Power Ranking the Past 50 English League Champions 1961-2010

The Past 50 years of England's top flight, whether it was the English Premier League since 1993 or the years prior as the English League, have captivated audiences worldwide. Arguably the most powerful league in the world, it has seen some of the greatest highlights, triumphs, defeats and tragedies in the world of Football.

In order to rank the top 50 teams to win the league over the years of 1961 to 2010, I had to devise a way to rank them without any form of bias. So in doing that, I developed a formula to do so. The formula also had to be able to take into account the changes in the league throughout those 50 years.

The first part of the formula is made up of three numbers. I add the number of points the team had when they won and then add the team's goal differential and the number of points they one the league by.

The second part is made up of bonus points. These are awarded for additional silver ware. 20 points for a Champions League, 15 Points for a UEFA Cup or Europa League, 12 Points for FA Cup, 10 Points for a League Cup, eight points for a Community Shield and some teams from the 21 and 20 team leagues have three to six bonus points added because of not having as many games as teams in the past.

The main changes that had to be addressed were the change over from 22 teams and 42 games down to 20 teams and 38 games during 1986-87 (21 teams) and 1987-88 (20 teams). To do so, I added two wins or six points to the end total

The other main challenge was to align the teams with the same level of points totals. Until 1981, teams earned two points for a win and one point for a draw. After that time, teams were awarded three points for a win. So to keep stats as close to possible to uniform, all teams had their records held to today’s standard. This means the point totals that will be shown are based on today’s scale and will be different than necessarily what they were at the time of winning.

The other main challenge was to align the teams with the same level of point totals. Until the 1981-1982 season, teams earned two points for a win and one point for a draw. After that time, teams were awarded three points for a win. So to keep stats as close to possible to uniform, all teams had their records held to today's standard. This means that the point totals shown will be based on today's scales and will be different than necessarily what they were at the time of winning.

So without further delay, let's get started with a head butt in the right direction courtesy from a current Championship side.

Total Power Ranking Points: 104

Record - 21W- 11D - 10L - 18 GD - 74 points

The Derby County Rams won their second title of the 1970's in 1975 in the first year of Dave Mackay's reign. Holding off charges from both Liverpool and Ipswich Town, the Rams started slow but steadily rose to the top. They also claimed the Community Shield the same year.

Colin Todd lead the Rams on the pitch, and his form transmitted into earning the PFA Player of the Season. He also slotted home six goals for the club.

Total Power Ranking Points: 113

Record: 24W - 8D - 11L - 26GD - 74 points

Ipswich Town won their first and only English League Title in the 1961-1962 season. Ray Crawford fired the Tractor Boys to success, leading the league with 33 goals.

They were able to hold off Burnley and 1961 Champions Tottenham, whom were one potent squad, as you will see later on.

Ipswitch won no other major honors.

Total Power Ranking Points: 120

Record: 22W - 10D - 6L - 37GD - 76 points

The same year as the Hillsborough Disaster marked the return to the top of pile. It was a title secured with a last minute goal in the last game of the season as they upset reigning Champions Liverpool 2-0 to take the league on goal differential for only the second time in the 50 years we are discussing.

George Graham led to his young charges to the top, and Paul Merson was awarded the PFA Young Player of the Year distinction. Alan Smith scored 22 goals for the Gunners leading the league.

Total Power Ranking Points: 120

Record: 24W - 10D - 8L - 36GD - 82 points

At age 37, Brian Clough led the Derby County Rams to the first League Title in the clubs history and the first of his career. They did so playing as a team to overcome a power packed trio of Leeds United, led by Clough's chief rival Don Revie, Liverpool and Manchester City.

Roy McFarland and Colin Todd were the standouts of the season for the Rams as they narrowly took the title.

Total Power Ranking Points: 129

Record: 21W - 12D - 5L - 32GD - 75 points

The Red Devil's won a second consecutive title continuing their league success from 1996. Despite the lowest points total by a Premier League Winner, they still managed a seven point gap over second placed Newcastle United. United took the Community Shield also that season.

Following the season, star player Eric Cantona announced his retirement from football. However, an energetic 22-year-old player by the name of David Beckham was on the rise, as he collected the PFA Young Player of the Year accolade.

