| Today it is hard to imagine worldwide football without the Premier League, with its amazing football clubs like Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United, Arsenal and more. However, it was not always like this. Actually, until the 80's, the English football was at the lowest point possible. In 1985, a riot caused by drunk British football fans caused the death of 39 Italian football fans and over 600 others suffered serious injuries. As consequence of the riot that took place at the UEFA final between Juventus and Liverpool in Brussels, the English teams were banned from all the European football matches for five years. |
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| 2 years after the return of the English clubs to the European league, in 1992, the Premier league as we know it today, was founded. Since then it has become one of the most popular and profitable leagues in the world, ranked 3rd in UEFA (after the Spanish and germen leagues). The Premier League consist of 20 teams, which plays 38 matches during the football season, between August and May. |
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| Among the players there are a few football legends like Wayne Rooney, captain of Manchester United, and 4 times PFA winner (players' player of the year), and is the top goal scorer of the club, Gareth Barry, Sergio Agüero and more. The top team of the league is Manchester United, which won the title 13 times. Blackburn Rovers comes second, and Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City follows. Along the years, the English football matches had turned into a powerful experience, not only because of the quality of the matches, but also because of the fans. Songs like: "You'll never walk alone Liverpool", nicknames such as "The Red Devils", "Spurs", "the Gunners", along with celebrations of winning, but also of losing, fan clubs and more, has made the league what it is today. Definitely an experience not to be missed! buy Premier League tickets here at Doctorticket! |