Newly promoted shambles club Hull City beat reigning champions Leicester 2-1 to begin the season in the increasingly nonsensical Premier League. To fully understand how insane of a result this is, you need to know a few things about Hull.
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Terrible fantasy Premier League advice from the real Premier League’s masterminds
The Premier League season begins this weekend and that means you’re probably creating a fantasy Premier League team for reasons you can’t fully explain. Despite being a decidedly unimportant endeavor, the act of putting a fantasy squad together
Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Jose Mourinho warn Pep Guardiola of the impending storm
Hello, Pep. I am Zlatan. Welcome to your worst Zlightmare.
A timeline of oddities: Man United’s final match of the 2015/16 Premier League season
Man United paint child mascots blue for film promotion
Proving that there is absolutely no sponsorship opportunity Man United will turn down, the club with an official ready meal partner for Korea is now painting children blue to promote films.
John Terry, Wojciech Szczesny, Lukas Podolski all mock Spurs on their day of embarrassment
Only Spurs could find a way to finish third behind Arsenal in a two-horse race that did not involve Arsenal. They went winless in their last four matches of the season, starting with a 1-1 draw against West Brom, then squandering a two-goal lead to Chelsea for a 3-3 draw that sealed the title for Leicester, then they lost 2-1 to Southampton, but they saved their most incredible embarrassment for last.
Man United players had a great time while West Ham fans attacked their bus
The final match at Upton Park was delayed 45 minutes as West Ham supporters outside the ground attacked Man United’s bus upon its arrival. A hailstorm of bottles and other objects showered the bus, breaking windows and halting the vehicle’s progress towards the stadium.
Ritchie De Laet wins promotion to Premier League and gets Premier League winner’s medal the very same day
Not a bad day 🏅🏅🎉🎉🎉 pic.twitter.com/Ozt51ISCil
— ritchie de laet (@de_laet_r) May 7, 2016
Saturday was a great day for every member of Leicester City, but for defender Ritchie De Laet, it was doubly great.
Leicester City lift Premier League trophy, so I guess this is definitely real
After beating Everton 3-1, Leicester City were presented with the Premier League trophy and no one announced that this season has been an elaborate YouTube prank, so this seems to definitely be a true thing that has happened within the confines of what we believe to be reality.
These pictures have not been photoshopped. They are actually of Claudio Ranieri and his players lifting the Premier League trophy, an item that currently belongs to them fair and square.
Spurs squander 2-0 lead to end title hopes in most Spurs way possible
Spurs hadn’t won at Stamford Bridge since 1990, but they had to do just in order to prolong their slim title hopes for another week. They seemed destined to do just that when they took a 2-0 lead over Chelsea jsut before halftime. But then the longstanding animosity between the two clubs boiled over and Spurs did what they do best: implode.