Sentences with phrase «return to the top flight of»

While lack of goals on their return to the top flight of English football is a genuine concern for Middlesbrough, their strong showing at the back is something to build on, as Karanka continues to impress.

If Williams can dream about returning to the top flight of F1, there's no reason why Force India should limit there aspirations to holding on to fourth place.

St Mirren secured their return to the top flight of Scottish football after a goalless draw against Livingston confirmed them as winners of the Champi...

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Reading striker Pavel Pogrebnyak has revealed that he rejected the chance to go back home with Tom Tomsk in order to stay and help the Royals return to the top flight at the first time of asking, Sky Sports reports.

Liverpool are reportedly interested in QPR playmaker Adel Taarabt who has been in fine form this season helping the West London side to the brink of return to the top flight after an absence of 15 years.

The Belgian international has been in fine goalscoring form for Villa since returning from a long injury layoff earlier this season, and looks once again to be showing himself to be one of the finest forward players in the English top flight at the moment.

But the boss made sure to stress that it was not the quality of our opponents Norwich City that was giving him this belief, despite the fact that the Canaries have been struggling on their return to the top flight this season.

Monaco are currently sitting top of Ligue 2 and are set for a return to the French top flight this summer, but their ambitious owner wants his team to win the Uefa Champions League and for that to happen, he believes he needs the world's best coach.

Aston Villa and Newcastle are two of the biggest names to grace the Championship in recent seasons and both are bidding for a successful return to the top flight.

The point keeps Newcastle United four points clear of nearest rivals West Brom and the Geordies still have a game in hand and look good for a swift return to the top flight.

The former England international was released by Queens Park Rangers at the end of his contract, and despite mooted interest from the Premier League — notably from the Hammers — he was ultimately denied the opportunity to return to the top flight.

The Australian international would have plenty of suitors should Boro fail to return to the top - flight this season.

However, he was unable to help Rafa Benitez and his men avoid the drop, and in turn the Magpies will now be considering their options when it comes to their squad as they plot a way of an immediate return to the English top flight.

Royals boss Brian McDermott has already brought in Garath McClearly from Nottingham Forest as he looks to improve his squad following their return to the top flight and the snaring of Pogrebnyak represents a major coup for the Berkshire club.

The coming season could still be a rollercoaster one and hopes of a swift return to the top flight may have to be swapped for more realistic ambitions of staying ahead of the perforated relegation line.

It would be a real statement of intent from Leicester, however, who have already spent big on Brighton & Hove Albion striker Leonardo Ulloa following their return to the top flight as Championship title winners after a long absence.

The Hornets secured a return to the English top flight and have already started their summer spending as news boss Quique Flores looks to improve his chances of keeping the Hertfordshire outfit in the Premier League.

He joined Leicester alongside fellow young midfielder Tom Lawrence from Old Trafford in the summer, with the Welshman arriving on a permanent basis, but neither have been able to have any real impact on Nigel Pearson's first team in the East Midlands as the Foxes have fallen to rock bottom of the table on their return to the top flight.

Wilshere has been injury prone but has been injury free for a good while now... Missing a friendly against holland is hardly a sign of medical catastrophe so this is a massive overreaction... Wilshere is by a very long way the best of the British stable at arsenal and on his day he is a top flight creative midfield play maker... Don't take my word for it ask xavi arguably the best ever in that role... Since his return he has shown signs of his best but not over 90 mins... But wenger has played him all over the place does not no how to combine him with ozil and miki and surrounded him with utterly hapless players like Ramsey and xhaka... He needs a new manager to bring best out of him I hope at arsenal but if the fossil stays he should go...

Barely used in his first campaign in east London, the New Zealand captain nailed down his place in Sam Allardyce's team the following season as West Ham won promotion from the Championship via the play - offs and picked up the supporters» player of the year prize at the end of 2012/13 after helping the club finish 10th on their return to the top flight.

While Premier League survival will obviously be the main goal, Wolves will be confident of doing even better in their long awaited return to the top flight.

Steve Bruce is making a return to the top flight with promoted side, Hull City and there's a return for former England international David Nugent as part of the Championship winning side, Burnley.

Despite Leicester's unexpected success last season there has been a return to predictability where the sole objective of 70 % of clubs is merely to survive to live another year in the money generating environment of the top flight.

