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Since we last saw a ball kicked in the Premier League we have seen two managers depart, controversial transfers smashed and a change of ownership for a certain team in Manchester. Tomorrow, Robinho will face the club he actually wanted to play for, so The Spoiler has teamed up with Betfair to bring you the City/ Chelsea Correct Score Wizard.

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Welcome to the future, friends…

We live in the modern world now, hence The Spoiler is a massive fan of anything zany and technological. So when we stumbled across this fantastic Chelsea/Spurs graphic, jam-packed with information, we damn near wept actual human tears.

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Hey Stoke, West Brom and Hull, welcome to the Premier League party! Before you take off your jackets and get too comfortable, you might want to consider what happened to the last few guys who made it into the top twenty:

Only once have all three newly promoted sides survived - Fulham, Blackburn and Bolton in 2001-02. All three have been ever present since.On the only occasion that all three promoted sides went straight back down - Bolton, Barnsley and Crystal Palace in 1997-98 - none of them returned for four years.

Only 24 of the 47 clubs promoted into the Premier League have survived their first season.

Ten of the 16 Championship winners have survived, including five of the last seven, while four of the last five play-off winners have gone straight back down, three by finishing last.

Whether you believe it’s doom and gloom for the newbies, or you feel that some of the other top flight teams have outstayed their welcome (as chickendinner do), you are well advised to have a butchers at the Premier League relegation graph we helped produce with Betfair. It’s dead fancy, includes a link to a free £10 bet and will help you make an informed decision on the relegation battle. Take a look now!

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It’s a lot harder to predict who will be top after a month that it is to predict who will be celebrating come May. After all, last season Manchetsre Utd took just two points from their first three games but still claimed the title when all was said and done. So, the devilishly handsome folks at chickendinner have looked at all 20 teams, and by process of elimination determined who will end the month on top…

*Man United and Fulham are only playing twice in August, which means they’d be relying on everyone else losing one of their opening three to finish the month on top. We can write them off.

*Only one newly promoted team - Bolton in 2001-02 - have led the Premier League table at the end of August. Thank you for your interest West Brom, Stoke and Hull.

*Excluding Liverpool’s controversial Evans/Houllier partnership in 1998-99, the only newly appointed managers to

Manchester Utd/ Portsmouth, Sunday, 3pm, Setanta Sports 1As anyone who likes to dabble in football betting will tell you, nothing livens up a neutral game like a bit of in-play betting. With this in mind, The Spoiler has teamed up with Betfair to create The Community Shield In-Play Wizard, designed to help you make a bet during Sunday’s game.Odds will dramatically change after the first goal, meaning there is a big opportunity for you to make some dinero if you know how to bet.Check out the in-play wizard to find out exactly what happens after the net has rippled for the first time in the season curtain-raiser (bear in mind there’s only been one goalless draw in the past thirty years), and give it a go on Sunday.Click here to launch the Betfair Community Sheild In-Play Wizard

Brazil offer great value at 3.6

Holders Argentina are the favourites but were dealt a big blow yesterday when the Court of Arbitration in Sport allowed Barcelona the right to block Lionel Messi from competing…

Argentina (2.96) were victorious in 2004 but not since Hungary in 1968 has a nation retained gold. The last six winners have failed to reach the semi-finals four years later.

Brazil (3.6) are in Group C, which could prove to be a lucky omen because the last two winners were drawn there.

The Netherlands (8.2) have won the last two Euro Under 21 Championships. The last five Olympic gold-winners all failed to reached the quarter-finals of the last World Cup; in 2006 the Netherlands lost out to Portugal in the Second Round.

Italy (8.4) took bronze in 2004 and the last time they took bronze - 1928 - they won gold the next time around. However, the last five gold-medalists have all been first time winners.

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China bid to end USA’s Golden dominance

As with politics and snack foods, America likes to think it is number one when it comes to the Olympics. Host nation China, however, look all set to dispute their sovereignty by claiming the most Golds in Beijing…

The USA (Betfair odds of 3.65 to win the most Golds) have won more golds than any other nation in each of the last three summer Olympic Games.

America’s gold medal haul is on the slide. In 1996, they won forty-four gold medals but in Athens four years ago, they ended the Games with just thirty-six.

China (1.4) are getting closer. In 1996, they finished with twenty-eight fewer gold medals than the USA. In 2000, they ended nine behind the Americans and four years ago China ended the Olympics just four golds back.

But you can’t write off the Americans. China may be catching them on the gold front but in 2004, the USA won 66 silver and bronze medals combined compared to China’s 31. That means the USA are a lot closer to increasing their gold haul and have far more opportunities to do so than the hosts.

Russia (60) have been consistent performers, winning between twenty-six and thirty-two golds in the last three Olympic Games. However, no country in the last ten Olympics has topped the gold medal table with fewer than thirty-six golds.

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The Grand National, Saturday, 4.15pm, BBC One, bet here

Some professionals you see daily - your colleagues, for instance, or the man who mixes your cocktail. Others, like the butcher, weekly. Some you cross paths with once every six months, such as the dentist, while a tiny number are the subject of once-a-year interaction. Such as Father Christmas. And for a large group of people, the local bookmaker. Well people, that time is now, with the National imminent, and if you are one of those who keeps this old-fashioned relationship with your turf accountant, here’s a newsflash. You don’t need to go to a betting shop to place a bet, you can do it online. Here. And like puppies at Christmas, that relationship doesn’t have to be a temporary one, they’re open on the other 364 days too. Yes, they will take your money with outrageous nonchalance. But then doesn’t everyone nowadays?

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