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re: Leicester City (EPL) may be longest longshot ever - 5000-1 and currently leading
Posted on 2/12/16 at 3:06 pm to BayouBengals03
Posted on 2/12/16 at 3:06 pm to BayouBengals03
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Their domination of Manchester City in an away match put them 5 clear of the 2nd place club. That kind of really shoved this into a reality.
I can honestly say I've never seen an EPL match in my life, but those odds are absolutely nuts.
ETA: Not that there is anything wrong with watching/enjoying soccer, but I've got no clue about the details involved in the EPL or Leicester City and they're ability to actually win the league.
This post was edited on 2/12/16 at 3:12 pm
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Posted on 2/12/16 at 3:36 pm to slackster
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ETA: Not that there is anything wrong with watching/enjoying soccer, but I've got no clue about the details involved in the EPL or Leicester City and they're ability to actually win the league.
Look at it like this, in the 23 previous seasons of the Premier League there have been only 5 clubs that have managed to win the title:
- Manchester United - 13 times (most recent title 2012-13 season)
- Chelsea - 4 (2014-15)
- Arsenal - 3 (2003-04)
- Manchester City - 2 (2013-14)
- Blackburn Rovers - 1 (1994-95)
Over that same period of time, a total of 47 different clubs have been in the league (with 20 teams in the league in each year). Leicester City have been in the PL in just 10 of those 23 years. In 2008-09, they were in League one, they jumped up to the Championship in 2009-10 and then moved up again into the Premier League in 2014-15. That would be like McNeese State winning the Southland Conference in 2008, moving to CUSA for a few years and winning it in 2013, moving up to the SEC and winning THAT league in only their 2nd year there.
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