2013–14 in English football

England 2013–14
Season information
Premier League	Manchester City
Championship	Leicester City
League One	Wolverhampton Wanderers
League Two	Chesterfield
Conference	Luton Town
FA Cup	Arsenal
League Cup	Manchester City
Community Shield	Manchester United
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The 2013–14 season is the 134th season of competitive football in England.

Promotion and relegation

Pre-season

League	Promoted Teams	Relegated Teams
Premier League	Cardiff City Hull City Crystal Palace	Wigan Athletic Queens Park Rangers Reading
Championship	Doncaster Rovers A.F.C. Bournemouth Yeovil Town	Peterborough United Wolverhampton Wanderers Bristol City
League One	Gillingham Rotherham United Port Vale Bradford City	Scunthorpe United Bury Hartlepool United Portsmouth
League Two	Mansfield Town Newport County	Barnet Aldershot Town

England national football team

2014 FIFA World Cup qualification

2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying 6 September 2013	England	4 – 0	Moldova	, England
	Gerrard  12' Lambert  26' Welbeck 44',  45', 50'	Report	Golovatenco 27'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 61,607 Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying 10 September 2013	Ukraine	0 – 0	England	Kiev, Ukraine
	Kucher 62'	Report	Walker 71'	Stadium: NSK Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 69,890 Referee: Pedro Proença (Portugal)

2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying 11 October 2013	England	4 – 1	Montenegro	, England
	Rooney  49' Walker 52' Bošković  62' (o.g.) Townsend  78' Sturridge  90+3' (pen.)	report	Pavićević 50' Volkov 53' Damjanović  71'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 83,807 Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying 15 October 2013	England	2 – 0	Poland	London, England
20:00	Rooney  41' Gerrard  88'	Report		Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 85,186 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

International Friendlies

Friendly 14 August 2013	England	3 – 2	Scotland	London, England
	Walcott  28' Welbeck  53' Lambert  70'		Morrison  11' Miller  49'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 80,486 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Friendly 5 March 2014	England	1 – 0	Denmark	London, England
20:00 GMT	Sturridge  82'	Report		Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 68,573 Referee: Kevin Blom (Netherlands)

Premier League

Main article: 2013–14 Premier League

Manchester City won their second Premier League title in Manuel Pellegrini's first season in charge. Despite being overwhelming favourites at the start of the season, they left it relatively late to take top spot. They also won the League Cup, marking their first domestic double. Liverpool took second place, and were in a good position to end their long wait for a league title, but defeat to Chelsea with 3 games remaining fatally wounded their title challenge; the season was nonetheless a major improvement, as they qualified for the Champions League for the first time in five years and striker Luis Suárez was the league's top marksman with 31 goals despite being banned for the first 5 games of the season. Jose Mourinho's return to Chelsea ended in disappointment, despite the Blues managing a serious title challenge for the first time since 2010. A third-place finish ultimately failed to improve on the previous season's finish. Arsenal took the final Champions League spot, having led the league for a large part of the season before injuries to key players and a terrible run of form in the spring consigned them to another fourth-place finish, though they at least ended their nine-year trophy drought by winning the FA Cup.

Roberto Martinez's first season in charge of Everton saw the blue half of Merseyside take fifth place, making a serious challenge for the final Champions League spot, but ultimately falling short. Tottenham Hotspur, despite a somewhat turbulent season that saw the departure of Gareth Bale, and the sacking of Andre Villas-Boas early in the campaign and replacement manager Tim Sherwood days after the season ended, took sixth place and the final Europa League spot.

Arguably, the biggest shock of the season was defending champions Manchester United's woeful relinquishment of their Premier League trophy. The retirement of Sir Alex Ferguson, an aging squad and poor home form meant they surrendered their crown as early as December. A seventh-place finish, the lowest in the club's history since the inception of the Premier League in 1992, saw David Moyes sacked as manager after less than a year, and a late improvement under the caretaker management of United veteran Ryan Giggs ultimately wasn't enough to take sixth place. This meant that United had failed to qualify for Europe for the first time since English clubs were re-admitted to Europe in 1990.

In a surprising turn of events, Crystal Palace fared the best of the three promoted clubs, finishing 11th. Few had given them any hope of surviving after they lost 9 of their first 10 games, but a huge improvement after Tony Pulis took over as manager meant that the Eagles would be playing a second consecutive season in the Premier League for the first time ever. Hull City also performed reasonably well, never being seriously threatened with relegation and managing a highest-ever finish of 16th place, along with reaching the FA Cup Final.

Sunderland became only the second club to beat the "Curse of Christmas," as they were bottom on Christmas Day (and in fact for much of the campaign), but a late rally of 13 points from their final 6 games saw them earn survival. There was some controversy over their season, as they fielded an ineligible player in four early games, yet were not deducted points as would happen in the Football League and Conference; ultimately though, Sunderland would have lost just one point from such a deduction, not enough to result in their relegation.