Total Power Ranking Points: 129

Record: 24W - 14D - 4L - 35GD - 86 points

Don Revie led Leeds United to his second League Title in 1974 before leaving to take control of the England National team. They won no other major trophies that season but held off the likes of Liverpool and Derby County for a solid league title.

Norman Hunter was the leader on the pitch and took home the PFA Player of the Year.

Total Power Ranking Points: 133

Record: 23W - 11D - 8L - 29GD - 80 points

Despite their lower power ranking, the 1977 Reds are one of only four squads in the past 50 years to win a Domestic and European Championship. The others will be mentioned later on. Bob Paisley was the architect of Liverpool's success in his first season after replacing legendary manager Bill Shankly.

Manchester City was the chief opponent for the title throughout the season, but they proved not enough to overcome the giants from Merseyside. The season also marked the departure of Kevin Keegan and the arrival of Kenny Dalglish to lead the line.

Liverpool Captain Emlyn Hughes was the PFA Player of the Year.

Total Power Ranking Points: 134

Record: 26W - 8D - 8L - 32GD - 86 points

The Villans 71-year wait for a title was finally ended under the reign of Ron Saunders. Ipswich Town were denied a chance at the title with only games to go by the Birmingham side, and it was then Aston Villa's to lose, which they did not.

Peter Withe led the Villas and was tied for first in the league with 20 goals, while his young strike partner, Gary Shaw, won the PFA Young Player of the Year.

Total Power Ranking Points: 136

Record: 25W - 10D - 7L - 30GD - 85 points

The Reds cruised to another League Title in the last season of Bill Shankly's reign. Adding to their league success was also a UEFA Cup title, which made the 1973 Reds the first English team to win both a domestic title and a second tier European title.

Total Power Ranking Points: 136

Record: 26W - 5D - 11L - 37GD - 83 points

The 1964 Reds secured their title with a 5-0 beating of Arsenal at Anfield on the last day of the season. A Community Shield also accompanied the teams trophy total for the season. It marked Liverpool's sixth English League Title in their history.

Total Power Ranking Points: 137

Record: 24W - 12D - 6L - 39GD - 84 points

Matt Busby was Manchester United's first most successful manager and won his fifth and final title with the Red Devils in 1967. His club one the Community Shield in the same year and would then endure nearly a three decade drought at the top of the table.

Total Power Ranking Points: 138

Record: 27W - 8D - 7L - 41GD - 89 points

One point was all that separated Blackburn Rovers and a heel biting Manchester United. Kenny Dalglish was the manager to break the 81-year-old duck that Rovers had been desperately waiting for another English Championship. One upping his chief rival and fellow Scott Alex Ferguson's Manchester United was even sweeter.

The front line of Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton scored 50 goals for the Rovers, but it was truly West Ham United that they have to thank for the title, as the Hammers held Manchester United to a 1-1 Draw at Upton park on the final day of the season to keep Blackburn at the top.

His victory at the top made Dalglish only the this manager to have one a title with two different teams during his managerial career.

Total Power Ranking Points: 138

Record: 22W - 16D - 4L - 37GD - 82 points

Leeds won the last English League Championship before the creation of the Premier League. It also marked the end of the glory years for the Whites as an impending Financial Implosion saw the club fall to pieces. The '92 edition Leeds also lift the Community Shield in the same season.

Gordan Strachan showed that age was no matter, as the 35-year-old produced a team lifting season and Gary Speed was another of the most prominent for Leeds in the battle to beat out Manchester United to the Title.

Total Power Ranking Points: 140

Record: 26W - 6D - 10L - 43GD - 84 points

The Blues of Manchester City were an underachieving side much of the 1960's. However, under new manager Joe Mercer, they won their first title since 1937 by beating out local rivals Manchester United at the top. It was only the second title in the history and remains the only one they have won in the last 50  years.

Total Power Ranking Points: 141

Record: 23W - 9D - 6L - 35GD - 78 points

Arsene Wenger won the first Premier League Title of his reign with Arsenal in 1998. The first team in the countdown to have a League and FA Cup double, and one of nine teams to have done so, are the 1998 Gunners. It was a narrow single point league success, as they overtook Manchester United in the last few weeks of the season.

