Watch the Throne: The Tactics Behind the Premier League's European Champions, 1999-2019 lifts the lid on the tactics used by Premier League clubs on their respective journeys to Champions League glory. Beginning with Manchester United in 1999 and concluding with Liverpool's 2019 triumph, Watch the Throne provides detailed analysis of how Chelsea, Manchester United and Liverpool overcame their opposition to claim the ultimate prize in European club football. While United's 1999 victory was an outlier, Liverpool's win in 2005 began a period of domination for Premier League clubs, with eight English finalists in eight seasons from 2004/05 to 2011/12. Changes in tactical trends saw the absence of Premier League finalists between the 2012/13 and 2016/17 seasons as Spanish, German and French sides briefly overtook their Premier League rivals, before an all-English 2019 final between Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur marked the technical and tactical recovery of the world's wealthiest football league.

About the Author
Luke Williams is a football coach and analyst with experience of scouting for clubs in the English Football League, Scottish Premiership and Cymru Premier. He has featured on the bilingual website parallel.cymru and been interviewed on BBC Radio Cymru for his work analysing the Welsh national team.


Book Information
ISBN 9781785317705
Author Luke Williams
Format Paperback
Page Count 320
Imprint Pitch Publishing Ltd
Publisher Pitch Publishing Ltd
Weight(grams) 348g