In April 1991, John Sheridan scored the winner for Sheffield Wednesday against Manchester United in the League Cup final, and that 1-0 victory was an even bigger shock than you might think: to this day it's the last time a club playing outside the top division of English football won a major trophy.
In the 2020-21 season, British players achieved notable success in three of the big five leagues, illustrating a strong performance reminiscent of previous years.
"When Qatari Sports Investments (QSI) bought the club in 2011 and chairman Nasser Al-Khelaifi started spending big, conventional wisdom... was that it was some combination of PR/soft power exercise with a view towards burning the Gulf nation's image ahead of the 2022 World Cup."