Top Ten Barclays Premier League Facts

Top Ten Barclays Premier League Facts

The Bpl is one of the most celebrated and most watched football leagues in the world; it should be too. Great teams like Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool, etc and boasts of a great number of legends that have played in the league. 

Here are a few interesting facts about the BPL:

1. The league has been renamed four times in 22 years (1. FA Carling Premiership, 2. Barclaycard Premiership in 2001, 3. Barclays Premiership in 2004 and 4. Barclays Premier league in 2007)

2. 45 teams have played in the highest level of English football  which is the Barclays Premier league.

3. About 62% of the players, playing in the league are not British.

4. An English manager has never won the league (Alex Ferguson – Scottish, Jose Mourinho – Portuguese, Arsene Wenger – French, Carlo Ancelotti – Italian, Kenny Daglish – Scottish, Roberto Mancini – Italian and Manuel Pellegrini – Chilean)

5. Manchester United have won the Premier League 13 times in its 22 years of existence (Arsenal and Chelsea FC are in joint second place, with 3 titles each)

6. Matches in the Barclays Premier League have an average attendance of nearly 36,000.

7. It is the most-watched football league in the world (643 million homes in 212 countries can receive Barclays Premier League broadcasts, giving it a potential global audience of nearly 5 billion people)

8. 25% of the current teams are based in London (Arsenal, Chelsea, QPR, Tottenham and West Ham)

9. Just seven clubs have won in 22 Premier League seasons (Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester United, and Tottenham)

10. Approximately more than 1 Million overseas fans attend a Barclays Premier league game every season. 

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