The first ever Premiership goal was scored by Brian Deane of Sheffield United in a 2–1 win against Manchester United.Manchester United became the first team to have scored 1,000 goals in this league after Cristiano Ronaldo scored, in a 4–1 defeat by Middlesbrough, in the 2005–06 season, having been the first team to have conceded a Premiership goal following the League's inception.
Promoted as "The Greatest Show On Earth", the Premier League is the world's most popular and most watched sporting league, followed worldwide by around half a billion people.
In the People's Republic of China, matches attract television audiences between 100 million and 360 million
Despite being an English competition, no English manager has ever actually won the Premier League.
The highest paid player in the premiership is Wayne Rooney who takes home £9.7m a year (including endorsements). Though based on weekly salary alone, John Terry is the biggest earner. Chelsea pay him £131,000 a week - £6.8m a year.
The top earners by salary alone are:
Premier League's top earners
1 John Terry (Chelsea) £131,000 a week
2= Andriy Shevchenko, Michael Ballack (both Chelsea) £121,000 a week
4 Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) £120,000
5 Cristiano Ronaldo (Man Utd) £119,000
6= Wayne Rooney (Man Utd), Michael Owen (Newcastle) £110,000
8= Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Rio Ferdinand (Man Utd) £100,000
10= Fernando Torres (Liverpool), Didier Drogba (Chelsea) £90,000.
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