List of sports teams in Great Britain

They also need to decrease the disparity of payments between each league which will increase the revenue to the clubs and introduce a salary effective cap on all salaries to all players across each division. Players in the top leagues generate a far greater income from image rights and social media advertising (see CR7's salary from each).

Also a bigger financial incentive should be given in cups matches where a lower league team beats higher opposition.

That for starters would help level the playing field and increase revenues directly by the football league. There are ways and means for a greater injection of prize money to the clubs but the FA would rather see the premier league expanded than look at lower league and grassroots football.

EE Arena, Swansea - 15,000
 * Programmes – Instead, produce a simple 12-16 page stapled programme with a word from the manager, who the opposition is, brief overview of the week, last match report, season stats and team names on back. Cheaper to put together and print, and will sell more if priced at £1.
 * Stadium Big Screen - Travel information, hygiene information, replay of incidents, VAR review, Score with timekeeping, Real-time substitution animations (highlight changes with the click of a button), Live match stats (corners, possession, shots on target delivered in real time), Team lineup (with photos), show latest scores from other matches, minute silence, birthday messages, total attendance, No Room For Racism (Ball) (Football League)



Stadio della Roma

International
1-They also play Liberty Stadium in Swansea and Racecourse Ground in Wrexham.

Rangers administration
On 13 February 2012, Rangers filed legal papers at the Court of Session giving notice of their intention to appoint administrators. Rangers officially entered administration on the following day, appointing London-based financial advisers Duff & Phelps as administrators. Rangers entered administration over an alleged non-payment of £9m in PAYE and VAT taxes to HM Revenue and Customs. Though Rangers avoided having Celtic win the championship at Ibrox on 25 March by winning the game 3–2, Rangers ultimately finished 10 points behind Celtic in 2nd place. A failure then to submit accounts for 2011 meant the club was not granted a licence to play in European football in season 2012–13. In April it was revealed that the club's total debts could be as high as £134m. Many players left the club at the end of the 2011–12 to alleviate funds.

On 13 May it was revealed that Whyte sold his controlling interest in The Rangers Football Club Plc for £2 to a consortium led by Charles Green. Green offered the creditors a settlement, in the form of a company voluntary arrangement (CVA), in an attempt to exit administration, this was granted, unsecured creditors (including HMRC) will be paid 25% of the money owed, saving the club from liquidation and keeping the club in the SPL. The move needed the approval of 75% of voters, but could not be endorsed on Friday after a marathon 6 hours of talks. Eventually, the move was approved after a vote of 75.02%, this was eventually ratified by the SFA and SPL. However the SPL handed them a 30 points deduction, starting the 2012–13 season on -30 points due to entering the season in administration and breaching financial rules, the SFA handed them a 1-year transfer ban and fine of £250,000. Then manager Ally McCoist had to essentially start almost from scratch. Rangers would finish bottom of 2012–13 SPL and suffered a double defeat against rivals Celtic 5-0 at Celtic Park and 5-1 at Ibrox.

Rangers finished a disappointed 3rd the following season (2013–14) in the Scottish Second Division and were knocked out of the play-off final. They would win the Scottish First Division title the following season (2014–15) to return to the SPL. They would finish 6th in their first season back (2015–16) at the SPL and again suffered a double defeat against rivals Celtic losing 5-1 at Celtic Park and 2-0 at Ibrox. They would finish 3rd a season later (2016–17) and suffered a double defeat for the 3rd time against rivals Celtic losing 2-0 at Celtic Park and 2-3 at Ibrox.

Macclesfield Town financial issues
Macclesfield Town had previously had issues with player and staff wages not being paid on time. In early 2018, off-pitch financial issues meant players were not paid for three months, with some players threatening to boycott the Cambridge game. Six players issued a winding-up order against the club but Department for International Trade and Revenue (non-ministerial department) ruled against them saying it would 'destroy' the club's history.

However in 2018/19 players again went unpaid, seeking help from the EFL – which, in November, began a formal investigation into the club's failure to pay its players. A strike by first team players over the unpaid wages jeopardised Macclesfield's FA Cup 5th Round tie against non-league Kingstonian at the Moss Rose on 9 November 2019, but the club fulfilled the fixture, fielding 6 youth team players and 5 loanees, losing the tie 4–0 amid protests from Macclesfield supporters, many of whom boycotted the game.