Cardiff City's first Premier League season resulted in a bottom-place finish and immediate relegation. Their season had begun reasonably well, but quickly imploded after promotion-winning manager Malky Mackay was controversially sacked after a fall-out with club owner Vincent Tan. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was drafted in, but unable to save the Welsh side from the drop. Fulham's 13-year stay in the Premier League came to an end after a season in which they employed three different managers (Martin Jol, Rene Meulensteen, and Felix Magath) and conceded 85 goals, the most out of the bottom 3. Norwich City occupied the third relegation spot, as an inability to score, terrible away form and a disastrous end to the season following the sacking of Chris Hughton and appointment of youth team coach Neil Adams all cost them dearly, and resulted in them returning to the Championship after three years.

League table

2013–14 Premier League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Manchester City  (C)	38	27	5	6	102	37	+65	86	2014–15 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Liverpool	38	26	6	6	101	50	+51	84
3	Chelsea	38	25	7	6	71	27	+44	82
4	Arsenal	38	24	7	7	68	41	+27	79	2014–15 UEFA Champions League Play-off round
5	Everton	38	21	9	8	61	39	+22	72	2014–15 UEFA Europa League group stage
6	Tottenham Hotspur	38	21	6	11	55	51	+4	69	2014–15 UEFA Europa League play-off round
7	Manchester United	38	19	7	12	64	43	+21	64
8	Southampton	38	15	11	12	54	46	+8	56
9	Stoke City	38	13	11	14	45	52	−7	50
10	Newcastle United	38	15	4	19	43	59	−16	49
11	Crystal Palace	38	13	6	19	33	48	−15	45
12	Swansea City	38	11	9	18	54	54	0	42
13	West Ham United	38	11	7	20	40	51	−11	40
14	Sunderland	38	10	8	20	41	60	−19	38
15	Aston Villa	38	10	8	20	39	61	−22	38
12	Hull City	38	10	7	21	38	53	−15	37	2014–15 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
17	West Bromwich Albion	38	7	15	16	43	59	−16	36
18	Norwich City	38	8	9	21	28	62	−34	33	Relegation to 2014–15 Football League Championship
19	Fulham	38	9	5	24	40	85	−45	32
20	Cardiff City	38	7	9	22	32	74	−42	30

Updated to games played on End of season
Source: Barclays Premier League
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Championship

Main article: 2013–14 Football League Championship

League table

2013–14 Football League Championship table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Leicester City	46	31	9	6	83	43	+40	102	Promotion to the 2014–15 Premier League
2	Burnley	46	26	15	5	72	37	+35	93
3	Derby County	46	25	10	11	84	52	+32	85	Qualification to the Championship Play-offs
4	Queens Park Rangers	46	23	11	12	60	44	+16	80
5	Wigan Athletic	46	21	10	15	61	48	+13	73
6	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	19	15	12	55	40	+15	72
7	Reading	46	19	14	13	70	56	+14	71
8	Blackburn Rovers	46	18	16	12	70	62	+8	70
9	Ipswich Town	46	18	14	14	60	54	+6	68
10	Bournemouth	46	18	12	16	67	66	+1	66
11	Nottingham Forest	46	16	17	13	67	64	+3	65
12	Middlesbrough	46	16	16	14	62	50	+12	64
13	Watford	46	15	15	16	74	64	+10	60
14	Bolton Wanderers	46	14	17	15	59	60	−1	59
15	Leeds United	46	16	9	21	59	67	−8	57
16	Sheffield Wednesday	46	13	14	19	63	65	−2	53
17	Huddersfield Town	46	14	11	21	58	65	−7	53
18	Charlton Athletic	46	13	12	21	41	61	−20	51
19	Millwall	46	11	15	20	46	74	−28	48
20	Blackpool	46	11	13	22	38	66	−28	46
21	Birmingham City	46	11	11	24	58	74	−16	44
22	Doncaster Rovers	46	11	11	24	39	70	−31	44	Relegation to the 2014–15 Football League One
23	Barnsley	46	9	12	25	44	77	−33	39
24	Yeovil Town	46	8	13	25	44	75	−31	37

