A brief history of the English top division

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A brief history of the English top division
Winners - English Top Division


Year Champions Runners-up

Football League (1888-1892)
1888-89 Preston North End Aston Villa
1889-90 Preston North End Everton
1890-91 Everton Preston North End
1891-92 Sunderland Preston North End

Football League First Division (1892-1992)
1892-93 Sunderland Preston North End
1893-94 Aston Villa Sunderland
1894-95 Sunderland Everton
1895-96 Aston Villa Derby County
1896-97 Aston Villa Sheffield United
1897-98 Sheffield United Sunderland
1898-99 Aston Villa Liverpool
1989-1900 Aston Villa Sheffield United

1900-01 Liverpool Sunderland
1901-02 Sunderland Everton
1902-03 The Wednesday Aston Villa
1903-04 The Wednesday Manchester City
1904-05 Newcastle United Everton
1905-06 Liverpool Preston North End
1906-07 Newcastle United Bristol City
1907-08 Manchester United Aston Villa
1908-09 Newcastle United Everton
1909-10 Aston Villa Liverpool

1910-11 Manchester United Aston Villa
1911-12 Blackburn Rovers Everton
1912-13 Sunderland Aston Villa
1913-14 Blackburn Rovers Aston Villa
1914-15 Everton Oldham Athletic
1916-19 League suspended --
1919-20 West Bromwich Albion Burnley

1920-21 Burnley Manchester City
1921-22 Liverpool Tottenham Hotspur
1922-23 Liverpool Sunderland
1923-24 Huddersfield Town Cardiff City
1924-25 Huddersfield Town West Bromwich Albion
1925-26 Huddersfield Town Arsenal
1926-27 Newcastle United Huddersfield Town
1927-28 Everton Huddersfield Town
1927-28 Everton Huddersfield Town
1928-29 The Wednesday Leicester City
1929-30 Sheffield Wednesday Derby County

1930-31 Arsenal Aston Villa
1931-32 Everton Arsenal
1932-33 Arsenal Aston Villa
1933-34 Arsenal Huddersfield Town
1934-35 Arsenal Sunderland
1935-36 Sunderland Derby County
1936-37 Manchester City Charlton Athletic
1937-38 Arsenal Wolverhampton Wanderers
1938-39 Everton Wolverhampton Wanderers
1940-46 League suspended --

1946-47 Liverpool Manchester United
1947-48 Arsenal Manchester United
1948-49 Portsmouth Manchester United
1949-50 Portsmouth Wolverhampton Wanderers

1950-51 Tottenham Hotspur Manchester United
1951-52 Manchester United Tottenham Hotspur
1952-53 Arsenal Preston North End
1953-54 Wolverhampton Wanderers West Bromwich Albion
1954-55 Chelsea Wolverhampton Wanderers
1955-56 Manchester United Blackpool
1956-57 Manchester United Tottenham Hotspur
1957-58 Wolverhampton Wanderers Preston North End
1958-59 Wolverhampton Wanderers Manchester United
1959-60 Burnley Wolverhampton Wanderers

1960-61 Tottenham Hotspur Sheffield Wednesday
1961-62 Ipswich Town Burnley
1962-63 Everton Tottenham Hotspur
1963-64 Liverpool Manchester United
1964-65 Manchester United Leeds United
1965-66 Liverpool Leeds United
1966-67 Manchester United Nottingham Forest
1967-68 Manchester City Manchester United
1968-69 Leeds United Liverpool
1969-70 Everton Leeds United

1970-71 Arsenal Leeds United
1971-72 Derby County Leeds United
1972-73 Liverpool Arsenal
1973-74 Leeds United Liverpool
1974-75 Derby County Liverpool
1975-76 Liverpool Queens Park Rangers
1976-77 Liverpool Manchester City
1977-78 Nottingham Forest Liverpool
1978-79 Liverpool Nottingham Forest
1979-80 Liverpool Manchester United

