FA Cup winners Chelsea will be hoping to break ice from the deadly spot next season after failing once more to hold the upperhand in a penalty shoot-out in 2008/09. In fact, the penalty decision against Championship side Burnley was the fifth time in a row Chelsea had finished on the losing end.
Chelsea's penalty shoot-outs:
2008-09: League Cup fourth round (Stamford Bridge) Chelsea-Burnley 1-1 - lost 4-5.
2007-08: Champions League final (Moscow) Chelsea-Manchester United 1-1 - lost 5-6.
2007-08: Community Shield (Wembley) − Chelsea-Manchester United 1-1; lost 0-3.
2006-07: Champions League semi-final Chelsea-Liverpool 1-1 aggregate - lost 1-4.
2005-06: League Cup third round (Stamford Bridge) Chelsea-Charlton 1-1; lost 4-5.
Other items in the English game (season 2008/09) that created more records and feats:
Croatia midfielder Luka Modric, of Dinamo Zagreb, joins Tottenham who equal their record transfer fee by paying £16.5m. The Spurs had paid Charlton the same amount for striker Darren Bent in June 2007.
Paul Ince becomes the first black manager in the Premier League, leaving MK Dons to take over at Blackburn.
Grant Holt joins Shrewsbury for a club record fee of £170,000 after leaving Nottingham Forest.
Bolton capture Sweden striker Johan Elmander from Toulouse for a club record transfer of £9m.
Manchester City sign Brazilian striker Joao Alves de Assis Silva, known as Jo, from CSKA Moscow for a club record fee of £18m, surpassing the £13m the club spent for Nicolas Anelka from PSG in 2002.
In the Scottish Third Division, Annan Athletic make their bow after being admitted into the league structure, replacing Gretna.
A club record sum of £11m was paid by Portsmouth to Liverpool for the services of front man Peter Crouch.
A record season-opening punishment of 30 points is inflicted on Luton who were found guilty of misconduct for paying agents through a third party.
Defender Mikael Silvestre leaves Manchester United to join Arsenal, becoming the first player to be sold to the Gunners by the Red Devils since Brian Kidd in 1974.
Djibril Cisse scores on his debut for Sunderland at Tottenham as he did when he arrived at Liverpool, scoring at White Hart Lane in his first outing.
In August, Hull City's debut in the top flight in their 104-year history starts with a win as they defeat Fulham 2-1 at the KC Stadium.
Spaniard midfielder Borja Valero joins West Bromwich Albion from Real Mallorca for a club record fee of £4.7m.
Belgium and Standard Liege midfielder Marouane Fellaini joins Everton for a club record fee of £15m.
A British record fee of £32.5m is spent by Manchester City for the capture of Brazilian forward Robinho from Real Madrid.
After a run of 35 international matches without defeat, Croatia are beaten 4-1 by England in Zagreb. Theo Walcott, of Arsenal, becomes the youngest ever England international to score a hat-trick at the age of 19.
A mere point from four league outings is Tottenham's worst start for a Premier League season.
In their European debut, Portsmouth topple Portuguese side Guimares 2-0 at Fratton Park in the first round, first leg of the UEFA Cup.
At the Emirates, Hull beat Arsenal 2-1 for the Tigers' first win over the Londoners since 1915.
The 6-0 thrashing of Portsmouth at Manchester City is Pompey's biggest defeat in 44 years.
In Barnsley's 0-3 defeat at Ipswich, striker Reuben Noble-Lazarus, aged 15 years and 45 days, becomes the youngest player ever in the Football League.
Following Tottenham's 0-1 home defeat to Hull, the Londoners remain on three points from eight league matches − their worst start to a season in their history.
Hull City's 20 points from nine outings is a top-flight best start in a club's debut in the 115-year history of English football.
Liverpool's 1,000 goals
Fernando Torres's first goal (game's opener) in Liverpool's 3-2 win at Manchester City is the club's 1,000th in Premier League football.
Fabio Capello's England set a new record start to a World Cup campaign, having won their fourth straight qualifier in Belarus 3-1 (Gerrard, Rooney 2).
Chelsea's formidable record run at home of 86 consecutive matches without defeat in the Premier League is broken as they go down 0-1 to Liverpool.
Cristiano Ronaldo, of Manchester United, is named FifPro World Footballer of the Year. Four other Premier League players are also in the Team of the Year, namely, John Terry (Chelsea), Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United), Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres (both Liverpool).
Before the 1-2 upset to Tottenham, Liverpool had made the best start by any team in Premier League history with eight wins and two draws in their opening 10 matches.
The 3-0 triumph by Chelsea at West Brom is a Premier League away record of 10 straight wins.
England become the first team to beat Germany (2-1) in Berlin since Brazil's victory in 1973.
In the Championship, Barnsley beat Burnley 3-2 at Oakwell to preserve a 76-year undefeated home record against the Clarets.
Ronaldo becomes the first Premier League player to win the coveted European Footballer of the Year award, since Michael Owen in 2001.
At Turf Moor, Burnley beat Arsenal 2-0 to reach the League Cup semi-final for the first time in 25 years.