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25 Times
League leaders changed
Competitive & compelling to the last
Our main focus is to run the best possible football competition. We undertake a progressive, responsible approach across the organisation and try to achieve this.
It was a competitive and compelling season packed with incident. Playing and refereeing standards were both high, which attracted record crowds from diverse backgrounds.
We are committed to raising the bar in everything we do, with a particular focus on youth development and supporter engagement.
Along with our clubs we use our profile to support communities. We make significant investment in grassroots facilities and inspire young people to get involved in sport and education.
Along with our clubs we use our profile to support communities. We make significant investment in grassroots facilities and inspire young people to get involved in sport and education.
League leaders changed
Competitive & compelling to the last
ten of the best from 2013/14
Key goal decision system incidents
A record passing accuracy with an average
per match
Best top flight attendances since 1949/50
average crowds
More fans at the match than ever before
Stadium occupancy
Sky Sports and BT Sports attracted an average
viewers per match across 154 live fixtures
The world's local league in
Across 175 countries
Working together for a cumulative
with our official sponsors and licensees
Fans attending matches are
BME
Women
Season ticket holders U16
Increased interest
Supports Football's success & development
On the final day
Tweets about the Barclays Premier League
Supporting competition & investment with a ratio of
between the top & bottom earning club
For the grass roots, football conference and football league
Kits for schools and
junior amateur clubs
Supporting
Football's future generations
Funded over three years
Young people engaged
at Premier League funded community sports projects
Engaging over
pupils from 2,115 schools in competitive football
Supporting
to deliver community programmes
Investing
to help young home grown players reach the top
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When the leadership of the League changes 25 times you know we have had a competitive and compelling season. We start each season willing it to be like this and the 2013/14 Barclays Premier League certainly delivered.
Richard Scudamore, Chief Executive, Premier League
It was a beautiful season in all the senses. Not only because we won two trophies but also in the way that we finished the season.
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The Premier League is all about the football. And that is exactly as it should be. High quality players and managers put on competitive and exciting matches in world-class stadia that are full of committed fans. See our approach to business here.
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It was important that we stuck to the principles that had got us this far - sustainable investment and planning for the future.
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Read moreThe 2013/14 Barclays Premier League season was one of our most exciting and competitive ever as the lead at the top of the table changed place between five teams 25 times – during the 2012/13 season it only changed four times.
Click on the interactive season graphic to recap on the most thrilling matches that helped define the title race.
The 2013/14 started with a bang and remained competitive to the last with 10 teams still battling relegation in April and three teams vying for the title until the penultimate weekend. Watch the highlights here.
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The 2013/14 season was an excellent one for young English talent cementing their places in first team Premier League squads. Find out more about the six who excelled internationally at senior and U21 level, and were the top performers aged 21 and under.
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The cumulative attendance at Barclays Premier League matches last season was 13,944,100, a new record. We are always interested in finding out more about who our fans are and what they think about football. We ask over 40,000 fans every season what they think and it is the starting conversation for how we improve their experience. Read more to find out what we learned in 2013/14.
Read moreThe Elite Player Performance Plan (EPPP) completed its second full season in 2013/14. The EPPP’s aim is to develop more and better home-grown players. By the end of the 2015/16 season £340m will have been invested by the Premier League in the EPPP – this will benefit not only our clubs, but also those in the Football League. Last season there was £87m invested in the EPPP. Read more to find out about some of the things that money helped to achieve.
The Games Programme is all football festivals, tournaments and fixtures that the Premier League administers, to support different coaching objectives at each phase of the Player Performance Pathway. Find out more from U11, U14 and U21 winning club captains.
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Premier League clubs worked harder than ever to make fans welcome, from the introduction of the Away Supporters Initiative - that saw all Premier League clubs commit to spending £200,000 each per annum for three years on improving facilities for travelling fans - to individual club schemes. Here’s six of the best.
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The Barclays Premier League is the most watched and supported football league in the world. This interactive map shows who is watching us where.
Read moreOur strategy is to support clubs in their role as hubs at the heart of their communities. Effective partnerships are built that underpin club delivery of a wide range of activities for young people. We have a clear focus on investing in facilities and grassroots as well as inspiring sports participation and supporting education and skills.
We couldn’t be what we are without the Premier League funding in terms of developing a player.
Kate Bradley, Head of Newcastle United Foundation gives an overview of the strategy and highlights how the club has become a hub of the community, delivering an impressive range of programmes in the region.
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Premier League investment varies from providing brand new Nike kit for hundreds of schools every year, to multi-million pound changing facilities and 3G Artificial Grass Pitches in areas of high-need.
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The Premier League fund a range of football and other sports participation programmes, and also provide national competitive opportunities. Delivered by Premier League and Football League clubs, programmes aim to encourage a sporting habit for life.
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