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Football · Level 4: Intermediate · Sub-level 4.46

Premier League and WSL

10 tests · 100 facts · updated 12 October 2026 · markdown

English Premier League history from 1992 breakaway: Man United's dynasty (13 PL titles), Man City's 4-in-a-row (2020/21-2023/24), Liverpool's 20th top-flight title (2024/25 under Arne Slot), Alan Shearer as all-time top scorer, iconic moments (Agüero 93:20, Wenger's Invincibles, Leicester 2016). Integrated WSL coverage (Chelsea dominance under Emma Hayes then Sonia Bompastor).

Each test below is ten questions on Insporta. The list under a test is what the questions check: one fact per question, with the source it was written from. Read it before the test, or come back from a wrong answer.

Test 1Origins and historyTake a test

  1. The Premier League was founded on 20 February 1992 when First Division clubs broke away from the Football League, launching in the 1992-93 season.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

  2. Manchester United won the first Premier League title in 1992-93 under Sir Alex Ferguson — their first English top-flight title in 26 years.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

  3. The First Division clubs left the Football League so they could sell broadcasting rights on their own.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

  4. The 1992-93 PL had 22 teams. Reduced to 20 teams from the 1995-96 season onwards.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

  5. The Women's Super League (WSL) was founded in 2010-11 as England's top women's football league, replacing the Women's Premier League.

    Source: WSL history · recall

  6. Twelve that season. The league expanded to fourteen clubs from 2026-27.

    Source: WSL history · recall

  7. The WSL became a fully professional league from the 2018-19 season — one of the earliest fully-professional women's leagues in the world.

    Source: WSL history · recall

  8. The PL currently has 20 teams (since 1995-96). Each team plays 38 matches (19 home + 19 away).

    Source: Premier League history · recall

  9. Six or seven in a typical season, among them Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham, West Ham, Fulham and Crystal Palace.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

  10. Each PL team plays 38 matches — 19 home + 19 away. Total: 380 matches per season.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

Test 2Champions and dynastiesTake a test

  1. Liverpool won the 2024-25 PL under Arne Slot in his first season, equalling Manchester United's 20 English top-flight titles.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

  2. Manchester City won 4 straight PL titles under Pep Guardiola (2020/21, 2021/22, 2022/23, 2023/24) — the first club to win four in a row in the English top flight.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

  3. Thirteen, all under Sir Alex Ferguson, from 1993 to 2013.

    Source: Premier League records · recall

  4. 2012, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. City did not add to them in 2024-25 or 2025-26.

    Source: Premier League records · recall

  5. Chelsea: 5 PL titles (2005, 2006, 2010, 2015, 2017) — during Mourinho and Antonio Conte eras.

    Source: Premier League records · recall

  6. Liverpool: 2 PL titles (2019/20 under Klopp, 2024/25 under Slot). Their 20th English top-flight title overall.

    Source: Premier League records · recall

  7. 1998, 2002 and 2004 under Arsene Wenger, then 2025-26 under Mikel Arteta with 85 points, twenty-two years after the Invincibles.

    Source: Premier League records · recall

  8. Eight titles, seven of them under Emma Hayes and the eighth under Sonia Bompastor in 2024-25.

    Source: WSL records · recall

  9. Chelsea took the 2024-25 WSL title in Bompastor's debut campaign in charge, following Hayes's move to the United States national team.

    Source: WSL history · recall

  10. Arsenal won the 2018-19 WSL — the first fully-professional season. Chelsea then dominated the next several seasons.

    Source: WSL history · recall

Test 3Top scorers and recordsTake a test

  1. 260 goals for Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle. Harry Kane stopped at 213 when he left for Bayern in 2023.

    Source: Premier League records · recall

  2. One hundred and eighty-three for United, and 208 in the competition across his spells with Everton and United.

    Source: Premier League records · recall

  3. Mohamed Salah won the 2024-25 Golden Boot with 29 goals — plus 18 assists, winning Player of Season + Playmaker + Golden Boot all in one season (first ever).