As some players remained unpaid, they said they would not play in the 16 November Division 2 fixture against Mansfield Town unless paid by 6pm GMT on 15 November. Most were paid so the game went ahead. 2 weeks later, Macclesfield players again told the club's owner they would not train, or play on 7 December against Crewe Alexandra, if owed wages were not paid. The game was officially postponed on 6 December. The 21 December fixture against Plymouth Argyle was postponed due to a Moss Rose ground safety issue, as the entire security team were not paid.

By March players and coaching staff once again remained unpaid and have been so since the Mansfield Town match. Players were fed up of 'broken promises' and being unpaid despite signing professional contracts with the club and prematurely ended their contracts with Macclesfield Town. The youth team players also were unpaid and they too told the club's owner they would not train or play anymore. Mark Yates and his coaching staff all resigned, before they were suppose to play an important relegation battle against Stevenage, in frustration with the club's financial position. The Football League awarded the next 8 games to Macclesfield's opponents a 3-0 victory (the default score for a forfeit victory), Macclesfield supporters set up a hardship fund, raising over £11,000 to provide short-term financial emergency support for players and non-playing staff, Silkmen Supporters' Trust provided a loan of £10,000 to help towards the payment of players' wages. Teams from across the country also raised money that allowed Macclesfield to pay their players and remaining coaching staff. The remaining 2 games against Port Vale at Vale Park and home match against Cambridge United was played, Paul McGuire took over the final 2 games as caretaker manager in which they lost the game 5-0 and 3-0 respectively.

Macclesfield Town were officially relegated to the Vanarama Division 4 finishing bottom. They would be demoted to Division Six North West as the FA found huge problems with their finances meaning they would be 'insolvent' and unable to fulfill Division 4 fixtures, they also had to sell players to stay 'solvent', they were successful and became solvent again and able to compete in the Division Six North West, saving Macclesfield Town from liquidation

Team disciplinary
The fines should be on a pro-rata level — to restore some fairness to football’s punishment systems. The money should then be ploughed into the game at a grassroots level. It could provide more funds for an area of the game that needs them. And it could restore fairness to the game.

Administration: The Board of Directors should be removed from their positions and banned from any involvement in football for 3 years. Administrators can run the club until a more responsible BoD can be appointed to run the club in a more prudent manner. If there is evidence to prove that a football club wilfully entered administrator to gain a competitive advantage the club will be docked 12 points (9 points in the Premier League and Championship). It's felt that the governing bodies need to rethink their strategies for punishing clubs who go into administration. Ultimately the current method of punishment harms the fans, players and staff of a club, not the people who run it and are responsible for maintaining a secure financial footing

Financial irregularities: A team will be docked 6 points and fined on a pro-rata level, also the players that are part of the financial irregularities must not be used

SCMP (another source) breaches: Any club that are deemed to have breached the permitted spending threshold will be hit with a transfer embargo and must immediately select a match squad to play which complies with the rules, so they will have to drop several high earners and replace with cheaper players that in theory would be affordable. If a team commits a 2nd SCMP breach, at a point they're found guilty (i.e. the posting of the figures which highlight the breach of rules), they look at the season to that point and take the number of wins so far, and remove the value of half of the wins they have had up to that point, for example, a team has 10 wins, they are docked 15 points (May seem harsh, but they are effectively being punished for having players they can’t afford, and that lead to a breach of SCMP. So it seems only fair they aren’t allowed all of the points gained winning by cheating) they will also be fined on a pro-rata level. If a 3rd SCMP breach is committed that team is demoted to the next lower division.

Introduce the carrot as well as the stick. Replace the parachute payment by consolidating this into a financial fair play fund. Base this on a tier system, ie if you are break even or better you receive x% of the fund as a reward. Small losses can occur however you would receive a lower % of the reward fund. Anything over a certain loss would receive nothing. Fines for offending clubs could be attributed into this fund as well. Work out a system where this can be replicated through the league pyramid. A club should never be allowed to sell off their ground to support transfer ambition. Clubs should be forced to hold a majority holding in their grounds. Special dispensation should be sought for ground shares.

