11.   Instead, Tottenham and Newcastle are striving to avoid the drop.

12.   Meanwhile, Premier Division club Aberdeen will be forced to win a playoff to avoid the drop for first time in team history.

13.   Forest player-manager Stuart Pearce felt his side needed to win their last three matches to have a realistic chance of avoiding the drop.

14.   Ipswich boss George Burley found room for optimism depsite missing out on three vital points as they bid to avoid the drop into the First Division.

15.   And the ways things are going, the Cumbrians will do well just to avoid the drop.

16.   Barnsley, though, will be expecting few favours on Saturday from their Yorkshire neighbours Bradford who are fighting to avoid the drop to the second division.

17.   Currently, food assistance is greatly regulated to avoid a drop in international food prices.

18.   The victory kept second-from-bottom Bari in with a chance of avoiding the drop to Serie B next season.

19.   Struggling Premiership outfit Coventry revealed Monday they are keen to land transfer-listed Aberdeen star Eoin Jess as they step up their bid to avoid the drop.

20.   That strike force should nevertheless be more than a match for Bari, second from bottom and struggling to avoid the drop.