Premier League
In 1992, Premier league started working on its own as limited company in Lancaster Gate as headquarters from out of office of football association’s. The premier league corporation has 20 member clubs as shareholders. Each shareholder has one vote on issues such as rule changes and contracts, through which the chairman, chief executives and board of members are selected for management of premier league. The football association has its superpower as a special shareholder to vote and elect management members and to adopt new rules. The contest among the clubs is by means of promotion and relegation. Season’s kicks-off from August to May, with each team playing 38 games.
Sponsor for Premier League
The premier league has become one of the top most football competition of English football league system. It has been ranked first for past five years due to its appreciable performance among other European competitors. It is the utmost popular and most watched sports over the worldwide by over half a billion people in 202 countries. The sponsor for the premier league is Barclays Bank hence the premier league is officially known as Barclays Premier league and Barclays Bank will continue to sponsor until 2010.
Rules of Premier League
Among 20 clubs of the premier league each club has to play others twice, once in their home stadium and once at their contestant stadium to make a total of 38 games.
For a win each team receive three points, one point for draw and no points for loss is awarded. Total points also rank the teams, then goal difference and then goal scored. The clubs that crowns highest points among the 38 matches played is announced as a champion.
If points make equality among the teams then goal differences and goal scored determines the winner. If still equality among teams occurs then they are positioned it as equal.
If there is a tie for the championship, for relegation, or for qualification to other competitions, a play-off match at a neutral venue decides rank.
The top two teams from the Championship, together with the winner of play-offs involving the third to sixth placed Championship clubs, are promoted in their place. The third lowest ranked teams are relegated into the football league championship.
UEFA champions league: The qualified top four teams enters the UEFA champions league with top three teams directly entering the group phase. The four-placed team has to clear the two-legged knockout tie for entering the group phase.
UEFA cup: The fifth, sixth and seventh placed teams can automatically qualify for UEFA cup depending on the two domestic cup competitions.
Premier League Player’s selection
Premier league has provided almost freedom in the selection of players to whatever the number of player and category of player. No age restriction other than general employment laws, no team or individual salary cap, no squad size limit. A individual foreign player — all players with EU nationality, including those able to claim an EU passport through a parent or grandparent, are eligible to play, and top players from outside the EU are able to obtain UK work permits
Barclays Premier League Teams List
Restriction on foreign player for Barclays Premier League
The countries other than Non – European union players such as Belgium and Portugal has player registrations rules restrictive than those of other football league but if the club wishes to sign a Non - European then the player must have played for his country in at least 75% of its competitive ‘A’ team matches for which player has available for selection during the previous two years, and his country must have averaged at least 70th place in the official FIFA world rankings over the previous two years.
If any of the criteria fails then the club has a chance to appeal if they believe that he possess a special talent to contribute a significant development of the game in UK.
Symbolization of Trophy
Trophy is designed using Asprey & Garrard using sterling silver for the body, and malachite. Malachite is a green stone, used to represent the green field. There is a lion above each handle. In all, the trophy weighs almost 25 kilograms. The two lions, along with the captain of the winning team symbolize the traditional 3 lion symbol that is associated with British football.
Champions of premier league
The title winners of premier league champions since from 1992-2008 among 42 clubs are Manchester United, Blackburn Rovers, Arsenal, and Chelsea are the Prominent winners of Premier league titles.
- Blackburn Rovers had won its first premier league title in 1994-1995.
- Arsenal had won its third premier league title in 2003-2004.
- Chelsea had won its second premier league title in 2005-2006.
- Manchester United had won tenth premier league title in 2007-2008.
The current champion Manchester United had won by playing 38 matches among which 27 matches won, 5 matches lost and 6 drawn, which leads to 87 points for championship title of 2007-2008.
The success of these four teams advancement is popularly referred as “BIG FOUR”. Since the Big Four clubs have finished in the first four positions for the last three years they have qualified for the last four seasons of the of champions league to receive the financial benefits especially for increasing revenue which has developed a gap among the rest of the premier league clubs.
Goals achieved in Premier League
Manchester United and Arsenal are the only teams to reach a 1,000-goal mark. As Cristiano Ronaldo scored goal in a 4-1 defeat by 2005-2006 seasons, the Manchester United became the first team to reach the 1,000 goals mark in the premier league football. Arsenal has followed the Manchester United.
Gray Speed of Sheffield united and Manchester United Ryan Giggs, both former captains of the wale’s national football team have scored in all 16 Premier league seasons.
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