Corruption in English football?

Stephen230 said:
I’m not sure if it’s ever been officially recognised but I think it’s always been a given by most people that the TV companies have an input hasn’t it?

I don’t think anybody has ever claimed it’s totally random either have they? Long before Sky TV existed, City would always play Liverpool or Everton on Boxing Day and United would play the other one. That clearly wasn’t random. We also seemed more often than not to play United in September and then again round about March I think. Again, clearly not random.

One thing that does interest me is why would Sky not want City V Liverpool as the last game? I would have thought they would absolutely want that, hoping it would be a shoot out for the title?
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Things like local games on Boxing Day and Easter were planned for years for fans because travelling on public transport was difficult so fans didn't have to travel that far. This was all stopped in the mid / late 80's when the police didn't want to be dragging all their resources into work on public holidays.
The police also have a say in fixtures. They prefer no games in Nottingham when the Goose Fair is on...... in West London when the Notting Hill Carnival is on.....
They don't want the rags and Liverpool away in the same part of the country (not much of an issue now as games can be split Saturday / Sunday)

Clubs can also request certain dates they want to be home - the rags are always at home the nearest Saturday to February 6th for example.
 
117 M34 said:
Little bit before my time as I was very young when the arsenal v Liverpool game happened.
Were they the 2 favourites for the title at the start of the season?
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From memory, Arsenal were a little bit cheeky at the time. The league offered any teams the opportunity to postpone their next one or two games. I’m assuming Liverpool and Forest, although I can’t actually remember that for certain. But Arsenal had been going through a little drop in form before the semi and took the league up on their offer for no other reason really and then came back all guns blazing after their little break.
 
Trevor Morley's Tache said:
Just MUCH better at covering it up.
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Dont think the premier league needs to be clever. It's big money. Other clubs wont rock the boat it's not in their interests. The press/media wont say anything for the same reason. The refs wont say anything for the same reason

The two red tops have football in their pockets
 
RayCTID said:
The Premier League isn't any different to Serie A in terms of it.
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Correct and why should it be, if anything there's that much more money in the PL that it would be surprising if it wasn't worse in some ways. Northern Europeans have a habit of looking down their noses at Mediterranean countries for being bent but in practice we're just better at putting a veneer of respectability on things.
 
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