The Season ended with a 2-0 victory over Newcastle United to lift the FA Cup. They also won the Community Shield that same year.

Dennis Bergkamp was a key man in the Arsenal cogs and was named the PFA Player of the Year.

Total Power Ranking Points: 142

Bob Paisley won his first title at the Liverpool helm by holding off stiff competition from Queens Park Rangers. The Reds also won their second UEFA Cup, repeating their successful Domestic and European Double from 1973, and are still the only club to have achieved the feat in the last 50 years, and did so not once, but twice.

Team front man Kevin Keegan was awarded the PFA Player of the Year, and Paisley proved a worthy replacement to Bill Shankly.

Total Power Ranking Points: 143

Record: 25W - 8D - 5L - 40GD - 83 points

Another season and another title was racked up on the shelves of Old Trafford under the brilliant mind of Sir Alex Ferguson. It was the eighth title for the Red Devils in 11 seasons, and they continued to cruise. They were down to Arsenal but made up the ground to take the title by five points during the last three months of the season.

Total Power Ranking Points: 144

Record: 23W - 10D - 5L - 41GD - 79 points

Under Kenny Dalglish, the Reds won their 18th title in club history and is the last one that they have won to date. The Community shield was the only other silverware to accompany the club in their honors that season. Aston Villa made a great effort to overcome the most successful club in English history but failed to do so, and the Reds took the title by nine points.

Total Power Ranking Points: 145

Record: 24W - 8D - 6L - 48GD - 80 points

The Red Devils won their third title in three years and rose their total to seven in the nine, but that was the only English honor won by them that season. It was the first time in the history of English football that a manager had won three back-to-back titles with a club, and it put Sir Alex in the record books forever.

Total Power Ranking Points: 145

Record: 24W - 12D - 6L - 36GD - 84 points

The creation of the Premier League in its inaugural season marked the beginning of the most successful run in Manchester United's history. Sir Alex Ferguson led the Red Devils to their first title in 26 years and opened his account of titles that is unequaled across the board.

Ryan Giggs was awarded the PFA Player of the Year, Sir Alex PFA Manager of the Year. The emergence of Eric Cantona and team leading scorer Mark Hughes put the Manc's on their coarse of top flight domination that they are still enjoying today.

Total Power Ranking Points: 145

Record: 25W - 11D - 6L - 42GD - 86 points

The Everton Blues won their first post war title in 1963, making it their sixth overall. This was the first or two titles for Manager Harry Catterick and was secured with a 4-1 victory over Fulham on the final day of the season at Goodison Park.

Total Power Ranking Points: 146

Record: 26W - 9D - 7L - 50GD - 87 points

The only other league title in the past 50 years that was won on goal differential was the 1965 title of Manchester United. The second of ways to win saw the Red Devils leave Leeds United raving in second place. Leeds was further humiliated that season as they lost the FA Cup to Liverpool.

United also would add the Community Shield to their tally in 1965.

Total Power Ranking Points: 150

Record: 26W - 9D - 7L - 45GD - 87 points

Liverpool won their seventh English Title after sealing it in the last week of the season by defeating Stoke City 2-0. Leeds United continued to keep pushing for a title but were eventually beaten by six points. A Community Shield would be added to the Reds title when they defeated Everton in a Merseyside Derby as to give the Reds the FA Cup.

Total Power Ranking Points: 151

Record: 25W - 7D - 6L - 38GD - 82 points

The Red Devils completed a League Title and FA Cup double on the back of Eric Cantona. Sir Alex Ferguson's young and inexperienced side found themselves 12 points down from Kevin Keegan's Newcastle United, but they would make up the ground in the second half of the season to continue to thrash the Tynesiders dreams of a title.

Cantona was awarded the PFA Player of the Season as he led the Red Devils to success.

Total Power Ranking Points: 151

Record: 27W - 13D - 2L - 40GD - 94 points

Don Revie led a strong Leeds United side that had been pushing a title for years now to a well deserved  first League title in club history. A dominating season saw them finish six points ahead of Liverpool. As with many League winners, the Community Shield also was put in the cabinet for the Whites.

Total Power Ranking Points: 152

Record: 26W - 8D - 8L - 45GD - 86 points

The Blues overcame a wash of injuries to win their second title of the 1980's in the last year of Manager Howard Kendell's reign at Goodison. The 86-87 season was the only season in the English top flight to have 21 teams compete in the competition.

