Champions of England in football: from the forties to today

The English Football Championship, now called the Premier League, is one of the most spectacular and discussed in the world. By force, he is second only to the Spanish and German leagues, but for the sake of interest clearly goes to the first place, because during the tournament there is always a tense struggle between several clubs for the title of champion. From the proposed article you will find out who they are, the champions of England in football in recent years.

This is very interesting information, which will allow you to understand which clubs are now the strongest, and which were those earlier. The first English football champions are dated to the end of the nineteenth century, so you should understand that in one article it is impossible to look immediately at the entire history of the ancestors of football. Will be considered winners of recent years.

Fortieth

Since after World War II, the game has changed a lot, the English champions will be considered from the very end. So, the first official leader after the war was "Liverpool" (it was his fifth victory in history). He was followed by the sixth championship of "Arsenal", as well as two debut victories of "Portsmouth", which completed the decade.

Fifties

The English football champions of the fifties were not too diverse. Only in 1951, 1953 and 1955, won the "Tottenham", "Arsenal" and "Chelsea", respectively. In the rest of the years, Manchester United (three championships) and Wolverhampton (also three wins) shared the lead. Interestingly, in 1954, Wolverhampton won their first trophy - and immediately began to show impressive results.

Sixties

In the sixties the English champions in football were divided according to the years: "Burnley" in 1960, "Tottenham" in 1961, in 1962, Ipswich became the winner for the first time. Everton won in 1963, Liverpool in 1964 and United in 1965. Again Liverpool ended up on the top of the tournament in 1966, again Manchester United in 1967 and Manchester City in 1968. Leeds won its first championship in 1969.

Seventies

"Liverpool" achieved incredible success in the seventies, winning the championship four times: in 1973, 1976, 1977 and 1979 (five, if we consider 1980). In addition to this club, at the beginning of the decade, the trophy went to Everton and Arsenal. In 1972, for the first time in the championship, the club won the Derby, and in 1978 the trophy for the first time passed into the hands of representatives of the club Nottingham Forest. However, at this tournament did not end - the list of champions of England on football continues.

Eighties

The eighties marked the end of the First Division of the England Football League. This was the name of the country's championship all this time. The last champions of England in football by age, in this format of the championship, were diverse, but Liverpool continued to dominate. After the victory in 1980 and the failure in 1981, when the first line of the tournament was occupied by Ipswich, Liverpool became the leader of the championship three times in a row. From 1985 to 1988, the struggle between Liverpool and Everton was fought. Clubs took turns taking the title, until the end of this in 1989, did not put Arsenal.

The Nineties

For three more years, the First Division of the England Football League existed, and during this time Liverpool, Arsenal and Leeds won. And since the 1992/93 season, the winners of the Premier League have already been determined, which remains relevant to this day. The first champion was "MU", who has been waiting for this since 1967. And it was behind this club that domination remained until the end of the decade. Another four times won the championship, "Manchester": in 1994, 1996, 1997 and 1999-m. In 1995, the series of victories was interrupted by "Brackburn", and in 1998 - "Arsenal".

Zero

The beginning and the end of the zero also remained for Manchester, which won the Premier League in 2000, 2001 and 2003 (in 2002 the title was ceded to Arsenal), and then three times in a row - from 2007 to 2009. In 2004, the victory was also won by "Arsenal", and then twice in a row won "Chelsea". He got a second wind thanks to financial injections. It was the second and third victories in the history of the club, the first one he won, as far as you remember, in the distant 1955.

Nowadays

In 2010, Chelsea won the Premier League for the fourth time in history, and in 2011, Manchester came as close as possible to becoming the champion for the twentieth time. The following year, financial injections helped to win the third victory in the history of the club, "Manchester City", which was the last time triumpher in 1968. In the next two years, two clubs from Manchester have issued another championship. And "MU" won the championship of England for the twentieth time. In 2015, the victory remained for Chelsea, but the English champion in football in 2016 - it's Leicester (head coach Claudio Ranieri), who only recently made his way to the big leagues. It was a real football miracle. Absolutely no star composition from the town with a population of 300 thousand people has proved that in our time it is possible to achieve success with the help of a lot of labor.