Alright, so I found myself on a bit of a nostalgia trip the other day. You know how it is, sometimes a random thought pops into your head, and you just gotta follow it down the rabbit hole. This time, it was the 2014 Premiership season. I was trying to remember who actually clinched it, and how the final table looked. Seems like a lifetime ago, doesn’t it?
My Quest Begins
So, I figured, easy enough, I’ll just quickly search for “premiership standings 2014”. Fired up my browser, typed it in, and hit enter. I expected to get a nice, clean table straight away. Well, it wasn’t quite that simple. First few results were okay, but some sites, you know, they just don’t keep old data very well, or it’s buried under layers of new content. It’s like they forget people might actually want to look back at stuff that’s more than a year old!
I clicked on a few links. Some were a bit messy, ads everywhere, or the formatting was all over the place on my screen. Frustrating, to say the least. I remember thinking, “Come on, it’s not ancient history, it’s 2014!”
Digging a Little Deeper
I decided to be a bit more specific. Tried terms like “english premier league table 2013-2014 final” – gotta remember that seasons span two years, of course. That helped narrow things down a bit. I started looking for some of the more reputable sports news sites, the ones that have been around for ages. Figured they’d have decent archives.
And yeah, eventually, I struck gold. Found a couple of places that had the full, proper standings. Points, goal difference, the whole shebang. It’s always a bit of a relief when you finally find the clean data you were looking for after a bit of a faff.
- Checked the top teams: Man City, Liverpool, Chelsea… yep, that was ringing bells.
- Scanned the relegated teams: Always a bit sad to see who went down, even years later.
- Looked at goalscorers (if available): Sometimes you find that alongside the table, brings back even more memories.
The Standings Emerge
So, there it was. Manchester City as champions. Liverpool were so, so close that year, weren’t they? That was the season with that slip, if I recall correctly. Painful for their fans, I bet. Chelsea were up there too, and Arsenal in fourth. It all came flooding back – the big matches, the upsets, the drama that goes with any Premier League season.
It’s funny, looking at that 2014 table. That year, I was actually in the middle of trying to learn how to properly cook. Sounds unrelated, right? But stick with me. I’d bought this cheap tablet, mostly to look up recipes while I was fumbling around in the kitchen. But, being me, I also used it to keep an eye on the football scores when I was supposed to be watching a pot boil. I remember nearly burning a few dinners because I got too engrossed in a match update that popped up on a live score site.
One particular Saturday, I was trying to make some fancy pasta dish. The recipe was super complicated, at least for me back then. At the same time, there was a crucial City game on. I was juggling between stirring sauce, checking the tablet for the recipe steps, and refreshing the scores. Ended up with a slightly scorched sauce and City winning. Called it a “smoky, victorious pasta” – my mates didn’t buy it, but it was edible, just about!
Looking up those 2014 standings just brought all that back. It’s not just about the football, is it? It’s about where you were, what you were doing. Funny how a simple league table can do that. Makes you realise how much data is out there, and how it connects to our own little histories. Anyway, that was my little dive into the recent past. Glad I found it in the end!