London Premier League News

The Premier League has decided that Villa Park in Birmingham will host a potential play-off between Arsenal and Chelsea if the two sides end the season level on points, goal difference and goals scored.

If that happens, the game will be played on May 26th to decide which club automatically qualifies for the Champions League group stage while the losers will have to go through a qualifying round.

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The Kickz scheme was launched seven years ago, by then-Prime Minister Tony Blair. Watch the video to see how Chris Paxton reported it back in 2006.

Kickz in London

• To date, 67,928 unique young people have been engaged across the country, of which 34,247 (50.4%) were from London based clubs.

• Nationally, each young person has engaged for an average of 76 contact hours to date – London’s average is slightly higher at over 81 hours

• In 2012 11,599 young people attended Kickz projects in London during the 12 month, each for an average of 34 hours.

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Tottenham travel to West Brom this lunchtime and the match will see Ande Villas-Boas re-united with Steve Clarke.

Having been alongside Clarke at Stamford Bridge for three years as part of Jose Mourinho's backroom staff, Villas-Boas is glad to see his former colleague doing well."He is an excellent person," Villas-Boas said. "I have nothing bad to say about Steve

"It is fantastic to see him doing well. It has been a great learning experience and a great opportunity at West Brom. We had a excellent relationship."

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Sam Allardyce tipped Andy Carroll to win back his place in the England squad after watching the striker fire West Ham to victory over Swansea.

Carroll's time at Upton Park has been blighted by inconsistent form and a knee injury that kept him out of the Hammers' starting line-up for two months.

Carroll was left out of England's squad to face Brazil next week, but his manager thinks the striker will be under consideration for the Three Lions' double-header against San Marino and Montenegro in March if his form continues to improve.

"He should (get back in)," the West Ham manager said."As long as he can stay fit between now and the end of the season, get as many games as he can (he will).

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A young woman found dead following a Christmas party at a Premier League football ground died from head injuries consistent with a fall from height, police said today.

The 22-year-old was found at the bottom of a fire escape stairwell in the early hours of Saturday morning at Reading's Madejski Stadium, police said.

She was discovered at 12.50am in the Millennium Madejski Hotel, which forms part of the football ground.

She was pronounced dead at the scene. Next of kin have been informed but she has not yet been formally identified.

A Thames Valley Police spokesman said a post-mortem examination by a Home Office pathologist was carried out last night.

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The QPR Chief Executive Philip Beard has said it was "too early to say" if Harry Redknapp will be the club's next manager. He spoke briefly to the media as he left Loftus Road this evening.

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