Match fixing: If a team is found guilty of match fixing (whether it's bribing a referee or bribing their opposing team) will result in automatic demotion and a 6 point deduction for the season after and fined on a pro-rata level. All those involved will be banned from footballing activities for life and will also be handed over to the police for an investigation of Section 42 of the Gambling Act 2005 (imprisonment for a term not exceeding 51 weeks and fined)

Fielding an ineligible player: If a team fields an ineligible player (including a suspended player) then that match will be replayed in full and the offending team will be fined on a pro-rata level. If it's not possible then the opponent will be awarded a 3-0 victory.

Pitch invasion: A pitch invasion that forces the abandonment of the match will result in the team being fined on a pro-rata level, and play the next 3 game to no home fans, away fans will be allowed inside. If a fan runs onto the pitch and attacks a player a team will be fined on a pro-rata level and forced to play their next 3 games on reduced home capacity.

Bring the game into disrepute: Any incident that brings a game into disrepute will result in the club being fined on a pro-rata level and a possible points deduction

Not fulfilling a fixture: Any match that was within control of a club that was postponed without permission will result in a 3 point deduction and fine.

Perhaps more creative policing and stewarding and normalising matchday contact would take the sting out of a venomous fixture. Good stewarding is crucial, placing the onus of protecting players on part-time employees with relatively little training is wrong however. Fine the team as well as give them a 3 points deduction and play the next game behind closed doors.

Professional Game Match Officials Limited
Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) is owned by GBFA, and the body responsible for match officials in English professional football, it was formed when English referees became professional in 2001, to provide officials for all games played in the Premier League, Championship, Football League and Football Association (FA) competitions. The organisation is funded by the FAPL, Football League, and the FA. The Select Group Referees primarily officiate in the Premier League, Championship, Football League Cup, and FA Cup and will also occasionally referee in the Football League.

Evaluation
The Select Group Referees meet 2 per month for training sessions and analysis of match videos and data.

The PGMOL have their own sports scientists, sports psychologists, physiotherapists, sprint coaches, podiatrists and vision scientists which mirror football clubs to help improve referee performance. Technology is used as an aid too: detailed performance analysis is supported by Opta, which provides statistical data on each match.

Every PGMOL referee is evaluated by a former senior referee to measure their technical performance, along with fellow players and managers (match delegates) who assess accuracy and consistency of their decision making and management of their game.

Select Groups are placed into 3 groups:


 * Select Group 1 – Officiate Premier League, Championship and the occasional Division 1, Division 2 and Division 3 matches.  Some of Select Group 1 are FIFA/UEFA referees and referee Champions League, UEFA Cup and UEFA Cup Winners Cup matches
 * Select Group 2 – Officiate Division 1 matches and occasionally Division 2 and Division 3 games.  Select Group 2 can also operate as 4th officials at Premier League or Championship matches.
 * Select Group 3 – Officiates Division 2, Division 3 matches and are occasionally 4th officials in the Championship or Division One
 * National Group – Officiate Division 4 and Division 5 matches and are occasionally 4th officials in the Division 2 or Division 3.

Player disciplinary process
Each round of a football matches, each match is reviewed in full by a member of the Panel to identify incidents which should be considered by the Panel. These incidents are then considered by the Panel on the Monday after the Saturday and Sunday games, Tuesday after Monday games and the Panel decide what action should be taken in relation to the relevant player(s).

If a Club wishes to bring any incidents of alleged misconduct to the attention of the Panel they must notify the Compliance Manager by: (a) in the case of a players, no later than 10.00am on the first working day after the incident.

The MRP members in turn run through each incident on a large TV screen in real-time. The MRP then discuss the incident in depth, with the different members of the Panel bringing their unique perspective on the matter at hand. The MRP will use all camera angles available and will watch the clips multiple times, including in slow motion, in order to come to a decision. The MRP also have access to an online archive containing clips of every offence which has been charged over the last few seasons. This assists the Panel in making consistent decisions. It is helpful to the MRP that the referees wear microphones, which allows the panel to hear the dialog between the referee, the touch judges and players. This can be particularly helpful when the MRP are trying to understand why a referee took a particular course of action during the game.

