The Premiership: Greatest in The World Or the Most Boring?

I have just been reading an article by one of our new writers about who can break the top four monopoly of the Premiership. They are in for a big shock if they ever really think another club can make a dent in the current regime. It isn't football that is the problem but the Premier League which has ruined English football. The money that it generates for the top clubs is ridiculous and although some of it is distributed down to the Football League to teams in the lower divisions it is designed so the top clubs can retain their preeminence. You only have to look at the teams that have won the Premiership in its first 16 seasons of existence. Only four teams have won it. Manchester United 10 times, Arsenal three times, Chelsea twice, and in the early days Blackburn Rovers once. Now if you look at the 20-years before the emergence of the Premiership, Liverpool won the title 11 times, Arsenal twice, Everton twice, Leeds twice, Derby, Nottingham Forest and Aston Villa once each.  ... (link)