If Leicester City did win the Premier League, would it be the biggest upset in the history of sport?

Yeah, it was a real good point in the end.

Great quote lol

Moss should not be let loose on any of the title deciders between now and the end of the season, no matter if he pledges allegiance to Torquay United and goes to live in the Outer Hebrides.
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Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil said:
Not sure. There can be a 3rd option. No penalty and no dive, just keep playing. There was contact definitely. The 1st yellow should have never been given which makes the sending off even worse. The way they rescued a point means a lot, much better than if it ended 1-1 after Carroll's goal for example.
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But he dived - and he appealed for a penalty! The contact is minimum and it doesn't matter, football is a contact sport anyway, I don't see how you can defend that ridiculous dive?! (not sure if that's what you're saying). If that was Suarez instead of Vardy the media would have crucified him (and rightly so).

Props to Moss for sending him off too, others wouldn't have the balls to do that and ruin the "fairytale".

No comment on his first yellow card haven't seen the incident, I'll take your word for it but two wrongs hardly make one right.

(As for the refereeing standard in England it has always been a bit ****e, at the moment the best ref is mark Clattenburg by far, Oliver is decent too)
 
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TheMuzziah said:
But he dived - and he appealed for a penalty! The contact is minimum and it doesn't matter, football is a contact sport anyway, I don't see how you can defend that ridiculous dive?! (not sure if that's what you're saying). If that was Suarez instead of Vardy the media would have crucified him (and rightly so).

Props to Moss for sending him off too, others wouldn't have the balls to do that and ruin the "fairytale".

No comment on his first yellow card haven't seen the incident, I'll take your word for it but two wrongs hardly make one right.

(As for the refereeing standard in England it has always been a bit ****e, at the moment the best ref is mark Clattenburg by far, Oliver is decent too)
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I know, he was going for a penalty rather than beating his man. A dive to me at least is when there is no contact at all.
Though as an Englishman Vardy escaped big criticism, Suarez built a little poor reputation for himself a while ago.
Yes, but the bigger problem is Moss made more than two wrongs. Even if we totally agree on Vardy's second yellow, the first was way too harsh, it was early in the game and he didn't make a dangerous challenge (to me at least). He awarded a penalty for West Ham (lol), Leicester were denied one for a far worse push at 1-2. What Vardy was sent off for, Leicester got a penalty for a similar incident. I just hope they won't be affected by this draw and that the way they got it actually gives them a boost.
 
Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil said:
I know, he was going for a penalty rather than beating his man. A dive to me at least is when there is no contact at all.
Though as an Englishman Vardy escaped big criticism, Suarez built a little poor reputation for himself a while ago.
Yes, but the bigger problem is Moss made more than two wrongs. Even if we totally agree on Vardy's second yellow, the first was way too harsh, it was early in the game and he didn't make a dangerous challenge (to me at least). He awarded a penalty for West Ham (lol), Leicester were denied one for a far worse push at 1-2. What Vardy was sent off for, Leicester got a penalty for a similar incident. I just hope they won't be affected by this draw and that the way they got it actually gives them a boost.
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What I meant with "two wrongs hardly make a right" was that even if we assume (as you said) that his first yellow was harsh/shouldn't have been, his second was 100% correct, so Moss was right to send him off.

Ironically, Moss had an absolute shocker with both penalties, knowing that the one he gave west ham was a bit of a joke he decided to even it up with another wrong decision, even more ridiculous one in the last minute.

I'm not defending Moss - not even. I'm just giving him credit for having the bollocks to send Vardy off. That's all.
 
That was very impressive. No Vardy, but no problem either. At worst Leicester will need 5 more points to win the title.
 
Swansea at home is the perfect fixture for any team challenging for the title or a top 4 place or survival for that matter; very poor opponents with nothing to play for and whose players are already on the beach. Ashley Williams certainly has had a game to forget.

That early goal from Mahrez really did settle everyone's nerves, and there was a party atmosphere in the ground and no nerves or tension whatsoever. His form had dipped during the past few games, and this was his first goal in 6 games. Hopefully he can return to form for the run-in. Also in Vardy's absence Ulloa and Schlupp stepped up the plate nicely.