    Source: Premier League records · recall

  4. Thirty-six in 2022-23, in a thirty-eight-match season. The previous record of thirty-four was set by Andy Cole and Alan Shearer, both when the season ran to forty-two games.

    Source: Premier League records · recall

  5. Sergio Agüero scored 184 PL goals for Man City — the club's all-time record. His iconic '93:20' goal won the 2012 title.

    Source: Premier League records · recall

  6. The fastest hundred the competition has seen. Alan Shearer had held the record at 124.

    Source: Premier League records · recall

  7. James Milner passed Gareth Barry's 653 in February 2026 with Brighton and retired that June on 658. Ryan Giggs is third with 632, all for Manchester United.

    Source: Premier League records · recall

  8. Vivianne Miedema (Netherlands, Arsenal) is the WSL's all-time top scorer with 79+ goals — including 22 in a single season (2018-19).

    Source: WSL records · recall

  9. Player of the Season, the Golden Boot with twenty-nine goals, and the Playmaker award with eighteen assists, in the same campaign.

    Source: Premier League awards · recall

  10. 162, a record. Kevin De Bruyne, the nearest challenger for years, left for Napoli in 2025.

    Source: Premier League records · recall

Test 4Iconic momentsTake a test

  1. On 13 May 2012, taking the title from Manchester United on goal difference with the last kick of the season.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

  2. Leicester City won the 2015-16 PL as 5000-1 shot underdogs at start of season, under Claudio Ranieri. Jamie Vardy, Riyad Mahrez key.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

  3. Arsenal went unbeaten through the 2003-04 PL — 26 wins, 12 draws, 0 losses. Wenger's tactical masterpiece with Henry, Bergkamp, Vieira.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

  4. Sealed inside ten days in May, the league on the final Sunday, the FA Cup the next Saturday and Europe the Wednesday after.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

  5. A late winner for Everton against Arsenal on 19 October 2002, five days before his seventeenth birthday.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

  6. Liverpool beat Newcastle 4-3 at Anfield on 3 April 1996, Stan Collymore scoring the winner in the 90th minute; the match is widely considered one of the greatest in Premier League history.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

  7. Owen scored in the ninety-sixth minute at Old Trafford on 20 September 2009, the latest winner the fixture had produced.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

  8. Kevin Keegan's outburst on live television in April, saying he would love it if his side beat them, is remembered as the moment it slipped.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

  9. Six goals and four assists for Arsenal in an 11-1 win over Bristol City in December 2019, the biggest win the league has recorded.

    Source: WSL records · recall

  10. Chelsea won the shoot-out in the Allianz Arena, having equalised through Drogba with two minutes left.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

Test 5ManagersTake a test

  1. Sir Alex Ferguson managed Man United 1986-2013, winning 13 PL titles + 2 CLs + numerous FA Cups. Retired 2013 aged 71.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

  2. Pep Guardiola arrived at Man City in 2016 and won 6 PL titles by 2023-24, including 4 consecutive from 2020/21.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

  3. José Mourinho arrived at Chelsea in 2004 and won 2 straight PL titles (2004-05, 2005-06). Also returned 2013-2015 for another PL title.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

  4. Slot replaced Jurgen Klopp in the summer of 2024 and won the title in his first season.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

  5. Arsène Wenger managed Arsenal 1996-2018, winning 3 PL titles including the unbeaten 2003-04 season.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

  6. Claudio Ranieri (Italian, 64) led Leicester to their historic 2015-16 title — 5000-1 shot at season start.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

  7. Klopp managed Liverpool 2015-2024. Won 2019-20 PL (30-year gap since last title) with 99 points. Also 2019 CL.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

  8. Sonia Bompastor (Lyon legend) took over Chelsea after Emma Hayes left for USA in mid-2024. Won 2024/25 WSL in her first season.

