football quiz question

[Taxman]

what was significant about these premiership fixtures?

15th October 2005

Chelsea 5 - 1 Bolton
Liverpool 1 - 0 Blackburn
Middlesborough 1 - 1 Portsmouth
Sunderland 1 - 3 Man Utd
Tottenham 2 - 0 Everton
West Brom 2 - 1 Arsenal
Wigan 1 - 0 Newcastle

 

[Common as Mook]

They were all played on a Sunday afternoon?

 

[Driver8]

Was it the last time the so called big four all kicked off at 3.00 pm on a Saturday?

 

[Smythe]

They were all played on exactly the same day that we lost 2-1 at home to cardiff in the championship?

 

[Man of Harveys]

It was the last time that any of the Premiership players involved failed either to rape anyone on a team-building trip to Malaga, drive some hideous Tonka Toy-like car at 145mph down the M6, or assault their teammates with a golf club?

 

[tip top]

Something to do with sending offs?

 

[Easy 10]

Ahh I know.
Its the only time the fixtures have been such that all the away teams names end in 'n'
(apart from Portsmouth, Man Utd, Arsenal and Newcastle)

 

[Taxman]

Was it the last time the so called big four all kicked off at 3.00 pm on a Saturday?

correct, it is almost 4 years ago now, and the run looks set to continue for longer

 

[Smythe]

so really then Borough v Pompey, spurs v Everton and Wigan v Newcastle are not significant at all

 

[SurreySeagulls]

It was the last time I cared about the premiershit