Tom Willis between them at number Joe Carpenter is at full-back and Gloucester's Seb Atkinson at 12, but both will have to wait for his first cap with the match against a second-string French outfit not being classified as a George Ford and hooker Jamie George co-captain the side while Northampton's Alex Coles, who last appeared for England during the tour of New Zealand last summer, earns a shot in the second Harlequins forward trio of Chandler Cunningham-South, Jack Kenningham and Alex Dombrandt are on the bench, alongside Sale scrum-half Raffi Carpenter; Roebuck, Slade, Atkinson, Feyi-Waboso; Ford (co-c), Spencer; Baxter, George (co-c), Heyes, Coles, Isiekwe, Hill, Pepper, WillisReplacements: Dan, Rodd, Davison, Cunningham-South, Kenningham, Dombrandt, Quirke, Beard More to follow.
