We take a look at the 10 most boring sides to ever grace the Premier League
With the likes of QPR and Aston Villa uninspiring through their lack of goals each week, here’s a list of the most boring teams to play in the Premier League, as reported by the Telegraph.
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Scoring goals is rather important in football as the following teams found out…
Queens Park Rangers – 2012/13
Loic Remy impressed after he arrived at Loftus Road in 2013 – earning himself a move to Newcastle United and then Chelsea – yet the 28 year old’s goals were too little too late.
Goals scored: 30
Goals per game: 0.79
Top scorer: Loic Rémy – 6
League position: 20th
Leicester City – 2001/02
Striker and Premier League legend Brian Deane simply didn’t deliver enough on the pitch Leicester City – even if he was top goalscorer – with just six goals for the 2001/02 season.
Goals scored all season: 30
Top scorer: Brian Deane (6)
League position: 20th
Bradford City – 2000/01
Italian Benito Carbone’s five goals were unsurprisingly not enough to save Bradford from relegation.
Goals scored all season: 30
Top scorer: Benito Carbone (5)
League position: 20th
West Bromwich Albion – 2002/03
With forwards Danny Dichio and Scott Dobie netting just five goals between them, Baggies fans had little to cheer about.
Goals scored all season: 29
Top scorers: Danny Dichio and Scott Dobie (above left, 5)
League position: 19th
Watford – 2006/07
Top goalscorer for Watford in 2006/07, Hameur Bouazza had a solid season grabbing five goals from midfield – but the Hornets’ strikers couldn’t deliver for the side up-front.
Goals scored all season: 29
Top scorer: Hameur Bouazza (5)
League position: 20th
Sunderland – 2001/02
Kevin Phillips rescued Sunderland with 11 goals as they fought off relegation, but it was near on impossible to be excited by their football.
Goals scored all season: 29
Top scorer: Kevin Phillips (11)
League position: 17th
Manchester City – 2006/07
It’s hard to believe that Joey Barton could be part of a boring side, but the midfielder was a part of exactly that at Manchester City before their financial rise.
Goals scored all season: 29
Top scorer: Joey Barton (6)
League position: 14th
Leeds United – 1996/97
With top goal-scorers netting just five times, Leeds struggled and once more were relegated.
Goals scored all season: 28
Top scorers: Brian Deane and Lee Sharpe (above right, 5)
League position: 11th
Birmingham City – 2005/06
It comes as no surprise that with defender Jiri Jarosik as top scorer Birmingham were relegated in the 2005/06 season.
Goals scored all season: 28
Top scorer: Jiri Jarosik (4)
League position: 18th
What did you make of the list – do you agree no goals = no excitement?