Their next fixture is by far their hardest one left, away to a Man Utd team that have won their last 6 home league games, have only conceding 7 league goals at home all season and who are chasing a top 4 place. However even if they lose next week, should Spurs drop points at Stamford Bridge then the title is done and dusted. Spurs have to make up significant ground on Leicester after next week's round of fixtures.
 
If Leicester do pull off this sporting miracle, then Andy King will have won the League One, Championship and Premier League titles with the same club, which would be some story. Surely no other player has won 3 different divisions with the same club.

You'd have to assume that Spurs will beat West Brom tomorrow. Teams managed by Tony Pulis are well renowned for getting to 40 points and securing survival, then switching off and mentally checking out during the last few games. It's why he has never finished in the top 10 of the Premier League during his career. However Chelsea away and Newcastle away are still difficult fixtures ahead for them. Several Chelsea players have publicly come out and said how they don't want Spurs to win the title.
 
I pretty much agree with this. What about Everton? In the second half against ManU in the FA Cup semifinal they looked quite good. Martinez and the players might still have enough desire in them to want to prove something to the doubters. Everton could be tricky.

Gizo said:
Swansea at home is the perfect fixture for any team challenging for the title or a top 4 place or survival for that matter; very poor opponents with nothing to play for and whose players are already on the beach. Ashley Williams certainly has had a game to forget.

That early goal from Mahrez really did settle everyone's nerves, and there was a party atmosphere in the ground and no nerves or tension whatsoever. His form had dipped during the past few games, and this was his first goal in 6 games. Hopefully he can return to form for the run-in. Also in Vardy's absence Ulloa and Schlupp stepped up the plate nicely.

Their next fixture is by far their hardest one left, away to a Man Utd team that have won their last 6 home league games, have only conceding 7 league goals at home all season and who are chasing a top 4 place. However even if they lose next week, should Spurs drop points at Stamford Bridge then the title is done and dusted. Spurs have to make up significant ground on Leicester after next week's round of fixtures.
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It's done if they beat Manchester United. I wish it was possible that both get three points from that match. :D
 
sarmpas said:
I pretty much agree with this. What about Everton? In the second half against ManU in the FA Cup semifinal they looked quite good. Martinez and the players might still have enough desire in them to want to prove something to the doubters. Everton could be tricky.
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Well Everton have scheduled a press conference for 7 PM UK time today. I think they are likely to announce the sacking of Martinez. It would be the right decision. A lot of their players have lost faith in him and his methods and he has had no idea how to organise their defence. Plus in recent weeks their attacking play and goals have also dried up as well.

They did play well in the 2nd half yesterday, but then again that was their biggest and most important game of the season so you'd expect them to fight. But in the league they have been very poor and will have nothing more than pride to play for. From Leicester's point of view they are almost ideal opponents for their final home game, but I agree that Everton do have dangerous attacking players and cannot be written off.
 
No pegging back the host, it's King Ulloa Power! Literally, a nod to Ulloa.:cool: [Are you watching Tottenham?:D]
 
Gizo said:
Well Everton have scheduled a press conference for 7 PM UK time today. I think they are likely to announce the sacking of Martinez. It would be the right decision. A lot of their players have lost faith in him and his methods and he has had no idea how to organise their defence. Plus in recent weeks their attacking play and goals have also dried up as well.

They did play well in the 2nd half yesterday, but then again that was their biggest and most important game of the season so you'd expect them to fight. But in the league they have been very poor and will have nothing more than pride to play for. From Leicester's point of view they are almost ideal opponents for their final home game, but I agree that Everton do have dangerous attacking players and cannot be written off.
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Well I was completely wrong about Everton scheduling a press conference. It was a tweet from 2014 which got re-hashed, and some people including me fell for it. Also my brain stopped working as obviously no team would schedule a press conference for a Sunday evening, so I sure feel stupid :confused: . I blame an Everton supporting friend of mine who fell for this and told me about this fake development.

Martinez will probably be cut loose at the end of the season. Anyway hopefully Everton don't turn in on when they face Leicester in 2 weeks time. With their season now effectively over I wouldn't expect them to do so. Hopefully they will continue to defend as badly as they have done all season.
 
