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More than half of Premier League clubs could have played in empty stadiums and still made a pre-tax profit in the first season of the current broadcast deal, BBC research has found.

In 2016-17, during which clubs benefited from a record £8.3bn in global TV revenue, matchday income contributed less than 20p in every £1 earned by 18 top-flight outfits.

The number of clubs that would have …

I'll try and man this thread during 2015, OK?!!


light relief ...

Now you know!

Gone are the days when heading the football was akin to heading a lump of concrete, but now this is a complete new departure, if activated. Obviously safety is so important but this would be a huge change - with a ‘less competitive’ nature of football, would people just start to lose interest?


See here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/45110282

EFL Team Of The Week after the first games. Is your team's player in the team?

So the EFL have decided this season will see the trail of managers being able to recieve yellow and red cards, rather than just being sent to the stands. 

Yellows will be shown for bottle kicking, undermining the ref and sarcasm! Every fourth yellow card a manager recieves over the season will see them gain an extended ban and possibly fine. 

Reds will be for violent conduct, spitting and …

Things to watch out for in Championship

a good read:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2018/jul/28/football-league-2018-19-20-things-watch-out-for-championship-league-one-two