In relation to each incident the Match Review Panel consider, the Panel has the following options:


 * Charge the Player with On Field Misconduct (an “Offence”). In which case for cases graded 1-3, a Penalty Notice will be issued, or for cases graded 4-6 (or in exceptional 1-3 grade cases) the matter will be referred to the Operational Rules Tribunal for determination.

The grades and normal suspension range for each grade are listed below:


 * Caution the Player – in which case, subject to the Player’s right of appeal to an Operational Rules Tribunal, the Caution will be placed on the Player’s record
 * Decide there is no case to answer (in which case the Panel may still send the Player a warning/advice letter)

The Tribunal is independent and usually formed of 3 members. One of the members acts as the chairperson and is legally qualified, with the other members often being former professional players. The Tribunal hears evidence from the Compliance Manager on behalf of the GBFA and from the player or their representative. Hearings of the Operational Rules Tribunal (“hearings”) take place at around 5pm the day after the MRP have met.

Player response
A straight red card can be overturned if an appeal is lodged with the GBFA and a the Operational Rules Tribunal decides. In the event of a successful appeal, the suspension will be cancelled or downgrade the offence. But an unsuccessful appeal a ban can be increased by 1 a 'frivolous' appeal. Appeals can't be lodged in the event of a 2 yellow cards, apart from in cases of mistaken identity.

The ‘Chairperson will read the charges that the player has been charged with. The player or his representative will then either:


 * Admit the Offence (and the Grading of the Offence)
 * Admit the Offence and challenge the Grading of the Offence; or
 * Deny the offence

The Compliance Manager then presents the case to the Panel, including playing the footage of the incident, after which the player or his representative will present the Player’s case, which usually also includes highlighting key issues on the footage. Players “are entitled to provide further footage of the incident for which they have been charged. Footage must be submitted to the Operations department before the hearing. Footage of other incidents shall not normally be permitted.”

The Compliance Manager is then given a chance to respond to the Player’s submissions and the player or his representative will be given the opportunity to respond to the Compliance Manager’s submissions. The Player and his representative will be “given the final word".8 If the Player denies the offence was committed the Chairperson will ask the Player and his representative and the Compliance Manager to leave the room. The Chairperson and side members then discuss the evidence that has been put forward. At this point the technical expertise of the side members became apparent, as did the professional experience of the Chairperson, as a Chairperson and judge, in analysis and applying the rules of the game to give the subject of the hearing a fair hearing.

Once the decision has been reached all parties are invited back into the hearing room.

When all the parties are back in the hearing the Chairperson outlines the decision of the Tribunal. If the player is found guilty, before the Tribunal consider the relevant sanction, both parties are asked if they would like to make any further comments or present any evidence that they had not already presented that may help their case, for example, a player with a good disciplinary record will often proffer that as mitigation, whereas the Compliance Manager may submit to the Tribunal that any injury caused should be considered as an aggravating factor.

It is worth nothing that there are both mitigation factors, for example, previous good behaviour and provocation, and aggravating factors, for example, previous record, violence and retaliation, that may be taking into account when sanctioning a player.

Other notes

 * Coaches who received a direct red card will result in a 3 match touchline ban, 2 yellows for any coach will result in a 1 match touchline ban. 4 yellows = 1-match ban. 8 yellows = 2-match ban. 12 yellows = 3-match ban. 16 yellows = Misconduct charge (ban decided by hearing)
 * A team will be fined £25,000 if they received 6 or more yellow cards if the same match.
 * If more than 2 players, and/or more than 2 coaches surround a match official (mobbing) the team will be fined £20,000
 * Accumulating 10 fights in a season will result in a 1 match ban, this increase by 1 for every fight afterwards
 * A player who have been sent off refuses to leave the pitch within a reasonable time period after receiving a red card will have his ban increased by 1.
 * Accumulating 5 yellow cards in a season will result in a 1 match ban. 2 match ban for 10 yellow cards and a 3 match ban for 15 yellow card. In the unlikely event that a player receives 20 yellow cards they will suffer the humiliation of being forced to attend a special hearing at the FA to discuss their conduct.
 * Accumulating 5 red cards in a season will result in an increased 1 match ban, 10 red cards his ban will increased by 2, 15 red cards his ban will increased by 3. 20 red cards in a season will result in a global ban of more than 3 months.
 * Club red cards are completely separate from international red cards. No cards received at club level will result in an international ban and vice-versa. However, Fifa do have the power to enforce a global ban.