1980-81 Aston Villa Ipswich Town
1981-82 Liverpool Ipswich Town
1982-83 Liverpool Watford
1983-84 Liverpool Southampton
1984-85 Everton Liverpool
1985-86 Liverpool Everton
1986-87 Everton Liverpool
1987-88 Liverpool Manchester United
1988-89 Arsenal Liverpool
1989-90 Liverpool Aston Villa

1990-91 Arsenal Liverpool
1991-92 Leeds United Manchester United

Premier League (1992-present)
1992-93 Manchester United Aston Villa
1993-94 Manchester United Blackburn Rovers
1994-95 Blackburn Rovers Manchester United
1995-96 Manchester United Newcastle United
1996-97 Manchester United Newcastle United
1997-98 Arsenal Manchester United
1998-99 Manchester United Arsenal
1999-2000 Manchester United Arsenal

2000-01 Manchester United Arsenal
2001-02 Arsenal Liverpool
2001-02 Arsenal Liverpool
2002-03 Manchester United Arsenal
2003-04 Arsenal Chelsea
2004-05 Chelsea Arsenal
2005-06 Chelsea Manchester United
2006-07 Manchester United Chelsea
2007-08 Manchester United Chelsea
2008-09 Manchester United Liverpool
2009-10 Chelsea Manchester United

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A brief history of the English top division
Soccernet - November 20, 2010


The Premier League may have only been in existence since 1992, when English football entered a new era of previously unimaginable affluence, but the English top division is the oldest in world football. It has been won 18 times by both Liverpool and Manchester United, who head a list of 23 champions that includes such names as Huddersfield, Portsmouth and the two Sheffield clubs.

The Football League was formed in 1888 by the Aston Villa director William McGregor. There were 12 founder members: Accrington, Aston Villa, Blackburn, Bolton, Burnley, Derby, Everton, Notts County, Preston, Stoke, West Brom and Wolves. By 1950, the league has swelled to 92 clubs.

The first championship was won by Preston, who remained unbeaten throughout the season and became known as the Invincibles. Aston Villa and Sunderland became the first sides to win five titles, just before the fisrt world war, and Huddersfield were the first team to win three consecutive champions, from 1924 to 1926. It was a feat that Arsenal repeated in the Thirties, a decade also notable for a bizarre fall from grace: Manchester City won the title in 1937 and were relegated the following season despite being the league's top scorers.

In the aftermath of the Second World War, during which the league was suspended, there were back-to-back league wins for Portsmouth, Manchester United and Wolves. The last of those came in 1959, and it would be another 18 years before a team retained that title.

Of all the championship victories in that period, none was as improbable as that of Brian Clough's Derby in 1971-72. Having played all their games, Derby knew that they would not win the league if Leeds drew at Wolves or if Liverpool won at Arsenal. Incredibly, both results went Derby's way.

Clough famously won another title with Nottingham Forest, in 1978, but by then seeing any name other than Liverpool at the top of the table was unusual: they won 10 out of 15 championships between 1976 and 1990, including three in a row from 1982 to 1984. Incredibly, they have won not won one since 1990.

Liverpool's hegemony was broken twice by Everton in the mid-Eighties and then, sensationally, by Arsenal in 1989. Both sides met at Anfield in the last game of the season, with Arsenal needing to win by two goals to take the title from Liverpool. Michael Thomas gave them a 2-0 win with an impossibly dramatic last-minute goal.

The last title under the auspices of the Football League was won by Leeds in 1991-92. Then 22 clubs signed up to join the FA Premier League. The founder members were: Arsenal, Aston Villa, Blackburn, Chelsea, Coventry, Crystal Palace, Everton, Ipswich, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Norwich, Nottingham Forest, Oldham, QPR, Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday, Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur and Wimbledon.

The inaugural winners were Manchester United, who had not won the title for an amazing 26 years. It was the first of 11 in 18 seasons, including three in a row from 1999 to 2001 and 2007 to 2009. The only other winners were Arsenal, Chelsea - and Blackburn, who in 1995 won their first title for 81 years.