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

League One

Main article: 2013–14 Football League One

League table

Template:2013–14 Football League One table

League Two

Main article: 2013–14 Football League Two

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Chesterfield	46	23	15	8	71	40	+31	84	Promotion to the  2014–15 Football League One
2	Scunthorpe United	46	20	21	5	68	44	+24	81
3	Rochdale	46	24	9	13	69	48	+21	81
4	Fleetwood Town	46	22	10	14	6	52	−46	76	Qualification for the  2014 Football League play-offs
5	Southend United	46	19	15	12	56	39	+17	72
6	Burton Albion	46	19	15	12	47	42	+5	72
7	York City	46	18	17	11	52	41	+11	71
8	Oxford United	46	16	14	16	53	50	+3	62
9	Dagenham & Redbridge	46	15	15	16	53	59	−6	60
10	Plymouth Argyle	46	16	12	18	51	58	−7	60
11	Mansfield Town	46	15	15	16	49	58	−9	60
12	Bury	46	13	20	13	59	51	+8	59
13	Portsmouth	46	14	17	15	56	66	−10	59
14	Newport County	46	14	16	16	56	59	−3	58
15	Accrington Stanley	46	14	15	17	54	56	−2	57
16	Exeter City	46	14	13	19	54	57	−3	55
17	Cheltenham Town	46	13	16	17	53	63	−10	55
18	Morecambe	46	13	15	18	52	64	−12	54
19	Hartlepool United	46	14	11	21	50	56	−6	53
20	AFC Wimbledon	46	14	14	18	49	57	−8	56
21	Northampton Town	46	13	14	19	42	57	−15	53
22	Wycombe Wanderers	46	12	14	20	46	54	−8	50
23	Bristol Rovers	46	12	14	20	43	54	−11	50	Relegation to the  2014-15 Conference National
24	Torquay United	46	12	9	25	42	66	−24	45

Updated to games played on 3 May 2014
Source: BBC Sport The Football League
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

League Cup

Main article: 2013–14 Football League Cup

F.A. Cup

Main article: 2013–14 FA Cup

Football Conference

Main article: 2013–14 Football Conference

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Luton Town	28	17	9	2	60	23	+37	60	Promotion to the 2014–15 League Two
2	Cambridge United	28	16	9	3	43	16	+27	57	Qualification to the Conference Premier Playoffs
3	Alfreton Town	30	17	1	12	48	49	−1	52
4	Gateshead	31	14	8	9	51	40	+11	50
5	Grimsby Town	26	14	6	6	42	27	+15	48
6	Nuneaton Town	31	13	8	10	38	39	−1	47
7	Kidderminster Harriers	29	14	4	11	47	43	+4	46
8	Salisbury City	28	14	4	10	39	36	+3	46
9	F.C. Halifax Town	32	12	9	11	57	50	+7	45
10	Barnet	30	12	9	9	40	33	+7	45
11	Wrexham	29	12	6	11	48	41	+7	42
12	Welling United	30	11	9	10	43	39	+4	42
13	Macclesfield Town	27	12	5	10	41	35	+6	41
14	Forest Green Rovers	27	12	4	11	52	39	+13	40
15	Hereford United	30	10	9	11	35	36	−1	39
16	Braintree Town	25	11	5	9	32	24	+8	38
17	Woking	29	10	6	13	37	43	−6	36
18	Lincoln City	30	9	9	12	35	41	−6	36
19	Aldershot Town	29	11	7	11	45	40	+5	030†
20	Chester	29	6	10	13	25	43	−18	28
21	Tamworth	27	7	6	14	26	44	−18	27	Relegation to the 2014–15 Conference North/South
22	Southport	29	7	6	16	24	45	−21	27
23	Dartford	30	6	5	19	29	55	−26	23
24	Hyde	30	1	4	25	25	81	−56	7

