The ultimate league of the English Football League System is the Premier League. The Football Association Premier League Limited, popularly known as Premier League, is operated by English Football League (EFL), which was founded as Football League in 1888. The Premier League play with a hierarchy with multiple divisions, and teams are transferred every year into the different divisions on the basis of their performance in that particular season.
They are relegated to the lower division or promoted to the higher division (stay in the very division if the team is in the highest division already). Premier League, founded 31 years ago in 1992, is one of the world’s oldest football leagues.
20 clubs participate in The Premier League annually, and 38 matches have been played between every team. Matches are played mainly in the season after summer, between August and May, which mostly completes an entire year. Richard Masters is the current chief executive of the Premier League since 2019, preceded by Richard Scudamore from 1999 to 2018, and the first chief executive of the Premier League, Rick Parry, from 1991 to 1997.
The distribution and broadcasting rights of the Premier League are Between BT Sport, Sky Sports, BBC Sport for highlights, and Amazon Prime Video for live matches. Every year matches are broadcasted to a record-breaking television audience of over 4.7 billion and over 212 territories. But it’s not just about the television audience; there is an average of 38,181 per match people who attend a live match of the Premier League in the stadium. In all UEFA leagues, Premier League ranks first based on performance.
Teams Which Always Finish Higher
Since the foundation of the Premier League, there has been a total of 31 seasons, and 50 teams have competed against each other.
The most successful team in the Premier League is the Manchester United Football Club team, which is popularly known as Man U or Man United. It has a record of 13 Premier League titles under its name. The team has been there since the beginning of the Premier League. Not just talking about the titles but also that the team has never finished lower than 8 number in the points table and has never been relegated since it participated in the Premier League.
Followed by Manchester United, the team with the second highest number of titles in the Premier League is, Manchester City, with 6 Premier League titles. Manchester City was promoted to the Premier League in 2001, and since then, the team has never been relegated.
With the third highest number of titles in the Premier League, with five titles under its belt, comes Chelsea, which was founded in 1905, and its home matches in Stamford Bridge, London.
Followed by Chelsea comes Arsenal with the fourth highest number of titles, 3 Premier League titles. Arsenal also holds a record of 14 FA titles. And the fifth highest number of titles is earned by Liverpool. Liverpool, founded in 1892, is a football club based in England. And plays its home games in Anfield, England.
The players who are the Best Penalty Takers in the History of the Premier League
Let us begin this debate of who is the best on-spot (penalty kick) goal scorer of all time with a list of players on top of all. We have Mark Noble, with 48 penalty goals at the beginning of the countdown at number five. Mark Noble, popularly known as Mr. Reliable by his fans, was the lead penalty taker for his team. Mark played for the West Hams.
At number four, we have Steven Gerrard, with 29 penalty goal scores. Steven played for Liverpool, and he never failed the REDS. Number three is earned by Harry Kane. England national football team’s captain and lead striker for Tottenham Hotspur. Still, to date, Harry has scored 30 penalty goals.
Frank Lampard acquired the number two spot on the list with his marvelous 32 penalty goals. Being one of the greatest in the history of Chelsea, Frank barely disappointed his fans and his team.
We come to the end of the list by revealing the top position of the countdown, which is earned by Newcastle’s legend and Blackburn hero Alan Shearer. Alan has scored a total of 56 impressive penalty goals in his entire career. Alan also holds a record in Premier League of the most number of goals in the Premier League, which is 260 goals.
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