The Premier League is Boring!

[McBain]

I'm so over the Premier League right now.

Its the same repetetive [Poor language removed] about the same four clubs and how they always win.

Its the most top heavy league, theres absolutely no way anyone other than the top four (taken them 8 weeks to settle there) can win, and one of those hasnt yet, the other two have only won it a couple of times, and one team has won it too many times.

For the sake of the beautiful game something needs to be done.

Look at every other sport and great sides/players on any level get to the top and then someone else takes the mantle. Lets have a random look.

NBA - Last ten winners

1998 Chicago Bulls
1999 San Antonio Spurs
2000 Los Angeles Lakers
2001 Los Angeles Lakers
2002 Los Angeles Lakers
2003 San Antonio Spurs
2004 Detroit Pistons
2005 San Antonio Spurs
2006 Miami Heat
2007 San Antonio Spurs
2008 Boston Celtics

Thats 6 different winners in 10 years.

Australia Open Tennis

1998 Petr Korda
1999 Yevgeny Kafelnikov
2000 Andre Agassi
2001 Andre Agassi
2002 Thomas Johansson
2003 Andre Agassi
2004 Roger Federer
2005 Marat Safin
2006 Roger Federer
2007 Roger Federer
2008 Novak Djokovic

7 winners in ten years

Formula 1

1998 Mika Häkkinen McLaren
1999 Mika Häkkinen McLaren
2000 Michael Schumacher Ferrari
2001 Michael Schumacher Ferrari
2002 Michael Schumacher Ferrari
2003 Michael Schumacher Ferrari
2004 Michael Schumacher Ferrari
2005 Fernando Alonso Renault
2006 Fernando Alonso Renault
2007 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari

I put this one in because, even with the dominance of Schumacher over 5 years, this years races have really been open and engaging and teams you never thought would do any good are getting much better.

Serie A

1998 Juventus
1999 Milan
2000 Lazio
2001 Roma
2002 Juventus
2003 Juventus
2004 Milan
2005 Inter
2006 Inter
2007 Inter

La Liga
1999 FC Barcelona
2000 Deportivo de La Coruña
2001 Real Madrid
2002 Valencia CF
2003 Real Madrid
2004 Valencia CF
2005 FC Barcelona
2006 FC Barcelona
2007 Real Madrid
2008 Real Madrid

and finally the Premier League

1999 Manchester United
2000 Manchester United
2001 Manchester United
2002 Arsenal
2003 Manchester United
2004 Arsenal
2005 Chelsea
2006 Chelsea
2007 Manchester United
2008 Manchester United

Boring!

 

[TX Bill]

Don't forget Major League Baseball:

2007 Boston Red Sox
2006 St. Louis Cardinals
2005 Chicago White Sox
2004 Boston Red Sox
2003 Florida Marlins
2002 Anaheim Angels
2001 Arizona Diamondbacks
2000 New York Yankees
1999 New York Yankees
1998 New York Yankees

 

[TsarDiniyar]

not as boring as tiddlywinks

Larry Kahn wins every year, google it if you dont believe me!

 

[TsarDiniyar]

Tiddlywinks World Records

as recognised by ETwA

Most of these records have appeared at some stage in the Guinness Book of Records.
World Championships

World Singles: Larry Kahn (USA) has won the title 19 times (1983-2003).
World Pairs: Geoffrey Myers has won the title 11 times (1990-2005).
National Championships

ETwA Singles: Larry Kahn (USA) has won the title 7 times (1984-1999). Alan Dean (UK) has won the title 6 times (1971-1986).
ETwA Pairs: Jon Mapley (UK) has won the title 9 times (1972-2000).
NATwA Singles: Larry Kahn (USA) has won the title 16 times (1981-2004).
NATwA Pairs: Larry Kahn (USA) has won the title 16 times (1976-2004).
University Championships

Silver Wink: Cambridge University has won the British Universities' championship lots of times (about 20 times at the last count).

