Tommy Martin: Is the Premier League really the greatest show any more?
The Premier League remains sure of itself, there is just the slightest sense that the barbarians are – if not quite hammering at the gates – then at least knocking politely.
GREATEST SHOW?: Manchester City's Ilkay Gundogan lifts the Premier League trophy. Photo credit: Martin Rickett/PA Wire.
About this time in 1991 the Observer ran a whimsical look ahead to the upcoming English football season, the last of the old First Division.
As well as poking fun at contemporary giants like Fergie and George Graham, there was a bit about the massive fee Manchester City had just paid Wimbledon for Keith Curle, a robust centre half whose £2.5m transfer made him the most expensive defender in English football at that time.
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