The best of players, top-drawer performances and competition and record viewership... That’s the Premier League for you. And one cannot discount its RICH HISTORY too. AMITABHA DAS SHARMA sheds light on the various editions of the league and the winners.
1992-93:
The high-profile signings, brought about by increased wealth that the clubs found in the new, breakaway Premier League, gave club football in England a new dimension. Manchester United, which had won the football league First Division only seven times in the over 100-year history of the tournament, found the new arrangement convenient to its purpose. United ended a 26 year title drought by winning the crown in the first Premier League with a 10-point lead over runnerup Aston Villa. This was also Alex Ferguson’s early steps towards immortality, the title being his first with the club he joined in 1986.
1993-94:
Continuing from where it left off in the inaugural season, Man United led almost through the 1993-94 edition and finished champion, eight points clear of runner-up Blackburn Rovers. United also won the FA Cup, beating Chelsea 4-0 in the final and in the process ensured a grand double, which only three other teams had previously achieved in 20th century.
1994-95:
Manchester United striker and French international Eric Cantona’s notorious kung-fu kick at a fan was the talking point of the season. Cantona’s assault on a Crystal Palace fan earned him an eight-month suspension. Manchester United also seemed to lose its way during the season, as Kenny Dalglish’s Blackburn
Rovers won its first league title in 67 years, pipping the former by a lone point in a virtual photo-finish, where the title was decided in the last round.
1995-96:
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