A look at the most successful teams in Premier League history
With another renewal of the Premier League approaching the halfway stage, and Manchester City are the favourites to lift the title for a record-breaking fourth time in a row according to the EPL winner odds, now seems like a good time to take a look at the most successful teams in English top-flight history.
Disclaimer: This article includes all First Division titles, not just Premier Leagues.
Manchester United – 20 titles
While Manchester United have had it tough in the post-Sir Alex Ferguson era, failing to win the Premier League since the great Scot stood down in 2013, it is a credit to their previous dominance that they remain in the top spot with 20 overall successes.
Ferguson was the mastermind behind the vast majority of those titles, guiding the Red Devils to glory 13 times in the top flight during his 26-year stay at Old Trafford.
Manchester United won their first English title in 1907-08, which was the 20th edition of the league, and they won it again in 1910-11.
It wasn’t until the 1950s that they tasted success again. That was the Sir Matt Busby era, and he won five First Division titles between 1951-52 and 1964-65.
Liverpool – 19 titles
Second is, of course, Liverpool.
The Reds have rather infamously won just one Premier League title when Jurgen Klopp ended their 30-year drought in the Covid-hit 2019-20 campaign.
Tom Watson was in charge of Liverpool’s first two First Divisions wins in 1900-01 and 1905-06, while they won the title again in 1922, 1923 and 1947.
Bill Shankly guided the Reds to three First Division successes in 1964, 1966, and 1973, while his successor Bob Paisley won the title six times in a nine-year stint from 1974 to 1983.
Joe Fagan added another in 1984, and Kenny Daglish won the First
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