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However the manager is still against the new squad rules as he believes it could compromise the quality of football in England's top flight.

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

Furthermore, the campaign itself was lavishly financed, with plenty of money for a top-flight staff, travel, and television commercials.

Vela, though, is not daunted by the prospect of stepping up to the Spanish top-flight and hopes to impress.

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

But he was a key player as the club returned to the top flight last season, scoring 18 goals and securing a Championship winners' medal.

But it was far from a meaningless fixture: Hull were fighting for top-flight survival, while United's youngsters all had points to prove.

A couple of top-flight schools in Beijing began to teach students about the Olympics, even staging mock opening ceremonies or torch relays.

It boasts the top-flight Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and the Pittsburgh Opera, as well as a host of theatres.

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

Latics are the only top-flight side yet to concede a goal from a set-piece this season.

Justine Henin continues warming up for a return to top-flight tennis.

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

It is very difficult for a top flight manger to innovate when he needs to win week in and week out.

Congress would also have to vote on a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced federal budget, a top-flight GOP goal.

The reason: He lost more than $1 million of his top-flight wine when a forklift dropped a container of 462 cases.

The 30 year-old will soon be out of contract at Portuguese top-flight club Nacional so is available on a free-transfer.

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

Whether in a small bathroom or a top -flight spa, surprising design opportunities arise from different combinations of materials.

"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.

Gouffran was the Ligue 2 Player of the Year last term as his 15 goals helped fire Caen back into France's top-flight.

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

Michigan and Virginia have become "public Ivies, " and numerous state-run universities now offer a top-flight education.

They have, however, won none of their last 19 top flight meetings with United, losing 15 of those fixtures.

His last club as a player was West Ham, who released him after their relegation from the top flight in 2003.

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

Most top-flight team owners poured money into their local team in the hope of boosting their social standing, not its bottom line.

Juventus President Giovanni Cobolli Gigli warned their legal challenge would continue unless the club's top flight status is restored.

Our primary objective is to seal our return to the top flight, but there's still a long way to go.

Improving access to top-flight education for everyone in this country is a national imperative.

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

Today we are playing away against {40} who were promoted to the top flight at the end of last season.

In his first top flight season Carroll has scored 11 Premier League goals for the Magpies.

Cole feels Rooney's all-action style typifies the current generation of top-flight strikers.

Chen Zhizhao, a 23-year-old midfielder, has become the first Chinese player to join a top-flight club in the land of the "beautiful game" .

Bettini also played for Palermo, Roma, Udinese, Lazio and Modena in his long career. He scored 110 goals in 270 top-flight appearances.

First, top-flight people can always find other jobs, no matter how tough the economy. The lesser talented people are theones who cannot.

I was never a top flight pro but fortunate to play with all the top players of my era.

Things gradually changed and some top-flight riders now even take the Tour as a mere training ground for their Olympic ambitions.

Three seasons ago, the 33-year-old was being written off as a top flight force.

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.

The win gave Hull the confidence that they could truly compete in the club's first ever top-flight season.

PSG are currently second in the French top flight after they ended their three-game winless run with a 3-2 win over Auxerre yesterday.

A run of 1024 minutes without conceding a goal between December and March set new English top flight record.

Wolves currently have the worst top-flight disciplinary record with 21 yellow and two red cards.

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

My father often told me that, even in 1935, there was a shortage of top flight people in almost every field.

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

Should they suffer a loss today they will be consigned to life outside the top flight next season.

a top - flight military school , and it ' s only . . . eight hours away.

So does this make England's top flight the world's league?

Iaquinta has been hunting for a big club move for some time and again caught the eye last term with 14 top-flight goals.

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.

We have set an all-time top flight record of 10 consecutive away League wins which we can extend at Newcastle.

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

In terms of top flight football, where do you find a winger who has scored 20 goals.

This is a record that not only deserves respect, but also should ensure that top-flight club deems him deserving of employment.

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