Premier League – The Kingdom of records

Welcome to the world of the most competitive football league – Premiership. This is the place, where nothing is sure, where the weakest teams beat the strongest. This is the most interesting division with the best players in the world.

There are a lot of different records in The Premier League. To start with, the team with the biggest number of titles is Manchester United. The Red Devils also hold the record for the most consecutive title wins and the biggest winning margin.

Another interesting record is held by Chelsea. The Blues are the team with the biggest number of wins in a season (29 of 38) and they did it twice – in 2004/05 and 2005/06. They also have recorded the biggest number of home victories per season (18 of 19), alongside with Manchester United and Manchester City. Chelsea had also scored 103 goals in season 2009/10, which is the best goal-scoring record in the history of The Premier League. The Blues also hold the record for the best defence, keeping a clean sheet on 25 occasions in 2004/05 season.

Arsenal are the only unbeaten team in a campaign (2003/04). The Gunners are the team with the longest winning run (14 games) between 10th Feb. 2002 and 24th Aug. They have also been unbeaten for 49 games, which is the longest run in The Premier League.

Alongside with the positive records, there are lots of shameful stats. For example, Derby County have recorded only 1 home victory of 19 matches in season 2007/08. And that was their only victory for the season. How bad should be your performance, in order to win once in 38 matches?

On the other hand, one of the current participants in The Premier League, Sunderland, holds another negative record. The Black Cats have recorded 20 consecutive defeats not on 1 occasion, but twice! In fact, in season 2005/06 Sunderland lost 29 matches in total. Derby County have the same record at 2007/08.

The best forward of The Premier League remains Alan Shearer, who has scored 260 goals in 441 matches. This means he has scored 0,59 goals per match. The only player, who currently plays in The Premiership and is close to him in the chart is Wayne Rooney. The Manchester United’s player has scored 187 and will hardly reach the Shearer’s record. Ex Blackburn and Newcastle striker hold another record – the biggest number of goals in a season (34), (joint record with Andrew Cole).

Petr Cech is the current best goalkeeper in The Premier League. The Arsenal’s player has kept a clean sheet on 172 occasions. And he is still improving his record.

The biggest win in The Premier League is Manchester United’s victory over Ipswich Town (9-0) on 4th March 1995. The Red Devils hold another record – for the biggest away win (8-1 vs. Nottingham Forest in 1999).

In conclusion, The Premier League is now more interesting than ever. This season is maybe one of the most competitive and nobody knows what will happen in the end. So, we can expect some records to be broken.