Soccer is popular in the UK, and with so many teams, fans, and tournaments, it’s hard to keep track of them all. Below are some of the biggest and best teams in the UK.
Manchester United
2018 was a stellar year for Manchester United, who ended the season as Premier League Champions after a 2-1 win in the Champions League final against Liverpool. Their 2018 season is not expected to be any less exciting. The Red Devils have retained some key players, like Paul Pogba, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, and Marcus Rashford, and added stellar talents like Fred and Romelu Lukaku, as well as a new manager in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who has taken over the club’s reins after the retirement of long-time manager Sir Alex Ferguson.
Liverpool
Liverpool has one main thoroughfare coming off the train station and into the city center. In the center of town, it’s a pedestrian-only street. The streets are clean, and the buildings are decorated with vivid colors. We enjoyed walking around, taking pictures, and people-watching.
Chelsea
Chelsea FC is the most popular team in England. The team has won or been runners-up in various leagues and championships. The team won its first league title in 1958-59. A group of Americans owned this club until 2003 when Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich bought the team for £165m. In 2011, Chelsea won the first Premier League title since 2005.
Chelsea Football Club is an English professional soccer club founded in 1905 and based in Fulham, London. The club competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English football. They won the first league title in the English football league system, the First Division, in the 1958–59 season, under manager Tommy Docherty, who has continued to manage the team since 1960. Chelsea was promoted to the Football League First Division in the 1956–57 season and was promoted to the highest level of English football, the Premier League, in the 1999–2000 season.
Arsenal
Arsenal Football Club is an English football club based in London. Founded as Dial Square (or Dial Square Club) on 10 August 1878 by medical student William Hall and a group of other medical students at University College London, the club’s name was changed to Royal Arsenal in 1880. The club’s home ground is Emirates Stadium, which they share with the London 2012 Olympic football team.
Manchester City
Manchester City FC is a Premier League soccer club based in Manchester, England. This club has won a record 18 English league titles, 5 FA Cups, 2 League Cups, and 4 Community Shields. They have also been runners-up 6 times, and 7 times they have qualified for the UEFA Champions League. The club plays its home games at Etihad Stadium, which has a capacity of 71,074. In AFC competitions, they reached the 2011 AFC Champions League final. Manchester City is one of England’s most popular professional soccer clubs. Founded in 1880 as Newton Heath LYR Football Club, the team moved from its original home in Lancashire to the city of Manchester in 1881. The club’s first home was a sandlot in Newton Heath, which was considered “a country ground for a city team.” The club earned the nickname the “Mancs” from fans of Manchester United, their cross-town rivals, who were known to fight club supporters.
Tottenham Hotspurs
Tottenham Hotspurs is one of two London teams in the Premier League, a soccer league in England. The team is nicknamed Spurs and was founded in 1882. In 2011, the Tottenham Hotspurs shirt was voted the third-best kit in the EPL, behind the Manchester United home kit and the Arsenal away kit.