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About Premiership Football

Published at 02/12/2012 08:26:55

Introduction

One of the most played sport in the world is football. It is the main sport of many European countries. It is not only played by most people in the world, it also is the most watched and followed sport as well. It is played by almost 200 countries in the world. It is a fairly simple game to learn. The reason why it is called football is because of the usage of only the feet while moving the ball around. There are 11 players on each team that have to present on the field. There can be up to 3 substitutions during the game in which a player from the bench replaces another on the field. Football is played internationally as well as on local club levels. International games are played rarely compared to the number of club level matches during the entire year. There are many numbers of clubs in different countries, the more popular ones being in Europe, hosts local championships, and some international championships on club level. Premiership Football Championship or the Premier League is one of the most followed championships in club level football.

History

About Premiership Football

Premiership Football Championship or the Premier League was formed in 1992 when after the continuous downfall of the English clubs in the media, and club bans, it was decided to form an association would be independent from the rest if the associations. During that time other popular leagues in Italy and Spain were among the top leagues and players were moving to other non-English clubs for better games and more money.

Features

Since its birth 1992, Manchester United has won a total of 12 games in the time while Arsenal and Chelsea share the second place with 3 Premiership Football titles. The format of the Premiership Football or Premier League is that of a round robin system. There are 20 clubs part of the Premiership Football and those 20 clubs have to play against the other 19 clubs twice, home and away. This results in a total of 38 games. There are no final or semi finals, or even a knock out. The number of matches the teams play is fixed irrespective to the losses. In the end the points that each team receive depending on either a win, which is 3 points, a draw, which is 1 point and a loss that is awarded no points, are totaled and the leading team wins the Premiership football title. The FA cup is organized under the banner of Premiership Football. The managers of the clubs in the Premiership Football also have an important role in the success of a club. Alex Ferguson is the manager of the leading champions Manchester United. Ryan Giggs is one of leading players who have participated in the Premiership Football for the most number of matches played.

Tips and comments

It should be understood that since every club plays with every club, it makes it difficult for the smaller clubs to rise up, since the championship is lead by Manchester United, Arsenal, Norwich and Manchester City. These top teams are usually the favorites to the championship.

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