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GARY TEDDER wonders when the Premier League’s Big Five will face serious decline – and who will emerge to take their place

If you’re about to organise a quiz night in an effort to raise funds for your local knitting circle or any other good cause, here’s a question that you might like to slot into your ‘Sports’ round. “When was the last season in which none of Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, or the red and blue halves of Manchester, finished in the first two places in England’s top division?”
The answer, incredibly – and rathe...

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