PL = Premier League, CL = Champions League, EC = European Cup
Arriving at the start of April with your hopes alive in all four major competitions is no mean achievement, though, whatever the circumstances.
English teams have had the chance of a quadruple since the League Cup was established in 1960-61 but, from a total of 117 attempts from 15 different clubs over the past 60 years, there have only been four other occasions when teams have got this far, date-wise, before.
They were Chelsea in 2007, Manchester United in 2009 and City in 2019 and 2020, although last summer was a little different. Guardiola’s side technically had hope until Liverpool wrapped up the Premier League title in late June once the season had resumed after the coronavirus outbreak halted it in March.
Chelsea’s attempt, the best so far under any normal schedule, lasted until 1 May, and a defeat by Liverpool in the Champions League semi-finals. Two years later, United fell to Everton with a penalty shootout defeat in the FA Cup semi-finals on 19 April.
That United team got to within three wins of all four major trophies, also losing to Barcelona in the Champions League final, and had to settle for ‘only’ two in the end.