    Source: WSL history · recall

  9. Seven between 2015 and 2024, alongside five FA Cups, before she left to manage the United States.

    Source: WSL history · recall

  10. Mikel Arteta (Spanish, ex-Arsenal player) has managed Arsenal since Dec 2019. Reached 2025-26 CL final (lost to PSG on pens).

    Source: Premier League history · recall

Test 6Iconic playersTake a test

  1. A club record, across two spells. He won four Golden Boots in the process.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

  2. Thierry Henry scored 175 PL goals for Arsenal — the club's PL top scorer. 4 Golden Boots. Voted greatest PL Arsenal player.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

  3. Mohamed Salah has led Liverpool's attack since 2017, with more than 190 Premier League goals for the club.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

  4. Roy Keane was United's captain through the 1998-99 treble season, though a suspension kept him out of the Champions League final. He was the side's combative midfield leader.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

  5. Kevin De Bruyne was City's playmaker from 2015, winning multiple Premier League Playmaker awards, before leaving for Serie A in 2025.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

  6. Didier Drogba scored the equaliser and the winning penalty in the 2012 CL final vs Bayern. Chelsea legend.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

  7. Vieira captained the side from 2002 until he left for Juventus in 2005. Adams had lifted the trophy in 1998 and 2002.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

  8. Sam Kerr (Australia) — Chelsea's iconic goalscorer through the Emma Hayes era. Multiple WSL titles and Golden Boots.

    Source: WSL history · recall

  9. Erling Haaland joined Man City in 2022, immediately breaking records (36 goals in 2022-23). Won 2 PL titles + 1 CL.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

  10. Fourth on the competition's all-time list, from a total of 193 including his earlier spell at Chelsea; he left Liverpool at the end of 2025-26.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

Test 7Rivalries and derbiesTake a test

  1. Ilkay Gundogan scored twice, the first inside a minute, on the way to City's treble. United won the 2024 final between them by the same score.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

  2. Merseyside Derby — Liverpool vs Everton, both from Liverpool city. Historic rivalry from the 1890s.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

  3. The North London Derby — Arsenal vs Tottenham Hotspur. Both clubs from North London. Fierce PL rivalry.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

  4. City won at Old Trafford on 23 October 2011, the match in which Mario Balotelli revealed the shirt reading 'Why Always Me?'.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

  5. In April 2014 at Anfield, letting Demba Ba through for the opening goal in a 2-0 defeat that turned the title towards Manchester City.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

  6. Nine goals at White Hart Lane on 13 November 2004. Thierry Henry scored one of them, not the hat-trick the fixture is often remembered for.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

  7. Man City 6-3 vs Man United at the Etihad in Oct 2022 — Haaland and Foden both scored hat-tricks. Historic derby.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

  8. Unlike the North London or Merseyside derbies, the fixture is intense without having acquired a title of its own.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

  9. Liverpool lost only once all season and still finished second. City won their last fourteen league matches.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

  10. City in 2022-23 and 2023-24, Liverpool in 2024-25, before Arsenal took the title themselves in 2025-26.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

Test 8Individual awardsTake a test

  1. The Golden Boot goes to the season's top scorer. Alan Shearer won three, in 1994-95, 1995-96 and 1996-97, and Mohamed Salah has since won four.

    Source: Premier League awards · recall

  2. Eighteen assists alongside twenty-nine goals, which made him the first player to take that, the Golden Boot and Player of the Season together.

    Source: Premier League awards · recall

  3. Raya at Arsenal and Sels at Nottingham Forest finished level, the Forest total a large part of why the club reached Europe.

    Source: Premier League awards · recall

  4. 1994-95, 1995-96 and 1996-97, the first of them in a forty-two-match season. Harry Kane also has three; Salah has four.

    Source: Premier League awards · recall

  5. Owen was eighteen when he shared the 1997-98 award with Chris Sutton and Dion Dublin. Haaland was twenty-two when he scored his record thirty-six.

