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How every Premier League season would have finished after gameweek 29: 1998-99

Given the current uncertainty over the resumption of the Premier League, Sports Mole takes a look at how the 1998-99 season would have ended after gameweek 29.

With the coronavirus pandemic having brought a halt to the Premier League campaign, Liverpool are yet to discover whether they will be given the chance to end their three-decade wait for a league title.

However, the majority of the 20 clubs in England's top flight face an anxious wait over their own positions, whether that be to do with European qualification or potential relegation to the Championship.

The current global crisis has caught everyone off guard, resulting in frequent meetings being held between the powers-that-be at their respective organisations. However, it raises the question of what would have happened in years gone by had the Premier League been ended after gameweek 29?

Having witnessed Arsenal win the title a year earlier, Manchester United regained the trophy in dramatic circumstances, ending the campaign one point ahead of the Gunners courtesy of a comeback win against Tottenham Hotspur on the final day of the season.

However, it would have been less dramatic had the season ended after gameweek 29. United sat four points clear of their nearest rivals, as well as third-placed Chelsea.

The Blues comfortably held onto that position for the remainder of the season to earn the final Champions League spot, with Leeds United doing the same with regards to qualification for the UEFA Cup.

Aston Villa failed to capitalise on holding onto fifth place, however. The West Midlands side finished in sixth due to a storming finish from West Ham United, who went from eighth to fifth to progress into the Intertoto Cup.

Southampton have pulled off some great escapes in their history, and this season marked another close shave with relegation having reached gameweek 29 in 19th position.

The Saints recorded 15 points from their closing 10 fixtures to end the campaign in 17th spot, five points clear of Charlton Athletic.

After being in the bottom three in early March, Blackburn Rovers and Nottingham Forest joined the Addicks in dropping down into Division One.

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