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The original was posted on /r/soccer by /u/Cinn4monSynonym on 2023-12-31 22:59:10.
Original Title: The English Premier League’s top five are the closest that they have been going into a new calendar year since the 2001–02 campaign, with the only season since the introduction of three points for a win in 1981 where the top five were separated by fewer points on New Year’s Eve being 1981–82.