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The double
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'''The Double''' is a term in
Football (soccer) football, meaning to win a country's top division and its main cup competition in the same season. It can also mean beating a team home and away in the same league season.
In an English context, it means winning the English
Premier League (previously the Football League First Division ) and the
FA Cup in the same season. It was last achieved by
Arsenal F.C. Arsenal in
2002.
The English ''Double''
''A complete list of seasons with The Double winning teams in England:''
*
Preston North End F.C. Preston North End in
1889
*
Aston Villa F.C. Aston Villa in
1897
*
Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Tottenham Hotspur in
1961
*
Arsenal F.C. Arsenal in
1971
*
Liverpool F.C. Liverpool in
1986
*
Manchester United F.C. Manchester United in
1994
* Manchester United in
1996
* Arsenal in
1998
* Manchester United in
1999 (
The treble with the
UEFA Champions League)
* Arsenal in
2002
Arsenal and Manchester United share the record of 3 double wins each. Arsenal are the only club to win a double in more than one decade (1970s, 1990s and 2000s), and United's three 1990s double illustrate their near domination of English football at that time.
A rarer Double in English domestic football is that of the League Championship and the League Cup. This feat was first achieved in 1978 by
Nottingham Forest. Liverpool achieved this double no less than three times in succession (1982, 1983 & 1984). The last of these was won with the
European Cup, making it a less celebrated but non the less notable treble.
Chelsea were last side to achieve the League/League Cup double in 2005.
Other ''Doubles''
The term is used outside England as well. Some double-winning teams of note in
2005 were
Bayern Munich in
Germany,
Olympiacos Olympiakos in
Greece and
PSV Eindhoven PSV in the
Netherlands. In countries that operate their season within a single calendar year,
PFC CSKA Moscow CSKA Moscow in
Russia and the
Los Angeles Galaxy in the
United States also won doubles.
The all-time leaders for domestic doubles are two other teams from the
United Kingdom (rather than England)—
Rangers F.C. Rangers in
Scotland and
Linfield F.C. Linfield in
Northern Ireland, with 17 each as of June
2005.
All-time leader table
The term is also used in football to denote a team beating the same team twice in a season, home and away.
'''See Also'''
*
The Treble
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In
auto racing, '''The Double''' is a term used for a driver on Memorial Day weekend attempting to race in two prestigious races on the same day, the
Indianapolis 500 during the day and the
Coca-Cola 600 during the night. Pulling "the Double" has only been possible since 1992, when the 600 began being held under the lights. Such an accomplishment can be very draining, with one driving up to 7 hours on a race track and also having to travel 430 miles from
Indianapolis to
Charlotte, North Carolina Charlotte, where the 600 is held.
One-time
Indy racer John Andretti first attempted the feat in
1994 and it has been done successfully by two other drivers since,
Tony Stewart in
1999 and
2001, and
Robby Gordon in
2002 and
2003. Stewart's double in 2001 is the only attempt which has encompassed all 1,100 possible miles. Gordon has also tried the double in
1997 and
2000, but rain plagued both attempts. The '97 Indy 500 was postponed by rain until the following Monday (eliminating a true "double") while the 2000 Indy 500 was rain delayed for 3 hours and prevented Gordon from officially starting the 600.
In
baseball,
Edgar Martinez, long time
Designated Hitter for the
Seattle Mariners, came up with a clutch hit that has since been known by Mariners fans as "the double." During the 1995 postseason, the Mariners had tied the
New York Yankees to bring the best of three
American League Division Series to a 2-2 tie. The hit was delievered in the bottom of the 11th
inning with the Mariners down 4-5, scoring 2 runs and winning the series for the Mariners. According to Mariners fans, "the double" was responsible for saving baseball in Seattle due to the soon to follow approval of funding for
SAFECO Field by the
Washington State Legislature.
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Also a
novella by
Fyodor Dostoevsky, ''
The Double: A Petersburg Poem''
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