Sunday's football photos
Goalflashes and major incidents (all times BST):
AS IT STANDS - FULL-TIME
1655 FULL-TIME: Blackburn 2-0 Manchester City
The 2005/06 Premiership season is at an end as the whistle goes at Ewood Park.
1653: FULL-TIME Arsenal 4-2 Wigan
The final whistle goes on the last match at Highbury and there is no doubt that the send-off party to the stadium will go with a swing as news comes through of Tottenham's defeat.
1652: GOAL Everton 2-2 West Brom Everton win a late penalty as Williams Martinez fouls Mikel Arteta. Duncan Ferguson sees his spot-kick saved but he hammers home the rebound on what is likely to be his final appearance for the club.
1648: GOAL Portsmouth 1-3 Liverpool
Peter Crouch and Djibril Cisse combine to restore Liverpool's two-goal advantage. The Englishman plays in the Frenchman who slots home with aplomb.
1648: GOAL Aston Villa 2-1 Sunderland
Danny Collins climbs high to head in a corner to give bottom-placed Sunderland a consolation - or is it the start of a dramatic comeback?
1646: GOAL Everton 1-2 West Brom
Victor Anichebe turns and nutmegs the keeper to score his first Everton goal and give the hosts a sniff of a comeback.
1645: GOAL Portsmouth 1-2 Liverpool
Pompey winger Wayne Routledge crosses to the far post where Ognjen Koroman scores.
1645: GOAL Fulham 1-0 Middlesbrough
David Wheater fouls Heidar Helguson in the box and the Finn steps up to roll a tame penalty in with keeper Ross Turnbull diving the other way.
1643: GOAL Portsmouth 0-2 Liverpool
Dean Kiely parries Djibril Cisse's cross-cum-shot into the path of Peter Crouch who taps it home.
AS IT STANDS - RACE FOR FOURTH
Highbury is rocking! In the space of three minutes Thierry Henry has completed his hat-trick, Dennis Bergkamp has come on and Tottenham have gone behind at West Ham. Spurs now have to score twice to deny the Gunners fourth spot and the Champions League qualifying spot.
1640: GOAL West Ham 2-1 Tottenham
Yossi Benayoun turns neatly in the box and smashes the ball past Paul Robinson.
1638: GOAL Aston Villa 2-0 Sunderland
Liam Ridgewell powers in a header at the second time of asking moments after Kelvin Davies superbly saves a Gareth Barry penalty.
1637: GOAL Arsenal 4-2 Wigan
Thierry Henry calmly steps up to roll the penalty home after Andreas Johansson's foul to complete his hat-trick. He kisses the Highbury turf in celebration in front of the North Bank.
1636: RED CARD Wigan
Andreas Johansson has been on the pitch for less than a minute and is sent off for fouling compatriot Freddie Ljungberg.
1635: RED CARD Newcastle
Steven Carr is sent off for a foul on Lassana Diarra.
AS IT STANDS - RACE FOR SEVENTH
Newcastle go back above Bolton in the hunt for that Intertoto Cup place and Sam Allardyce will be hoping for a Chelsea reply in the remaining 20 or so minutes.
1633: GOAL Newcastle 1-0 Chelsea
Emre's corner is headed back across goal by Amdy Faye and is driven into the roof of the net by Titus Bramble.
1624: Aston Villa hit the woodwork again. This time it is Steven Davis who is close but not close enough against Sunderland.
AS IT STANDS - RACE FOR SEVENTH
Sam Allardyce's substitution could send Bolton back into Europe as they leapfrog Newcastle into that Intertoto qualification spot.
1623: GOAL Bolton 1-0 Birmingham
Substitute Ricardo Vaz Te hooks home Kevin Nolan's inviting cross from the left to break the deadlock at the Reebok.
1622: RED CARD Blackburn
Rovers midfielder Tugay is sent off for a wild, two-footed lunge on David Sommeil.
1619: GOAL Manchester United 4-0 Charlton
Radostin Kishishev dawdles on the ball on halfway and Kieran Richardson pounces before racing in on goal and firing in a low shot.
AS IT STANDS - RACE FOR FOURTH
Thierry Henry's second puts Arsenal back up to fourth ahead of Tottenham in the thrilling contest for that final Champions League spot.
