OPINION
JULES BREACH
The TNT Sports presenter looks back on a season where underdogs constantly defied the odds
If fans ever needed a season to remind them that their year could be just around the corner, then 2024-25 was the one. It was a celebration for the underdog. A campaign in which clubs starved of success finally got their day.
Crystal Palace, Spurs, Newcastle, Arsenal Women, Bologna, Aberdeen and Stuttgart all have one thing in common – defying the odds to clinch long-awaited silverware. Regardless of who you support, it was pretty special to see the fans and people connected to all of these teams get their moment in the spotlight.
One of the biggest surprises was Palace’s FA Cup victory. It was the club’s first major honour. At the start of the season, no one would have predicted them as FA Cup winners. To put it into perspective, since 1995, it was only the fourth time a team not in the ‘Big Six’ had lifted the trophy.