The above reminds me of a time guessing around 15 years back when England lost to Argentina on penalties at the World Cup.

My English friend rang me up at the end of extra time just before the penalties were about to start.

I told him not to worry as England won the penalty shoot out 5-4.

That the live feed he was watching was actually delayed - he fell for it!

When England lost the shootout I got a phone call - he was seriously angry at me admitting he fell for my BS.
 
Mac33 said:
The above reminds me of a time guessing around 15 years back when England lost to Argentina on penalties at the World Cup.

My English friend rang me up at the end of extra time just before the penalties were about to start.

I told him not to worry as England won the penalty shoot out 5-4.

That the live feed he was watching was actually delayed - he fell for it!

When England lost the shootout I got a phone call - he was seriously angry at me admitting he fell for my BS.
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Haha that's a brilliant story I like it. Very creative as well :).

And I still can't believe I fell for it. I mean a Sunday evening press conference haha. I suppose on a Sunday afternoon following a weekend of drinking too much is when I'm most vulnerable to things like this.

The Leicester fans were singing '4-0 to the one man team' today which was funny.

It's still crazy to think that barring a huge and unexpected Spurs collapse, the top 2 places in this season's Premier League table will be filled by 2 teams that have never finished there (or even in the top 3 for that matter) in the Premier League's history. Spurs themselves haven't finished in the top 2 since 1963 (also the last time that Leicester finished in the top 4), and haven't finished in the top 3 since 1990.
 
Emperor of Belgrade said:
You were saying? ;)
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and I said a different thing last night, Spurs psychology changed with the 4-0. When Ashley Williams made that horrendous error to gift Leicester a goal, the foxes relaxed, the nerves didn't have a chance to build and a potential banana skin was averted. The nature of the win and having to wait over 24 hours to play changed things for Spurs, they where no longer lions waiting to pounce.

Football is a game of incredibly small margins.

anyway, still 3 more points needed. Should be fine.
 
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and I said a different thing last night, Spurs psychology changed with the 4-0. When Ashley Williams made that horrendous error to gift Leicester a goal, the foxes relaxed, the nerves didn't have a chance to build and a potential banana skin was averted. The nature of the win and having to wait over 24 hours to play changed things.

Football is a game of incredibly small margins.

anyway, still 3 more points needed. Should be fine.
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Leicester always played first since the race between them and Tottenham started, that really helped.

One win or three draws needed. They aren't going to choke.
 
1 August: 5,000-1;
1 September: 1,500-1;
1 October: 1,500-1;
1 November: 500-1;
1 December: 66-1;
1 January: 16-1;
1 February: 7-1;
1 March: 3-1;
1 April: 4-7.
25 April: 1-16

This weekend a year ago, Leicester dragged themselves to 17th with a 1-0 win at doomed Burnley. Mahrez unused sub.
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Odds of 3-1 to get relegated at the start of the season, and 5000-1 to win the title. I still can't get my head around it.

In my work and my amateur football team, I have encountered some bitter fans of some of the underachieving bigger clubs, who are complaining about the 'Leicester love in' in the media. However Leicester deserve every last piece of positive publicity that they are receiving, given the scale of this miraculous achievement (it goes way beyond just a sporting upset).

In the UK there have been plenty of Man Utd, Man City, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham (especially under the media darling Redknapp) media love ins over the years, so a different team upstaging them all and stealing their thunder has been so refreshing.
 
I've been watching Leicester on youtube, reading articles and following on facebook a few times and I just loled at some people in the comments saying this Leicester City supporting is glory hunting and compared it with recent rises of City and PSG. If they don't realize why Leicester winning the league would be a far greater and more beautiful story than any of City's and PSG's titles, then they really are ********.
 
