Fun-loving Sunderland and regal Regis are doing the Prem a great service

FUELLED by pundits who casually suggest the champions of Europe play in a Mickey Mouse domestic competition, that Spain has only two clubs and Germany one, the Premier League is always full of itself.

- ANDY DUNN

Best this, best that, best everything. And according to almost everyone who holds forth on TV or radio, the most competitive. By miles. Anyone can beat anyone, no easy games, blah, blah, blah.

Only over the last two seasons - 2023/24 and 24/25 - that was utter nonsense.

In the 2023/24 season, Luton, Burnley and Sheffield United were easy games. Home or away. Any day of the week.

Those three teams played a combined 114 Premier League matches and won a combined 14 of them.

In the 2024/25 season, Leicester, Ipswich and Southampton were easy games. Home or away. Any day of the week.

Those three played a combined 114 Premier League matches and won a combined 12. So, that is six teams over two seasons combining to win 26 of their 228 Premier League fixtures.

And nine of those wins came in games against each other.