Fibonacci numbers are just a rounded version of phi^x. So the only coincidences are 1. that the number of teams is such that phi is a good base, and 2. that the rounding all happened to go the right way.

But in your next interview, just know that this is not the most computationally efficient way to generate the sequence.

Now if in twenty one years the distribution has been maintained, there’s one new team and all the other teams have won Fib(n+1) - Fib(n) titles, or one team has won 21 straight titles, reproducing the sequence, I’ll come back in 2046 and eat my hat.

| Club | Premier League Titles |

+---------------------+------------------------+

| Blackburn Rovers | 1 |

| Leicester City | 1 |

| Liverpool | 2 |

| Arsenal | 3 |

| Chelsea | 5 |

| Manchester City | 8 |

| Manchester United | 13 |

+---------------------+------------------------+

It’s a funny thing, fandom.

I don't know what the exact odds are, but if you waited until one team had won 13 times, you'd often end up with a distribution fairly similar to this.

(I'm not holding my breath - my prediction would be the lightest slap on the wrist possible. Maybe a transfer ban for one window. Probably a 10 point deduction for Everton.)

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