In our second piece marking the 30 year anniversary of the Premier League's first season, Sportsmail tells the story of the season on the pitch which culminated in Manchester United winning their first top-flight title for 26 years.
After all planning, hype and build-up, the eagerly-anticipated opening day arrived on August 15, 1992.
In contrast to the cosmopolitan league of today only 14 of the 242 players who started the first round of games were foreign, compared to 130 last season, while 16 of the managers were English and the remaining six Scottish.