Summary
Liverpool, Chelsea, Newcastle, and Crystal Palace received 9/10 for successful seasons.
Nottingham Forest, Brighton, Bournemouth, Aston Villa, Brentford, and Everton scored 7-8/10 for steady performances.
Manchester City, West Ham, and Ipswich only managed 1-4/10 due to disappointing seasons.
Another Premier League season has come and gone, and the 2024/25 campaign might just be one of the most thrilling in recent memory. From the spectacular collapses of Tottenham and Manchester United to Nottingham Forest’s stunning run to European qualification, fans were kept guessing at every turn.
Liverpool were crowned English champions for a record-equalling 20th time. But in a season full of surprises, neither the FA Cup nor the League Cup ended up in the hands of the traditional ‘big six’, adding to the sense of a shifting power balance. With this term's drama still fresh in the memory, Robbie Savage dished out his end-of-season grades for every team, courtesy of The Mirror - here’s how the class of 2024/25 measured up in his books.
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9/10
Liverpool, Chelsea, Newcastle, Crystal Palace
It will come as no surprise that the four teams who lifted silverware and paired it with strong league campaigns were all awarded a 9/10 by former Wales international, Savage. Liverpool climbed back to the summit of English football, reclaiming their status as the country’s most decorated club by storming to the Premier League title with a commanding 10-point lead.
Chelsea, meanwhile, secured a return to the Champions League with a fourth-place finish and then capped off a perfect final week by winning the Europa Conference League - making them the first English club to complete the full set of UEFA trophies.
Newcastle United ended their 70-year trophy drought by winning the League Cup, as the patience invested in the Eddie Howe project finally paid off. Meanwhile, Crystal Palace claimed their first major honour in the club's 119-year history, edging past Manchester City with a historic 1-0 victory at Wembley to lift the FA Cup.
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7-8/10
Nottingham Forest, Brighton, Bournemouth, Aston Villa, Brentford, Everton
Having initially been predicted to finish 15th by Savage at the start of the season, Nottingham Forest exceeded all expectations and ended all the way up in seventh to qualify for the Europa Conference League. By Christmas, they looked a shoo-in for the Champions League, and that's perhaps why they've been handed an 8/10 as opposed to any higher.
In another world, Brighton and Bournemouth - both playing a swashbuckling style of football under Fabian Hurzeler and Andoni Iraola - would have also qualified for Europe, but they missed out courtesy of winners in other competitions, so they got a 7.5/10. On Aston Villa, who were given a 7/10 by Savage, he wrote:
"Nearly an unbelievable season, but in the end Unai Emery is back in the Europa League next season - a competition he’s won four times already. Great run in the Champions League and a poor decision at Old Trafford on the final day may have denied them an encore."
Brentford fans quickly moved on from Ivan Toney’s high-profile move to Saudi Arabia once it became clear that Yoane Wissa and Bryan Mbeumo were more than capable of leading the line, firing the Bees to a respectable 10th-place finish. Perhaps more surprising, though, is that Everton also received a 7/10 - despite being entrenched in a relegation battle until David Moyes made a dramatic return in January.
Savage cited positive off-pitch developments - including a new stadium, fresh ownership, and Moyes’ stabilising influence - as key factors in their score, showing that not all his grades were based purely on results on the pitch.
5-6.5/10
Fulham, Tottenham, Arsenal, Wolves
Fulham are struggling to break through a glass ceiling under Marco Silva. They had one of the best and busiest summer transfer periods and looked set to disrupt the order of the top six, but they ultimately fell away when it mattered most, so a 6.5/10 seems fair. Tottenham, meanwhile, were graded 6/10 by Savage, who then gave Arsenal a lower rating of 5/10.
Although a second-placed finish is far better than 17th - where Ange Postecoglou's side ended up, having recorded their worst league campaign since the 1992 rebranding - Tottenham were able to win a piece of silverware in the shape of the Europa League, while the Gunners were forced to watch everyone else around them celebrate as they missed out on a league title for a third successive season.
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Both clubs will be in the Champions League next season, but silverware is the ultimate currency of success, and that's why the white half of north London may tend to agree with Savage's grading. Wolves also got a 6/10, though that feels perhaps a little lenient given how freely they shipped goals before then agreeing to let Matheus Cunha join Manchester United.
3-4/10
Manchester City, West Ham, Ipswich
At Manchester City, any season without silverware is considered a failure, especially with Pep Guardiola still at the helm. “From four titles in a row to no trophies and scrambling to finish in the top five on the final day,” Savage wrote of the Cityzens. Still, he expects them to bounce back, predicting they’ll reclaim the Premier League title next season, which would make it five in six years.
Over at West Ham, fans are learning the hard way that they should be careful what they wish for. Letting go of Moyes - the man who delivered them a historic Europa Conference League title just two years ago - was seen as the start of a bold new chapter. Instead, the Hammers limped to a 14th-place finish under Julen Lopetegui and later Graham Potter, earning them a modest 4/10 rating from Savage. The club now finds itself stuck between past glory and uncertain ambition, as expectations of regular European football go unmet.
As for Ipswich Town, simply returning to the top-flight for the first time since 2002 was an achievement in itself - everything else was a bonus. They showed flashes of attractive football and managed to avoid finishing bottom, which earned them a 3/10 - higher than the other two promoted sides. Operating on a significantly smaller budget than their rivals, they were always up against it and, unfortunately, seemed destined for doom from the outset.
1-2/10
Leicester City, Southampton, Manchester United
Leicester City are a shadow of the team that once shocked the world, and Jamie Vardy’s departure at the end of the season marked a sobering moment for the club. It signalled the end of an era - a harsh reminder that the glory days of Premier League and FA Cup triumphs may never return.
Joining them in relegation misery were Southampton, who only began picking up points in the final stretch of the season, narrowly avoiding the unwanted title of the worst team in Premier League history. Even so, they still only managed just 12 points.
Joining Southampton with a 1/10 rating were Manchester United. The Red Devils endured one of their worst-ever league campaigns, winning the fewest games, suffering the most losses, and recording their lowest points total since the early 1970s.
Hopes of salvaging the season with silverware also fell flat as they were beaten by Tottenham in the Europa League final and crashed out of the FA Cup and League Cup in the earlier rounds, while financial burdens are only intensifying.
All statistics courtesy of Premier League (correct as of 31/05/2025)