Updated to games played on 3 February 2014
Source: Football Conference
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd number of goals scored.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round; (Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of departure	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Doncaster Rovers	Flynn, BrianBrian Flynn	End of contract	3 May 2013	Pre-season	Dickov, PaulPaul Dickov	20 May 2013
Millwall	Jackett, KennyKenny Jackett	Resigned	7 May 2013		Lomas, SteveSteve Lomas	6 June 2013
Stoke City	Pulis, TonyTony Pulis	Mutual Consent	21 May 2013		Hughes, MarkMark Hughes	30 May 2013
Chelsea	Benítez, RafaelRafael Benítez	End of interim contract	27 May 2013		Mourinho, JoséJosé Mourinho	3 June 2013
Wigan Athletic	Martínez, RobertoRoberto Martínez	Resigned	28 May 2013		Coyle, OwenOwen Coyle	14 June 2013
Sheffield United	Morgan, ChrisChris Morgan	End of caretaker tenure	10 June 2013		Weir, DavidDavid Weir	10 June 2013
Brighton & Hove Albion	Poyet, GusGus Poyet	Sacked	23 June 2013		García Junyent, ÓscarÓscar García Junyent	26 June 2013
Everton	Moyes, DavidDavid Moyes	End of contract	1 July 2013		Martínez, RobertoRoberto Martínez	5 June 2013
Manchester United	Ferguson, Sir AlexSir Alex Ferguson	Retired	1 July 2013		Moyes, DavidDavid Moyes	1 July 2013
Swindon Town	MacDonald, KevinKevin MacDonald	Mutual consent	13 July 2013		Cooper, MarkMark Cooper	20 August 2013
Gateshead	Smith, AnthAnth Smith	Resigned	18 August 2013	21st	Mills, GaryGary Mills	3 September 2013
Carlisle United	Abbott, GregGreg Abbott	Sacked	9 September 2013	22nd	Kavanagh, GrahamGraham Kavanagh	30 September 2013
Sunderland	Di Canio, PaoloPaolo Di Canio	Sacked	22 September 2013	20th	Poyet, GusGus Poyet	8 October 2013
Derby County	Clough, NigelNigel Clough	Sacked	28 September 2013	14th	McClaren, SteveSteve McClaren	30 September 2013
Sheffield United	Weir, DavidDavid Weir	Sacked	11 October 2013	22nd	Clough, NigelNigel Clough	23 October 2013
Gillingham	Allen, MartinMartin Allen	Sacked	13 October 2013	17th	Taylor, PeterPeter Taylor	14 October 2013
Bury	Blackwell, KevinKevin Blackwell	Sacked	14 October 2013	21st	Jepson, RonnieRonnie Jepson	25 October 2013
Middlesbrough	Mowbray, TonyTony Mowbray	Mutual consent	21 October 2013	16th	Karanka, AitorAitor Karanka	13 November 2013
Crystal Palace	Holloway, IanIan Holloway	Mutual consent	23 October 2013	19th	Pulis, TonyTony Pulis	23 November 2013
Notts County	Kiwomya, ChrisChris Kiwomya	Mutual consent	27 October 2013	24th	Derry, ShaunShaun Derry	6 November 2013
Portsmouth	Whittingham, GuyGuy Whittingham	Sacked	25 November 2013	17th	Richie Barker	9 December 2013
Crawley Town	Richie Barker	Sacked	27 November 2013	12th	John Gregory	3 December 2013
Bristol City	Sean O'Driscoll	Sacked	28 November 2013	22nd	Cotterill, SteveSteve Cotterill	3 December 2013
Barnsley	Flitcroft, DavidDavid Flitcroft	Sacked	30 November 2013	24th	Wilson, DannyDanny Wilson	17 December 2013
Sheffield Wednesday	Jones, DaveDave Jones	Sacked	1 December 2013	23rd
Fulham	Jol, MartinMartin Jol	Sacked	1 December 2013	18th	Meulensteen, RenéRené Meulensteen	1 December 2013
Wigan Athletic	Coyle, OwenOwen Coyle	Sacked	2 December 2013	14th	Rösler, UweUwe Rösler	7 December 2013
Brentford	Rösler, UweUwe Rösler	Signed by Wigan Athletic	7 December 2013	4th	Mark Warburton	10 December 2013
Bury	Jepson, RonnieRonnie Jepson	End of contract	9 December 2013	20th	Flitcroft, DavidDavid Flitcroft	9 December 2013
West Bromwich Albion	Clarke, SteveSteve Clarke	Sacked	14 December 2013	16th	Mel, PepePepe Mel	9 January 2014
Tottenham Hotspur	Villas-Boas, AndréAndré Villas-Boas	Sacked	16 December 2013	7th	Sherwood, TimTim Sherwood	23 December 2013
Watford	Zola, GianfrancoGianfranco Zola	Resigned	16 December 2013	13th	Sannino, GiuseppeGiuseppe Sannino	18 December 2013
Northampton Town	Boothroyd, AidyAidy Boothroyd	Sacked	21 December 2013	24th	Wilder, ChrisChris Wilder	27 January 2014
Millwall	Lomas, SteveSteve Lomas	Sacked	26 December 2013	20th	Holloway, IanIan Holloway	9 January 2014
Cardiff City	Mackay, MalkyMalky Mackay	Sacked	27 December 2013	16th	Solskjær, Ole GunnarOle Gunnar Solskjær	2 January 2014
Torquay United	Knill, AlanAlan Knill	Sacked	2 January 2014	23rd	Hargreaves, ChrisChris Hargreaves	6 January 2014
Blackpool	Ince, PaulPaul Ince	Sacked	21 January 2014	14th
Shrewsbury Town	Turner, GrahamGraham Turner	Resigned	21 January 2014	21st
Oxford United	Wilder, ChrisChris Wilder	Signed by Northampton Town	27 January 2014	6th