A look at the competitive balance of the big 4 European leagues over the past 10 and 20 years:

In the last 10 completed seasons from 2006-2015:

3 different teams have won the Premier League title
3 different teams have won the Serie A title
3 different teams have won the La Liga title
4 different teams have won the Bundesliga title

4 different teams have finished in the Premier League top 2
4 different teams have finished in the La Liga top 2
5 different teams have finished in the Serie A top 2
7 different teams have finished in the Bundesliga top 2

5 different teams have finished in the Premier League top 3
6 different teams have finished in the La Liga top 3
7 different teams have finished in the Serie A top 3
9 different teams have finished in the Bundesliga top 3

6 different teams have finished in the Premier League top 4
9 different teams have finished in the Serie A top 4
10 different teams have finished in the La Liga top 4
11 different teams have finished in the Bundesliga top 4

In the last 20 completed seasons from 1996-2015:

4 different teams have won the Premier League title
5 different teams have won the Serie A title
5 different teams have won the La Liga title
6 different teams have won the Bundesliga title

6 different teams have finished in the Premier League top 2
7 different teams have finished in the Serie A top 2
8 different teams have finished in the La Liga top 2
8 different teams have finished in the Bundesliga top 2

7 different teams have finished in the Premier League top 3
9 different teams have finished in the Serie A top 3
10 different teams have finished in the La Liga top 3
11 different teams have finished in the Bundesliga top 3

10 different teams have finished in the Premier League top 4
10 different teams have finished in the Serie A top 4
13 different teams have finished in the Bundesliga top 4
16 different teams have finished in the La Liga top 4

So over the past 10-20 years, the Premier League has arguably been the most uncompetitive and the biggest closed shop at the top out of those 4 major leagues (despite all the hype by Sky). That further highlights how miraculous Leicester's title charge (or even just their comfortable Champions League qualification) has been.
 
Forget Grecce, Denmark, Nottingham Forest and Kaiserslautern... Leicester would be THE upset.
 
Possession becoming less and less important. Leicester had less of it in most of their wins.

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Apparently someone put a 50p bet on the 5000/1 odds.

They cashed out for 95p on the opening day of the season.


The unnamed Ladbrokes customer staked 50p on the Foxes taking the title at the beginning of the season and stood to win £2,500 had they let the bet ride.But instead they decided to take a 45p return after just the first game of the season which Claudio Ranieri's men won 4-2 against Sunderland.

Some punters who backed the Foxes at similar odds have cashed out for thousands of pounds, with the highest payout being £72,000 settled on a £50 bet in March, Ladbrokes said.

Tom Hanks banter.

 
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So over the past 10-20 years, the Premier League has arguably been the most uncompetitive and the biggest closed shop at the top out of those 4 major leagues (despite all the hype by Sky). That further highlights how miraculous Leicester's title charge (or even just their comfortable Champions League qualification) has been.
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Manchester United have skewed your little analysis majorly, haven't they.
 
Gizo said:
Odds of 3-1 to get relegated at the start of the season, and 5000-1 to win the title. I still can't get my head around it.

In my work and my amateur football team, I have encountered some bitter fans of some of the underachieving bigger clubs, who are complaining about the 'Leicester love in' in the media. However Leicester deserve every last piece of positive publicity that they are receiving, given the scale of this miraculous achievement (it goes way beyond just a sporting upset).

In the UK there have been plenty of Man Utd, Man City, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham (especially under the media darling Redknapp) media love ins over the years, so a different team upstaging them all and stealing their thunder has been so refreshing.
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This is too true. It is so shocking if Leicester see this through this is beyond an upset. No one in their right mind could have seen this coming. Completely shames the clubs who spend hundreds of millions and billions (we know who they are) trying to buy the title. Not this time.... Even if Spurs do it. But come on Leicester!
 
Russeljones said:
Manchester United have skewed your little analysis majorly, haven't they.
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A similar story with Bayern in the Bundesliga and Juve in Serie A, with one

It's true though, Man Utd were more dominant in the Premier League under Ferguson from 1993-2013 than Bayern were in the Bundesliga during that same period. They won 13 titles in those 21 seasons, never finished outside the top 3, and even lost the title on the last day of the season a further 3 times, against Blackburn in 1995, Chelsea in 2010 and Man City in 2012. Yet according to a lot of people in England, the Premier League was so ultra-competitive, while the Bundesliga was a one-team league. And if La Liga was a two horse race, often during Ferguson's reign the Premier League at best had one horse with a couple of ponies.

