Success. There may be nothing prefer it as a soccer fan.
Some are extra used to it than others, whereas some this season – Newcastle, Crystal Palace and Tottenham Hotspur – have skilled it for the primary time of their lives.
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Newcastle gained the League Cup by beating Liverpool for his or her first trophy in 56 years, Palace beat Manchester Metropolis to win the FA Cup, their first trophy of their 119-year historical past.
Tottenham, in the meantime, ended their 17-year anticipate a serious honour once they gained the Europa League at Manchester United’s expense.
It noticed a giant celebration in Bilbao and one talkSPORT presenter eradicating his shirt on air in celebration.
Liverpool, although, bought over their League Cup loss by profitable the Premier League title to make them amongst English soccer’s most profitable golf equipment.
And regardless of the loss, United are nonetheless seen as one of many dominant forces on these shores.
Right here, talkSPORT.com appears on the groups which have gained extra honours than anybody else.
The factors leaves out Tremendous Cups and Group Shields to concentrate on main trophies gained over the course of the season slightly than one off video games. Within the case of the Group Defend it’s a non-competitive sport.
Stats are courtesy of Sporting Intelligence.
=eleventh Wolverhampton Wanderers – 9
League titles: 3
FA Cups: 4
League Cups: 2
A Premier League common these days, Wolves had been one of many first and greatest to kick off affiliation soccer.
One of many founding members of the Soccer League in 1988, they gained their first FA Cup in 1893 after which three prime flight league titles within the ‘50s.
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Extra honours got here, however the final main one was the 1980 League Cup earlier than a disastrous decade noticed the Midlands aspect plummet as low on the fourth tier.
They’ve had many trophy lifts since, however simply these for promotion, with arguably their largest trendy success a run to the Europa League quarter finals beneath Nuno Espirito Santo in 2020.
=eleventh Nottingham Forest – 9
League titles: 1
FA Cups: 2
League Cups: 4
Champions Leagues: 2
Eleventh on this checklist most likely does Forest an injustice given how unimaginable three of their 9 trophy triumphs had been.
Early winners of the FA Cup in 1898, it was an enormous wait till their second in 1959.
All the pieces modified in 1975 when Brian Clough and Peter Taylor arrived and have become one of the crucial well-known administration duos to ever do it.
Promoted to the highest flight in 1977 they gained the league the next yr after which two League Cups.
If that wasn’t unimaginable sufficient, they then claimed two Champions League titles – then referred to as the European Cup, and solely eight groups have ever gained extra.
Two extra League Cups got here within the late ‘80s after which their most up-to-date honour, the Full Members’ Cup in 1992 – though it wasn’t a serious title.
The workforce struggled from then on, spending a lot of their time within the third tier after which an agonising 14 years within the Championship earlier than their 2022 prime flight return.
Again competing for a return to European soccer, it’s exhausting to think about any workforce, not to mention Forest, ever replicating their exceptional success within the ‘70s.
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tenth Blackburn – 10
League titles: 3
FA Cups: 6
League Cups: 1
A founding member of each the Soccer League in 1888 and Premier League in 1992, Blackburn have been their for English soccer’s largest moments, even with their very own lows.
Rovers gained the highest flight in 1912 and 1914, earlier than ready till 1995 to win the Premier League after proprietor Jack Walker’s money injection that introduced in star striker Alan Shearer.
Relegated in 2012, they’re extra related to the second tier these days, which was additionally the case after their triumphs initially of the twentieth century.
Blackburn additionally gained 5 of their six FA Cups within the Eighties, whereas their most up-to-date success was the League Cup in 2002.
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ninth Newcastle United – 12
League titles: 4
FA Cups: 6
League Cups: 1
Different European Cups: 1
Newcastle racked up most of their titles earlier than dwelling reminiscence, with three league championships and an FA Cup between 1900 and 1910.
Extra leagues and cups got here within the ‘30s, however it was the ‘50s once they actually began to make Wembley their second dwelling with three extra FA Cups to take their whole to a formidable six.
Kevin Keegan’s ‘Entertainers’ threatened so as to add extra honours within the ‘90s, however ended up with 5 runners-up medals, two within the Premier League.
The anticipate a primary main trophy since 1969 went all the best way till 2025, once they lastly took the League Cup, convincingly beating Liverpool 2-1 within the last after heartbreak on the identical stage towards Manchester United a yr earlier.
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eighth Everton – 15
League titles: 9
FA Cups: 5
Different European Cups: 1
One of many world’s oldest soccer golf equipment, Everton claimed their first title with the league in 1891.
Both aspect of a shock relegation in 1930, the Toffees gained six extra trophies and had been spearheaded by the legendary Dixie Dean who had an astonishing 60-goal season in 1928.
The theme of purple patches would proceed as they didn’t win one other honour till the ‘60s once they added 5 in 9 years (three main) earlier than one other couple of many years off and an excellent ‘80s which noticed eight titles in 5 years (4 main).
The ‘90s was equally historic, with Everton taking their league title whole to 9 and FA Cup tally to 5, however they haven’t gained an honour since 1996.
Possibly their new Bramley Moore Dock stadium and a settled possession scenario can change that.
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seventh Tottenham – 18
League titles: 2
FA Cups: 8
League Cups: 4
Different European Cups: 4
Famously trophyless since 2008 till their Europa League win over Manchester United, which noticed a farcical trophy ceremony, Tottenham had been one in every of England’s most typical winners in the course of the ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s.
