LONDON: Propelled by the weight of Chelsea's money and Arsenal's undoubted class, the pendulum of power in English football is swinging south.
For most of the past decade northern England, centred on Manchester, has held bragging rights in the national sport. Since the start of the Premier League in 1992-93, northern clubs have won the title nine times in 11 years.
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