In the 21st Century, as the Big Four of Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United monopolised the top four places, it was hard to envisage a club like Blackburn ever winning the league again. The Premier League had changed English football indelibly, but not all of it was for the better.

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read the history, and keep make it ...

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2010-2011 begini :
-chelsea

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Sedikit OOT, kalo dilihat dari ketiga rival United..
Mungkin chelsea yg lebih getol pengen nyingkirin Man.Utd dari puncak klasemen dan terobsesi menjadi juara, Liverpool mulai sedikit bangkit perlahan dengan kedatangan pelatih barunya, Arsenal entah kenapa ini team jadi ngedown belakangan.
2010/2011 akan menjadi sejarah bagi Man.Utd dapetin title ke-19, Believe!!

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taken from the Official web Premier League itself
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A History of The Premier League



It is the world's most watched league and the most lucrative - attracting the top players from all over the globe. Hard to believe then that the first ball kicked in the Premier League was as relatively recently as 15th August 1992.

The 1980s saw a nadir in English football. Stadiums were crumbling and hooliganism was rife. English teams were banned from Europe following the death of 39 fans at Heysel Stadium in Belgium ahead of Liverpool's European Cup Final against Juventus in 1985. Few of the world's top players would even contemplate plying their trade in England.

Then in 1989 came Hillsborough and the Taylor report. 96 fans died and over 150 were injured - crushed during the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest. Lord Justice Taylor recommended a complete overhaul in the way football grounds were run and structured - leading to the introduction of all-seater stadia.

radical restructuring

Faced with the huge cost of implementing the recommendations and growing concern over the inability to attract quality players, there was mounting discontent among the top clubs. As early as 1988 ten clubs had threatened to break away in order to take advantage of higher television revenue.

A radical restructuring was needed if English clubs and the game in general were to develop and flourish.

The Founder Members Agreement was signed on 17th July 1991 establishing the basic principles for the setting up of the Premier League. The League would have commercial independence from the Football League and FA, leaving it free to organise its own broadcast and sponsorship agreement.

On the 20th February 1992 the first division clubs resigned from the Football League en masse and three months later the Premier League was established as a limited company.

The League decided to take the radical step of assigning television rights to Sky TV. At the time charging fans to watch televised sport was a relatively new concept, but a combination of the quality of football on offer and Sky's marketing strategy saw the value of the Premier League soar. The initial deal was worth £191million over five years. To televise the matches from 2007-2010, Sky and Setanta have paid a staggering £1.7billion.

shape and develop

Sponsorship has also played an enormous role. In 1993 Carling paid £12million for four years and the competition became known as the FA Carling Premiership. They renewed for another four years paying a 300% increase. In 2001 Barclaycard became the new sponsors for £48million over three years. Barclays took over in 2004 with their renewal price for 2007 coming in at £65.8million for three seasons.

Increased revenue has ensured that English clubs can compete on a global scale in terms of transfer fees and wages - an important factor which has seen some of the best overseas players grace the Barclays Premier League.

In 1992 there were just 11 non-British or Irish footballers in the Premier League, by 2007 this had increased to over 250. Over the years overseas players have helped shape and develop the British game. Overseas managers, too, have been eager to work in England, and techniques used by the likes of Arsene Wenger, Gerrard Houllier and Ruud Gullit have had an enormous impact.

The Premier League was initially composed of 22 clubs but it was always the intention to reduce that number to 20 to promote development and excellence at club and international level. This was achieved at the end of the 1994/95 season when four clubs were relegated and just two promoted.

Swansea City won promotion in 2011 to take the total number of clubs to have featured in the Premier League to 45. The most successful team in Premier League history is undoubtedly Manchester United. Sir Alex Ferguson's side have won a remarkable 12 titles and have never finished below third since the Premier League was launched in 1992.