European Premier League

[The Lone Gunman]

Well the two Manchester clubs are wrong.

Man Utd - 64/65 and 66/67.
Man City - 67/68

[splott parker]

Well the two Manchester clubs are wrong.

I stand corrected, got my maths badly wrong

[The Lone Gunman]

I stand corrected, got my maths badly wrong

The winners in the 28 years before the EPL were:

Liverpool (x 12)
Everton (x 3)
Arsenal (x 3)
Leeds (x 3)
Man Utd (x 2)
Derby (x 2)
Man City
Nottingham Forest
Aston Villa

[splott parker]

The winners in the 28 years before the EPL were:

Liverpool (x 12)
Everton (x 3)
Arsenal (x 3)
Leeds (x 3)
Man Utd (x 2)
Derby (x 2)
Man City
Nottingham Forest
Aston Villa

Interestingly six of those nine suffered relegation in the same period, whereas only two of the Premier League winners haven’t been constant members of it.

[The Lone Gunman]

Good question. My guess would be 8 or 9

Liverpool, Man Utd, Leeds, Everton, Forest, Derby, Villa, Arsenal and maybe Man City although I don’t actually remember them winning it

It was nine and you got them all. Man City won it 1967/68. The top six that year was Man City, Man Utd, Liverpool, Leeds, Everton and Chelsea.

[life on mars]

There's some thought that this is a warning shot or side issue to force UEFA to reconstruct the Champions League as there not keen on the qualifying stages or small countries being included in the completion.

I'm guessing they would rather see more and better revenue generating teams qualifying teams from the major tier countries such as England, Spain, Italy , France and Germany rather than from smaller domestic and less attractive leagues ??

[mazadona10]

I think a league format for CL could work but would have to go hand in hand with domestic leagues. If you are used to being a big club in your own country are you really going to be happy to accept losing 90% of games. The only thing I can see is causing a bigger seperation between these teams.

I don't think it will happen