FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO THOUGHT FOOTBALL WAS INVENTED IN 1993! 😈
Since the first ever English top flight season of 1888 until this season 2024/25.....
🏴 A total of 65 clubs have played in the first division/Premiership/Premier League
⚽️ Everton is the club with the most campaigns played (120 out of 124).
🥅 Arsenal have the record for most consecutive tournaments. (97)
⚽️ Liverpool City have always had at least one representative each season -Liverpool or Everton-.
🏆 Preston North End was the first champion (1888-89), being undefeated that edition and winning the FA Cup double. In addition, they were the first two-time champion and currently have the longest drought without winning the tournament (133 years).
⚽️ The biggest scoring win has been 12-0 and occurred on two occasions: West Bromwich over Darwen in 1892 and Nottingham Forest to Leicester City- in 1909.
🏆 Huddersfield Town were the first three in a row champions (1924-26).
🥅 The draw with the most goals was Leicester City 6-6 Arsenal in 1930.
⚽️ biggest away win is a 0-9 win for Leicester at Southampton
🏟� Aston Villa scored the highest number of goals in a season with 128 goals in the 1930-31 season
🏴 Tottenham have the best start of the tournament with 11 wins in 1960.
🏆 Manchester United were the first English champions of Europe (a year after Celtic became first European Cup winners from UK)
⚽️ Liverpool (6) have lifted the European Cup more than any other English side and joint third most in Europe after Real Madrid (15) and AC Milan (7) (Bayern Munich also on 6)
🌍 six English teams have won the continent's most prestigious competition. (Manchester United, Liverpool, Aston Villa, Nottingham Forest and Chelsea and Manchester City - more than any other league.
🌳 Nottingham Forest are the only team in Europe with more European Cups (2) than league titles (1)
🏆 Manchester United were the first English side (and second from the UK) to win *the* treble of League, FA Cup and European Cup
🕰� Everton vs Aston Villa is the most played top flight fixture
🏴 In 1989, London had 8 teams (Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham, Charlton, Wimbledon, Queens Park Rangers, Crystal Palace and Millwall) in the top division.
⚽️ Arsenal scored in 55 straight games between 2001 and 2002.
😮 Stoke City lost 2-0 in the very first round of fixtures in 1888 and after 136 years and 2372 games their goal difference has never recovered and has been in minus ever since - the highest it's ever been was when it was at 0 after ten minutes of their first ever league game.
⚽️ Manchester City and Liverpool share two achievements: The most consecutive wins (18) and the most wins in a season (32).
🏴 Man Utd's Ryan Giggs is the player with the most leagues won (13),
🏴 Alex Ferguson is the most successful manager with 13 titles for Man Utd between 1986-2013.
🏆 Manchester United have won the most titles (20)
🫡 Arsenal have the longest unbeaten run (49 games)
🏴 Peter Shilton played more games than anyone else (849).
🏆 Tottenham Hotspur were the first team from the UK to win a European trophy
⚽️ William "Dixie" Dean is the all-time top scorer in a single campaign, with 60 in 1927-28. He also owns the feat of the most hat-tricks ever with 37.
👴 Stanley Matthews (Stoke City) is the oldest ever top-flight player at 50 years and 5 days.
👦 Ethan Nwaneri (Arsenal) is the youngest 15 years and 181 days
⚽️ Jimmy Greaves is the all-time top scorer with 357 goals.
🏆 Manchester and London are the only English cities to have 2 European Cup finalists (London has three)
✅ Arsenal's Ted Drake scored the most goals in a single game, with 7 against Aston Villa in 1935. (One behind Celtic's Jimmy McGrory's all time record of 8 )
🎯 Stan Mortensen scored in 15 straight games during his stay at Blackpool in 1950.
⚽️ Liverpool have won the most points in total and Everton have scored the most goals
All time table 🕰�
(Fascinating that so many city rivals/near neighbours are within two or three places of each other - Liverpool/Everton, United/City, Newcastle/Sunderland, Wednesday/United, Bolton/Blackburn, West Brom/Wolves, Chelsea/Tottenham, Ipswich/Norwich, QPR/Fulham)
Since it all began in 1888 top flight
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Glossip North end number 65 :o
We are not doing badly in that table considering all of the yoyoing that we did in 80s and 90s.
Very true , two decades of turmoil at the club but thats what made us die hard blues