Cologne were promoted into the Bundesliga at the beginning of last season, a return to the top flight for them which was built on a superb defensive record, as they conceded a mere 20 goals in 34 games.

His importance to the club was finally drummed home when having challenged at the top of the First Division, Preston were relegated the season after Finney's retirement, and didn't return to the top flight for 39 years.

Drinkwater was a key figure and named in the PFA Championship Team of the Season in 2013/14 as the Foxes returned to the top flight, and remained an important player as they retained that status with a stunning late run in 2014/15.

Following relegation from the Premier League last year, the arrival of Tony Xia as owner and the appointment of Roberto Di Matteo had a lot of fans tipping the Villa to make an immediate return to the top flight.

Rumours said Hernandez's girlfriend, Andrea Duro, wanted him to move to Spain, and there would be no shortage of suitors in the Spanish top flight for Chicharito - in fact there were La Liga clubs wishing to sign him before he opted for a return to the Premier League with West Ham Continue reading «Javier Hernandez refutes Spain exit rumours»

Stoke City since their return to English top flight have been something of a waterloo for Arsenal, with the Gunners having never won at the Britannia Stadium, but ironically Stoke have never won at the Emirates since their return to top flight.

The victory sees them top of the Championship after more than one - third of the campaign, and they look on course to make a return to the top - flight next term.

So an offer was made to entice Benítez to stay in the north east, and after some debate and weighing - up of his options, he decided to accept the challenge of righting the wayward ship, and engineering a return to the top - flight.

The Gooners have not won any of their three EPL visits to St Mary's since Southampton returned to the top flight in the 2012 - 13 season.

St Mirren took another step closer to a top - flight return as Dumbarton were left staring at the prospect of the play - offs as their route to Championsh...

Benitez, whose longest top - flight losing streak came in the recent run of four consecutive defeats — is the second former coach to return to the Bridge in the past month.

They still are in now in many respects, with Everton the only team to have won their in 24 top - flight matches, while they've yet to lose at home to one of the traditional top four of Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool or Man Utd since their return to prominence last season — W1 D6 L0.

On a deadline day buzzing with action, Hull boss Marco Silva has reportedly seen fit to ask a Premier League veteran to return in order to combat his unenviable task of keeping the Tigers in the top flight.

The dismissal of Chris Hughton, undeservedly so in many people's opinions, has somewhat overshadowed what has been a hugely encouraging campaign from the Magpies in what is their return to England's top - flight.

Tasked with seeing the Blues return to the top end of the table, Conte has won his first two fixtures in the English top - flight.

The Black Cats are still in with a shot at survival having lost just one of their last four in the top flight, but they will have a tough task on their hands as Sam Allardyce returns to Upton Park looking to get one over on his former club.

Overall this season on home soil they have produced a W3 D1 L5 record, returning the nine goals in that sequence and failing to score in 44 % of their home games in the top flight.

Southampton have played in 18 of the 25 seasons since the Premier League's inception in 1992, missing seven years between 2005 - 2012, with Saints now in the fifth season since their return to the top - flight.

STEFFEN NKANSAH (Eintracht Braunschweig) Braunschweig were one of the teams touted to make a return to the Bundesliga following last term's remarkable campaign — where they came a whisker from booking a top - flight ticket — only to be beaten by VfL Wolfsburg in the playoffs.

This one tops my «Best Films to Watch On an International Flight» and «Best Andy Serkis Performance Since LOTR: The Return of the King» lists.

The i20 GT is set to usher in Hyundai's return to top - flight motorsports, and will battle against the likes of Ford, Citroen and Volkswagen which are currently contesting in the 2013 season.

Photos: Top: Roald Dahl when he was a RAF pilot, which likely dates the photo to 1939 - 1941 - after a serious crash in 1940 which fractured his skull, smashed his nose, and temporarily blinded him, he returned to active service but was invalided home in He was invalided home to Britain in June 1941 with the rank of Flight Lieutenant.

In the game's impressive boss encounters, the dragons depart from their invisible rails in favour of «free flight zones», but the controls are a clumsy hack on top of the normal gameplay, and more often than not the camera and movement controls leave you pining to return to the comforting shackles of the shooting train.