    Source: Premier League records · recall

  6. Awarded by the league since 2019-20, separately from the Football Writers' and the players' union awards, which often go to different people.

    Source: WSL awards · recall

  7. The PFA award is voted by the players themselves, the Football Writers' award by journalists, and the Premier League's own award by a panel and a public vote.

    Source: Premier League awards · recall

  8. Guardiola's first PL Manager of Season was 2017-18 after Man City won the title with 100 points — a record.

    Source: Premier League awards · recall

  9. The award is capped at twenty-three, which ruled Isak out despite his twenty-three goals that season.

    Source: Premier League awards · recall

  10. Caldentey took the league award in her first season at Arsenal. Russo won the Golden Boot and the Football Writers' award the same year.

    Source: WSL awards · recall

Test 9Recent seasonsTake a test

  1. A 5-1 win over Tottenham at Anfield on 27 April settled it, with Salah, Van Dijk and Gakpo among the scorers.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

  2. Liverpool ran away with the 2024-25 title with 84 points. Arsenal finished 2nd with 74 — 10-point gap. Huge gap.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

  3. Seventh place under Nuno Espirito Santo, their first European campaign in almost thirty years.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

  4. Their lowest points total under Pep Guardiola, ending a run of four consecutive titles.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

  5. Their fourth title in a row, the first time any club had done that in the English top flight. They finished third a year later.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

  6. Mikel Arteta led Arsenal's 2022-23 title challenge. They led PL for most of the season but Man City overtook them.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

  7. Behind Manchester City twice and Liverpool once, before winning the title themselves in 2025-26.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

  8. Nottingham Forest beat Brighton 7-0 at the City Ground (1 Feb 2025) — the biggest home win of the season.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

  9. Chelsea finished 4th in 2024-25 PL — automatic CL qualification. Enzo Maresca's first season as manager.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

  10. Eighty-four points from thirty-eight matches, including a run of twenty-six games unbeaten between October and April.

    Source: Premier League history · recall

Test 10Promotion, relegation and the moneyTake a test

  1. The bottom three go down to the Championship and three come up, so a fifth of the division can change in a summer.

    Source: Football history and competition records · recall

  2. The top two go up directly; the clubs finishing third to sixth contest a play-off whose final is often called the richest match in football.

    Source: Football history and competition records · recall

  3. A relegated club keeps a declining share of Premier League broadcast money for up to three seasons, to soften a fall in income that would otherwise be immediate.

    Source: Football history and competition records · recall

  4. The second season running that all three promoted clubs went straight back down, after Burnley, Sheffield United and Luton in 2023-24.

    Source: Football history and competition records · recall

  5. About half is shared equally, a quarter by finishing position and a quarter by how often a club is shown, which is why the gap between first and twentieth is narrower in England than in Spain or Italy.

    Source: Football history and competition records · recall

  6. The top clubs broke away precisely so they could negotiate broadcasting rights on their own and keep the proceeds rather than share them across the Football League.

    Source: Football history and competition records · recall

  7. Twenty-four clubs, forty-six matches each, and one of the best-attended second divisions in world football.

    Source: Football history and competition records · recall

  8. The second tier, renamed WSL 2 in 2025, sits below it with promotion and relegation between the two.

    Source: Football history and competition records · recall

  9. Everton and Nottingham Forest were both docked points for profitability and sustainability breaches in 2023-24, the first such penalties in the competition.

    Source: Football history and competition records · recall

  10. Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton, Liverpool, Manchester United and Tottenham have never been relegated from it.

    Source: Football history and competition records · recall

Sources

FIFA / UEFA / CONMEBOL / CAF / national FA official records

  • Premier League history55
  • Premier League records14
  • Football history and competition records10
  • WSL history8
  • Premier League awards8
  • WSL records3
  • WSL awards2