1.   Forced Sales of players like Paul Simpson and Lee Nogan for three quarters of a million pounds simply to keep the club alive have become a neccessity.

2.   Aston Villa and Leeds are the only Premier League clubs still alive in both the FA and League cups.

3.   Despite the slight nod to Inter Milan, the cup is wide open with three German clubs still alive along with two each from Spain and France.

4.   The warning was directed specifically at Nottingham Forest, the only English club still alive in European Cup play when the competitions resume in March.