Despite the injuries, they held off fellow Merseyside club and 1980's powerhouse Liverpool as well as a strong challenge from third place Tottenham Hotspur.

Total Power Ranking Points: 152

Record: 29W - 7D - 6L - 42GD - 94 points

The Gunners completed a League and FA Cup double winning the league for the first time since 1953 and the FA Cup the first time since 1950. Again Leeds was pushing for the title, but Don Revie's men could not quite overcome Bertie Mee's charges, whom won him the only title of his time at Highbury.

Total Power Ranking Points: 154

Record: 24W - 10D - 8L - 50GD - 82 points

The last season of Bob Paisley's tenure at Anfield saw him leave on a high note, as his Reds took the league with a comfortable 11 point margin over second place Watford. It was the 14th title for the Merseysiders, and they also added a third League Cup to complete a double.

Paisley retired with 21 trophies in a nine year spell at Anfield. Kenny Dalglish was awarded the PFA Player of the Year, and Ian Rush, at 21 years of age, was awarded the PFA Young Player of the Year.

Total Power Ranking Points: 155

Record: 28W - 6D - 4L - 44GD - 90 points

Following a season where you won a Treble including a League, FA Cup and Champions League is no small feat, but if any team was capable of such a feat in the past 10 years, it was Manchester United.

The Red Devils held off Liverpool's strongest title challenge and push since they last won the League in 1990, and despite the pressure, Sir Alex held the ship together.

A League Cup victory over Everton 2-1 at Wembley ensured that the treble was followed with a delightfully satisfying double.

Total Power Ranking Points: 155

Record: 22W - 14D - 6L - 41GD - 80 points

The only other side to complete a unique Treble in the rankings was the 1984 edition of Liverpool led by new manager Joe Fagan. Nottingham Forest, Southhampton and Manchester United all pushed the Reds to the wall, but in the end, Fagan showed he could fill Bob Paisley's shoes.

The addition of a fourth consecutive League Cup with a victory over Everton saw the season have the chance of a double, but it was the team's fourth European title that sealed the third and final piece of Silverware for the Anfield trophy case.

Ian Rush followed his PFA Young Player of the Year season with a PFA Player of the Year season as he hit the back of the net 32 times for the Reds.

Total Power Ranking Points: 156

Record: 29W - 4D - 5L - 50GD - 91 points

Jose Mourinho's second title season for the Blues made it two straight at the top of the League and was proof that the Abramovich Era was in full swing. It was the third title of Chelsea's history, and it was the only hardware that the Blues would manage.

The Blues won 15 of their first 16 league matches and took an incredible head start on the field, but a terrible run of form in March saw an 18 point lead be cut to seven by fast charging Manchester United and Liverpool. However, they would recover just in time, and a victory over Manchester United would be the clinching match of their campaign.

Frank Lampard had one of his best seasons, if not his best season, for the Blues, tallying 14 goals and eight assists for the Champions, and he was named Barclay's Player of the Season for the second year running.

Total Power Ranking Points: 156

Record: 25W - 10D - 7L - 59GD - 85 points

Bob Paisley's men retained their title from 1979, earning their 12th League Title. They also captured another Community Shield. The previous season's Liverpool squad was one of the strongest in League history, and it was only right that this bunch defended their title.

They were pressed by a tough and determined Manchester United squad but held them off to take the league by three points.

Total Power Ranking Points: 157

Record: 28W - 6D - 8L - 45GD - 90 points

The late 1980's saw the League title find a home on Merseyside, though the season dictated whether it was to be on the Blue side of the Red. This season, Everton out gunned their local and bitter rivals Liverpool to lift the League title.

It was the eighth title of their history, and they remain one of only 10 squads in the past 50 years to win the league by a double digit margin, taking the League by 13 Points.

Total Power Ranking Points: 158

Record: 26W - 9D - 7L - 48GD - 87 points

The second of Liverpool's six titles in the 1980's came in the form of a double. The Reds took the English League by four points as they made up for their dip in form that had allowed Aston Villa to take the League in 1981.

