Premier League

Old rivalries renewed this weekend as football delivers red hot matches

09-Mar-2018 By Stuart Stone

The latest instalments of the two most heated, trophy laden, rivalries in British football play-out this weekend.

Make or break time for Kell Brook and Arsene Wenger

02-Mar-2018 By Stuart Stone

Both former welterweight world champion Brook, and beleaguered Arsenal manager Wenger will look to put damaging back-to-back defeats behind them this weekend.

Spotlight: Premier League broadcasting rights

26-Feb-2018 By Stuart Stone

As broadcasters snap up viewing rights in the regular merry-go-round of sports packages, what will it mean for pubs?

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March fixture focus: Premier League top four take centre stage

26-Feb-2018 By MA Editorial

Rivalries old and new line-up in an action-packed month of televised live sport in March.

Carabao and Calcutta cups up for grabs this weekend

23-Feb-2018 By Stuart Stone

Both Carabao and Calcutta cups will be contested this weekend while Britain’s largest ever contingent of winter Olympians challenge for medals in the last two days of the Pyeongchang games.

Sky and BT win Premier League TV rights: what it means for pubs

14-Feb-2018 By Stuart Stone

After a five day auction, Sky and BT Sport have agreed to pay £4.464bn to broadcast Premier League matches for three seasons from 2019/20 after five of the seven available packages were awarded.

What sports pubs need to know about the January transfer window

01-Feb-2018 By Tommy Leighton

Another transfer window closes and another batch of players wind their way to pitches new. So, which Premier League clubs have made an inspired January swoop to guarantee glory or secure safety and which have succumbed to the multi-million pound temptation...

How will your pub cope when a big tech company makes a sports deal?

31-Jan-2018 By Stuart Stone

The Morning Advertiser spoke to MatchPint co-founder Dom Collingwood to discuss what the likes of Amazon and Facebook competing for sports broadcasting rights could mean for pubs.

Sky Sports reveals 'bumper year of sport' for pubs

29-Jan-2018 By Georgina Townshend

Sky Sports is delivering a "bumper year of sport" for licensees in 2018, including the second half of the Premier League, the NFL Super Bowl, Formula 1 and darts.

The NFL’s final four fight to reach Super Bowl LII

19-Jan-2018 By Stuart Stone

Make the most of this Sunday night’s American football action as the New England Patriots, Jacksonville Jaguars, Philadelphia Eagles and Minnesota Vikings contest divisional finals to reach this year’s 52nd Super Bowl in Minneapolis.

Could Liverpool be the side to end City’s unbeaten season?

12-Jan-2018 By Stuart Stone

Manchester City will need to put an abysmal Anfield record behind them this weekend if they’re to extend their unbeaten Premier League run.

Big guns enter the FA Cup's third round

05-Jan-2018 By Stuart Stone

Last season’s FA cup finalists Arsenal and Chelsea, winners and runners-up respectively, return to the competition this weekend against lower league opposition.

Potential speed bump for runaway Premier League leaders

15-Dec-2017 By Stuart Stone

Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City host a resurgent Tottenham Hotspur in this weekend’s stand-out sporting fixture.

How will new Premier League football rights deal affect pubs?

08-Dec-2017 By Stuart Stone

After the Premier League issued its tender document for television rights yesterday (7 December), it has been revealed that more Saturday night and midweek football fixtures will be screened live between 2019 and 2022 with full sets of fixtures made available...

Potentially pivotal weekend in the Premier League title race

08-Dec-2017 By Stuart Stone

The latest chapters in local rivalries from the north-west steal this weekend’s limelight with Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City hoping to stretch their lead over United to 11 points before Christmas.