Season end!

Well the relegation dogfight in the Barclay's Premier League certainly threw up the surprises and excitement it was supposed to. Unfortunately, Newcastle United with their amazing fan following and rich history have been relegated to the Championship along with Middlesborough and West Bromwich Albion. Hull City and Newcastle's neighbours Sunderland, both managed to maintain their Premiership status even though they both lost on the last day of 2009 Premiership action.

As I expected a very 'weakened' Manchester United team went to KC Stadium and racked up a 1-0 win over Hull. As Newcastle United manager Alan Shearer had said earlier, 'Any team of Mancheter United that goes to Hull will get a win'... So it prooved with Darron Gibson securing three points for the champions with a blinding strike mid-way through the first half. This meant Newcastle United only required a draw at Aston Villa to stay up and yet could not manage this as they had no reply to a Gareth Barry strike at Villa Park.

Middlesborough's fate was pretty much sealed before the final round of matches and they would have required a sporting miracle to stay up. Yet they put up a valiant display and still lost to Gianfranco Zola's West Ham side at Upton Park by 2 goals to 1. Sunderland put up a fight in what was coach Ricky Sbragia's last match in charge and went down 3-2 to Chelsea. Manager Niall Quinn should now try and look for a big name replacement for Sbragia to take this team forward next year.

So another season of Premiership football is over and now all eyes turn to Rome and the Champions League final between Manchester United and Barcelona on the 27th. Come on you Reds!...