The English premier league consists of twenty clubs. All these twenty clubs are the best in the world. Here are some interesting facts about the clubs.
The Arsenal team won the League and the FA championships in the year 1992. They bagged the European Cup in the year 1993. It was only when Arsene Wenger took over the management, after the period of George Graham and Stewart Houtan that the Arsenal team saw great victory. The key players of this team are Patrick Vierria, Dennis Bergkamp, Thierry Henry and others.
Liverpool is known to have always finished in one of the top positions in all the tournaments they have participated in. They have seven titles to their credit. Not only internationally, even in domestic matches Liverpool has created an unbeatable space. With Rafa Benitez in their club Liverpool has played exceptionally well in their tournaments.
Of all the teams of the Premier League, Manchester United is the most successful. They have won the Premier League championship for ten times. Their most memorable victory was the winning of the European Championship in the year 1999. Chelsea had broken their chain of victories in the year 2005 and 2006, but Manchester United came back to win the Barclay’s Premiership in the year 2007.
Manchester City is one of the two English clubs to have moderated to the UEFA cup through “Fair Play Ranking”. Manchester City was taken over by the Abu Dhabi United body in the year 2008, and now it one of the most prosperous clubs in the world. Four times they have commemorated the victory of the FA cup. They roped in Robinho for a whopping 32.5 million pounds.
Birmingham city won the Barclay’s Premiership in the year 2002. Another interesting fact about this club is that they were the only club in the history of the English Premiership, to have postponed a match, as their newly-laid pitch was not ready for the game. They finished as the runners up of the Barclay’s Premier League during the season 2008 -09.
Since the beginning of the Premiership League, Everton has maintained a good position. They rank the fifth position among the other English clubs to have won more trophies.
Chelsea, had finished as the runners up in the last two leagues, they are eagerly waiting to win the title in the next season. They are the second to have been crowned the Premiership League back to back. They won the FA Cup in the year 2000. Roman Abramovich a Russian billionaire brought Chelsea for a hundred and forty million pounds. After this Chelsea won many more titles like the Barclay’s Championship.
Apart from these seven clubs, there are thirteen more (Aston Villa, Blackurn Rovers, Portsouth, Bolton Wanderers, Stoke City, Burnley, Sunderland, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United, Fulham, Wigan Athletic, Hull City and Wolverhampton Wanders) who have performed remarkably well and have contributed to the success of the English Premier League. They are adopting new methods and bringing in world’s best players into their clubs.