in the top flight

The first priority, the company said, would be to ensure that Birmingham retains its place in the top flight of the game.

Coach Didier Deschamps has also admitted that this side could not compete in the top flight right now.

Goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon is confident that Juve will be back in the top flight next season.

They are one of Italian football's lesser known clubs and indeed are the smallest in the top flight.

In the days of terracing we had one of the larger pitches in the top flight.

"I proved that I could play in the top-flight and now I want that to be vindicated, " announced the midfielder to 'Radio Kiss Kiss'.

Another season beckons for Ryan Giggs, a twentieth campaign in the top flight, yet his desire burns as brightly as ever.

Six of those games have ended in draws - the most in the top-flight along with Fulham and Sunderland.

However, the oldest player in the top flight is Marco Ballotta, who at 42 is still defending the Lazio goal.

First home game back in the top flight, and they fell their first giant.

In the top flight's first game back, they dropped their first giant.

Scholes is the most accurate passer in the top flight this season.

Usually these are teams that have spent a solitary season in the top flight and have spent comparable little on transfer fees and wages.

Liverpool established the record for home undefeated games in the top flight at 63 between 1978 and 1981. Chelsea has now equalled that.

Both he and Chelsea' s Petr Cech have kept 11 clean sheets this season, the highest figure in the top flight.

The Lancashire club have not been in the top flight since 1961 but Ferguson is determined to end that run.

Only Manchester United (9 games) have a longer unbeaten run than Sunderland (7) in the top flight.

Everton have competed in the top flight of English football for a record 107 seasons and have been there in consecutive seasons since 1954.

Liverpool have won the joint-most corners (52) in the top flight this season