Nonetheless, United have again dropped points on their top-flight travels and have now managed only one win in eight games on the road this season.
Capped once for his country, he began his career with Dubnica before moving on to Slovak top-flight rivals ilina for three seasons, scoring 14 goals as they won the championship in 2007.
But for travellers who dread the prospect of a long taxi ride on top of a cross-country flight, the perimeter rule is an unnecessary hassle.
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Despite the amount of negative rugby on show in the Premiership this season, the indifferent form of the national side, and the on-going recession, the English top flight appears to be in good shape as far as attendances go.
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Blackpool beat the Bluebirds 3-2 at Wembley on Saturday to win the Championship play-off final and reach the top flight.
The 2-1 defeat at home to Tottenham on Sunday means Hughes' team have now lost their last three top-flight matches.
The youngster went on to score 17 goals in 63 top-flight games over three seasons.
And Rodgers is sure his second-placed Swansea's "possession with penetration" mantra is best when the pressure comes on for a place back in the top-flight.
And with newly-born son Tyler doing well, Young can switch his attention back to the prospect of making his top-flight debut against Everton on 19 August.
Jewell was at Bradford when a win against Liverpool on the Premiership's final day ensured survival in 2000 - and he clearly remembered his rallying speech as his Wigan side battled as if their lives, not just top-flight status, depended on it.
If nobody makes an offer for him, hey, at least they got the services of a top-flight leftback at 10 pence on the pound.
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The Pars are the only Scottish Premier League team involved in the opening round, on 30 July, the second Saturday of the top-flight season.
Chelsea's last top-flight win came against Fulham on 10 November - and they have since lost to Sunderland and Birmingham and drawn against Newcastle and Everton.
Once both Europa League matches are over, Liverpool and Fulham must return home in time for another round of crunch top-flight games at 1500 BST on Sunday.
The website physioroom.com's Premier League injury table on the weekend of 4-5 December recorded there were 108 top-flight players out of action.
Warriors were relegated from English rugby's top flight after suffering a 12-10 at Leeds on Sunday.
Meanwhile, struggling Real Valladolid sacked coach Jose Luis Mendilibar on Monday, making him the seventh managerial casualty of the Spanish top-flight season.
The Gunners knew that with United away to Liverpool on Sunday they could take a potentially significant stride towards a first top-flight title since 2004.
However only Bristol and Exeter in the Championship have the infrastructure in place on and off the field to be allowed to be promoted to the top-flight, should they win the play-offs.
The SPL requires an 11-1 majority to change the size of the league and the issue was once again discussed when the top-flight's strategic review group met at Hampden on Friday morning.
The top flight is due to kick off the 2009-10 campaign on 8 August, just four days before the national team's World Cup qualifier in Norway.
But, with four clubs - Dundee United, Hearts, Inverness Caledonian Thistle and Kilmarnock now known to be against the changes and St Mirren saying their preference is for a 14-team top league, top flight chairmen are braced for further talks on possible reconstruction.
Cardiff or Blackpool contest the Championship play-off final at Wembley on Saturday, with the winners taking their place in the top flight for the first time since the inception of the Premier League in 1992.
Even if Henson reaches the BBC show's final on the weekend of 18-19 December, he will not be available to return to top-flight action until Boxing Day when Saracens face Wasps at Wembley Stadium.
Lewis will take on two challenges in Talinn - achieving the qualifying mark for Paris, and helping Britain return to the top flight of multi-event athletics.
Balotelli scored just 20 Premier League goals in two years, and his only assist in 54 top-flight appearances famously led to Sergio Aguero's title-winning strike on the final day of last season.
In a special BBC Tees phone-in, Southgate said everyone at the club has their sights set on an immediate return to the top flight after relegation.
Mr. Tikvesa, who is 6-feet, 5-inches tall and calls strangers "boss, " gets printouts of top-tier customers with tight connections and has access to flight updates and gate information on his smartphone.
Burnley's 4-0 loss to Liverpool on Sunday means they will return to the Championship after just one season in the top flight.
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