Ranked! The 20 best Premier League teams of the 2000s

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From the ashes of the 1990s came the noughties: the decade that changed everything for football.

Some may call it the golden age of the Premier League. The calibre of footballer plying their trade on our shores increased exponentially: legends of the game were no longer confined simply to Old Trafford, as even the likes of Bolton Wanderers and Portsmouth brought cult heroes to their squads. English sides triumphed in the Champions League; they pushed pretty hard in the Europa League too. 

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Mark White
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Mark White is the Digital Content Editor at FourFourTwo. During his time on the brand, Mark has written three cover features on Mikel Arteta, Martin Odegaard and the Invincibles, and has written pieces on subjects ranging from Sir Bobby Robson’s time at Barcelona to the career of Robinho. An encyclopedia of football trivia and collector of shirts, he first joined the team back in 2020 as a staff writer.