A second of what would be four consecutive League Cup victory's earned the team a double, and then later on, a Community Shield gave more weight to their accolades for the year. However, the season was overshadowed by the passing of former manager and club savior Bill Shankly at age 67 after suffering a major heart attack.

Total Power Ranking Points: 159

Record: 26W - 10D - 6L - 56GD - 88 points

Kenny Dalglish earned another Liverpool Championship, but this time, it was also his to claim as the Manager and not just a player. It was their fourth of the 1980's, and the team ended the season by securing the FA Cup and completing another double during their dominant reign at the heights of English club football.

The Reds overcame local rivals and 1985 League winner's Everton, winning eight of their last nine games to take a two point margin of victory to the bank and win the title back for the red side of Merseyside. It was the sixth championship for a Liverpool based club in seven years, and it would be one of eight titles held by either Everton or themselves during the 80's.

Total Power Ranking Points: 159

Record: 29W - 8D - 5L - 38GD - 95 points

One of only three teams that based on today's three point win and one point draw scale that earned 95 or more points was Everton's 1970 League Champions. It was their seventh league title and was earned by a nine point gap over Leeds United. A Charity Shield would be an additional bonus for club.

Total Power Ranking Points: 161

Record: 24W - 11D - 1L - 56GD - 83 points

Arsenal won the league for the 10th time in the club's history and the second time in three years. They would pair it with a Community Shield. Liverpool had led the table for much of the season, but the sudden resignation of manager Kenny Dalglish left them stunned and allowed for Arsenal to come from behind in the last months of the season and clip the defending champions by seven points at the top of the table.

Total Power Ranking Points: 161

Record: 25W - 14D - 3L - 45GD - 89 points

Brian Clough returned the top of the league mountain after his spells with Derby County and then his misadventure at Leeds United following his succession of Don Revie. After bringing Nottingham Forest out of the second division, he repeated his success from Derby in 1972 and gave the Tricky Trees their only first division title to date.

The side also won the League cup earning a double over the League and took their first place position by eight points over Liverpool.

Total Power Ranking Points: 163

Record: 24W - 12D - 0L - 47GD - 90 points

Only the second team never to have lost in a league campaign were Arsene Wengers' 2004 Arsenal, "Invincibles," having matched the feet last achieved in 1888 by Preston North End. Despite their undefeated run, they failed to add any additional major honors for the season, which keeps them hovering outside of the top 10 best sides in the last 50 years.

Thierry Henry led the Gunners scoring 30 Goals and earning the Golden Boot for the season. Robert Pires and Patrick Viera also were key to Arsenal's immortality in 2004.

Total Power Ranking Points: 164

Record: 26W - 9D - 3L - 43GD - 87 points

Arsene Wenger's second of three titles for the Gunners came four seasons after his first. This would also be the second time his team won a double by securing both the League and the FA Cup.

Thierry Henry led the League with 24 goals and helped to fire the Gunners to the top of the table alongside midfield maestro Robert Pires and defensive stalwart Sol Campbell.

Total Power Ranking Points: 166

Record: 28W - 5D - 5L - 56GD - 89 points

The top 10 starts with Manchester United's 16th title winning season. Sir Alex took his team back the top for the ninth title of his reign and they held off Chelsea's bid for a third straight title. This would be the first of three consecutive for his newest group of stars. They would add a Community Shield but no other major honors that year.

Total Power Ranking Points: 168

Record: 28W - 7D - 3L - 52GD - 91 points

An 18 point margin of victory in the league table gives the 2000 Red Devils the highest margin of victory in the past 50 years. Although no major honors other than the league were achieved, their dominating league play put them in a class all to themselves. They lost their chance at a double when Chelsea defeated them 1-0 in the FA Cup Final.

Total Power Ranking Points: 169

Record: 27W - 11D - 4L - 42GD - 92 points

A third straight spot in the top 10 for the Red Devils was earned by the up and coming 1994 squad. An FA Cup victory would secure a league double, and their highest points total for a campaign under Sir Alex Ferguson garnered more weight to their total ranking.

Total Power Ranking Points: 170

Record: 22W - 13D - 3L - 43GD - 79 points

The famous Manchester United, "Treble," was a masterful feat. Sir Alex Ferguson led his charges to a narrow one point League Title over Arsenal, but his real triumph came days later, as his starlets, including Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs and David Beckham, would deliver the FA Cup and the UEFA Champions League Title back to Manchester.

