Karl Sears

After a week with seven draws, winning was clearly off the agenda for many teams who seemed content with playing out a stalemate. No where was this dose of Christmas charity more stark than within the top six where only Spurs and Manchester United could muster victories. Not that Spurs are in danger of catching […]

Over the last two weeks it’s hard to look beyond the results of Manchester United who secured two very impressive away wins, but let’s not forget Wigan, who have also had a great few days. A few weeks ago United were struggling in the APL as they were winning, but not winning well. They were […]

With each recording impressive wins, Week 15 saw the unlikely trio of Wigan, Swansea and Norwich top the weekly scoring chart. The recent form of Wigan Athletic has been pretty impressive. They have picked up 22.31 points from their last five games, more than Liverpool, and currently sit 6th in the form table. Despite still lying […]

Arsenal continued their amazing recovery as they moved into the top five for the first time this season and moved above Manchester City into second in the form table. Arsenal’s 0-4 thrashing of lowly Wigan saw them grab a points return of 7.92, their second highest score of the season. The Gunners’ brief spell in […]

I consider myself a football fan who, more often than not, looks on the bright side, but there are a few little things in the game that really grind my gears. Managers who wear tracksuits is one. Unless you’re planning a 20 minutes cameo on the pitch, what’s wrong with looking smart and wearing a […]

Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the Alternative Premier League Week 13 Rundown, and this week’s winners are...Tottenham Hotspur! With all around them only managing draws, Spurs’s impressive win at The Hawthorns saw them close the gap on those above them, and pull away from those below. In fact, Tottenham’s score of 7.66 was the highest […]

With no big winners or major surprises, the APL scores for week 12 were more modest than we’ve seen recently, but with Newcastle losing their undefeated record, Chelsea slipping up once more and Stoke continuing to plunge down the table, there is still plenty to talk about. The league has divided somewhat into two – […]

I’m away this week so I won’t have time to do a complete rundown for week 11. Last week there was a comment on the article which said that it would be interesting to use the APL point format to chart recent form, and I agree. So along with the full table, there is also […]

Arsenal bouncing back, Newcastle remaining unbeaten, Spurs climbing the table. The APL continues to take shape, despite quiet weekends for the two Manchester sides. Arsenal are the week’s big movers after their big win at Chelsea. Despite scoring five times the winning margin was only two goals, but when the team in 11th beats the team […]

As the goals rained in at Old Trafford on Sunday, I was thinking about one thing. Could this be the first ever double digit point score for an APL game? Yes it could. The previous highest was Newcastle’s 6-0 win against Aston Villa last season in Week 2 which won them 9.61 points The winning […]

For the last three weeks Manchester City have been slowly chipping away at United’s lead, and their efforts have finally been rewarded as they have now reclaimed the APL’s top spot. City’s big win over a previously unbeaten Aston Villa means that they have scored 7.25 more points than United in the last 3 weeks. […]

In Gameweek 7 of the Premier League, there were plenty of goals, impressive wins for each of the top six and a jump of eight places for Fulham in this week’s Alternative Premier League. Football is a funny old game. Fulham were winless after six games and were coming up against a QPR team who […]

Bolton’s miserable run of form continued with a fifth straight defeat now sees them occupy the Alternative Premier League (APL)’s bottom spot. The Arsenal v Bolton clash turned out to be a bottom three clash – not something that I thought I’d be saying at the start of the season. It took the sending off […]

Last week Arsenal was cautiously looking over its shoulder at the teams below them, a worry that has now been lifted from its shoulders – because there’s no one below them to look at. That’s right, the once mighty Gunners now find themselves propping up the APL as four of last week’s bottom five picked […]

The hat-trick. Once celebrated as an event of occasional brilliance, and a rare event that would stop the presses. It's now a plaything of the two Manchester clubs. City and United currently have four between them in the last two weeks, and it is these goals that are setting United and City apart at the […]