Back to Basics: The Premier League

Let’s take a little peek into the history of the Premier League.

The Premier League was established in 1992. At the time the Premier League was founded by the FA Premier League, which comes to us as no surprise. The decision to create the Premier League was based on the fact that a lot of clubs at the time in the Football League First Division or FLFA decided to form a breakaway competition separate from the Football League. The decision came about after a deal was placed on the table. It was and still is a television rights sale which has proven to be extremely lucrative to Sky.

Sky is formally known as Sky UK Limited. The British Broadcaster and general telecommunications outfit provide many services. These services include television and broadband internet services. It also provides fixed-line and mobile telephone services to businesses and people that live within the UK.

It’s important to know that the entire idea behind the Premier League was based on trying to create more money for football. So at the end of the 1990-1991 season, a proposal was made. Within this table, it was established that a new league needed to be created.

So it was that the Founder Members Agreement document was signed on the 17th July 1991. It was signed by football’s top-flight clubs. This agreement was also used to establish the basic principles of how the FA Premier League.

This was a very smart move because it also meant that the Premier League was now able to negotiate its own broadcast and sponsorship agreements. It wasn’t just about the money but was also aimed at affording English football the opportunity to play with teams across Europe.

At the time there was a bid happening for the broadcasting rights. The bidding was taking place between Dyke and ITV, LWT was also part of the bid however they lost out because BSkyB won the bid with a whopping bid of £304 million over five years. BBC was awarded a highlights package where they were able to broadcast on the Match of the day.

Teams such as Arsenal, Manchester United, Aston Villa, Norwich City, and Chelsea just to name a few were also part of the 22 inaugural members of the New Premier League.

The League was finally able to have its first season in 1992-93 and was composed of the 22 clubs which were later reduced to 20 in the 1995-96 season. The first goal of the season was scored by Brian Dean who at the time was with Sheffield United. It was an epic 2-1 win against Manchester United.

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