Barclays Facts

2008/09 SEASON STATS – as of 1200 GMT 09 May, 2009 o Current title holders Manchester United lead the Barclays Premier League by three points from Liverpool, with a game in hand, making them favourites to retain their trophy with just four more BPL fixtures remaining o The top four of Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea and Arsenal can now not be caught by any other clubs and have therefore earned Champions League qualification o The last day of the season is Sunday 24 May 2009 o West Bromwich Albion presently sit at the bottom, of the Barclays Premier League with Middlesbrough and Newcastle United also occupying the relegation places o Wolverhampton Wanderers and Birmingham City have been promoted from the Championship, and along with the play-off winning team will join the Barclays Premier League for the 2009/10 season o The current Barclays Premier League trophy was created by Royal Jewellers Asprey of London PLAYERS & MANAGERS o Manchester United’s Ryan Giggs was recently voted the 2008/09 Professional Football Association’s (PFA) Player of the Year o Cristiano Ronaldo of Manchester United currently leads the Golden Boot race with 17 goals, one ahead of Chelsea’s Nicolas Anelka o Edwin Van der Sar leads the Golden Glove league with 19 clean sheets, ahead of Chelsea’s Petr Cech and Liverpool’s Jose Reina o The style of football in the Barclays Premier League is the

characteristic that fans around the world enjoy most about the competition (52%)* o Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo is currently the most popular player for Indian fans in the Barclays Premier League, while Thierry Henry is the most popular player of all-time* o Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is the most popular current and all-time manager according to Barclays Premier League fans in India* GLOBAL AUDIENCE o The Barclays Premier League attracts a global audience of 4.77 billion and is watched in 211 countries worldwide o 662 million homes receive 90,000 hours of coverage globally MATCH ATTENDANCE o Total attendance for the 2007/08 season reached 13,734,837 o Average attendance from the 20 clubs is 36,144 (Premier League record and highest in flight for over 50 years) o Record highest attendance of 76,098 at Old Trafford for Manchester United v Blackburn Rovers, 31 April 2007 VALUE OF THE SPONSORSHIP 2007 - 2010 : £65.8m (Barclays Premier League) (Includes the addition from previous three year term of official sponsor of Premier League Pre-Season Tournament, the Asia Trophy which runs twice within the current term) 2003 - 2007 : £57m (Barclays Premiership) 2001 - 2004 : £48m (Barclaycard)

*results from the Barclays Global Fans Report 2008

MILESTONES BARCLAYS’ SPONSORSHIP ASSOCIATION BEGAN IN 2001 TEAMS o Manchester United have won the title more times than any other team since 2001 (on three occasions – 2002/03, 2006/07, 2007/08) o Arsenal (2001/02, 2003/04) and Chelsea (2004/05, 2005/06) are the only other clubs to have won the trophy in this period o Since the League began in 1992, Manchester United have won the title on ten occasions o The 97 goals scored by Manchester United in the 1999/2000 season is a Barclays Premier League record o Chelsea’s 2004/05 season points tally of 95 is a Barclays Premier League all-time record o The lowest points total ever accumulated was by 12, by Derby County in 2007/08 o Arsenal are the only team in Barclays Premier League to have gone a whole season undefeated, in 2003/04 o The record for consecutive clean sheets was set by Manchester United between 5 November 2008 and 18 February 2009 o 42 clubs have competed in the Barclays Premier League since 1992 PLAYERS - APPEARANCES o Goalkeeper David James of Portsmouth holds the record for most appearances in the Barclays Premier League, beating Gary Speed’s record of 535 o The oldest player to appear in the Barclays Premier League was Manchester City goalkeeper John Burridge, at 43 years, 4 months

and 26 days. Teddy Sheringham is the oldest ever outfield player at 40 years and 270 days, having representing West ham United on 30 December 2006 o At 16 years and 65 days, Fulham’s Matthew Briggs became the youngest ever Barclays Premier League player on 13 May 2009 PLAYERS - GOALS o Current Newcastle United manager Alan Shearer is the all-time top goalscorer in the Barclays Premier League with 260, ahead of Andy Cole on 187 and Thierry Henry with 174 o The 31 goals scored by Cristiano Ronaldo during the 2007/08 is the most scored in a Barclays Premier League season o Everton’s James Vaughan is the youngest ever Barclays Premier League goalscorer, with his strike against Crystal Palace on 10 April 2005 coming aged only 16 years and 271 days o Teddy Sheringham’s Boxing Day 2006 goal made him the oldest scorer in the history of the Barclays Premier League, at 40 years and 266 days o On 20 December 2006, Fulham’s Moritz Volz’s goal against Chelsea was the 15,000th ever scored in the Barclays Premier League o The 10,000th goal was scored by Les Ferdinand of Tottenham Hotspur, in their 4-0 win over Fulham IN December 2001 FANS o At one of the four fixtures on Tuesday 27 January 2009 the 200,000,000th fan passed through the turnstiles at a Barclays Premier League game o Old Trafford drew the largest attendance in the history of the Barclays Premier League when 76,098 fans watched Manchester United v Blackburn Rovers on 31 March 2007