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10 Facts You Didn't Know About The Barclays Premier League
The Barclays Premier League is back this Saturday! Sharpen your football knowledge with these facts to one-up your friends.
By Darian Goh — 12 Aug 2014, 06:57 PM — Updated over 10 years ago
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1. No English manager has ever won the Barclays Premier League title. Sir Alex Ferguson and Sir Kenny Dalglish were both Scottish.
2. There are enough nylon twine under the pitch at Tottenham Hotspur’s stadium to stretch around the world. The 40,000 km of nylon twine at White Hart Lane is used to knit the roots of the grass together.
3. Since 2008, Stoke City has taken more than 2435 throw-ins, 1363 more than any other team
4. Leighton Baines is the only player to have scored every single penalty among fellow footballers that have taken 10 penalties or more
5. The first African player to play in the Barclays Premier League was Peter Ndlovu who played for Coventry City in August 1992. Similarly, Michael Chopra, who is of Indian descent, is the first Asian player. He played for Newcastle United in the same year.
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7. Manchester United hold the records for both the biggest home and biggest away wins, beating Ipswich 9-0 in 1995 and Nottingham Forest 1-8 in 1999
8. The last season that Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United all finished outside the top four was in I962 - 1963
9. Only 5 out of 45 teams have won the Premier League since its inception in 1992. They are Man Utd, Man City, Chelsea, Blackburn and Arsenal.