Transfers

List of English football transfers summer 2013

Diary of the season

• 2 August: Coventry City are deducted ten points for exiting administration without a Company Voluntary Agreement. Later that day, Sheffield United beat Notts County 2-1 in the first match of the season.
• 5 August: The first League Cup match of the season sees League One side Preston North End defeat Championship opponents (and local rivals) Blackpool 1-0. However, the match is marred by a pitch invasion, during which a steward is severely injured after accidentally being trampled by a police horse.
• 9 August: Hull City A.F.C. chairman Assem Allam announced plans to change the club name to Hull City Tigers for domestic football and Hull Tigers internationally.
• 11 August: The 2013 FA Community Shield features the unusual sight of both competing teams, Manchester United and Wigan Athletic, having new managers (David Moyes and Owen Coyle respectively) taking charge of their teams for the first time in a competitive fixture. Manchester United are ultimately victorious thanks to a brace from Robin van Persie.
• 17 August: The first Premier League fixture of the season sees Liverpool defeat Stoke City 1-0. Later that day Aston Villa inflict a shock 3-1 defeat on Arsenal, before Manchester United top the table after handily beating Swansea City 4-1 in the day's final fixture, and David Moyes's first Premier League game as United manager.
• 18 August: José Mourinho makes a winning return as Chelsea manager as his side defeat Hull City 2-0 in what, coincidentally, is a repeat of the sides' first fixture in Hull's last Premier League campaign in 2009-10.
• 31 August: August ends with Chelsea looking to repeat their success during Mourinho's first spell in charge, as they lead the Premiership table. Manchester City are second on goal difference, but have played one game more than Liverpool and Tottenham, both of whom play their matches for this matchweek on 1 September. Stoke City, Manchester United (with a game in hand) and West Ham United complete the top seven, while pointless Swansea City are joined in the relegation zone by Sunderland and West Bromwich Albion. In the Championship, Blackpool and QPR hold the top two spots at the end of August, while Burnley, Nottingham Forest, Leicester City and Bournemouth stand in the play-off places. Bolton Wanderers prop up the table, along with Millwall and Yeovil Town.
• 1 September: Tottenham and Wales winger Gareth Bale joins Real Madrid for a reported world record fee of £85 million.
• 30 September: September ends with an Arsenal side revitalised by the signing of German superstar Mesut Ozil leading the table, while Liverpool are leading Tottenham in second by virtue of goals scored. Everton, Chelsea, Southampton and Manchester City complete the top seven, while reigning champions Manchester United stand twelfth with only seven points from six games, their worst start in 23 years. Sunderland are bottom of the Premiership with only one point out of a possible 21 obtained, followed by Crystal Palace and Fulham. In the Championship, QPR continue to defy expectations that they will struggle and lead the division; Burnley, who sold star striker Charlie Austin to QPR over the summer, are second. Leicester, Watford, Nottingham Forest and Reading complete the top six. At the opposite end of the table, Barnsley are now bottom but are only below Bolton and Sheffield Wednesday on goal difference.
• 11 October: England defeat Montenegro 4-1 at Wembley in their penultimate 2014 World Cup qualifying match, with Tottenham winger Andros Townsend scoring on his international debut. The result means that England are now top of their qualifying group and guaranteed to at least make the play-offs (and eliminates Montenegro, barring a highly improbable set of result in the final set of matches), but Ukraine's win the same day means that should England fail to defeat Poland in four days time, they will almost certainly be forced to settle for the play-offs due to Ukraine's final match being against no-hopers San Marino.
• 15 October: England secure automatic qualification for the World Cup, beating Poland 2-0 at Wembley and consigning Ukraine (who beat San Marino 8-0 at the same time) to the play-offs.
