The English Football League

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[...] The English Football League Structure: The English Football Championship, founded in 1888, is the oldest professional football competition. It gathers 72 clubs from England and Wales. The competition was originally organized into three divisions: the Championship, League One, and League Two. The operations centre is located in Preston and its commercial office is in London. The FA Cup represents the annual football competition in men's domestic English football [HYPERLINK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_in_England]. Historical background: By 1885, more and more clubs were becoming professional, o [HYPERLINK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exhibition_game]rdinary matches were seen as an unreliable source of revenue. [...]

[...] In 1931, a southern club, Arsenal, won the League for the first time. In 1981, it has been decided to award three points for a win [HYPERLINK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_points_for_a_win] instead of two, a further effort to encourage attacking football. The Premier League started in 1992-1993. In 2016, the logo has been rebranded to « emphasize on the central role of the EFLat the heart of English professional football ». Until now, Manchester, Liverpool and Arsenal are the three clubs to have repeatedly won the main titles. [...]

[...] Premier League is a league with much of money involved. The television contracts are extremely expensive and it results in big revenues for the association and the clubs. The sponsorship global revenue is expected to be over Euro100 million per year. Alan Shearer holds the record of 440 goals in the Premier League. Other notable top scorers are Andy Cole (187 goals), Wayne Rooney (187 goals), Frank Lampard (177 goals), Thierry Henry (175 goals) and Michael Owen (150 goals). Henry gets an impressive 0,68 goal per match. [...]