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2018–19 →. The 2017–18 Premier League was the 26th season of the Premier League, the top English professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992, and the 119th season of top-flight English football overall. The season started on 11 August 2017 and concluded on 13 May 2018.
The 2017–18 Scottish Premiership (known as the Ladbrokes Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the fifth season of the Scottish Premiership, the highest division of Scottish football. The fixtures were published on 23 June 2017. [4] The season began on 5 August 2017. [5] Celtic were the defending champions.
Fixtures were played on Friday 18, Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 August 2017; replays were concluded Monday 28 August 2017. 320 teams took part in this stage of the competition: 185 winners from the extra preliminary round and 135 entering at this stage from the six leagues at Level 8 of English football; Guernsey decided not to participate in the FA Cup this season.
The 2017–18 Scottish League Cup (also known as the Betfred Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 72nd season of Scotland 's second-most prestigious football knockout competition. The format for the 2017–18 competition remained the same as that which was introduced in the previous season's competition. It began with eight groups of five teams ...
8 December – BT Sport broadcasts the Scottish League Cup for the final time. The rights transfer to Premier Sports. 2020. January – BT Sport takes over as broadcaster of U.S. professional wrestling promotion WWE. March – BT Sport shows the Scottish Professional Football League for the final time.
It was televised live in the United Kingdom on BT Sport 1, with highlights shown later that night on BBC One. The FA brought forward the kick-off time an hour earlier to avoid a fixture clash with the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 Final. Chelsea qualified for the 2017 FA Community Shield as winners of the 2016–17 Premier League.
Additionally, Real Madrid qualified to enter the group stage of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League, but since they already qualified through their league performance, the berth reserved was given to the champions of the 2017–18 Czech First League, the 11th-ranked association according to next season's access list.
In 1994 the league structure expanded to include a full rota of home and away matches for the first time. The 1994–95 season was the first to be shown live on Sky Sports, a relationship which continued until the 2013–14 season when BT Sport acquired the exclusive rights in a deal which is currently scheduled to end after the 2023–24 season.