• 31 October: Arsenal remain top of the Premiership as October closes, although Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham are hot on their heels and looking to make title challenges of their own. Everton and Southampton are continuing their surprise European charges as they stand in fifth and sixth respectively, while the two Manchester clubs, City and United, have failed to live up to pre-season expectations thus far and stand in seventh and eighth respectively. Sunderland have moved off the bottom of the Premiership table at the expense of managerless Crystal Palace but remain in the relegation zone, joined by Norwich City. Burnley have maintained their excellent start to the season and lead the Championship, followed by Leicester City. QPR, Blackpool, Reading and Nottingham Forest stand in the play-off places. Sheffield Wednesday, the only team in the Football League without a league win this season, are bottom of the Championship and are joined in the relegation zone by Yeovil (22nd) and Barnsley (23rd).
• 1 November: Tranmere Rovers midfielder Joe Thompson is diagnosed with nolar sclerosing Hodgkin Lymphona, a rare form of cancer.
• 2 November: Manchester City record their biggest ever Premier League victory after beating Norwich 7-0 with is seven different scorers.
• 5 November: Manchester City qualify for the knock-out rounds of the Champions League for the first time, after a 5-2 victory over CSKA Moscow.
• 28 November: The arrests of six men involved in an alleged football betting syndicate is revealed in the 2013 English match fixing scandal.
• 30 November: At the end of November, Premier League leaders Arsenal have opened up a seven-point gap between them and joint-second Liverpool, Chelsea and Everton, thanks in part to Liverpool and Chelsea's next fixtures falling on the first of December. Newcastle United are making a tilt for European qualification and stand in fifth, ahead of Manchester City and Southampton. Crystal Palace and Sunderland remain the bottom two clubs and are joined in the drop zone by Fulham. In the Championship, Leicester hold a three-point lead over Burnley, while the play-off and relegation spots remain unchanged from the end of November, although Barnsley have now dropped below Sheffield Wednesday to the foot of the table on goal difference.
• 29 December: As 2013 closes second-placed Manchester City have whittled Arsenal's lead at the top of the Premier League to one point; Chelsea are themselves one point behind City. Everton are continuing their European challenge and are in fourth, ahead of Merseyside rivals Liverpool. Manchester United have overcome their early poor form to stand sixth, ahead of a Tottenham Hotspur side responding well to new manager Tim Sherwood. Sunderland remain bottom, while Crystal Palace have climbed clear of the relegation zone at the expense of West Ham, who are sandwiched by Fulham. Leicester City remain top of the Championship, four points ahead of Derby County and Burnley. QPR, Nottingham Forest and Ipswich Town continue their top-six pushes. At the other end of the table, Millwall and Doncaster Rovers are looking nervously over their shoulders at Sheffield Wednesday, who have climbed to 22nd with a game in hand and a superior goal difference over their nearest rivals; the Sheffield club's upturn in form has pushed Yeovil and Barnsley below them.
• 31 January: January ends with Manchester City at the top of the league, leading Arsenal by a single point. Chelsea remain in third, while Liverpool have climbed back into the top four, followed by Everton, Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United. Sunderland have moved out of the relegation zone and are replaced at the foot of the table by Cardiff City. West Ham United and Fulham continue to struggle. Leicester remain leaders of the Championship, eight points clear of QPR and eleven of Burnley, although both have a game in hand. Derby County sit comfortably in the play-off zone, with Nottingham Forest and Reading in 5th and 6th. Charlton Athletic, Barnsley and Yeovil Town make up the relegation zone.

