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They may still be in 10th position but such is the congestion in mid-table that the Tigers are only four points behind Northampton in the final play-off spot and meet their Midlands rivals at Welford Road on Saturday.

Resurgent Leicester flex muscles in storming of Gloucester fortress 2011

Where the other new IPL franchise this season, Kochi Tuskers Kerala, have managed mid-table respectability so far, Pune are stuck near the bottom of the league.

This Is the Old Guys' IPL Richard Lord 2011

Yet, as their striker Kevin Doyle pointed out, the same team were mid-table in last season's disciplinary rankings and the cleanest tacklers to boot.

Mick McCarthy offers no defence of Karl Henry after defeat at Wigan Richard Gibson at DW Stadium 2010

Comfortably settled in mid-table with a place in the play-offs a long shot if they can end a worrying 500-minute goal-drought, they'll have enjoyed the diversion of a Cup run in which their team has recorded victories over Crawley Town, Wigan Athletic, Middlesbrough and Southampton.

Manchester United v Crystal Palace 2011

Stoke City, their semi-final opponents, are not the ugly duckling of mid-table but a thoughtfully assembled side with every chance of turning into a swan.

Owen Coyle: I've always believed in myself and had my family behind me 2011

Will attract offers from mid-table sidesThomas Hitzlsperger valuation £2m, midfielder, age 29Reported to have agreement that he can leave after relegation.

West Ham United: What happens next, player by player 2011

Four wins in six matches have taken them from the mid-table maelstrom to the threshold of European qualification but once more the club have been left pondering what might have been.

Phil Neville rues annual need for recovery after Everton beat Wolves 2011

Hughton has been out of football since parting company with Newcastle after a 3-1 defeat at West Bromwich Albion in early December despite the Magpies being in mid-table in the Premier League in their first year back in the top flight following promotion.

Chris Hughton poised to become Birmingham City manager 2011

Just recently Stoke have stopped looking like the sort of solid, stolid outfit capable of making mid-table a permanent address.

FA Cup has lost its magic but second tier casts a thrilling spell | Paul Wilson 2011

Yet to find Liverpool and the two Manchester clubs locked together in mid-table obscurity is still a shock.

The early August Premier League table never lies | Harry Pearson 2011