Manchester United boss Ray Burton led his team to the Premiership title in game 5, thanks to a great last day victory over rivals Derby. With the Rams three points ahead going into the final game, and with a slightly better goal difference, United needed to win by at least two clear goals. With home advantage, they were possibly favourites for the match, but they were unlikely to be able to shut out Derby County - far and away the league top scorers - and so faced an uphill task to win by sufficient a margin. It was looking good four minutes before half time, when Ronaldo fired the Old Trafford side in front. It was even better five minutes into the second half - Sergio Aguero with United's second. Now all they had to do was hang on. Within minutes, Ribery came close to getting Derby back into the game, but Diego Lopez denied him. Another great Derby chance fell to Chiellini, but he couldn't make the most of it, and the game was over. United the champions, Derby the runners up for the second consecutive season. Spurs came third - three points behind the top two, as were West Ham, champions for the past couple of seasons but this time around they narrowly miss out. In the cups, Daniel Marshall's Liverpool completed an impressive Division 1 and FA Cup double, at the same time ending United's double dreams - the Anfield outfit winning the FA Cup final 3-0, Derby having picked up the League Cup a few weeks earlier when they beat Manchester City in the final.
The European League was won easily by David Burton's Juventus for the third season in a row. They finished 13 points clear of runners up Real Madrid but lost out in the cups - Napoli won the FA Cup and Barcelona the League Cup.
Martin Adamson's Tottenham won the Champions League, beating the seasons surprise outfit, Hull City, in the final - 4-2 the final score. Hull had an interesting season, being pretty much unmanaged all through but doing really well until week 18 - leading the Premier division and cruising through the Champions league - when they fell apart completely and didn't win another game. Man City beat River Plate 1-0 in the UEFA Cup final.
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