1617: GOAL Arsenal 3-2 Wigan
David Thompson gifts Thierry Henry a goal. The Wigan man's back pass is pounced on by the Frenchman who dances round the keeper to score.
1614: GOAL Blackburn 2-0 Manchester City
Brett Emerton breaks down the right and centres for Shefki Kuqi to score.
1614: Middlesbrough's Danny Graham has a goal ruled out at Fulham for handball.
1612: GOAL Portsmouth 0-1 Liverpool
One-touch control 18 yards out and a crisp, precise left-foot finish from Robbie Fowler gives Liverpool the lead at Fratton Park.
1611: PENALTY SAVE West Ham 1-1 Tottenham Teemu Tainio brings down Bobby Zamora and Teddy Sheringham steps up to take the penalty for West Ham. He puts it to the right of Paul Robinson and the England keeper makes a comfortable save.
1609: GOAL Everton 0-2 West Brom
Uruguayan Williams Martinez powers in a volley from a flick-on at a corner to score on his first start for West Brom.
1605: The action resumes and Paul Scholes makes his first appearance in a Manchester United shirt since Christmas as he comes off the bench.
AS IT STANDS - HALF-TIME
1551: HALF-TIME The match between Blackburn and Manchester City is the last to go in for the break. At Newcastle the half-time entertainment is the retiring Alan Shearer who is given an astounding reception by the Toon Army.
1547: Aston Villa almost make it two with James Milner hitting the Sunderland woodwork.
1546: GOAL Aston Villa 1-0 Sunderland
Gareth Barry picks his spot from the edge of the area and scores with a low shot to round off a neat Villa passing move.
AS IT STANDS - RACE FOR FOURTH
With both north London teams drawing Tottenham will hold Arsenal at bay by a single point and win a Champions League spot.
1540: Liverpool midfielder Xabi Alonso is stretchered off with an ankle injury after landing badly - just six days before the FA Cup final.
1538: GOAL Blackburn 1-0 Man City
David James comes to collect a corner but drops it at the feet of Zurab Khizanishvili who gratefully slots the ball home.
1538: GOAL Arsenal 2-2 Wigan
The Gunners hit back straight away and it is a classic Thierry Henry goal, beating the offside trap and coolly slotting home.
1537: GOAL Manchester United 3-0 Charlton
There is no doubting the best own goal of the day even this early in proceedings. Jason Euell takes the honours turning in Louis Saha's cross from the right with aplomb.
1536: GOAL West Ham 1-1 Tottenham
Jermain Defoe turns the defender and rolls the ball into the back of the net. Tottenham are heading into the Champions League.
1535: GOAL Arsenal 1-2 Wigan
David Thompson catches Jens Lehmann flat-footed and drills a free-kick in from 40-yards. Needless to say the cheers at Upton Park are louder than at Highbury.
1526: GOAL Manchester United 2-0 Charlton
Ryan Giggs is the provider again and this time Cristiano Ronaldo is on hand to stab home from close range. It looks certain then that United's players can have a longer holiday and leave it to Liverpool to toil with the Champions League qualifying programme.
AS IT STANDS - RACE FOR SECOND
Manchester United will hold on to the second automatic Champions League berth so long as they match or better Liverpool's result so things are looking good for the Red Devils.
1522: GOAL Manchester United 1-0 Charlton
Now the ball does go over the line at Old Trafford as Louis Saha glances in a Ryan Giggs corner.
1520: Manchester United are dominating against Charlton and Kieran Richardson almost gives them the lead with a thunderbolt of a shot that cannons off the bar and hits the line.
1519: GOAL Everton 0-1 West Brom
Zoltan Gera slides in at the far post to convert Jonathan Greening's deep cross.
1518: Sol Campbell is left for dead down the right flank by Jason Roberts and Arsenal are lucky not to concede a penalty as the England international tangles with the Wigan striker in the box.
AS IT STANDS - RACE FOR FOURTH
That flurry of goals means Arsenal are heading into the Champions League as, despite drawing, they will take fourth place on goal difference.
