In my second blog I am going to be talking to you about one of the most famous leagues in the world, the Premier League.
The Premier League is the top league in England. It consists of twenty teams- 19 teams from England and 1 team from Wales. The competition was formed in 1992 when each club decided to leave the English Football League, which was founded in 1888 and start a new league. This meant that they would be able to benefit from the tv rights deals making a much better profit.
At the start of the premier league era, the table was dominated by four clubs known as the 'big four'. These teams finished in the top four of the league year upon year taking all four Champions League spots between them. They were Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea. However this changed in the 2011/12 season when Manchester City became the first team outside of the big four to win the premier league since 1994/95 season. This change also saw Tottenham Hotspur finish inside the top four in both the 2015/16 and 2016/17 seasons coming third and the second. Now this group is know as the big six and consists of the former big with the addition for Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur.
What sets the Premier League apart from every other league in the world is the huge rivalries to win the prized trophy. In most other leagues there are only a few teams in the running to win the trophy but in the Premier League there are a much bigger group of teams in contention to win the trophy. There is also the fact that anything can happen in the Premier league as Leister showed in the 2015/16 season, winning the league against all the odds. After nearly being relegated in the season before Leicester City produced a magical season earning them the right to lift the Premier League trophy. These are just some of the reason the Premier League is the most popular league in world football.
Friday, 26 January 2018
Thursday, 25 January 2018
My introduction
Hello. This is my first blog and over the course of the next five blogs I am going to be talking to you about the geography of football. I will focus on the top four leagues in Europe- The Premier League (England), La Liga (Spain), The Bundesliga (Germany) and Ligue 1 (France).
Firstly I am going to talk about football in general. Football is the most popular sport in the world. There are over 200 FIFA registered countries that play football.
The rules were first drawn up in England in 1863 and these rules still control the game today. The game today is controlled by Fédération Internationale de Football Association or more commonly know as FIFA. FIFA are responsible for organising the major competitions in football such as the world cup, which is held every four years. This is footballs most popular competition with around 28 billion people watching around the world.
Football is a changing game, with new technology changing it for the better. Goal line technology was added in 2013 making it easier for the officials to see whether a ball had crossed the line when challenged with difficult circumstances. Edin Dzeko was the first player in the premier league to have his goal awarded by the new technology.
Even more recent is VAR. This is video assistance for the referees and will be used to make sure the referees decisions are the correct ones.
All of these changes can only be good for football and its advance.
Firstly I am going to talk about football in general. Football is the most popular sport in the world. There are over 200 FIFA registered countries that play football.
The rules were first drawn up in England in 1863 and these rules still control the game today. The game today is controlled by Fédération Internationale de Football Association or more commonly know as FIFA. FIFA are responsible for organising the major competitions in football such as the world cup, which is held every four years. This is footballs most popular competition with around 28 billion people watching around the world.
Football is a changing game, with new technology changing it for the better. Goal line technology was added in 2013 making it easier for the officials to see whether a ball had crossed the line when challenged with difficult circumstances. Edin Dzeko was the first player in the premier league to have his goal awarded by the new technology.
Even more recent is VAR. This is video assistance for the referees and will be used to make sure the referees decisions are the correct ones.
All of these changes can only be good for football and its advance.
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