Category Archives: Premier League

First Friday game of new season- United v Southampton at Old Trafford

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The first Friday game of the new Premier League season takes place tonight as Southampton travel to Old Trafford to take on Manchester United. Jeff Stelling and Rachel Riley will be hosting the Friday Night Football Show on Sky, who will be showing ten Friday games this season as part of a new rights deal inked with the Premier League.

United v Southampton is the first of those, with Chelsea’s home clash against Liverpool (September 16) being the next one in line. Paul Pogba is expected to make his first appearance for the Red Devils following his record switch from Juventus.

The new PL television rights deal is worth a staggering £5.1bn (effectively worth £30.4m per game), a whopping ten fold increase over the £3m per game paid by Sky when the league began back in 1992 Continue reading →

Most Disliked/Hated Premier League clubs 2016- as voted for by supporters of rival teams

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Chelsea are the most disliked Premier League club, a online survey by the Manchester Evening News and its sister properties have revealed. The poll asked supporters of Premier League clubs to list which teams they disliked/hated the most, and Chelsea topped the list. The Manchester duo of United and City were 2nd and 4th respectively, with Liverpool in third. Arsenal were fifth and Spurs sixth, but Stoke were a somewhat surprise entry at 7th, presumably due to Tony Pulis’ style of play.

The least disliked (or the most liked) club was Bournemouth, while last season’s champions Leicester were everyone’s second most liked club. Continue reading →