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PL awarded extra europa place (fair play ranking)

jamesc0le

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Carlos Salcido was one of five Fulham players booked against Birmingham Fulham are likely to fill the extra place in the Europa League which Uefa has awarded England as part of the Respect Fair Play rankings.
The Cottagers are favourites as they are second in the Premier League fair-play table behind Chelsea who have qualified for the Champions League.
Tottenham and Blackpool are also in contention, although Spurs could qualify through their league position.
The winning team will be given a place in the first qualifying round.
Norway topped the Uefa Respect Fair Play rankings, which are based on games played by a country's clubs and national teams in Uefa competitions between 1 May 2010 and 30 April 2011.
England were second in the table and Sweden, in third, were also rewarded for their teams' conduct in Uefa games.
As well as yellow and red cards, the standings take into account assessments made by Uefa officials on criteria such as positive play, respect for the opposition, respect for the referee, behaviour of the crowd and team officials.
Fulham, who have not had anyone sent off in the league this season, had five players booked in Sunday's Premier League win at Birmingham.
However, they remain in pole position to be given England's place, which will be decided at the end of the season.
Tottenham are third in the Premier League fair-play table but they will automatically qualify for the Europa League if the beat Birmingham at White Hart Lane on Sunday.
Uefa rules stipulate that relegation is no barrier to entry, so Blackpool would still qualify, should they top the fair-play league, even if they were to drop to the Championship.
Norway's Aalesund and Sweden's Hacken have already been awarded their places in the first qualifying round which takes place on 30 June.
To reach the Europa League group stages, a team will have to play eight games - three two-leg qualifying rounds and a two-leg play-off - by 25 August:beer:
 

VegasII

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Lols...there's a slight chance that Birmingham & Blackpool could both go down but end up in Europe.
 

jamesc0le

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oops this is already in spurs chat

derrrrrrrrrrr
 

cwy21

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Its going to be a complete disaster for us for Fulham.

First game would probably be June 30th. No thanks.
 

cwy21

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And its not like you could send out your youth team for the first round or two (surely they could beat the 3rd placed team from Albania), since I'm guessing your 25 or so man team is locked in until the end of the transfer window.
 
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