Alternative Premier League, Gameweek 38: Manchester United Wins the Title

It may be little consolation, but Manchester United has clinched the APL 2011/2012 title.

As I mentioned in my last article, if both Manchester sides were to win by the same margin then United would win the league. This is down to the fact that United was playing away at a mid-table side while City were playing at home against a team who were languishing near the bottom.

Manchester United’s 6.81 total for their 0-1 win was enough to see them take the crown by the slender margin of 0.11 points. Despite having an inferior goal difference, United won the league as a result of winning 13 away games compared to City’s 10.

Elsewhere, the APL looks rather familiar to the Premier League. Wigan finished a place higher as a result of their late season surge but that is largely where the differences end.

Arsenal were the weekend’s big winners for their away win at West Brom. Their score of 7.01 was enough to keep Spurs at bay who could only muster 6.45 for beating Fulham 2-0.

	Team	P	W	D	L	Away Wins	GD	Points	Prem Pos
1	Manchester United	38	28	5	5	13	56	220.20	2
2	Manchester City	38	28	5	5	10	64	220.09	1
3	Arsenal	38	21	7	10	9	25	180.92	3
4	Tottenham Hotspur	38	20	9	9	7	25	176.92	4
5	Newcastle United	38	19	8	11	8	5	167.46	5
6	Chelsea	38	18	10	10	6	19	165.68	6
7	Everton	38	15	11	12	5	10	161.17	7
8	Liverpool	38	14	10	14	8	7	153.46	8
9	Fulham	38	14	10	14	4	-3	150.69	9
10	West Bromwich Albion	38	13	8	17	7	-7	143.79	10
11	Swansea City	38	12	11	15	4	-7	143.12	11
12	Sunderland	38	11	12	15	4	-1	139.92	13
13	Norwich City	38	12	11	15	5	-14	139.63	12
14	Wigan Athletic	38	11	10	17	6	-20	138.89	15
15	Stoke City	38	11	12	15	4	-15	135.40	14
16	Aston Villa	38	7	17	14	3	-16	129.10	16
17	Queens Park Rangers	38	10	7	21	3	-23	124.48	17
18	Bolton Wanderers	38	10	6	22	6	-31	123.89	18
19	Blackburn Rovers	38	8	7	23	2	-30	113.74	19
20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	5	10	23	2	-42	104.04	20

	Team	W	D	L	Points	APL Pos
1	Manchester City	5	0	0	33.66	2
2	Wigan Athletic	4	0	1	29.60	14
3	Manchester United	3	1	1	25.27	1
4	Everton	3	2	0	24.86	7
5	Tottenham Hotspur	3	1	1	23.55	4
6	Queens Park Rangers	3	0	2	22.74	17
7	Fulham	3	0	2	21.45	9
8	Liverpool	2	0	3	20.81	8
9	Norwich City	2	1	2	20.45	13
10	Swansea City	2	2	1	20.41	11
11	Bolton Wanderers	1	3	1	19.25	18
12	Chelsea	2	1	2	19.09	6
13	Newcastle United	2	0	3	18.51	5
14	Arsenal	1	3	1	18.38	3
15	West Bromwich Albion	1	2	2	17.06	10
16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	3	2	14.88	20
17	Aston Villa	0	3	2	14.70	16
18	Stoke City	0	3	2	13.99	15
19	Blackburn Rovers	1	0	4	13.56	19
20	Sunderland	0	3	2	11.16	12