Deaths

• 10 June 2013: Don Roby, 79, former Notts County F.C. and Derby County right half.
• 17 June 2013: Geoff Strong, 75, former Arsenal, Liverpool and Coventry City defender.
• 4 July 2013: Jack Crompton, 91, former Manchester United goalkeeper, who also managed Bury.
• 8 July 2013: Dave Hickson, 83, former Everton, Aston Villa, Huddersfield Town, Liverpool, Bury and Tranmere Rovers forward, known as one of few players to represent all three major Merseyside clubs.
• 14 July 2013: George Smith, 92, former Manchester City and Chesterfield inside forward.
• 19 July 2013: Bert Trautmann, 89, former Manchester City goalkeeper, who famously played on in the 1956 FA Cup Final despite suffering a broken neck.
• 19 July 2013: Phil Woosnam, 80, former Wales, Manchester City, Leyton Orient, West Ham United and Aston Villa striker, who also managed the USA.
• 29 July 2013: Christian Benítez, 27, former Ecuador and Birmingham City striker.
• August 2013: Wilf Carter, 79, former West Bromwich Albion, Plymouth Argyle and Exeter City forward.
• 5 August 2013: Malcolm Barrass, 88, former England, Bolton Wanderers and Sheffield United defender.
• 6 August 2013: Steve Aizlewood, 60, former Newport County, Swindon Town and Portsmouth defender.
• 6 August 2013: Dave Wagstaffe, 70, former Manchester City, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Blackburn Rovers and Blackpool winger.
• 7 August 2013: Keith Skillen, 65, former Workington and Hartlepool United striker.
• 13 August 2013: Johnny Hamilton, 78, former Watford midfielder.
• 16 August 2013: John Ryden, 82, former Accrington Stanley, Tottenham Hotspur and Watford centre half.
• 24 August 2013: Gerry Baker, 75, former USA, Manchester City, Ipswich Town and Coventry City forward.
• 28 August 2013: Barry Stobart, 75, former Wolverhampton Wanderers, Manchester City, Aston Villa and Shrewsbury Town forward.
• August 2013: Brian Smith, 57, former Bolton Wanderers, Blackpool, Bournemouth and Bury midfielder.
• 10 September 2013: Barry Hancock, 74, former Port Vale and Crewe Alexandra inside-forward.
• 15 September 2013: Peter Morley, 84, former Crystal Palace chairman.
• 25 September 2013: Ron Fenton, 73, former Burnley, Birmingham City, West Bromwich Albion, Brentford and Notts County inside forward, who also managed Notts County and coached at Nottingham Forest.
• 26 September 2013: Don Donovan, 83, former Republic of Ireland, Everton and Grimsby Town right back.
• 1 October 2013: Peter Broadbent, 80, former England, Brentford, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Shrewsbury Town, Aston Villa and Stockport County midfielder.
• 3 October 2013: Ernie Morgan, 86, former Lincoln City and Gillingham striker.
• 3 October 2013: Laurie Cunningham, 91, former Barnsley and Bournemouth defender.
• 7 October 2013: Mick Buckley, 59, former Everton, Sunderland, Hartlepool United, Carlisle United and Middlesbrough midfielder.
• October 2013: Harold Rudman, 88, former Burnley and Rochdale full back.
• 9 October 2013: Tony Alexander, 78, former Reading forward.
• 19 October 2013: Geoff Smith, 85, former Bradford City goalkeeper.
• 30 October 2013: Ray Mielczarek, 67, former Wales, Wrexham, Huddersfield Town and Rotherham United defender.
• 4 November 2013: Roger Barton, 67, former Lincoln City and Barnsley winger.
• 4 November 2013: Elfed Morris, 71, former Wrexham, Chester City and Halifax Town winger.
• 5 November 2013: Stuart Williams, 83, former Wales, Wrexham, West Bromwich Albion and Southampton full back.
• 6 November 2013: Sammy Taylor, 80, former Preston North End, Carlisle United and Southport winger.
• 7 November 2013: Ron Dellow, 99, former Mansfield Town, Manchester City, Tranmere Rovers and Carlisle United winger.
• 25 November 2013: Bill Foulkes, 81, former Manchester United captain, who survived the 1958 Munich Air Disaster.
• 12 December 2013: David Jones, 73, former Crewe Alexandra, Birmingham City and Millwall inside forward.
• 24 December 2013: Ron Noades, 76, former Crystal Palace chairman, who also had a spell in charge of Brentford.
• 25 December 2013: Wayne Harrison, 46, former Oldham Athletic striker
• 26 December 2013: Andy Malcolm, 80, former West Ham United, Chelsea and Queens Park Rangers midfielder.
• 29 December 2013: Paul Comstive, 52, former Blackburn Rovers, Wigan Athletic, Wrexham, Burnley, Bolton Wanderers and Chester City midfielder.
• 3 January 2014: Eric Barnes, 76, former Crewe Alexandra centre-half.
• 6 January 2014: Jim Appleby, 79, former Burnley, Blackburn Rovers, Southport and Chester defender.
• 7 January 2014: Roy Warhurst, 87, former Sheffield United, Birmingham City, Manchester City, Crewe Alexandra and Oldham Athletic wing half.
• 10 January 2014: Ian Redford, 53, former Ipswich Town midfielder.
• 13 January 2014: Bobby Collins, 82, former Scotland, Everton, Leeds United, Bury and Oldham Athletic midfielder, who also managed at Huddersfield Town, Hull City and Barnsley.
• 14 January 2014: Alan Blackburn, 78, former West Ham United and Halifax Town forward.
• 18 January 2014: Andy Graver, 86, former Newcastle United, Lincoln City, Leicester City and Stoke City forward.
• 19 January 2014: Bert Williams, 93, former England, Walsall and Wolverhampton Wanderers goalkeeper.
• 22 January 2014: Arthur Bellamy, 71, former Burnley and Chesterfield inside forward.
• 27 January 2014: Brian Gibbs, 77, former Bournemouth, Gillingham and Colchester United inside left.
• 1 February 2014: Tony Hateley, 72, former Notts County, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Liverpool, Coventry City, Birmingham City and Oldham Athletic striker.
• 2 February 2014: Nigel Walker, 54, former Newcastle United, Crewe Alexandra, Sunderland, Chester City and Hartlepool United midfielder.

