Pre-season predictions

Anticipation is building ahead of the start of the season

It's that time of year again.

A time for everybody to get their hopes up and dream about the season that lies ahead.

It is also a time for people to risk making absolute fools of themselves by predicting what the season will bring. Here goes...

Premier League.
1. Manchester United. 2. Manchester City. 3. Chelsea. 4. Liverpool. 5. Arsenal.
6. Tottenham. 7. Everton. 8. Aston Villa. 9. Sunderland. 10. Stoke. 11. Fulham.
12. Newcastle. 13. West Brom. 14. Wolves. 15. Bolton. 16. QPR. 17. Norwich.
18. Blackburn. 19. Swansea. 20. Wigan.

Top scorer: Javier Hernandez.
Player of the Year: Luis Suarez (unless Wesley Sneijder joins Manchester United).
Young Player of the Year: Jack Wilshere.
One to watch: Josh McEachran.
Quote of the season: Alan Pardew (Day after August and January transfer deadline days): "We didn't want to let him go but it was too much money to turn down. We tried desperately to replace him but we were quoted ridiculous prices. All the money will be spent in the next transfer window."

Championship.
1. Leicester. 2. West Ham. 3. Nottingham Forest. 4. Southampton. 5. Birmingham.
6. Leeds. 7. Middlesbrough. 8. Brighton. 9. Blackpool. 10. Ipswich. 11. Cardiff.
12. Reading. 13. Burnley. 14. Hull. 15. Portsmouth. 16. Bristol City. 17. Millwall.
18. Derby. 19. Crystal Palace. 20. Peterborough. 21. Doncaster. 22. Watford.
23. Coventry. 24. Barnsley.

Top scorer: Nicky Maynard.

League One.
1. Preston. 2. Huddersfield. 3. Sheffield Wednesday. 4. Sheffield United. 5. Scunthorpe.
6. Charlton. 7. MK Dons. 8. Colchester. 9. Brentford. 10. Bournemouth. 11. Hartlepool.
12. Leyton Orient. 13. Exeter. 14. Carlisle. 15. Oldham. 16. Chesterfield. 17. Bury.
18. Rochdale. 19. Wycombe. 20. Notts County. 21. Walsall. 22. Stevenage.
23. Tranmere. 24. Yeovil.

Top scorer: Bradley Wright-Phillips.

League Two.
1. Crawley. 2. Port Vale. 3. Bristol Rovers. 4. Accrington Stanley. 5. Rotherham.
6. Northampton. 7. Dagenham and Redbridge. 8. Oxford. 9. Swindon. 10. Bradford.
11. Shrewsbury. 12. Plymouth. 13. Crewe. 14. Southend. 15. AFC Wimbledon.
16. Gillingham. 17. Torquay. 18. Burton Albion. 19. Aldershot. 20. Hereford.
21 Cheltenham. 22. Macclesfield. 23. Morecambe. 24. Barnet.

Top scorer: Matt Tubbs.

Conference.
Promoted: Luton, Stockport.

FA Cup winners: Arsenal.
Carling Cup winners: Tottenham.

Champions League winners: Barcelona.
Europa League winners: Paris St-Germain.

Scottish Premier League winners: Celtic.
La Liga winners: Barcelona.
Serie A winners: Juventus.
Bundesliga winners: Bayern Munich.
Ligue One winners: Paris St-Germain.

EURO 2012 winners: Germany.