Even in 2009 when they won their 3rd title in a row and their 11th in 17 years, and we had the same 4 teams finishing in the top 4 for the 4th consecutive year, people were talking up how competitive the Premier League was, which was hilarious. During the big 4 era, you could actually argue that there was more of a big 2 of Man Utd and Chelsea. Liverpool and Arsenal struggled to win trophies during that period, and only challenged for the title intermittently at best. And in Ferguson's last 7 years at Man Utd, they won 5 titles and were the denied on the last day of the season on the other 2 occasions. A one team league or what.

But even taking out Man Utd's dominance, there has been a clear lack of variety in teams finishing in the top 2, top 3 and top 4 in the Premier League until this crazy and refreshingly brilliant season. The stat that really stands out is only 7 different teams finishing in the top 3 in 20 years from 1996-2015. That just screams out how ridiculously uncompetitive the Premier League was at the top. And it would have only been 6 teams had Leeds not spent way beyond their means and financially crippled themselves, to beat Liverpool to 3rd place and the final champions league qualification place in 2000. A big song and dance was made about Everton finishing in the top 4 in 2005, but around that time smaller clubs in Celta Vigo, Betis and Osasuna were finishing in the top 4 in La Liga.

The scary thing is the Premier League has had a 'fair' and collective TV deal, and things were still so uncompetitive until this season. Imagine if teams negotiated individual TV rights like they did in Spain, Man Utd's domination under Ferguson would have been even more ruthless and tyrannical. Similarly had it not been for the sugar daddies entering English football, no-one other than Man Utd, Arsenal and maybe Liverpool would have won the title in over 20 years. During Ferguson's reign, the only clubs without generous sugar daddies that finished above Man Utd in the Premier League era were Arsenal a handful of times, and Liverpool once in 2002.
 
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A similar story with Bayern in the Bundesliga and Juve in Serie A, with one

It's true though, Man Utd were more dominant in the Premier League under Ferguson from 1993-2013 than Bayern were in the Bundesliga during that same period. They won 13 titles in those 21 seasons, never finished outside the top 3, and even lost the title on the last day of the season a further 3 times, against Blackburn in 1995, Chelsea in 2010 and Man City in 2012. Yet according to a lot of people in England, the Premier League was so ultra-competitive, while the Bundesliga was a one-team league. And if La Liga was a two horse race, often during Ferguson's reign the Premier League at best had one horse with a couple of ponies.

Even in 2009 when they won their 3rd title in a row and their 11th in 17 years, and we had the same 4 teams finishing in the top 4 for the 4th consecutive year, people were talking up how competitive the Premier League was, which was hilarious. During the big 4 era, you could actually argue that there was more of a big 2 of Man Utd and Chelsea. Liverpool and Arsenal struggled to win trophies during that period, and only challenged for the title intermittently at best. And in Ferguson's last 7 years at Man Utd, they won 5 titles and were the denied on the last day of the season on the other 2 occasions. A one team league or what.

But even taking out Man Utd's dominance, there has been a clear lack of variety in teams finishing in the top 2, top 3 and top 4 in the Premier League until this crazy and refreshingly brilliant season. The stat that really stands out is only 7 different teams finishing in the top 3 in 20 years from 1996-2015. That just screams out how ridiculously uncompetitive the Premier League was at the top. And it would have only been 6 teams had Leeds not spent way beyond their means and financially crippled themselves, to beat Liverpool to 3rd place and the final champions league qualification place in 2000. A big song and dance was made about Everton finishing in the top 4 in 2005, but around that time smaller clubs in Celta Vigo, Betis and Osasuna were finishing in the top 4 in La Liga.

The scary thing is the Premier League has had a 'fair' and collective TV deal, and things were still so uncompetitive until this season. Imagine if teams negotiated individual TV rights like they did in Spain, Man Utd's domination under Ferguson would have been even more ruthless and tyrannical. Similarly had it not been for the sugar daddies entering English football, no-one other than Man Utd, Arsenal and maybe Liverpool would have won the title in over 20 years. During Ferguson's reign, the only clubs without generous sugar daddies that finished above Man Utd in the Premier League era were Arsenal a handful of times, and Liverpool once in 2002.
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How many Premier league titles did Manchester United win on the final day? I know there was 1996, 1999 and 2008.
 