Sire Alex was knighted after the masterful display of managerial prowess and cunning. A transfer raid of over $50 million saw the Red Devils add Dwight Yorke and Jasper Blomqvist to the stable of homegrown stars, and the resurgence of long time injured Roy Keane saw a group that many have ever failed to match.

And although he was dropped down the pecking order, it was 33-year-old Teddy Sheringham that was the deliverer of the FA Cup and the Champions League, as he proved he still had it.

Total Power Ranking Points: 177

Record: 27W - 5D - 6L - 71GD - 86 points

The highest goal differential in the past 50 years helped to push the 2010 English Champion Chelsea Blues into sixth place on the list. Nicolas Anelka and Didier Drogba pillaged and plundered their premiership opponents at every corner.

An FA Cup victory also highlighted the goal scoring dominance of the side despite them recording the lowest points total in the top 10 teams in the power rankings.

Total Power Ranking Points: 177

Record: 26W - 12D - 2L - 63GD - 90 points

One of two Liverpool sides to make the top 10 was Kenny Dalglish's 1988 League Champions. A goal differential of 63 makes them one of only four teams in these rankings to break 60, and they were the third team of the last 50 years to do so.

They were also one of only five teams in the past 50 years to have two or less losses in their season.

No other major honors were added to the team's haul, but John Barnes and Peter Beardsley assured that the loss of Ian Rush to Juventus did not mean that Liverpool were to be counted out.

Total Power Ranking Points: 182

Record: 27W - 6D - 5L - 58GD - 87 points

Sir Alex Ferguson won another league title and UEFA Champions League thanks to a two-point margin over Chelsea and then Moscow penalty shootout victory over Chelsea that saw the Blues reduced to only second best.

The victory was monumental not only for United but for English football as well, as the road to Moscow was paved with English teams as Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and eventual Champions United all made it to the final eight and saw the Red Devils win the first ever all English Final

Christiano Ronaldo lead the Premiership in goals with 31 earning the Golden Boot. He also hauled in an additional trophy case full of accolades, including the UEFA Golden Boot, UEFA Player of the Year, The Ballon D'or and FIFA World Player of the Year.

Total Power Ranking Points: 189

Record: 29W - 8D - 1L - 57GD - 95 points

Jose Mourinho's Premiership Winning side starts the top three of the countdown. The "Special One" came to England, and he conquered. Chelsea returned to League Glory for the first time in 50 years, as their only previous League title was won in 1955. With the backing for Roman Abramovich's Russian pocketbook, the Blues rose from mediocrity to the top four in just two years.

The season before, they had pushed Arsenal for the title but could not catch the "Invincibles". However, the tables were turned the next season, and Mourinho's men racked up the highest points total for a club in the history of the Premiership, and the only team to break 95 points in today's three point win and one point draw scoring scale.

This time, it was Arsenal that fell behind, as the Blues cruised to league glory with a 12 point cushion. Frank Lampard was voted PFA Fans Player of the Year, and John Terry was the PFA Player of the Year. Lampard was also voted the Barclay's Premiership Player of the Year for his efforts to help Chelsea win their first Premier League Title.

As well as the league title. John Terry and Frank Lampard also helped lead their side to a Carling Cup victory and a Community Shield.

Total Power Ranking Points: 193

Record: 30W - 8D - 4L - 69GD - 98 points

Second place goes to Liverpool's 1979 League title winners under Bob Paisley. What would have been the highest points total in the last 50 years, had they been on today's three point win scale, saw them collect 98 in the League.

Their goal differential of 69 was only eclipsed in the past total 50 years by the 2010 Chelsea team whom plundered a 71 goal differential in four less games and earned sixth place in the rankings.

They only allowed opponents to score 16 goals against them, the only team to let in less at 15 in one season was the 2005 Chelsea squad just mentioned in third place.

A 17-point margin of victory was only surpassed by the 2000 Manchester United side,which was eighth on the power rankings list.

Additionally, and one of the most important facts about this squad, they are one of only two teams in history of the English football since 1889 to have 30 wins in a season. The only other team to achieve that remains unlisted at the moment.

