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The Premier League is an English professional league for association football clubs

. At the top of the English football system, it is the countrys primary football competition. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with The Football League. It comprises a corporation in which the 20 member clubs act as shareholders. Seasons run from August to May, with teams playing 38 matches each, totalling 380 matches in the season.

Most games are played on Saturdays and Sundays, with a few games played during weekday evenings. It is currently sponsored by Barclays Bank and therefore officially known as the Barclays Premier League.

The competition formed on 20th February 1992 following the decision of clubs in the Football League First Division to break away from The Football League, which was originally founded in 1888, and take advantage of a lucrative television rights deal.

The Premier League has since become the worlds most watched association football league. It is the worlds most lucrative football league in terms of revenue, with combined club revenues of over 2 billion in 2008-09. It is ranked first in the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) coefficients of leagues based on performances in European competitions over the last five years, ahead of Spains La Liga and Germanys Bundesliga.

Since 1888, a total of 23 clubs have been crowned champions of the English football system. Of the 44 clubs to have competed since the inception of this league in 1992, four have won the title, Arsenal (3 titles), Blackburn Rovers (1), Chelsea (3), and Manchester United (11). The current champions are Chelsea, who won the title in the 2009 to 10 season.

As of the end of the 2009 to 10 season, there had been 18 completed seasons . Due to insistence by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), the international governing body of football, that domestic leagues reduce the number of games clubs played, the number of clubs was reduced to 20 in 1995 when four teams were relegated from the league and only two teams promoted. On 8 June 2006, FIFA requested that all major European leagues, including Italys Serie A and Spains La Liga be reduced to 18 teams by the start of the 2007-08 season. The Premier League responded by announcing their intention to resist such a reduction. Ultimately, the 2007-08 season kicked off again with 20 teams. The league changed its name to simply the Premier League in 2007.

With winter drawing in, 2010 was starting to take shape with the top four already featuring Chelsea, Manchester United, Arsenal and Manchester City. These four teams were expected to challenge for this years Premier League title and after four months of action, there was almost nothing to choose between them.

by: Tony Jameson

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