So it's all over for another year and what an entertaining day of football it turned out to be at both ends of the English Premier League table. Manchester United's hard fought 2-0 win over Wigan Athletic saw them lift their 17th English league title leaving them only one behind Liverpool's record haul of 18. Manager Sir Alex Ferguson and goalscorer Ryan Giggs both secured their 10th league titles with the Old Trafford club on the same day as Giggs equalled the Manchester United appearance record held by legend Sir Bobby Charlton. Quite a day for the Welshman then.

Chelsea finished second after their draw at home to Bolton wasn't enough to catch United but they can look forward to next week's UEFA Champion's League final against Manchester United in Moscow to exact their revenge.

At the bottom of the table Reading, Birmingham City and Fulham all started the day with the threat of relegation hanging over them but despite all three securing credible wins it was Fulham who edged out of the relegation zone after four wins in their last five games and delivered the kind of escape Harry Houdini would have been proud of. Coach Roy Hodgson now picks up an estimated bonus of around £1m for avoiding the drop so I'm sure he'll be a happy man tonight.

Elsewhere, Everton secured a much deserved 5th spot, Liverpool beat Spurs in a meaningless contest and Middlesbrough recorded a record Premier League win of 8 - 1 against Manchester City in what looks to be Sven Goran Eriksson's last game in charge of City. With city rivals United winning the title it wasn't the happiest of endings to a season for the long suffering City fans in any regard.

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