Updated at 11.34am
1. Manchester United 2-1 Sheffield Wednesday, 10 April 1993
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Why it’s significant: It was the key game in Man United’s first-ever Premier League title win.
Sample quote: Fergie on his 1993 side: “That team had such mental toughness. Real tough bastards.”
2. Crystal Palace 1-1 Manchester United, January 1995
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Why it’s significant: It was the game in which Eric Cantona infamously lost control and kicked a supporter who was taunting him.
Sample quote: Ryan Giggs: “Horrible pitch, horrible game, horrible night.”
3. Liverpool 2-1 Blackburn, May 1995
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Why it’s significant: It resulted in Blackburn’s first and only Premier League title win.
Sample quote: Professor Simon Chadwick: “In 1995 you could be a steel magnate [and own a big club]. In 2013 you have to be an oligarch or a sheikh.”
4. Manchester United 2-1 Tottenham, May 1999
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Why it’s significant: It confirmed United as title winners and was part of their unprecedented treble.
Sample quote: Telegraph sports journalist Jim White – “In the dressing room, Ferguson demonstrated his lynx-eyed ruthlessness. He replaced Sheringham with Cole.”
5. Tottenham 2-2 Arsenal, April 2004
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Why it’s significant: It was the last time Arsenal have won the league.
Sample quote: Bob Wilson on Arsene Wenger – “He sees football very much as an art form, like the theatre or the opera, he wants people to be moved by what they see.”
6. Leeds 3-3 Charlton Athletic, May 2004
Why it’s significant: It confirmed Leeds’ relegation from the Premier League following a sustained period of financial difficulty.
Sample quote: Alan Smith: “I’d never imagined I’d get a send off like that. It was unbelievable, beyond my wildest dreams.”
7. Bolton 0-2 Chelsea, April 2005
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Why it’s significant: It was the game in which Chelsea ended their 50-year wait to win the league.
Sample quote: Jose Mourinho: “To win everything you only need one superstar: me.”
8. Portsmouth 7-4 Reading, September 2007
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Why it’s significant: It epitomised the turbulent nature of life at Pompey and constituted the Premier League at its most exciting.
Sample quote: Harry Redknapp – “I would rather win 7-4 than 1-0, personally.”
9. Manchester City 0-1 Tottenham, May 2010
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Why it’s significant: It was effectively a £20million game in which the winner got a place in the Champions League, and City, despite all the millions they spent, ultimately came a cropper.
Sample quote: Telegraph Football Correspondent Henry Winter: “Fortune favoured the brave and the brave now inherit a fortune.”
10. Man City 3-2 QPR, May 2012
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Why it’s significant: It resulted in City’s first-ever Premier League title win — a feat that occurred in the most dramatic circumstances imaginable.
Sample quote: A text sent by Patrice Evra to Samir Nasri before the game: “If you don’t beat QPR, if you’re not champions this year then you’ll never be.”
First published at 11am.
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