BOTH Manchester United and Manchester City have spent fabulous amounts of money buying players while Southampton have sold players for millions and seem to have improved the quality of the team.
With a low budget to work on, with talent not money, the position in the league table helps the underdogs to be ranked with the top teams in the league.
Nice achievement so far.
N Tate, Harrowgate Village, near Darlington.
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