The history of the Premier League

 

The English Premier League (EPL) is a premier league for association football teams in England. The League is managed as a corporation of which all 20 member clubs are shareholders.

Each season, the games begin in August and continue until May of the following year. Each team plays against all other teams, once at ทัวร์ลาลีกา and once away, playing 38 games in total, which translates to 380 games played mainly on weekends, with occasional games on weekdays.

The League is sponsored by Barclays Bank and is officially known as the Barclays Premier League.

The 1980s marked a low point in English football, when the infrastructure of football began to crumble, the standards of English players fell, compared to those of European players, and vandalism in football became widespread.

The lowest point was reached when English soccer teams were banned for 5 years starting in 1985. Things improved when England performed well in the 1990 World Cup, reaching the Semifinals. Furthermore, after the Hayworth tragedy, a decision was made to improve the infrastructure of stadiums in Britain.

The EPL was formed in 1992 by teams that decided to separate from the Football League, founded in 1888. Its main incentive was a television rights deal. They would also be free to negotiate their own endorsement deals.

However, television rights are sold collectively. From 1996-97 onwards, the tournament has been dominated by the big four, namely Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool. Manchester United have never appeared outside of the top three in any Premiership season.

This is the story of one of the richest soccer leagues in the world, with combined revenues exceeding $ 3 billion annually. It is also the highest rated league in Europe by UEFA, ahead of the Spanish League and Serie A in Italy.

Since 1888, 23 teams have won the soccer league. The EPL that has completed 18 seasons has had 4 winners. Manchester United have won it 11 times, Arsenal and Chelsea 3 times each, and Blackburn Rovers once.

Once the EPL was born, the relationship between the Premier League and the Football League was exactly similar to that which existed between first and second division football in the previous era.

Initially there were 22 teams. This was reduced to 20 in 1995 when four teams were relegated and only 2 teams were promoted from the Football League (now called the Championship League).

From then on, FIFA wanted all European leagues to have no more than 18 teams, a move that has been resisted by the EPL.

Of the 20 teams participating in an EPL season, the bottom three are relegated and replaced next year by the top three teams in the Champions League (finalists and third-place winners play).

The top four teams in the EPL qualify for the UEFA Champions League, with the top three entering the group stage directly.