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• football: Sir Alex Ferguson became the first manager in English top-flight football to win a hat t.. .

• status: Bilbao ready for fight to preserve top-flight status Published: 26 November 2005 All crises are relative.

• club: Birmingham City are the latest top-flight club to be reportedly showing an interest in Luton defender Curtis Davies.

• side: The division's newcomers showed a glimpse of what they have in store for fellow top-flight sides with a fine, battling win.

• team: A final position of 22nd left the largest city in Europe never to have hosted a top-flight team within two places of non-league football.

• experience: Also much of the squad is still lacking any kind of top-flight experience, including their young Coach Marco Giampaolo.