Today in 1992, The English Premiership was born, roaring on to television screens. It contained the same teams as the previous year, mostly the same players and administrators, but SKY threw onto our screens and papers, flashy graphics, cheerleaders and huge amounts of "dosh" at the game. The BBC and ITV showed highlights and the occasional live games, the new regime had more live matches than you could shake a stick at!
Brian Deane became the first player to score a Premiership goal, opening the score after only 5 minutes in Sheffield United's 2-1 win over Manchester United. The Red Devils picked themselves up thoulgh and won the first Premier League tiltle 9 months later.
The competition was founded as the FA Premier League on 20 February 1992, following the decision of First Division (the top-tier league from 1888 until 1992) clubs to break away from the English Football League. However, teams may still be relegated to and promoted from the EFL Championship. The Premier League takes advantage of a £5 billion television rights deal, with Sky and BT Group securing the domestic rights to broadcast 128 and 32 games, respectively. This deal will rise to £6.7 billion for the four seasons from 2025 to 2029. The league is projected to earn $7.2 billion in overseas TV rights from 2022 to 2025. The Premier League is a corporation managed by a chief executive, with member clubs acting as shareholders. Clubs were apportioned central payment revenues of £2.4 billion in 2016-17, with a further £343 million in solidarity to EFL clubs.
The Premier League is the most-watched sports league in the world, broadcast in 212 territories to 643 million homes, with a potential TV audience of 4.7 billion people.
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