1513: GOAL Arsenal 1-1 Wigan
Another goal at Highbury but this time the locals are not cheering. Wigan's Paul Scharner stabs in David Thompson's free-kick at the near post.
1511: GOAL West Ham 1-0 Tottenham
Carl Fletcher unleashes a low shot from distance to give West Ham the lead against Tottenham. The roar at Highbury is bigger than it was for the Pires goal as it means Arsenal will finish fourth - as it stands.
1510: GOAL Arsenal 1-0 Wigan
The first goal of the day comes at Highbury and it goes to Arsenal. It's a scrappy effort from Robert Pires following a corner.
1509: Everton's Kevin Kilbane meets Mikel Arteta's cross but his header hits the bar.
1503: Nigel Reo-Coker flashes a shot narrowly wide of Paul Robinson's right post in the Tottenham goal.
1502: Liverpool's Mohamed Sissoko fails to convert an early free header at Portsmouth.
1500: For the only time this season all the Premiership's weekend matches start at the same time - although that was in doubt for a while with a number of Tottenham players suffering from food poisoning. Michael Dawson and Robbie Keane were reportedly the worst affected.
News: Spurs game on after illness scare1448: Chelsea are forced into a late change as goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini injures himself in the warm-up. Lenny Pidgeley comes in.
Team news:
Arsenal welcome back Cesc Fabregas, Robert Pires and Jose Reyes for the visit of Wigan, who in turn recall Paul Scharner, David Thompson and Reto Ziegler for the last game at Highbury.
Aston Villa recall Juan Pablo Angel and Kevin Phillips up front in place of Milan Baros and Gabriel Agbonlahor, while Liam Ridgewell replaces Olof Mellberg in defence. Sunderland are unchanged.
Winger Sergio Peter makes his first league start for Blackburn, who rest Craig Bellamy, Steven Reid and Morten Gamst Pedersen. Manchester City recall Sylvain Distin and Kiku Musampa for Sun Jihai and Albert Riera.
Bolton make three changes with Joey O'Brien, Gary Speed and Stelios Giannakopoulos coming into the side. Relegated Birmingham make four changes with Alex Bruce, Nicky Butt, Mehdi Nafti and DJ Campbell reinstated.
Everton make five changes, with Duncan Ferguson captaining the side in what could be the final game of his career in place of James Beattie, who has a calf injury. Mikel Arteta and Nuno Valente return after injury. Iain Turner comes in for keeper Richard Wright, who has a knee injury. Relegated West Brom give a first start to Williams Martinez, the Uruguayan defender on loan from Defensor, as their one enforced change because Martin Albrechtsen is out with a toe injury.
Fulham goalkeeper Antti Niemi returns while midfielder Papa Bouba Diop starts after shaking off a hamstring injury. With a host of star players rested ahead of the Uefa Cup final on Wednesday, Middlesbrough youngsters Andrew Davies, Jason Kennedy and Danny Graham are drafted into the team. Colin Cooper, in his last match, is on the bench.
One for the gossip column. Manchester United striker Ruud van Nistlerooy has "gone home" after arriving at Old Trafford for the game against Charlton. Giuseppe Rossi starts up front and Paul Scholes is on the bench. Charlton make one change in midfield with Jason Euell coming in for Darren Ambrose in Alan Curbishley's last game in charge.
News: Doubts over Van Nistelrooy futureEngland striker Michael Owen does not even make the Newcastle bench, but the hosts welcome back Emre from a groin problem. Chelsea include Frenchman Lassana Diarra, Glen Johnson and Maniche in the starting XI, with regulars Frank Lampard, Michael Essien, Claude Makelele, Didier Drogba and Hernan Crespo left out altogether.
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez makes five changes from the team that defeated Aston Villa last weekend, with a rare start for goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek, while Portsmouth boss Harry Redknapp brings in Sean Davis for the injured Pedro Mendes from the side that won at Wigan.
Despite the food poisoning scare, Tottenham make only two changes. Stephen Kelly replaces Paul Stalteri and Edgar Davids comes in for Danny Murphy, while Robbie Keane and Michael Carrick are passed fit to start. Teddy Sheringham and Bobby Zamora start up front for West Ham, who field a strong team despite next week's FA Cup final.