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2011–12 Premier League

Premier League
Season 2011 (2011)–12
Champions Manchester City
1st Premier League title
3rd English title
Relegated Blackburn Rovers
Bolton Wanderers
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Champions League Manchester City
Manchester United
Arsenal
Chelsea
Europa League Tottenham Hotspur
Newcastle United
Liverpool
Matches played 380
Goals scored 1066 (2.81 per match)
Top goalscorer Robin van Persie (30 goals)
Best goalkeeper Joe Hart (17 clean sheets)
Biggest home win Manchester United 8–2 Arsenal
Arsenal 7–1 Blackburn Rovers
Fulham 6–0 Queens Park Rangers
Biggest away win Manchester United 1–6 Manchester City
Bolton Wanderers 0–5 Manchester United
Fulham 0–5 Manchester United
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–5 Manchester United
Norwich City 1–6 Manchester City
Highest scoring Manchester United 8–2 Arsenal (10 goals)
Longest winning run 8 games
Manchester United
Longest unbeaten run 14 games
Manchester City
Longest winless run 12 games
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Longest losing run 8 games
Wigan Athletic
Highest attendance 75,627
Manchester United 4–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Lowest attendance 15,195
Queens Park Rangers 0–4 Bolton Wanderers
Total attendance 13,148,465
Average attendance 34,601

The 2011–12 Premier League (known as the Barclays Premier League due to its sponsorship by the Barclays bank) was the 20th season of the Premier League since its establishment in 1992. The season began on 13 August 2011 and ended on 13 May 2012 with Manchester City sealing their first league title since 1968 with victory over Queens Park Rangers on the final day. The title was City's first Premier League success, making them the fifth club to win the Premier League in its 20-year history. City finished level on 89 points with Manchester United, but their goal difference was eight better than their local rivals', making it the first time the Premier League had been won on goal difference and the first time a club previously relegated from the Premier League had won the title.

The league was contested by 20 teams, 17 returning from the 2010–11 season and three promoted from the Football League Championship. Championship winners Queens Park Rangers and runners-up Norwich City gained automatic promotion whilst Swansea City gained promotion through the Football League Championship play-offs beating Reading 4–2 in May 2011 becoming the first non-English team to play in the Premier League in the history of the division. All three promoted clubs avoided relegation for the first time since the 2001–02 campaign. The season was voted as the greatest Premier League season in the Premier League 20 Seasons Awards.

Manchester City won the title in a tense finale, their first championship since 1968. City's local rivals Manchester United were the early pace-setters, leading the table until October when they drew at Liverpool allowing Manchester City to overtake them. The following week, City increased their lead to five points with a shock 6–1 away victory at Old Trafford, which they maintained until December, when they dropped points and their lead narrowed, but City remained in front until March, when a defeat at Swansea City saw them drop behind United. City's bad form continued for the next month while United went on a winning run, so that with six matches remaining United were eight points ahead of City and the title seemingly decided. However, United then faltered with a defeat and a draw in their next two games, while City won all three to narrow the gap to three points. City then beat United 1–0 at the City of Manchester Stadium to move back ahead of United on goal difference. Both sides won their penultimate matches to maintain the situation.


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