Premier League Football England.

Premier League.

The Premier League is an English professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the Premier League it is the country's primary football competition. Contested

by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with Premier League. The Premier League is 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 was 

known as the Premier League from 1993 to 2007. It is currently sponsored by Barclays Bank and therefore officially known as the Barclays Premier League.

The competition formed as the FA Premier League on 20 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 world's most watched association football league. It is the world's 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 Spain's La Liga and Germany's 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 the Premier League in 1992, four have won the title: Manchester United (12 titles) Arsenal (3), Chelsea (3) and Blackburn Rovers (1). The current champions are Manchester United, who won the title in the 2010–11 season.

The Premier League during the 2011–12

The Premier League from its inception in 1992 up to and including the 2011–12 season. Seven clubs have been members of the Premier League for every season since its inception. This group is composed of Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester United, and Tottenham Hotspur.

The following 20 clubs are competing in the Premier League during the 2011–12 season.

Club	Position in 2010–11	Number of seasons in the Premier League	First season of current spell in to division	Top division titles	Last top division title
Arsenal	4th; Premier	20	1919–1920	13	2003–04
Aston Villa	9th; Premier	20	1988–1989	7	1980–81
Blackburn Rovers	15th; Premier	18	2001–2002	3	994–95
Bolton Wanderers	14th; Premier	12	2001–2002	0	n/a
Chelsea	2th; Premier	20	1989-1990	4	2009-2010
Everton	7th; Premier	20	1954-1955	9	1986-87
Fulham	8th; Premier	11	2001–2002	0	n/a
Liverpool	6th; Premier	20	1962–1963	18	1989–90
Manchester City	3rd; Premier	15	2002–2003	2	1967–68
Manchester United	1st; Premier	20	1975–1976	19	2010-11
Newcastle United	12th; Premier	18	2010–2011	4	1926–27
Norwich City	2nd; Championship	5	2011–2012	0	n/a
Queens Park Rangers	1st; Championship	5	2011–2012	0	n/a
Stoke City	13th; Premier	4	2008–2009	0	n/a
Sunderland	10th; Premier	11	2007–2008	6	1935–36
Swansea City	3rd; Championship	1	2011–2012	0	n/a
Tottenham Hotspur	5th; Premier	20	1978–1979	2	1960–61
West Bromwich Albion	11th; Premier	6	2010–2011	1	1919–20
Wigan Athletic	16th; Premier	7	2005–2006	0	n/a
Wolverhampton Wanderers	17th; Premier	4	2009–2010	3	1958–59

==>> Birmingham City, Blackpool and West Ham United were relegated form Premier League to the nPower Championship (old Div. 2) for the 2011-12 Season, whilst Queens Park Rangers, Norwich City and Swansea City were promoted to the 2011-12 Premier League. Swansea became the first Welsh side to ever gain promotion to the Premier League, after defeating Reading 4-2 in the 2011 Championship play-off final.