FA Sports Court
If there's disagreements between a player and a club, disagreements over the Co-Ownership fee, the case goes to the or want to appeal the result. The committee also determines the amount of compensation a football club should receive when a player contracted to that club is expected to join another English club.

It consists of an independent Chairman and members appointed by the FAPL (Premier League and Championship), The Football League (as applicable), the Professional Footballers' Association and the League Managers' Association.

The regulations set out that the following cost can be included in determining compensation:


 * Any cost incurred by either Club in operating a Football Academy or Centre of Excellence including (without limitation) the cost of providing for players attending thereat
 * Living accommodation
 * Training and playing facilities
 * Scouting, coaching, administrative and other staff
 * Education and welfare requirements
 * Playing and training strip and other clothing
 * Medical and first aid facilities
 * Friendly and competitive matches and overseas tours
 * Any other cost incurred by either Club directly or indirectly attributable to the training and development of players including any fee referred to in Regulation.

Owner and Directors Test
The GBFA looks to make sure some kind of proof of funds and business structure is presented, that there is always an element of fan ownership and that stadiums must be held as separate entity in trust to the element of fan ownership so the club always has its major asset regardless of how fluid or not the finances are. In general, a businessman will fail the test if:


 * They have power or influence over another Football League club
 * They hold a significant interest in another Football League club
 * They become prohibited by law from being a director
 * They are filing for bankruptcy
 * They have been director of a club while it has suffered two or more unconnected events of insolvency
 * They have been a director of two or more clubs of which, while they have been director, has suffered an event of insolvency

League sponsorship
Since 1983 the League has accepted lucrative sponsorships for its main competition. Below is a list of sponsors and the League's name under their sponsorship:

==Division One (Trophy)==

Reason for nickname

 * 1) Birmingham City: Keep Right On to the End of the Road. "Keep Right On" by The Team of '91
 * 2) Bolton Wanderers: "The Bolton Wanderers Anthem"
 * 3) Burton Albion: "Burton on Trent is wonderful"
 * 4) Ipswich Town: "Come On The Town" by The Ballistics
 * 5) Sunderland: "Overture" by Wax Poetik

== Division Two (Trophy) ==

Reason for nickname
== Division Three (Trophy) == Diversion


 * Stadium:MK is placed where Quadrant:MK is (also where the former National Hockey Stadium is). Quadrant:MK replaces where the actual Stadium:MK

Reason for nickname
== Division Four (Trophy) == Why Barnet's IRL badge needs redesign

Salford City = Salford City Supporters (30%), Gary Neville (10%), Phil Neville (10%), Ryan Giggs (10%), Nicky Butt (10%), Paul Scholes (10%), David Beckham (10%) and Paul Lim (10%)

North
Vacant road on St. James Road will be a recreational playing field

Play-offs
In the quarter-finals, the 5th placed team vs. the 8th placed team and the 6th placed team vs. 7th placed team. The 3rd and 4th placed team enter the semis. In the quarters and semis are at the home ground of the team that finished higher in the final league table, if there’s no winner after 70 minutes then it goes into extra time, if still there’s no winner the higher placed team (home team) goes through. For the Football League Division 1 play-off final is held at Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. Division 2 and 3 is at Old Trafford in Manchester (home to Manchester United). Division 4 and 5 is at the highest-placed team's home ground

Football League play-off trophy, Football League playoff logo. Football League playoff programme

Division 4 play-off trophy. Division 4 logo

Division 5 (North & South) play-off trophy. Division 5 playoff logo

Division Six (Trophy)
Carshalton Athletic

Ossett United

== Division Seven (Trophy) == Albion Rovers

Banbury United-The Puritans-Traditionally in the town's history, many inhabitants were strongly involved in the Puritan movement

Bracknell Town-The Royals-Play in the Royal County of Berkshire

Chippenham-The Hunters-The town of Chippenham had a royal hunting lodge under Alfred the Great

Corby Town-The Scots-Corby was at one time known locally as "Little Scotland" due to the large number of Scottish workers who came to Corby for its steelworks.

