Manchester United Win 2009 Premier League title
Manchester United win third straight Premier League title
Manchester United wins the English Premier League 2009 on Saturday when they held on nerves in a 0-0 draw with Arsenal which will finish fourth. It is at the Old Trafford that the Manchester United lift the English Premier League trophy for the 11th time. Manchester United also become champions of England for 18th time, equaling Liverpool’s record of 18th title they had won almost 19 years back in 1990.
That apart, Manchester United also becomes the first English club winning 2 league title hat-tricks.
To win the title at Old Trafford has significance again; it’s the second time that the United have won it here at home; the first time in 1999 against Tottenham.
The victory makes Manchester United a super power; it has won for 11 times in 17 seasons ever since the league was born. It had been runners up for thrice and never went down than times (1995, 1998, 2006) and have never finished lower than third spot.
If it wins in 2010 too, then United becomes the first English Club to have won the title for four times consecutively.
Barclays Premier League Table 2009
| Team | Pld |
Pts |
| Man Utd | 37 | 87 |
| Liverpool | 36 | 80 |
| Chelsea | 36 | 77 |
| Arsenal | 37 | 69 |
| Everton | 37 | 60 |
| Aston Villa | 37 | 59 |
| Fulham | 37 | 53 |
| Tottenham | 37 | 51 |
| West Ham Utd | 37 | 48 |
| Man City | 37 | 47 |
| Stoke City | 37 | 45 |
| Wigan Athletic | 37 | 42 |
| Bolton | 37 | 41 |
| Blackburn | 37 | 42 |
| Portsmouth | 36 | 38 |
| Sunderland | 36 | 36 |
| Hull City | 37 | 35 |
| Newcastle | 37 | 34 |
| Middlesbrough | 37 | 32 |
| WBA | 36 | 31 |
