The Premier League is the top-tier English football league, consisting of 20 clubs playing against one another for the prestigious and highly coveted title. As the most watched football league in the world, the league is watched in approximately 1 billion homes around the world. Played mostly on Saturday and Sunday, each season of the Premier League runs from August to May with 38 matches played.
History of the Premier League
Previously known as the FA Premier League, the football competition was established in 1992. The Football Association (F.A) broke out from the 104-year-old Football League and in May 1992, first division leagues resigned from the Football League to join F.A. There were 22 inaugural members of the newly formed Premier League. The first league competition held between 1992-93 with 22 clubs.
Role of Managers
Coaches have always played a crucial role in the success of a club. They are involved in the training, buying, transferring, scouting and loaning of players, development and implementation of tactics, selection of players that make up the team, motivating the players, talking to the media etc. A manager is also partly responsible for building a team into a strong formidable force such that it can be a safe bet for punters and of course, for the most popular betting apps in the market. In its 30 years of existence, the Premier League has witnessed brilliant coaches, who, with their sheer brilliance and outstanding tactics, stand out amongst the rest. Here are some of the greatest coaches to have ever coached in the Premier League:
1. Sir Alex Ferguson
Sir Alexander Chapman Ferguson was born on December 31, 1941 in Glasgow, Scotland. As a teenager, he joined Queen’s Park, a second-division football club. In 1964, he began his professional football career by signing with Dunfermline Athletic, a first-division football club. He later transferred to Rangers in 1967 and retired from professional football in 1974 after playing for Falkirks and Ayr United.
He began his managerial career in 1974 when he coached East Stirlingshire. He moved to St. Mirren and, later in 1978, Aberdeen FC, where he won the club several trophies. His impressive achievements in Aberdeen resulted in his appointment as Manchester United’s manager in November 1986.
While at Man. United, he dominated the English football scene. He won his first FA Cup in 1998-90 and that was the beginning of his endless string of trophies. Between 1989 and 2012, he won 38 trophies, including 13 PL titles. He retired in 2013 after being named Premier League manager of the year 11 times.
2. Pep Guardiola
Joseph Guardiola Sala was born on January 18, 1971, in Santpedor, Spain. As a professional football player, he played as a defensive midfielder in Barcelona. He later played in Brescia, Roma, Al-Ahli and Dorado de SinaloaDorados de Sinaloa and retired from professional football after a long, successful career.
He began his coaching career in Barcelona B and won the LaLiga, Copa del Rey and UEFA Champion League in his first season as manager of the first team. Over the period of 4 years, he won 2 LaLiga, 2 Copa del Rey, 2 UEFA Champions League and other international and domestic titles. He left Barcelona in 2012 and moved to Germany to join Bayern Munich, where he won 3 Bundesliga and several other domestic and international trophies. In 2016, he travelled to England to manage Manchester City and in his 2nd season as coach, his first PL title. In his time as manager so far, he has won Man. City 4 PL titles, FA Cup, FA Community Shield Cup and other domestic titles.
3. Jose Mourinho and Arsene Wenger
Both managers were known to always be at loggerheads, with Mourinho describing Wenger as a ‘specialist in failure’. However, it is no doubt that they were both highly successful managers with different playing styles and trophies to testify to their brilliance and tactical minds. In his managerial career, Jose Mourinho won 3 Premier League titles, 2 Champions League and other trophies. Arsene Wenger also won 3 Premier League titles, 6 FA Cups, 7 Community Shields and other domestic trophies.
Other impressive managers in the Premier League include Jurgen Klopp and Antonio Conte who both have 1 Premier League title to their names.
