Were you not entertained?

And so, with a whimper the 2012-13 Premier League season came to an end yesterday, with the only really excitement in prospect being whether Chelsea, Arsenal or Tottenham would finish in 3rd, 4th and 5th place. Is this is what it has come to for the self-proclaimed 'best league in the world', 'most exciting league in the world' or however they are trying to sell another flat season where the top is the same as last year, just in a slightly different order.

Manchester United won the title by after finishing 11 points clear of Manchester City. City themselves finished some 3 points clear of Chelsea who were two points clear of Arsenal. And that was your top four. Tottenham were a point further back in 5th, but after that the pack were a long way back: Everton were 9 points behind in 6th with 63 points.

So, does this season on season dullness really lead to exitement? Not really, and when you look at the fact, then the Premier League isn't the most exciting league in Europe, its not even the most exciting in England. No, that would be the Championship, or Division 2 for you who don't like decimalisation.

I compared the four professional divisions of English football, and looked at the difference in points between the team that finished above the relegation zone to the team just one place below the play offs, or in the case of the Premier League, 5th place. Andthe results:

Premier League 33 points (11 wins)

Championship 13 points (4 wins and a draw)

League 1 20 points (6 wins and 2 draws)

League 2 17 points (5 wins and 2 draws)

And bearing in mind in the bottom three divisions they play eight more games per season, this shows just how uncompetitive the elite division really is.In most weeks the top clubs beat the ones below with the same dullness that the Harlem Globetrotters used to dispatch those no-hopers in the exhibition games as the Empire Pool.

With TV revenue going up 40% this year, and with the top 4 clubs getting double again for competing in the Champions League, the possibility of this changing anytime soon is between slim and zero. And we put up with this and accept it from the swill-merchants at Sky and other arms of Murdoch's empire.

Here are two of this season's most incredible finishes:

Brentford v Doncaster: winner goes straight up to the Championship:



Or Watford v Leicester Championship Payoff Semi Final second leg:



You pay your money, take your choice....