The Premier League 2024-25 season has indeed just concluded, and sincerely, it was quite a ride. Liverpool emerged as champions since 2019/2020 season. There happen to be some unexpected twists for the traditional “Big Six.”
Liverpool – 84points (1st)
Arsenal – 74points (2nd)
Manchester City – 71points (3rd)
Chelsea – 69points (4th)
Manchester United – 42points (15th)
Tottenham Hotspur – 38points (17th)
The most striking narrative, however, was the dramatic collapse of Manchester City’s dominance. Pep Guardiola’s side finished 3rd with 71 points, enduring a run of just one win in 13 matches in late 2024.
Furthermore, the season saw an unpredictable shift. Two of the usual “Big Six” clubs, Manchester United (15th with 42 points) and Tottenham Hotspur (17th with 38 points), found themselves surprisingly languishing in the bottom six. In the same vein, the three promoted clubs (Leicester City, Ipswich Town, and Southampton) also went straight back down.
Beyond the top, the season defied nearly all pre-season predictions from different sport outlets. For instance, five out of six writers had Liverpool coming third, completely missing their title charge. Conversely, four had Nottingham Forest going down, yet they delivered an “impressive season” and defied expectations.
The unpredictability wasn’t limited to the top and bottom; as Tim Spiers noted, November saw Brighton in third and Spurs in sixth, with Crystal Palace battling relegation in 19th. By December, Newcastle was floundering in 12th and Wolves in 19th.
This premier league season proved that simply spending big doesn’t guarantee success. As evidenced by West Ham United, who despite being the “eighth-biggest spenders in Europe last summer (£100million net spend),” had “the most apathetic, beige, pointless season imaginable.”
Meanwhile, the success of clubs like Crystal Palace and Newcastle winning major trophies rather than the usual suspects further highlighted a season where the league genuinely felt “as broad as it always claims to be,” as Seb Stafford-Bloor observed.
The 2024-25 Premier League will surely be one for the history books, proving that in football, anything can happen.
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