Today, the English Premier League is worth billions and billions of dollars.
However, like life itself, so much of this wealth is divided between the select few at the top of the pile.
With such a discrepancy between the league's 'haves' and 'have nots', the EPL title race is no longer one of the most competitive, with the same handful of Champions League-bound clubs the only ones competing for the title each and every season.
And with the status quo bought, sold and solidified in place, these same clubs have separated themselves from the pack, leaving their fans expecting to win every single week.
And for these sides filled with a galaxy of high-priced stars, perfection, it seems, is now in reach.
Throughout the last three decades, there have been 18 instances of an EPL team failing to lose a single game at home in a single season.
From a set of Mancunian powerhouses to a counter-attacking force from The Lane, here are the six EPL clubs to have kept a clean sheet before their adoring fans:
Arsenal - 1998/99, 2003-04 and 2007-08
Chelsea - 2004/05, 2005/06, 2006/07, 2007/08 and 2014/15
Liverpool - 2008/09, 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20 and 2021/22
Manchester City - 2011/12
Manchester United - 1995/96, 1999/00 and 2010/11
Tottenham Hotspur - 2016/17
