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A total of 24 different clubs has been crowned champions of the English top-flight league since it began in 1888. These clubs include Manchester United, Liverpool, and Arsenal, as well as less frequent winners, with some also having won titles only in the Premier League era. Of these 24, seven clubs have won the Premier League title since 1992.
The English Premier League is the most watched football league in the world, broadcasting to 212 territories and reaching over 643 million homes with a potential TV audience of 4.7 billion people. Its popularity is driven by its global appeal, star players, competitive matches, and lucrative broadcast deals, making it a leader in sports viewership worldwide.
The Premier League was formed in 1992 with the intention of English football’s top clubs capitalising on television rights. Whereas in the Football League money is distributed to the lower leagues, the Premier League intended to sell its own rights, with earnings from broadcasts divided equally between the member clubs only.
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How much money did Liverpool get for winning the Premier League?
According to The Athletic, Liverpool earned an eye-watering £181.5 million in prize money from their Premier League victory. That figure includes broadcast revenue, performance-related bonuses and commercial payments tied to their first-place finish.
Who are the biggest clubs in the Premier League?
The Premier League “Big Four” were historically Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, and Manchester United, a grouping that dominated the top spots until the 2010s. Though Liverpool didn’t win the Premier League until 2020.
This “Big Four” term has become less relevant as financial power has led to an expansion of these top clubs into a “Big Six” which includes Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur, with other teams also challenging.
Liverpool currently holds the most trophies among English football clubs with a total of 69, including 7 European Cups/Champions League titles. Manchester United is second with 68 trophies, while Arsenal has 48. Manchester City and Chelsea are tied with 36 trophies each.
Twenty-four different teams have been crowned champions of the English top-flight league since it began in 1888. This includes the era of the Football League First Division and the Premier League.
Which teams have been most successful in the Premier League era?
Manchester United have won the most Premier League titles with a total of 13. However, local rivals Manchester City have dominated in recent years, winning the Premier League six times since 2018 alone. The other teams that have won the Premier League on more than one occasion are Chelsea, Arsenal, and Liverpool.
Who is the highest paid player on Man City now?
It is purported that Manchester City’s Norwegian striker, Erling Haaland earns a whopping £525,000 per week!
Football is a team sport, so it is unreasonable and unfair to suggest one player is more important in a team’s success. But there is no escaping that Erling Haaland phenomenal record-breaking goals per games ratio has been a major factor in the most recent titles Manchester City and Pep Guardiola have won, since Haaland’s arrival.
Manchester City’s success is not just rewarded on the field with some of the best players scoring goals and winning matches, the business of football is to spread a team’s potential off the pitch through promotional marketing and global visibility that helps grow the brand.
English football may have lost many fans when became awash with foreign ownership, TV money and sponsorship deals. But football is now a very marketable product, and the Premier League brand continues to fly the flag of an English business success.
