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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 in 2002 . THE ENGLISH ''DOUBLE'' ''A complete list of seasons with The Double winning teams in England:''
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 , Olympiakos in Greece and PSV in the Netherlands . In countries that operate their season within a single calendar year, CSKA Moscow in Russia and the Los Angeles Galaxy and D.C. United 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 in Scotland and 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 Other sports 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 , 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 . In Cycling the term is used when cyclists win a two Classic Cycle Races courses which are considered twinned, like the Tour Of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix or La Flèche Wallonne and Liege-Bastogne-Liege - Also a '' |
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