Retirements

• 6 June 2013: Benni McCarthy, 35, former South Africa, Blackburn Rovers and West Ham United striker.
• 8 June 2013: Phil Neville, 36, former Manchester United, Everton and England defender.
• 11 June 2013: Mido, 30, former Egypt, Tottenham Hotspur, Middlesbrough, Wigan Athletic, West Ham United and Barnsley striker.
• 21 June 2013: Neil Harris, 35, former Millwall, Nottingham Forest and Southend United striker.
• 25 July 2013: Leigh Bromby, 33, former Sheffield Wednesday, Sheffield United, Watford and Leeds United defender.
• 31 July 2013: Kieron Dyer, 34, former England, Ipswich Town, Newcastle United, West Ham United, Queens Park Rangers and Middlesbrough midfielder.
• 8 August 2013: Louis Saha, 35, former France, Fulham, Manchester United, Everton, Tottenham Hotspur and Sunderland striker.
• 12 August 2013: Doni, 33, former Brazil and Liverpool goalkeeper.
• 25 August 2013: Robin Hulbert, 33, former Swindon Town, Bristol City, Port Vale and Darlington midfielder.
• 26 August 2013: Deco, 35, former Portugal, Corinthians, Alverca, Salgueiros, Porto, Barcelona, Chelsea and Fluminense midfielder.
• 4 September 2013: Thomas Hitzlsperger, 31, former Germany, Aston Villa, West Ham United and Everton midfielder.
• 27 September 2013: Grétar Steinsson, 31, former Iceland and Bolton Wanderers defender.
• 2 October 2013: Michael Duberry, 37, former Chelsea, Leeds United, Stoke City, Reading, Wycombe Wanderers and Oxford United defender.
• 11 October 2013: Rob Edwards, 30, former Wales, Aston Villa, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Blackpool and Barnsley defender.
• 16 October 2013: Rob Hulse, 33, former Crewe Alexandra, West Bromwich Albion, Leeds United, Sheffield United, Derby County and Queens Park Rangers forward.
• 16 October 2013: Garry Richards, 27, former Colchester United, Southend United and Gillingham defender.
• 25 October 2013: Adam Virgo, 30, former Brighton & Hove Albion, Yeovil Town and Bristol Rovers defender.
• 3 December 2013: David Healy, 34, former Northern Ireland, Manchester United, Preston North End, Leeds United, Fulham, Sunderland and Bury forward.
• 5 December 2013: Richard Cresswell, 36, former York City, Sheffield Wednesday, Leicester City, Preston North End, Leeds United, Stoke City and Sheffield United forward.
• 16 December 2013: Rory Delap, 37, former Republic of Ireland, Carlisle United, Derby County, Southampton. Sunderland, Stoke City and Burton Albion midfielder.
• 23 December 2013: Mark Creighton, 32, former Oxford United, Wrexham, defender.
• 31 December 2013: Jeff Smith, 33, former Hartlepool United, Bolton Wanderers, Port Vale, Carlisle United and Darlington midfielder.
• 8 January 2014: Danny Higginbotham, 35, former Gibraltar, Manchester United, Derby County, Southampton, Sunderland, Stoke City and Sheffield United defender
• 14 January 2014: Luis Garcia, 35, former Spain and Liverpool winger.
• 18 January 2014: Brett Emerton, 34, former Australia and Blackburn Rovers midfielder.
• 5 February 2014: Mile Sterjovski, 34, former Australia and Derby County midfielder.

2013–14 in English football
FA competitions
FA Cup (Qualifying Rounds, Final) · Community Shield · FA Trophy (Final) · FA Youth Cup
Premier League and Football Leagues
Premier League (Academy · Reserve) · Football League (Championship · League One · League Two) · League Cup (Final) · Football League Trophy (Final)
Football Conference
Football Conference (National · North · South)
Lower leagues
Isthmian League (Isthmian League Cup) · Northern Premier League · Southern Football League
Regional cups
Cheshire · Essex · Lancashire (FA Challenge) · Liverpool · Sheffield and Hallamshire · Surrey
European competitions
Champions League (Final) · Europa League (Final)
Related to national team
2014 FIFA World Cup · Roy Hodgson
Club seasons
Premier League
Arsenal · Aston Villa · Cardiff City · Chelsea · Crystal Palace · Everton · Fulham · Hull City · Liverpool · Manchester City · Manchester United · Newcastle United · Norwich City · Southampton · Stoke City · Sunderland · Swansea City · Tottenham Hotspur · West Bromwich Albion · West Ham United
Championship
Barnsley · Birmingham City · Blackburn Rovers · Blackpool · Bolton Wanderers · Bournemouth · Brighton & Hove Albion · Burnley · Charlton Athletic · Derby County · Doncaster Rovers · Huddersfield Town · Ipswich Town · Leeds United · Leicester City · Middlesbrough · Millwall · Nottingham Forest · Queens Park Rangers · Reading · Sheffield Wednesday · Watford · Wigan Athletic · Yeovil Town
League One
Bradford City · Brentford · Bristol City · Carlisle United · Colchester United · Coventry City · Crawley Town · Crewe Alexandra · Gillingham · Leyton Orient · Milton Keynes Dons · Notts County · Oldham Athletic · Peterborough United · Port Vale · Preston North End · Rotherham United · Sheffield United · Shrewsbury Town · Stevenage · Swindon Town · Tranmere Rovers · Walsall · Wolverhampton Wanderers
League Two
Accrington Stanley · AFC Wimbledon · Bristol Rovers · Burton Albion · Bury · Cheltenham Town · Chesterfield · Dagenham & Redbridge · Exeter City · Fleetwood Town · Hartlepool United · Mansfield Town · Morecambe · Newport County · Northampton Town · Oxford United · Plymouth Argyle · Portsmouth · Rochdale · Scunthorpe United · Southend United · Torquay United · Wycombe Wanderers · York City
Conference National
Aldershot Town · Alfreton Town · Barnet · Braintree Town · Cambridge United · Chester · Dartford · FC Halifax Town · Forest Green Rovers · Gateshead · Grimsby Town · Hereford United · Hyde · Kidderminster Harriers · Lincoln City · Luton Town · Macclesfield Town · Nuneaton Town · Salisbury City · Southport · Tamworth · Welling United · Woking · Wrexham
Transfers 2013-14
Summer 2013 transfers · Winter 2013–14 transfers · Summer 2014 transfers
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