Match of the Day? Analysis Analysis Premier League Will Discuss the Old Firm Today but Television Will Dictate Their Decision
The Herald › November 12, 2009
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IT will never be a triumphal, sudden invasion. Any inclusion of the Old Firm in an English league will be a painstaking process. The meeting of English Premier League clubs today may not even vote on the issue as Phil Gartside, chairman of Bolton Wanderers, presents his plans for an EPL2.
Gartside, briefly, wants to increase the Premier League to two divisions of 18. His assertion is that the wealth could be spread to more clubs. He wants 36 of them to benefit from increased revenues from television and gate revenue largely because of the inclusion of Celtic and Rangers.See the full content of this document
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Match of the Day? Analysis Analysis Premier League Will Discuss the Old Firm Today but Television Will Dictate Their Decision
No one pushing for the Old Firm to be included desperately wants a vote today. Gartside needs 14 votes in favour to force change. He has no chance of attracting that number. He is practising a programme of evolution rather than revolution. The public noises ...
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