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GO FIGURE
The Numbers That Mattered In Football This Week
Compiled by Pete Gill
0 For the first time in the history of Scottish football, it's the number of Scottish players who started for Rangers in their 0-0 draw with St Johnstone on Saturday.
1 The number of fingers with which Arsenal's Emmanuel Petit appeared to acknowledge Aston Villa fans after being substituted on Sunday, prompting the FA to hand him a misconduct charge and therefore more rumours the Frenchman is set to quit the English game.
2 The number of goals (the opener in the 5-1 thrashing of Deportivo la Coruna, and the equaliser at Villa) that Arsenal's Lee Dixon scored in the same number of games having scored only one in the previous two years!
3 The number of goals Stan Collymore scored on his home debut for Leicester City against Sunderland on Sunday.
4 The number of points separating Manchester United and Leeds at the top of the Premiership after the champions' 1-1 with draw with Liverpool and the Yorkshire outfit's 3-0 defeat of Coventry.
5 The number of clubs BSkyB own an interest in: Chelsea (in whom they bought a 9.9% stake last week), Manchester United, Leeds, Sunderland and Manchester City.
6 The number of goals Portsmouth's Steve Claridge has scored in the same number of games, including the only goal in struggling Pompey's shock win at promotion contenders Ipswich on Saturday.
7 The number of months Brian Little lasted as West Bromwich Albion manager before quitting on Monday.
8 The number of goals John Hartson has scored for Wimbledon this season. A statistic that caused quite a number of Spurs fans to greet with relief the news that his £7m move was off due to a failed medical.
9 The number of minutes Liverpool boss Gerard Houllier opted to play for with ten men at the end of the first half against Manchester United. With his marker Sami Hyppia off the pitch, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer took the opportunity to get United's equaliser.
10 As a result of the above, it's the number of consecutive times Liverpool have played their Mancunian rivals without beating them.
11 The number of consecutive league wins Charlton Athletic have chalked up after Saturday's win, leaving them ten points clear of the faltering Manchester City and Ipswich in the first division.
20 The number of bookings issued in the ten Premiership matches held over the weekend.
22 The number of clean sheets kept by Chelsea's Ed de Goey this season - a new club record. Shame about the goal in Marseille, though.
24 The number of hours between Collymore being on the front of a number of Sunday tabloids for an alleged boozy spree with team-mate Steve Walsh and the back of every newspaper in the country for footballing reasons.
168 The number of people who watched Inverness' 1-0 win at Clydebank in the Scottish first division at the weekend.
246 The number of times Milan giants Inter and AC have played each other. Inter won the latest installment 2-1 on Sunday.
5,000,000 The number of pounds which Leeds were set to spend on a new striker - although the identity of their proposed acquisition still remains a mystery. The fact that they were heavily linked with Spurs' Steffen Iversen, and that their move was called off as soon as John Hartson failed his medical, may not be conincidental.
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