Chorley-The Cotton Army-Chorley was a vital cotton town with many mills littering the skyline up to the late twentieth century.

Corinthian-Casuals-The Gentlemen-Corinthian F.C. and Casuals F.C. were both famed for its ethos of "sportsmanship, fair play, and playing for the love of the game". Corinthian Spirit, still understood as the highest standard of sportsmanship, is often associated with the side. This spirit was famously summed up in their attitude to penalties; "As far as they were concerned, a gentleman would never commit a deliberate foul on an opponent. So, if a penalty was awarded against the Corinthians, their goalkeeper would stand aside, lean languidly on the goalpost and watch the ball being kicked into his own net. If the Corinthians themselves won a penalty, their captain took a short run-up and gave the ball a jolly good whack, chipping it over the crossbar."

East Fife

Edinburgh City

Evesham United-The Barons-One of the two main battles of England's Second Barons' War took place near the town, marking the victory of Prince Edward, who later became King Edward I.

Hayes & Yeading United-The Missioners-Hayes F.C. (who merged with Yeading F.C.) were formed in 1909 by Eileen Shackle, who wished to create a club to encourage boys to participate in sport as well as encourage their religious convictions.

Herney Bay

Ilkeston-The Chieftain-Ilkeston gets its name from its supposed founder, Elch or Elcha, who was an Anglian chieftain ("Elka's Tun" = Elka's Town)

Grays Athletic-The Gravelmen

Northwich Victoria-Victoria Stadium (capacity: 5,045)

Redcar Town - The Lifeboats

Weymouth

Whitby Town

== Division Eight (Trophy) == Cowdenbeath F.C.-The Miners-Cowdenbeath FC at that time, surrounded by several of mines one of which stood right next to Central Park (The No. 7 pit), the town of Cowdenbeath was also an important mining town.

Goole-The Dutch-Dutch civil engineer Cornelius Vermuyden diverted the River Don northwards to the River Ouse in 1626–1629, to drain the marshland of Hatfield Chase at the behest of King Charles I. It made the new lower Don – known as the Dutch River – navigable for barges, so that coal from the South Yorkshire Coalfield could be transported to the new confluence, for transfer to seagoing vessels. There the engineers built a new wooden bridge – rebuilt in iron in the 1890s, and now known as the Dutch River Bridge – where to its east formed a new village called "Goole".

County Leagues
Fort William

Ireland
Linfield

Glentoran F.C.-The Oval (8,000) (exterior)

