Saturday Afternoon Premiership

Judge warns pubs over foreign satellite football

08-Jun-2006 By Tony Halstead

A judge has slammed misleading press reports which claimed hosts had been given the all clear to screen live Saturday afternoon Premiership soccer...

Pub's TV soccer solicitor must pay costs

02-Jun-2005

A solicitor has been ordered to pay £646 in "wasted costs" after failing to appear in court to represent a licensee charged with illegally screening...

Court action mounting against TV footy cheats

16-Dec-2004

by Tony Halstead More licensees are facing criminal prosecutions for illegally screening live Saturday afternoon Premiership soccer in their bars....

TV decoders are illegal says FACT

23-Sep-2004

by Tony Halstead Licensees who screen Saturday afternoon Premiership soccer matches under the guise of lock-ins and private parties have been warned...

Firm fined £15,500 for soccer scam

04-Dec-2003

The Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT) has successfully prosecuted a company which "pirated" internet codes to supply cards to pubs to enable...

Pull the plug on illegal satellite TV

30-Oct-2003

Great concern was evident last week after the news of a successful prosecution against a host for showing a Saturday afternoon Premiership match in...

Licensees face crackdown on illegal football screenings

31-Jul-2003

Between 1,000 and 2,000 licensees planning to illegally screen Saturday afternoon Premiership football this season could face fines and imprisonment...