ENGLISH SOCCER



The Barclays English Premier League is one of the most important soccer competitions in the world, it was founded in 1992. The top flight of English football is the Barclays Premier League or FA Premier League. The name belongs to the sponsor Barclays, but in the UK is very common inhabitants refer to the tournament as "The Premiership".  Seasons run from August to May, with teams playing 38 matches each, totalling 380 matches in the season. Most games are played on Saturdays and Sundays, with a few games played during weekday evenings.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier_League

THIS IS THE ACTUAL TABLE OF THE BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE

This is the current table of the Premier League, showing that Man City has a 5-point lead over Man Utd, and that the city is the sole leader of the league

NEWS ABOUT THE SEASON 2011-2012 IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE

Manchester United humiliated Arsenal 8-2 in Premier League

Manchester United endorsed eight goals against Arsenal (8-2), with a "hat trick" of Wayne Rooney included, and disarmed the team Arsene Wenger, after adding a single point in three days, is relegated to the position 17 in the English league standings.

Manchester City crushed by 6-1 to Manchester United as a visitor

Manchester City thrashed 6-1 by Manchester United to achieve their biggest win at Old Trafford in 56 years and get a five-point advantage as leader of the English Premier League football.

ARSENAL, AS VISITOR, DEFEATED CHELSEA 5-3 IN A MEMORABLE GAME

The Spanish Fernando Torres Chelsea fell in their own stadium (3-5) against an Arsenal that hit the locals in the second half and, with a triplet of Dutchman Robin Van Persie, flew up in the standings after a irregular start to the season.

PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS

The following teams have won top honors for being the champions of the Barclays premier league:

MANCHESTER UNITED

1992-93 Manchester United
1993-94 Manchester United

1995-96 Manchester United
1996-97 Manchester United

1998-99 Manchester United
1999-00 Manchester United
2000-01 Manchester United
2002-03 Manchester United

2007-08 Manchester United
2010-2011 Manchester United

BLACKBURN ROVERS

1994-95 Blackburn Rovers

ARSENAL

1997-98 Arsenal FC
2001-02 Arsenal FC

2003-04 Arsenal FC

CHELSEA

 

2004-05 Chelsea FC
2005-06 Chelsea FC

2009-10 Chelsea FC

BEST TEAMS OF THE PREMIER LEAGUE

Below I am going to show the best five teams of the Premier League:

MANCHESTER UNITED FC

Among his major accomplishments include winning the Premier League on 19 occasions, England in the Super 19, the FA Cup in 11, the League Cup in England in April, the European Cup / Champions in 3 and the Cup Winners Cup on one occasion.

CHELSEA FC



The most important period of success was when Chelsea became champions of the Premier League in season 2004-05, 2005-06 and 2009-10 and when he reached the final of the Champions League UEFA 2007 season -08.

LIVERPOOL



 Is the team with the highest number of titles of European Champion with 5 trophies vs 3 Manchester United, and was also for a long time (since the season 1970/71) the club with the highest number of league titles obtained in England with 18, until he was finally overcome by the same Manchester United, who won his 19th title in the 2010/11 season.

ARSENAL FC



Arsenal have won 13 English league, 10 FA Cups and in the 2005-2006 season, reached the final of the Champions League UEFA, where they were defeated by FC Barcelona.



MANCHESTER CITY

Throughout its history the club has won the Premier League twice, five times the FA Cup, two League Cup and Cup Winners Cup. The club's most successful period was in the late 1960 and early 1970.

MOST IMPORTANT SOCCER PLAYERS OF THE PREMIER LEAGUE

I am going to show you the most important soccer players in England at this moment:

WAYNE ROONEY

Goals: 5 of 17 games.
 Assists: 10.
 Age: 25
 Team: Manchester United.
 Position: Forward
 T: 10.
 Height: 178 kg.
 Weight: 78 kg.
 Nationality: England.

STEVEN GERRARD

Goals: 4 of 19 games.
 Assists: 5
 Age: 30
 Team: Liverpool.
 Position: Midfield.
 T: 8.
 Height: 185 cm.
 Weight: 83 kg.
 Nationality: England.

FRANK LAMPARD

Goals: 3 of 12 games.
 Age: 32
 Team: Chelsea.
 Position: Midfield
 T: 8
 Height: 180 cm.
 Weight: 88 kg.
Nationality: England
ROBIN VAN PERSIE

Goals: 10 of 15 matches.
 Assists: 5.
 Age: 27
 Team: Arsenal.
 Position: Forward
 T: 10.
 Height: 183 cm.
 Weight: 73 kg.
 Nationality: Netherlands

CARLOS TEVEZ

Goals: 18 in 24 games.
 Assists: 4.
 Age: 27
 Team: Manchester City.
 Position: Forward.
 T: 32.
 Height: 168 cm.
 Weight: 67 kg.
 Nationality: Argentina.

BEST STADIUMS OF THE PREMIER LEAGUE

This are the most important stadiums of England in soccer:

WEMBLEY STADIUM

Home of the England national football team and used for football cup finals and Rugby league Challenge Cup Final. Its capacity is of 90,000 viewers. It is located in London

OLD TRAFFORD



It is the home of the team Manchester United FC, is located in the city of Manchester, England. Its capacity is of 75,957 viewers.

EMIRATES STADIUM



It is the home of the Arsenal FC team, it is located in London, England. Its capacity is of 60,355 viewers.

ANFIELD

It is the home of the team Liverpool FC, is located in Liverpool, England. Its capacity is of 45,362 viewers.

STAMFORD BRIDGE

This is the home of the team Chelsea FC, is located in Fulham, London. Its capacity is of 42,449 viewers.