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The Red Devils' long-time rivals Liverpool may be one of the most successful teams in England with 18 league titles, but were mocked by United fans for not managing to win the Premier League. That changed in though, when Jurgen Klopp's team were crowned Premier League champions for the first time. Manchester City were the next club along to break the established order as they, too, enjoyed the benefits of a takeover, with the Etihad club picking up their first Premier League title in The only constant in terms of success were United until Ferguson retired after winning the title in , after which they dropped away.

Chelsea beat Manchester United on penalties at Wembley after a draw Chelsea beat Arsenal in Cardiff Chelsea won against Manchester United at Wembley Chelsea won against Newcastle United at Stamford Bridge Chelsea returned to the top flight with 99 points from 46 games. Chelsea returned to the top flight with 88 points from 42 games. Chelsea beat Middlesbrough in the final Chelsea beat Manchester City in the final Top 5: Terry goals As John Terry becomes the highest all time scorer as a defender in the Premier League, we look back at his top 5 goals.

Champions League Winners They will be replaced by three Championship teams who did really well that season, who will get to move up to the Premier League. This is called being promoted. If a team is relegated, it will play in the competition below for the next season. It will have to spend that season fighting to win promotion to get back up into the Premier League for the following year, which isn't easy.

Of course, the ultimate goal is to win the Premier League, but for the teams who finish second, third and fourth, all is not lost. That's because the teams who finish the season in the top four spots earn themselves a place in another competition called the Champions League not to be confused with the Championship, which is the competition beneath the Premier League!

The Champions League is a competition for the best football teams in Europe, so coming in the top four of the Premier League gives the team a chance to play in the most important competition in European football. This means teams playing in both competitions have to play lots more games than some other clubs. The Premier League is the best of the best. As mentioned earlier, beneath the Premier League is the Championship. Beneath that is League 1, then League 2, then the National League. There are many, many more leagues that continue down from there but it would take a long time to list them all, as there are hundreds of leagues and divisions in the English football league system.

These go right down to divisions in very specific areas of the country where teams can compete at local grounds. In theory, any team in the country playing in any of these leagues could work their way up to the Premier League, but it would take many years for them to do this. Epic celebrations as Chelsea win Premier League title.

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