Formed in February 20, 1992, the English Premier League was created by clubs in the Football League First Division.

Every matchday, every moment—the Premier League is pure football magic.

The top flight of English football is adored all over the world, attracting viewership from all around the globe. The English premier league is now the world’s richest league in terms of money consisting of the ‘big six’- Manchester United, Liverpool, Manchester City, Chelsea, Arsenal And Tottenham Hotspur. 

Despite being an all-English show, no manager from England has ever won this coveted title. Why?

Firstly, and the most simple reasoning is the fact that winning the Premier League is extremely difficult. The Premier League attracts the World’s best managers and throughout its history has seen spells of dominance from few of the greatest managers of all time.

The first 10 years of the Premier League was dominated by Sir Alex Ferguson’s Manchester United, with only Kenny Dalglish’s Blackburn and Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal ever beating them to the title. Ferguson’s dominance lasted up until his retirement after the 2012/13 season. Therefore, it was rare for any manager to win a Premier League title, let alone an English one.  After 20 years of the Premier League it had only been won by a manager from outside of Scotland on 7 occasions as Sir Alex won the league 13 times with United.

This period of Scottish domination was shortly followed by the arrival of Spanish genius Pep Guardiola at Manchester City. Pep has now won 5 of the last 6 Premier League titles and shows no signs of slowing down. Essentially, the Premier League has historically been dominated by some of the greatest managers of all-time, it just so happens none of these were English.

Failure of England’s National Team-

The England National Team is one of the few roles in English football where an English manager has always been in charge. However, the team’s lack of major international success over the past 58 years has negatively impacted the reputations of several promising English managers. Thus, leaving top Premier League clubs to look abroad for foreign managers.

Most top managers across the world had playing careers at the top level. In recent years players from England’s so called ‘Golden Generation’ have rarely taken up managerial roles, with the likes of Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard having already tried and failed at Premier League management. 

Due to reputation built in their playing careers they appear to have either been given jobs that they didn’t have the experience or knowledge to operate at that level or have decided to stay clear of the pressure and insecurity that is football management and go straight into punditry to earn big money with job security.

This is England No tiki-taka–

Traditionally, English football has emphasised physicality, passion, and directness over technical or tactical sophistication. Shaping how the game is approached and taught at grassroots levels. While this style has produced iconic players and competitive matches it contrasts with the more tactical and possession-based approaches seen in Spain, Germany, and Italy. This cultural divide can sometimes leave English coaches with fewer tools to compete with international managers known for their tactical nuances​.

Another reason of inexperience in coaching is that- historically English players and managers have tended to avoid heading abroad to experience different footballing cultures.

England’s top flight is widely considered the greatest football league in the world, therefore why would English players and coaches feel the need to go elsewhere when the best is on there doorstep. Unfortunately, the desire to remain domestic has resulted in under developed and less-experienced English coaches. 

Will an English Manager ever win the Premier League?

Probably, eventually. However, it remains to be seen if any of the current English managers will get a chance at one of the big jobs in the coming years. There seems to be very few potential elite level managers being produced in England. Micheal Carrick, Kieran McKenna and Rob Edwards being the only few English candidates who are around but still no where near.

However, with the restructure and new strategic plan for the England National Team brought in for 2011, the success on the pitch has increased with a focus on high level coaching and development of young players.

This new approach to football development, implemented by the FA, along with modern English players’ willingness to play further a field could see a new generation of elite coaches and managers coming out of England. One of these could go onto being the first English manager to lift the Premier League.

It might come home then~