My Second Blog

In my second blog I am going to be talking to you about one of the most famous leagues in the world, the Premier League.
The Premier League is the top league in England. It consists of twenty teams- 19 teams from England and 1 team from Wales. The competition was formed in 1992 when each club decided to leave the English Football League, which was founded in 1888 and start a new league. This meant that they would be able to benefit from the tv rights deals making a much better profit.


At the start of the premier league era, the table was dominated by four clubs known as the 'big four'. These teams finished in the top four of the league year upon year taking all four Champions League spots between them. They were Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea. However this changed in the 2011/12 season when Manchester City became the first team outside of the big four to win the premier league since 1994/95 season. This change also saw Tottenham Hotspur finish inside the top four in both the 2015/16 and 2016/17 seasons coming third and the second. Now this group is know as the big six and consists of the former big with the addition for Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur.


What sets the Premier League apart from every other league in the world is the huge rivalries to win the prized trophy. In most other leagues there are only a few teams in the running to win the trophy but in the Premier League there are a much bigger group of teams in contention to win the trophy. There is also the fact that anything can happen in the Premier league as Leister showed in the 2015/16 season, winning the league against all the odds. After nearly being relegated in the season before Leicester City produced a magical season earning them the right to lift the Premier League trophy. These are just some of the reason the Premier League is the most popular league in world football.