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The only other team to have scored nine times in a match are Tottenham Hotspur, in their 9–1 victory over Wigan Athletic at White Hart Lane on 22 November 2009. This game boasts the record of total number of goals scored in one half of Premier League football (nine), and by one team in one half of Premier League football (eight, by Tottenham).
This is a list of media commentators and writers in the United Kingdom on the sport of Association football. A number of football players have had a second career as writers or commentators. However, many commentators never played the game at a professional level such as Dale Rowlinson and Gaz Mallachan, yet they have gone on to become famous names associated with the game.
List of match-fixing incidents. Match fixing is when the outcome of a match in organized sports has been manipulated. The reason for fixing a match includes ensuring a certain team advances or gambling. Match fixing is seen as one of the biggest problems in organized sports and is considered as a major scandal.
From 1893–1898, a form of play-offs known as test matches were used to decide promotion and relegation between the two divisions of the Football League. Initially they were direct ties between two teams, but from 1896 a round-robin format was used. In the 1898 test matches, earlier results meant Stoke and Burnley went into the final test ...
The English football champions are the winners of the top level league in English men's football, which since the 1992–93 season has been called the Premier League. Following the codification of professional football by the Football Association in 1885, [ 1 ] the Football League was established in 1888, after meetings initiated by Aston Villa director William McGregor . [ 2 ]
The 2023–24 Premier Leaguewas the 32nd season of the Premier Leagueand the 125th season of top-flightEnglish football overall. The season began on 11 August 2023, and concluded on 19 May 2024. [2][3][4][5] Manchester City, the defending champions, won their fourth consecutive title, the first men's team to do so.
The 2019–20 Premier League was the 28th season of the Premier League, the top English professional football league, since its establishment in 1992, and the 121st season of top-flight English football overall. The season started on 9 August 2019 and concluded on 26 July 2020. [ 1] Manchester City were the defending champions for the second ...
Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) is the body responsible for refereeing games in English professional football. Formerly known as the Professional Game Match Officials Board ( PGMOB ), the PGMOL was formed when English referees became professional in 2001, to provide officials for all games played in the Premier League , English Football League (EFL) and Football Association ...