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Pray for Leicester.

The will seal it at Old Trafford tomorrow in front of a packed stadium wearing counterfeit Leicester shirts.
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What a sight that would be lol.

When I was growing up we had all the glory hunter kids in Man Utd and Liverpool tops at school, ripping kids who supported anyone different.
Now you've got the kids growing up today being taunted by peers in Leicester stuff! The worlds gone crazy :eek:
 
Doctor/Lawyer Red Devil said:
How many Premier league titles did Manchester United win on the final day? I know there was 1996, 1999 and 2008.
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You listed them all. They won the the title on the final day in 1996, 1999 (I wonder how Spurs fans felt about the prospect of doing Arsenal a huge favour whey they took the lead at Old Trafford that day) and 2008, and they lost it in 1995, 2010 and 2012. Each time the title race went down to the final day of the season, the league leaders at the start the day has always held on (very narrowly in some cases) and won it.
 
Gizo said:
You listed them all. They won the the title on the final day in 1996, 1999 (I wonder how Spurs fans felt about the prospect of doing Arsenal a huge favour whey they took the lead at Old Trafford that day) and 2008, and they lost it in 1995, 2010 and 2012. Each time the title race went down to the final day of the season, the league leaders at the start the day has always held on (very narrowly in some cases) and won it.
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I remember it was goal difference in 2008 (the result came on the big screen at Stamford Bridge with Chelsea also winning, they stopped playing when they knew it was over).
 
Feña14 said:
I remember it was goal difference in 2008 (the result came on the big screen at Stamford Bridge with Chelsea also winning, they stopped playing when they knew it was over).
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Yeah Man Utd and Chelsea were level on points going into the final day, but Man Utd had the better goal difference. Chelsea had beaten Man Utd at Stamford Bridge a few weeks earlier to really heat up the title race. IIRC, I think Chelsea conceded a last minute equaliser at home to Wigan during the title run-in, which proved to be costly. That was also a blown opportunity for Arsenal who were top of the league for much of the season, before collapsing after their game at Birmingham with Eduardo's injury, conceding a last gasp equaliser and Gallas's tantrum afterwards. Their squad that season was light years better than their squad over the past few years.

IMO Man Utd's achievement of winning 3 consecutive titles from 2007-2009, when the Premier League was by far the best league in the world at the time, was very underrated. That was highlighted by Champions League results, with 3 out of the 4 Premier League teams reaching the Champions League semi-finals in all 3 of those seasons. And all 4 of our teams reached the quarter-finals in 2008 and 2009 as well. They were literally competing with 3 out of the top 5-6 teams in Europe in their own domestic league.
 
Gizo said:
Yeah Man Utd and Chelsea were level on points going into the final day, but Man Utd had the better goal difference. Chelsea had beaten Man Utd at Stamford Bridge a few weeks earlier to really heat up the title race. IIRC, I think Chelsea conceded a last minute equaliser at home to Wigan during the title run-in, which proved to be costly. That was also a blown opportunity for Arsenal who were top of the league for much of the season, before collapsing after their game at Birmingham with Eduardo's injury, conceding a last gasp equaliser and Gallas's tantrum afterwards. Their squad that season was light years better than their squad over the past few years.

IMO Man Utd's achievement of winning 3 consecutive titles from 2007-2009, when the Premier League was by far the best league in the world at the time, was very underrated. That was highlighted by Champions League results, with 3 out of the 4 Premier League teams reaching the Champions League semi-finals in all 3 of those seasons. And all 4 of our teams reached the quarter-finals in 2008 and 2009 as well. They were literally competing with 3 out of the top 5-6 teams in Europe in their own domestic league.
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That's some seriously good memory recall! Yeah Chelsea beat Man Utd to have it in their own hands, then Wigan put a dent in that in one of the last Monday night games. I think Man Utd beat Wigan on the final day and Chelsea were beating Bolton 1-0 when the United game finished.. Matt Taylor scored from a corner to level things in the 93rd.

Yeah there were some seriously good teams in England back in those days. That Champions League final between the two was a seriously good game, Ronaldo and Lampard essentially put two incredible teams on their back and slugged it out. Then of course the penalties.. It's painful to even type.