Two time league champions, a lot of their trophy rely comes from their eight FA Cup wins with solely Manchester United and rivals Arsenal profitable the cup extra.
Spurs had been additionally the primary British aspect to win a European competitors with the Cup Winners’ Cup in 1963, whereas their newest triumph in Europe means they’ve gained the UEFA Cup/Europa League thrice.
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sixth Aston Villa – 20
League titles: 7
FA Cups: 7
League Cups: 5
Champions Leagues: 1
As one of many oldest groups in world soccer, Villa’s success is definitely weighted in direction of the previous with six of their seven league titles coming earlier than 1910 and the identical variety of their seven FA Cups earlier than 1920.
The ‘80s had been the true glory years, although, as they gained the Champions League last towards Bayern Munich and have become one in every of simply six English sides to attain the feat.
Trophyless since their fifth League Cup in 1996, there are indicators issues might be altering beneath Europa League king Unai Emery.
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fifth Chelsea – 25
League titles: 6
FA Cups: 8
League Cups: 5
Champions Leagues: 2
Different European Cups: 4
Usually ridiculed for being ‘based in 2004’ when Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich purchased the workforce, Chelsea followers can level to their earlier successes.
The Blues gained their first league title in 1954, first FA Cup in 1970 and first League Cup in 1965, and had a robust run both aspect of the flip of the millennium.
The vast majority of their honours have since flowed post-Abramovich takeover, with 5 Premier League titles and FA Cups, three League Cups, and most significantly the Holy Grail of the Champions League twice.
Additionally they have the spectacular honour of most different European Cups of English sides with 4, two within the Europa League and two with the UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup.
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4th Manchester Metropolis – 27
League titles: 10
FA Cups: 7
League Cups: 8
Champions Leagues: 1
Different European Cups: 1
Whereas Chelsea could have thought they’d trademarked nouveau riche in England, Man Metropolis took the concept and ran with it after their Abu Dhabi takeover in 2008.
Very like the Blues, that is once more no RB Leipzig model scenario with Metropolis profitable the league and League Cup twice and the FA Cup 4 occasions earlier than their takeover, however boy did it assist after.
Metropolis have gained the Premier League eight occasions since then, six with the legendary Pep Guardiola, who additionally bagged the membership’s first Champions League throughout an unimaginable European treble season in 2023.
Six League Cups have additionally been grabbed post-takeover, giving Metropolis the sort of rise that might scare the highest three forward of them.
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third Arsenal – 31
League titles: 13
FA Cups: 14
League Cups: 2
Different European Cups: 2
File FA Cup winners with 14 titles, that trophy was additionally Arsenal’s final large success in 2020 upon Mikel Arteta’s arrival.
The Gunners at the moment are again difficult for honours within the Premier League and Champions League and seem to have exercised the demons of the post-Arsene Wenger period.
What an period it was, although, with the French coach profitable 17 honours in north London together with one well-known unbeaten ‘Invincibles’ marketing campaign within the Premier League.
Earlier than him it was George Graham who had his personal period within the ‘90s and ‘80s with two league titles and League Cups in addition to an FA Cup and UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup.
However these two trendy coaches are removed from defining a workforce who had been dominant within the ‘30s beneath Herbert Chapman, profitable the league 5 occasions.
That elusive Champions League nonetheless evades Arsenal with their greatest effort a 2006 last beneath Wenger, however on the subject of home titles, they’re one of many best.
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2nd Manchester United – 44
League titles: 20
FA Cups: 13
League Cups: 6
Champions Leagues: 3
Different European Cups: 3
No period has outlined any soccer membership in world soccer greater than Sir Alex Ferguson’s wonderful 27-year stint at Outdated Trafford inside which he gained an enormous 38 honours together with an astonishing 13 Premier League titles and two Champions Leagues.
But it’s definitely not nearly him, with Matt Busby’s period from the tip of World Warfare Two to the late ‘60s seeing 5 league titles, two FA Cups and their first of three European Cups.
So large are United that even of their consistently derided post-Ferguson decline, they’ve nonetheless picked up extra trophies than most with seven titles, most just lately a pair of home cups beneath Erik ten Hag.
However, it’s nonetheless been nothing like beneath Ferguson or Busby, with a league title far off, and competing within the Champions League typically only a dream.
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1st Liverpool 47
League titles: 20
FA Cups: 8
League Cups: 10
Champions Leagues: 6
Different European Cups: 3
A twentieth Premier League win in 2024/25 has put Liverpool again on their perch, which Ferguson as soon as vowed to ‘knock them off’.
He definitely did, however two league titles beneath Jurgen Klopp and Arne Slot have modified the outlook.
Now stage with United for titles, the tiebreaker is sort of definitely gained by the Reds, who’ve gained the Champions League six occasions, twice as a lot as United with the second most of English groups with three.
Liverpool are additionally file ten-time League Cup winners, and like United, have continued to say titles beneath numerous managers even of their down durations.
Slot is definitely a legend for profitable the league in his debut marketing campaign, however he nonetheless has a option to go to match Klopp’s eight.
The truth is, Invoice Shankly even gained greater than that with ten, whereas his alternative, Bob Paisley, took 20, together with three European Cups, setting the Reds up as England’s most storied membership.
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Different English groups to win three or extra main honours
Sunderland: 8
Sheffield Wednesday: 8
Leeds: 7
West Brom: 7
Sheffield United: 5
Leicester: 5
Huddersfield: 4
Preston: 4
Portsmouth: 4
Derby: 3
Burnley: 3
Ipswich: 3