 

[Bruce Wayne]

March 27, 1993 Cambridge 17:00 68 70 Goldie 01994-03-26 March 26, 1994 Cambridge 18:09 68 71 Goldie 01995-04-01 April 01, 1995 Cambridge 18:04 68 72 Goldie 01996-04-06 April 06, 1996 Cambridge 16:58 68 73 Goldie 01997-03-29 March 29, 1997 Cambridge 17:38 68 74 Goldie 01998-03-28 March 28, 1998 Cambridge 16:19 68 75 Isis 01999-04-03 April 03, 1999 Cambridge 16:41 68 76 Goldie 02000-03-25 March 25, 2000 Oxford 18:04 69 76 Isis 02001-03-24 March 24, 2001 Cambridge 17:44 69 77 Goldie 02002-03-30 March 30, 2002 Oxford 16:54 70 77 Isis 02003-04-06 April 06, 2003 Oxford 18:06 71 77 Goldie 02004-03-28 March 28, 2004 Cambridge 18:47 71 78 Isis 02005-03-27 March 27, 2005 Oxford 16:42 72 78 Goldie 02006-04-02 April 02, 2006 Oxford 18:26 73 78 Goldie 02007-04-07 April 07, 2007 Cambridge 17:49 73 79 Goldie 02008-03-29 March 29, 2008 Oxford 20:52 74 79 Isis
Blooming disgrace. Luton University don't stand a chance.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Buggery, that was all nicely formatted before. Damnation.

 

[Rook]

If there is one thing that American sports does extremely well is that in every team sport every team has a chance to win a title.

I actually think that one reason why footie won't catch on in the States is that in the league there are only the same 2-3 teams in each league who are capable of winning it.

 

[McBain]

Loving the stats, keep em coming.

 

[Bundy]

Australian NRL

1998 Brisbane
1999 Melbourne
2000 Brisbane
2001 Newcastle
2002 Sydney City
2003 Penrith
2004 Canterbury
2005 West Sydney
2006 Brisbane
2007 Melbourne
2008 Manly

That's what a salary cap does for you.

 

[McBain]

MLS

2008 TBD
2007 Houston Dynamo
2006 Houston Dynamo
2005 Los Angeles Galaxy
2004 D.C. United
2003 San Jose Earthquakes
2002 Los Angeles Galaxy
2001 San Jose Earthquakes
2000 Kansas City Wizards
1999 D.C. United
1998 Chicago Fire
1997 D.C. United
1996 D.C. United

 

[McBain]

Mexican League

1998 Toluca
1999 Toluca
2000 Toluca
2001 Santos
2002 Toluca
2003 Pachuca
2004 U.N.A.M.
2005 Toluca
2006 Guadalajara
2007 Atlante

 

[TX Bill]

MLS

2008 TBD
2007 Houston Dynamo
2006 Houston Dynamo
2005 Los Angeles Galaxy
2004 D.C. United
2003 San Jose Earthquakes
2002 Los Angeles Galaxy
2001 San Jose Earthquakes
2000 Kansas City Wizards
1999 D.C. United
1998 Chicago Fire
1997 D.C. United
1996 D.C. United

We're looking pretty good to get three in a row but a lotta things gotta fall just right for us.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Australian NRL

1998 Brisbane
1999 Melbourne
2000 Brisbane
2001 Newcastle
2002 Sydney City
2003 Penrith
2004 Canterbury
2005 West Sydney
2006 Brisbane
2007 Melbourne
2008 Manly

That's what a salary cap does for you.

1998 Wigan
1999 Saints
2000 Saints
2001 Bradford
2002 Saints
2003 Bradford
2004 Leeds
2005 Bradford
2006 Saints
2007 Leeds
2008 Leeds

That's what a salary cap does for you. Maybe the NRL police it better than we do here.

 

[Bundy]

1998 Wigan
1999 Saints
2000 Saints
2001 Bradford
2002 Saints
2003 Bradford
2004 Leeds
2005 Bradford
2006 Saints
2007 Leeds
2008 Leeds

That's what a salary cap does for you. Maybe the NRL police it better than we do here.

Yes perhaps. David Gallop the CEO of the ARL has been quoted as saying at an NRL grand final... "They have won a grand final now it is some one else's turn" or something similar to that. The more you win the more you get penalised by the salary cap.

 

[Whitebootman]

SPL since 98-99 season.

Rangers
Rangers
Celtic
Celtic
Rangers
Celtic
Rangers
Celtic
Celtic
Celtic

Makes the prem look almost competative