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Originally Posted by Russ D
So they won a trophy which was not previously in existance?
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The decision to make one was made before Arsenal went the whole season unbeaten. There was no point in making it stright away or in even announcing it as that would have been a sure fire way to put a jinx on the team.
Afterall, it is such an amazing achievement that the chances were that Arsenal wouldn't go unbeaten.
The other reason the trophy doesn't exist is becasue no team has ever gone a full season unbeaten and been crowned champions in well over 100 years. Whilst Preston's achievement was magnificent, their season was almost half the length of Arsenal's, thus the task Arsenal faced was at least 10 times more difficult. That's not to say Preston don't deserve a trophy too, just that an invincible moderen era league campaign is something extra special and cries out for formal recognition and something that the club can keep for ever.
Anyway, don't worry, most Man u fans will tell you they are miles better than Arsenal. Therefore (using their logic) there is no doubt they win at least 14 of these trophies for an unbeaten season in the next 3 or 4 years, especially considering how easy it is to go for 38 games in the league unbeaten.
