English Premier League by https://padlet.com/carlton_mckenzie/qe1jj9sddceu The Best Soccer League in the world en-us 2018-10-22 02:10:59 UTC 2018-10-22 04:44:07 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/326017264/72b59c0262740fc4c9142bd1afea79ae/ol.png The English Premier League carlton_mckenzie https://padlet.com/carlton_mckenzie/qe1jj9sddceu/wish/295274482 The Premier League (often referred to as the English Premier League (EPL) outside of England) is the top level of the English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Football League (EFL). The Premier League seasons run from August to May with each team playing 38 matches, playing each other home and away. Most games are played on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. The Premier League has featured 47 English and two Welsh clubs since its inception, making it a cross-border league. ]]> 2018-10-22 02:32:31 UTC https://padlet.com/carlton_mckenzie/qe1jj9sddceu/wish/295274482 EPL Numbers carlton_mckenzie https://padlet.com/carlton_mckenzie/qe1jj9sddceu/wish/295276364 The Premier League is the most-watched sports league in the world, broadcast in 212 territories to 643 million homes and a potential TV audience of 4.7 billion people. In the 2014-2015 season , the average Premier League match attendance exceeded 36,000, second highest of any professional football league behind the Bundesliga's (German League) 43,500.]]> 2018-10-22 02:48:41 UTC https://padlet.com/carlton_mckenzie/qe1jj9sddceu/wish/295276364 Premier League Champions carlton_mckenzie https://padlet.com/carlton_mckenzie/qe1jj9sddceu/wish/295278343 Forty-nine clubs have competed since the inception of the Premier League in 1992. Six of them have won the title: Manchester United (13), Chelsea (5), Arsenal(3), Manchester City (3), Blackburn Rovers (1), and Leicester City (1).

]]> 2018-10-22 03:04:38 UTC https://padlet.com/carlton_mckenzie/qe1jj9sddceu/wish/295278343 "The Invicible's" carlton_mckenzie https://padlet.com/carlton_mckenzie/qe1jj9sddceu/wish/295278866 Following the 2003-04 season, Arsenal acquired the nickname "The Invincible's" as they became, and still remain, the only club to complete a Premier League campaign without losing a single game. The record of most points in a season is 100 by Manchester City in 2017–18.  ]]> 2018-10-22 03:07:38 UTC https://padlet.com/carlton_mckenzie/qe1jj9sddceu/wish/295278866 Manchester United carlton_mckenzie https://padlet.com/carlton_mckenzie/qe1jj9sddceu/wish/295279728 Manchester United are one of the most successful clubs in Europe in terms of trophies won. The club's first trophy was the Manchester Cup, which it won as Newton Heath LYR in 1886. In 1908, the club won its first league title, and won the FA Cup for the first time the following year. Manchester United won the most trophies in the 1990s; five league titles, four FA Cups, one League Cup, five Charity Shields (one shared), one UEFA Champions League, one UEFA Winners Super Cup, one UEFA Super Cup and one Intercontinental Cup. 
The club holds the record for most top-division titles (20) including a record 13 Premier League titles and FA Community Shields (21). It was also the first English club to win the European Cup in 1968, and, as of 2017, is the only British club to have won the Club World Cup, in 2008. United also became the sole British club to win the Intercontinental Cup, in 1999. The club's most recent trophy came in May 2017, with the 2016-17 UEFA Europa League.
]]> 2018-10-22 03:13:49 UTC https://padlet.com/carlton_mckenzie/qe1jj9sddceu/wish/295279728 carlton_mckenzie https://padlet.com/carlton_mckenzie/qe1jj9sddceu/wish/295285931 2018-10-22 03:53:12 UTC https://padlet.com/carlton_mckenzie/qe1jj9sddceu/wish/295285931 Premier League Heroes carlton_mckenzie https://padlet.com/carlton_mckenzie/qe1jj9sddceu/wish/295286362 In The Premier League, there have been multiple players that have been successful. weather that have been recognized for the most goals scored or for being exceptionally talented.
England and Newcastle striker, Alan Shearer (Retired) is the leading scorer in the Premier League with 260 goals, having played 441 games. ]]> 2018-10-22 03:56:29 UTC https://padlet.com/carlton_mckenzie/qe1jj9sddceu/wish/295286362 Leicester City 2015-16 carlton_mckenzie https://padlet.com/carlton_mckenzie/qe1jj9sddceu/wish/295289926 The 2015–16 season was Leicester City's 11th season in the English Football League system and their 48th (non-consecutive) season in the top tier of English football. During the season, Leicester participated in the Premier League for the second consecutive season, as well as the FA Cup and League Cup. In what was described as one of the greatest sporting stories of all time. Leicester were confirmed as champions of the 2015-16 Premier League season on 2 May 2016, finishing top of England's highest league for the first time in the club's history. The club were 5000-1 with bookmakers to win the division before the season kicked off. The feat meant that Leicester would be playing in the UEFA Champions League the following season, a first for the club in their history. The season also saw history be made for individual players within the team, as striker Jamie Vardy broke the record for goals scored in consecutive games in the Premier League (11), and Winger Riyad Mahrez became the first Algerian player to be the recipient of the PFA Players' Player of the Year.]]> 2018-10-22 04:24:28 UTC https://padlet.com/carlton_mckenzie/qe1jj9sddceu/wish/295289926 Thierry Henry carlton_mckenzie https://padlet.com/carlton_mckenzie/qe1jj9sddceu/wish/295290886 Apart of Arsenals "Invicible's" and France's World Cup winning squad. Thierry Henry was voted the greatest ever Premier League Player. ]]> 2018-10-22 04:33:13 UTC https://padlet.com/carlton_mckenzie/qe1jj9sddceu/wish/295290886 Manchester City carlton_mckenzie https://padlet.com/carlton_mckenzie/qe1jj9sddceu/wish/295291419 In 2008, the Premier League and world football witnessed a dramatic increase in capital and revenue through foreign investors. In September 2008, Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan acquired a club that had finished ninth in the Premier League the season before and was without a trophy in 32 seasons. Fast forward 10 years and Three Premier Leagues, an FA Cup, three League Cups and over £1.4bn spent on players. It has been an eventful 10 years at Manchester City since the takeover of the club by the Abu Dhabi United Group. ]]> 2018-10-22 04:36:58 UTC https://padlet.com/carlton_mckenzie/qe1jj9sddceu/wish/295291419