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1992. ( 1992) –. present. ( present) Gillette Labs Soccer Saturday is a weekly television programme broadcast on Sky Sports in the United Kingdom and Scotland during the football season. The programme updates viewers on the progress of association football games in the United Kingdom on Saturday afternoons and is presented by Simon Thomas.
The English Football League Championship, known simply as the Championship in England and for sponsorship purposes as Sky Bet Championship, [ 1] is the highest division of the English Football League (EFL) and second-highest overall in the English football league system, after the Premier League, and is currently contested by 24 clubs.
2017–18 →. The 2016–17 EFL Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the first season of the EFL Championship under its current name, and the twenty-fifth season under its current league structure. Newcastle United were crowned the champions and were promoted to Premier League after just one season ...
The first Monday Night Football game broadcast was between Manchester City and Queens Park Rangers on 17 August 1992, which ended in a 1–1 draw. [1] To give the broadcasts a different look to Sky's Super Sunday strand, the broadcaster introduced the "Sky Strikers", a dance troupe similar to American cheerleaders. [2]
2025 →. The English Football League play-offs for the 2023–24 season (referred to as the Sky Bet Play-Offs for sponsorship reasons) were held in May 2024 with all finals being staged at Wembley Stadium in London . The play-offs began in each league with two semi-finals which were played over two legs. The teams who finished in 3rd to 6th ...
As with the end to the previous season, the season was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in games being played behind closed doors.However, on 19 September 2020, two matches in the division, between Norwich City and Preston North End at Carrow Road, and between Middlesbrough and Bournemouth at The Riverside Stadium, were held in front of 1,000 spectators, as part of EFL pilots.
Peterborough United 2–3 Swansea City. (16 March 2022)[ 1] Total attendance. 9,310,401 [ 2] Average attendance. 16,867 [ 2] ← 2020–21. 2022–23 →. The 2021–22 EFL Championship (referred to as the Sky Bet Championship for sponsorship reasons) was the 6th season of the EFL Championship under its current title and the 30th season under ...
The play-offs were introduced to the English Football League in 1987 and have been staged at the conclusion of every season since. The first three play-off seasons saw the finals also being conducted over two legs, on a home-and-away basis. Since 1990 the winners of each division's play-off competition have been determined in a one-off final.