Arsenal close in on England FA National title again

April 9, 2006
Arsenal 5 Everton 0
Birmingham 2 Sunderland 0

Standings............. P W D L GF GA PTS
1 Arsenal ...............16 14 2 0 76 ..17 44
2 Charlton Ath .......14 11 3 0 35 ....9 36
3 Everton ...............15 11 2 2 39 ..19 35
4 Doncaster RB ....17 7 2 8 29 .....29 23
5 Bristol Acad .......18 4 8 6 19 .....29 20
6 Leeds Utd ..........16 4 6 6 25 .....30 18
7 Fulham ................17 4 2 11 24.. 44 14
8 Sunderland .........15 3 4 8 21 .....45 13
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9 Chelsea ..............18 3 3 12 22 ..46 12
10 Birmingham ......15 3 2 10 20 ..39 11

* The bottom two clubs will go into a play-off, against
the 2nd placed teams in the North and South divisions.