The Community Shield would also be brought home for this side, whom are Liverpool's most dominant league side in their past 50 years of storied history.

Total Power Ranking Points: 194

Record: 31W - 4D - 7L - 60GD - 97 points

Finally, the most powerful team in the past 50 years of English top flight football is the 1961 League Winners Tottenham Hotspur. Ironic that the most potent team was the first one of the past 50 years.

Their 31 wins are the most victories recorded in the history of English football. The only other team to achieve even 30 wins was the previously mentioned 1979 Liverpool squad. Six squads came close in the entire history of English Football, and those were all before this team. Those previous six squads listed all achieved 28 league wins, and they are 1915 and 1920 West Bromwich Albion, 1932 Arsenal, 1957 Manchester United and 1958 and 1959 Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Their projected 97 points on a modern scale would be the second highest in history behind 1979 Liverpool's 98, and their 60 goal differential makes them one of only four teams to have broken the 60's barrier. The other three are all listed in the top six most powerful in English history.

Additionally, the 1961 Tottenham side was the first to complete a League and FA Cup double in the 20th century, and they would win their respected Community Shield as well.

They remain Tottenham's most decorated side since the club was founded in 1882, and only their second League winning side, the other being the 1951 squad.

1. Sir Alex Ferguson.

With 11 titles and four of the most powerfully ranked teams in the past 50 years, Manchester United's Knightly leader has been outstanding. No manager has amassed such accolades in the English Top flight. Ferguson finally became the third manager to win a league Title and a Champions League in the same season in 1999 and is the only manager to have two league and Champion's League trophys in the same seasons. The 1999 Treble and the 2008 Double.

2. Bob Paisley

From 1974 to 1983, Paisley directed the ship for the most successful managerial spell in Liverpool's history. With six titles in a nine year period, he etched his name into Scouse hearts and minds for eternity. Paisley was the first in a club that now contains only three other managers that have won both a league title and Champions League in the same season when he did so in 1977.

3. Kenny Dalglish

The second of the still active managers in this category, Kenny Dalglish took the reins as player/manager of Liverpool in 1986 and led the club to three titles during his time in the hot seat. He won his fourth title as the manager of Blackburn Rovers, and they were the the second team managed by a Scot to win during the Premier League era. He currently has returned as the manager of Liverpool.

4. Arsene Wenger

The pocketbook savey Frenchman has molded some of the most exciting teams of the last 50 years. Feeding off his style of fast fluid attack and youthful talent, he has led the Gunners to three titles. However, he has not been able to bring back a title since the team left Highbury and moved to the Emirates.

5. Brian Clough, Jose Mourinho and Don Revie

Two of these men were bitter and fierce rivals, Clough and Revie. Each won two titles in their time, Clough with Derby County, and Nottingham Forest, and Revie with Leeds United. Clough is one of three managers to win a League and Champions League which he achieved with Forest in 1978.

Jose Mourinho holds a class to himself. His flair and exuberance makes him one of the most respected and sought after managers in the world and he turned Chelsea into a powerhouse under the financial backing of Roman Abramovich between 2003 and 2007 and won back to back titles in 2005 and 2006.

There were many great teams to have won the English League in the past 50 years. Out of those 50 teams, only a total of 13 Clubs were represented, with 50 percent of the last 50 titles being almost equally shared by England's two most successful league sides, Liverpool and Manchester United.

Liverpool - 13 (1964, 1966, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990)

Manchester United - 12 (1965, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009)

Arsenal - six (1971, 1989, 1991, 1998, 2002, 2004)

Everton - four (1963, 1970, 1985, 1987)

Chelsea - three (2004, 2005, 2010)

Leeds United - three (1969, 1974, 1992)

Derby County - two (1972, 1975)

Aston Villa - one (1981)

Blackburn Rovers - one (1995)

Ipswitch Town - one (1962)

Manchester City - one (1968)

Nottingham Forest - one (1978)

Tottenham - one (1961)

The Averages of Success in the EPL

25W - 9D - 6L - 78GF - 34GA - 44GD - 86 points - 6 point Margin of Victory

Averages of Adding Single Silverware to your League Title

8% Champions League - 6% UEFA Cup - 18% FA Cup - 12% League Cup - 68% Community Shield