DEVATIONS

 * Dwight Yorke starts his Aston Villa career in 1980 he would be instrumental in European Cup success in 1982, he would join Man Utd to replace Mark Hughes (who left for Barcelona in 1986) for 4 season from 1986 until 1990 (1986/87 scored 16 goals in 34 apps becoming top goalscorer) before joining Blackburn Rovers in 1990, Birmingham City in 1992 and Sunderland in 1994 before retiring, he would later become a coach.
 * Andy Cole starts is career in 1979 at Arsenal before joining Bristol City in 1982 and then Newcastle United a year later. He would then join Manchester United in 1985 until 1991 (Cole's first 2 season with Manchester United proved to be difficult, as Cole struggled to find his trademark form and was badgered by fans and critics alike across much of the season for only scoring 14 times and missing many chances, McClair would be used with Yorke instead) in his last season 1990/91 he would be joint top league goal scorer with Brian McClair (13 goals) before being sold to Blackburn Rovers, he would join Fulham in 1994, Man City in 1995, Portsmouth in 1996 and Sunderland in 1997 all lasting for only a season before retiring, he would later join Sky Sports as a pundit.
 * Peter Davenport would stay at Nottm Forest until 1988, he never joins Man Utd
 * Man Utd sign Paul Gascoigne for £2.2 million in 1988 from Newcastle United
 * Man Utd signed Alan Shearer for a world record transfer fee of £15 million from Newcastle United in 1996 (he never went to Southampton or Blackburn Rovers). Alan Shearer scored 25 goals in 31 apps becoming Man Utd's and Premier League's top goalscorer of the season as Utd went onto to complete a treble (UCL, FA Cup and Premier League), next season (1997-98) he would score 18 goals in 33 apps, 1998-99 he would score 20 goals in 32 apps, 1999-2000 23 goals in 37 apps, 2000-01 15 goals in 29 apps (missing 9 games due to a groan injury), 2001-02 23 goals in 32 apps, 2002-03 17 goals in 35 apps, 2003-04 20 goals in 32 apps. However in his final 2 seasons he would have less appearances as Fergie signed Rooney and Louie Saha and Rooney would used with Van Nistelrooy. Shearer snapping his right anterior cruciate ligament in 2004-05 and suffered a tear to the medial collateral ligament in his final season 2005-06 thus decided to retire from football in the process. In matches against Newcastle he received an ovation and Shearer every time he score against Newcastle, he never celebrated against them.
 * Van Nistelrooy scores 24 goals in 37 apps in 2001-02, 22 goals in 37 apps in 2003-04.
 * Liverpool win the FA Cup 1996
 * Ole Gunnar Solskjær would stay at Molde for another season before joining Man Utd for £1.5m in 1997, Erik Nevland never joins Man Utd
 * Teddy Sheringham stays at Tottenham until the end of the 2001/02 before join Portsmouth, Spurs would sign Robbie Keane to replace him
 * Les Ferdinand stays at Newcastle (top goalscorer with 18 in 1996/97), suffered a ankle ligament injury sustained in a pre-season match at Goodison Park, restricted Les to just 2 goals in 17 games in the 1997–98 season. His injury was reflected in the club's form, and Newcastle finished just 13th in the Premier League. He would stay injury-free the season after and score 14 goals in 21 apps.
 * Ian Rush stays at Leeds Utd in 1997/98
 * Edwin van der Sar joins Man Utd in 1999 (1999-2000) before leaving 2001 (2001-02) to join Juventus, he would later re-join Man Utd in 2005 (for the 2005/06). Fabien Barthez joined Man Utd in 2001 (2001-02) before re-join Marseille in 2004 (2004-05). In 2004-05 Tim Howard would start more games than Roy Carroll.
 * Steven Gerrard joins Chelsea in 2004/05 for £32 million.
 * Michael Essien, Tiago (stay in Benfica), Lassana Diarra (joining Arsenal instead then join Portsmouth) and Steve Sidwell (staying in Reading for another season) all never sign for Chelsea
 * Micheal Essien signs for Man Utd, Park Ji-sung signs for Liverpool both in 2005
 * Raul Meireles stays at Liverpool for another season.
 * Eric Cantona started in 2016 as a Welshman rather than a Frenchman in the 1990s

Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL)
South Conference

North Conference
 * 1) Aberdeen Lynx-P&J Live (capacity: 15,000)
 * 2) Basingstoke Bison-Silverdome Arena (capacity: 2,000)
 * 3) Belfast Giants-Odyssey Arena (capacity: 10,000)
 * 4) Cardiff Devils-Millennium Arena (capacity: 17,500)-Entrance song: Dakota
 * 5) Coventry Blaze-Skydome (capacity: 3,000)
 * 6) Dublin Rams
 * 7) Dundee Stars-Dundee Ice Arena (capacity: 2,300)
 * 8) Edinburgh Capitals-Murrayfield Ice Rink (capacity: 3,800)
 * 9) Fife Flyers-Fife Ice Arena (capacity: 4,500)
 * 10) Glasgow Clan-Braehead Arena (capacity: 5,200)
 * 11) Guildford
 * 12) Hull Pirates-Hull Arena (capacity: 3,750)
 * 13) London Knights-Wembley Arena (capacity: 12,500)
 * 14) Leeds Chiefs-First Direct Arena (capacity: 13,781)
 * 15) Manchester Storm-Manchester Arena (capacity: 23,500)-Win horn: Wonderwall
 * 16) Milton Keynes Thunder-Bladerunner Arena (capacity: 3,000)
 * 17) Newcastle Vipers-Utilita Arena (capacity: 11,000)
 * 18) Nottingham Panthers-National Ice Centre (capacity: 7,500)
 * 19) Telford Tigers-Telford Ice Rink  (capacity:
 * 20) Sheffield Steelers-FlyDSA Arena (capacity: 13,600)
 * 21) Swansea Cobras-Barclays Centre (capacity: 15,000) (NB: In Mariner Street car park)

Other
England Netball - The Roses