Despite starting the season well, and scoring 12 goals in their first three games, just two wins in 12 followed.There were many reasons to abhor Chelsea in the mid-2000s, as ref-bothering Jose Mourinho turned a club who’d previously taken a Bart Simpson-esque pride in flashy underachievement into the most chillingly efficient outfit since the Daleks.The second league title for Don Revie’s Leeds reminded many how much they had despised ‘Super Leeds’.

The Somme veteran ensured that Wolves adopted a far more aggressive approach – so much so that they were banned from a 1937 pre-season tour due to their ‘over-vigorous’ play the previous year.Perhaps it was due to the fact they were bankrolled to the title by steel tycoon Jack Walker, but not many neutrals revelled in Rovers’ 1995 Premier League triumph.Gooners still shiver at the memory of that 1994/95 squad, studded with such greats as Carter, Flatts, Hillier, Lydersen, Marshall, Morrow, Selley and Shaw.The appointment of George Graham, recently returned from a one-year ban for accepting illicit payments at Arsenal, meant even Leeds fans now hated their own side. Their most potent weapon was Rory Delap’s long throw, hated not only because of the ugly goals it created, but also because of the ball towelling rigmarole before each one.The Lilywhites were a great team – they won the league in 1888/89 undefeated – but their greatness was tarnished by corruption. When they, Aston Villa and Sunderland threatened a breakaway league over the issue, a compromise was struck, allowing clubs to employ professional footballers who were born – or lived – locally.Pleasingly, West Ham didn’t get to bask in their glory for long at the time. Yet the fact they failed to score in 21 league matches makes them the dullest and most unloved Premier League team ever.On the other hand, any tackle at the Kop end would result in a Liverpool penalty. Most of these teams picked up opprobrium and victories at the same rate. Yet although they went the league season unbeaten, they did it with 12 draws – and their total of 90 points was bettered by Mourinho’s Chelsea in each of the next two seasons.Arsenal chairman Sir Henry Norris, who was later banned for life for embezzlement, secretly negotiated with (and, it has been alleged, bribed) members of the FA committee to ensure Arsenal won the vote ahead of Tottenham, who’d finished bottom of Division One in 1914/15. The player-manager, described as “out of order”, “obnoxious” and “difficult to deal with” by none other than himself, took advantage of English clubs’ post-Heysel ban to attract Terry Butcher, Chris Woods, Trevor Steven, Gary Stevens, Trevor Francis and Ray Wilkins to Ibrox.Mourinho’s Blues won the title with a record 95 points (12 clear of runners-up Arsenal) and just 15 – fifteen! This England debacle, which featured Robert Green throwing one in against the USA and Wayne Rooney slamming his own fans after a draw with Algeria, proved them tragically, hilariously right.The Invincibles weren’t all that.

At Stoke, they were all that kind of player.Kenny Dalglish’s team was devastating, direct and effective, perfectly illustrated by their hard-nosed front pairing of Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton. He raged against his own players, against West Ham for the Carlos Tevez affair and against Alex Ferguson and Rafa Benitez, who he accused of playing weakened sides against relegation rivals.Sol Campbell’s time at Notts County lasted about as long as his foray into politics. Whoever is winning in the Premier League is the team that is the most hated.

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