Really pleased for Leicester, but looking back on how things were 8 years ago, it's a bit concerning how far the standard has dropped.
 
Feña14 said:
That's some seriously good memory recall! Yeah Chelsea beat Man Utd to have it in their own hands, then Wigan put a dent in that in one of the last Monday night games. I think Man Utd beat Wigan on the final day and Chelsea were beating Bolton 1-0 when the United game finished.. Matt Taylor scored from a corner to level things in the 93rd.

Yeah there were some seriously good teams in England back in those days. That Champions League final between the two was a seriously good game, Ronaldo and Lampard essentially put two incredible teams on their back and slugged it out. Then of course the penalties.. It's painful to even type.

Really pleased for Leicester, but looking back on how things were 8 years ago, it's a bit concerning how far the standard has dropped.
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Your match against Wigan was before the match against Manchester United that season. We were still in control of the title race after that loss because of a far superior goal difference, with two matches remaining.
 
No team from outside the top 5 wage bills has ever won the Premier League. No team outside the top 3 in wage bills has won the league for 16 years. Leicester's wage bill is probably about 15th.

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Other longshots

5,000-1: Leicester in August 2015 to win the the 2015-16 Premier League title.

2,500-1: The odds at which a grandfather, Peter Edwards, wagered £50 in the year 2000 that his grandson, Harry, then three, would one day play football for Wales. Wilson, now a 19-year Liverpool winger, made his Wales debut aged in October 2013, aged 16, winning his granddad £125,000.

1000-1: In 1964, a man from Preston called David Threlfall bet £10 that a man would walk on the moon before the end of the decade. He had been inspired by J F Kennedy, the president of the USA, saying more than once that it was an aim. It famously happened in 1969. Threlfall won £10,000 (worth £156,600 today) and bought himself a sports car, in which he was killed in a crash.

999-1: The longest odds successfully overcome by a US sports team in a major league, by the St Louis Cardinals of MLB baseball to win the 2011 World Series. They looked dead and buried during the regular season but secured last-gasp wild card qualification for the post-season, then beat the Philadelphia Phillies in the division series, the Milwaukee Brewers in the National League Championship Series and the Texas Rangers in the World Series.

500-1: The longest known odds on a single football match upset (according to William Hill), when the USA beat England 1-0 in Belo Horizonte at the 1950 World Cup, courtesy of Joe Gaetjens’ goal.

500-1: The odds on an England victory on the final morning of the Third Test of the 1981 Ashes series against Australia. The tourists seemed in such a strong position for victory, a win was all but assured. Ian Botham and Bob Willis had other ideas and pulled off an astonishing comeback. Australia’s Dennis Lillee and Rod Marsh had bet on England for a joke and won £7,500.

300-1: The longest Super Bowl odds converted into success from the start of a season, by the St Louis Rams in the 1999 NFL campaign. In 1998 the Rams posted a 4-12 win-loss record. Then pre-season they lost Trent Green, their star quarter-back on a new $17.5m contract, to a long-term knee injury. But they posted a 13-3 regular season record and won all three play-offs games for glory.


250-1: The longest odds on a winning horse in any race in Britain since records began. This seems utterly extraordinary given there have been around 2 million races since the 1600s. But it is true: the longest priced winner was an animal called Equinoctial in the 2.45 at Kelso race course, in a novices hurdle over 2 miles and 6 furlongs on Wednesday 21 November 1990. By comparison, the longest odds winners of the Grand National were all 100-1 shots including Foinavon (1967) and Mon Mome (2009). The longest odds Derby winners were all also 100-1 shots: Jeddah (1898), Signorinetta (1908) and Aboyeur (1913).

150-1: This was the price defied, by among others, Goran Ivanisevic (to win the men’s Wimbledon title in 2001 as a wild card), Greece at Euro 2004, and Jeremy Corbyn to become the leader of the Labour Party last year. All three polarised opinion on their way to winning, and all came from left field.

42-1: The odds on Buster Douglas to beat Mike Tyson in 1990, which he did, in what is considered one of the greatest sporting shocks of all time. Not that the price reflected it. Or that it is a patch on Leicester.
 
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