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September premier league fixtures

Saturday 13th: Arsenal v Portsmouth 21.00, Birmingham v Fulham postponed Blackburn v Liverpool 21.00, Bolton v Middlesbrough 21.00, Charlton v Man Utd 21.00, Chelsea v Tottenham 21.00, Everton v Newcastle 21.00, Leicester v Leeds postponed, Man City v Aston Villa postponed, Southampton v Wolverhampton 21.00
Sunday 14th: Man City v Aston Villa 22.00, Birmingham v Fulham 22.05.
Monday 15th: Leicester v Leeds 02.00.
Saturday 20th: Wolverhampton v Chelsea 18.30, Aston Villa v Charlton 21.00, Fulham v Man City 21.00, Leeds v Birmingham 21.00, Liverpool v Leicester 21.00, Man Utd v Arsenal postponed, Middlesbrough v Everton postponed, Newcastle v Bolton 21.00, Portsmouth v Blackburn 21.00, Tottenham v Southampton 21.00.
Sunday 21st: Middlesbrough v Everton 20.00, Man Utd v Arsenal 22.05.
Friday 26th: Arsenal v Newcastle 02.00.
Saturday 27th: Arsenal v Newcastle postponed, Birmingham v Portsmouth 21.00, Blackburn v Fulham 21.00, Bolton v Wolverhampton 21.00, Charlton v Liverpool postponed, Chelsea v Aston Villa 21.00, Everton v Leeds postponed, Leicester v Man Utd 21.00, Man City v Tottenham postponed, Southampton v Middlesbrough 21.00.
Sunday 28th: Charlton v Liverpool 20.00, Everton v Leeds 21.00, Man City v Tottenham 22.05

SEPTEMBER F1
14th Italian at Monza
Course Details: Circuit length: 5.77 km No of laps: 53 Race distance: 305.772 km
Lap record: Rubens Barrichello, Ferrari, 2002, 1min 23.657
History: The original banked track built in 1922 has long since been abandoned, with the modern Monza boasting fast sweeping corners and long straights. Some of the corners have been tightened a little in the interests of safety in recent years and chicanes have been brought into play.
Monza is the real home of the Italian Grand Prix, which has been staged here every year but one since 1950, and the "tifosi" or fans add to the unique atmosphere.
28th USA at Indianapolis

Course Details: Circuit length: 4.195 km No of laps: 73 Race distance: 306.235 km
Lap record: Rubens Barrichello, Ferrari, 2002, 1min 12.738
History: The Indianapolis Motor Speedway circuit makes its Formula One debut as host this year, the first U.S Grand Prix since 1991 in Phoenix which was quoted by Martin Blundell as being “the biggest disaster ever.” In a country where sport is dominated by football, basketball and the like, nobody knew where it was, and as a consequence only a small number of spectators attended.
However, Indianapolis Speedway officials believe that this track will attract up to 150,000 spectators. This circuit has a long spanning history, attracting thousands of American fans every week, which is why the IMS believe that this is the perfect venue to attract Americans to Formula One.
The Indianapolis track is in the record books for holding the oldest automobile race in America, which opened in 1909 and became host to the Indianapolis 500 in 1911, the latest winner being Kenny Brack in 1999.
Former World champion, Jacques Villeneuve is no stranger to the Indy car circuit, having won the Indy 500 and PPG Cup in 1995. However, Formula One stars with high profiles such as Villeneuve will provide something of a culture shock to the American fans, with wages higher than some American football stars and team annual budgets peaking at $100 million. Speedway will have to work very hard to attract the same glamour that is attached to other F1 circuits.

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