• Arsenal -- 'Gunners' -- Highbury
• Aston Villa --'The Villans' -- Villa Park
• Birmingham City -- 'Blues' -- St Andrews
• Blackburn Rovers -- 'Rovers' -- Ewood Park
• Bolton Wanderers -- 'The Trotters' -- Reebok Stadium
• Charlton Athletics -- 'Addicks' -- The Valley
• Chelsea -- 'The Blues' -- Stamford Bridge
• Everton -- 'The Toffees' -- Goodison Park
• Fulham -- 'Cottagers' -- Craven Cottage
• Liverpool -- 'Reds' or 'Pool' -- Anfield
• Manchester City -- 'Blues' -- City of Manchester Stadium (Eastfields)
• Manchester United -- 'Red Devils' -- Old Trafford
• Middlesbrough -- 'Boro' -- Riverside Stadium
• Newcastle United -- 'Magpies' -- St James' Park
• Portsmouth -- 'Pompey' -- Fratton Park
• Sunderland -- 'Black Cats' -- Stadium of Light
• Tottenham Hotspur -- 'Spurs' -- White Hart Lane
• West Bromwich Albion -- 'Baggies' or 'Albion' -- The Hawthorns
• West Ham United -- 'The Hammers' -- Upton Park
• Wigan Athletic -- 'Latics' -- JJB Stadium

Chelsea Run Away with the Premier League Title!

Congratulations to The Blues as Chelsea are crowned new Premier League Champions in 2004/2005.

Roman Abramovich's massive investment saw a significant return, as the west London club, under Portuguese maestro Jose Mourinho, ran away with their first league title in 50 years.

The established 'big two' of Arsenal and Manchester United were powerless to stop The Blues. Man United never recovered from a slow start, and showed an uncharacteristic shyness in front of goal. Meanwhile, Arsenal suffered a crisis of confidence after their bitter rivals, the Red Devils, stopped their record unbeaten run at 49 games.

The surprise package of the season was surely Everton. Tipped by many as relegation candidates, especially after losing the services of Wayne Rooney (to Man U) and Thomas Gravesen (to Real Madrid), they slogged their way to a Champions League place.

The Premiership climax concerned the teams at the bottom, not the top. On the final day, each of the teams in relegation battles was safe at some stage, but it was Bryan Robson's West Brom who survived the much-feared drop. After their last gasp win over Portsmouth, it was difficult to see whose fans were happier, as this result consigned hated rivals, Southampton under ex-manager Harry Redknapp, to relegation.

Next year's Premiership new boys will be North-East giants Sunderland, West Ham and for the first time, Wigan Athletic. It's unlikely that any of these three will be in contention for the title, as Man Utd and Arsenal redouble their efforts to peg back big-spending Chelsea.

Liverpool, on the back of their Champions League triumph in Istanbul, should play a more prominent role in the 2005/2006 Premier League season, which kicks off in August 2005.