English Football League (EFL)
EFL clubs agree Premier League bailout but Championship talks continue
English Football League (EFL) clubs have agreed in principle to accept the Premier League’s £50m (€55.7m/$65.7m)
Lockdown dampens Brentford FC’s new stadium celebrations
Brentford FC’s plans to open a brand new 17,250-capacity stadium this autumn have been thwarted by the Covid pandemic. Chief executive Jon Varney describes how the club is coping with the lockdown and its plans to compete on a more even commercial footing in the English Championship.
Premier League makes revised EFL bailout offer that includes some Championship clubs
The Premier League has made a revised emergency funding offer to help clubs in the English Football League affected by the Covid-19 pandemic
Reimagining the financial future of lower-league football
Omar Chaudhuri and Ben Marlow from consultancy firm 21st Club examine the trends driving football’s underlying financial crisis and suggest a new approach and competition format designed to reduce costs and promote sustainability.
Football finance | How the EFL can build a bridge to post-Covid sustainability and profitability
Legal practice Charles Russell Speechlys has outlined a plan to help English Football League clubs survive, restructure and rebuild in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic. Kevin Roberts reports.
Papa John’s signs as official title sponsor of EFL Trophy
The English Football League (EFL) has signed up pizza delivery company Papa John's as title sponsor of the EFL Trophy
EFL likely to run Serie-A style private equity auction, says investment expert
A leading investment expert has said that multiple private equity firms will be interested in buying a minority stake in the English Football League and predicted that the organisation will launch a Serie-A…
Former BBC and Discovery executive Coles ‘helping TPG’s £300m EFL bid’
American private equity firm TPG Capital is reported to be working with former BBC and Discovery executive Dominic Coles to table a £300m ($392mm/€332m) bid for a 20 per-cent stake in the English Football Le…
Ex-FA and EFL commercial chiefs combine for Sport Collective and GV6 tie-up
Sport Collective, the sports marketing agency founded by two of the English Football Association’s former commercial chiefs, Peter Daire and Sean McAuliffe, has announced a collaboration with GV6 sports, t…
Reddentes brokers new EFL rights deals in Singapore and Indonesia
Live Carabao Cup and English Football League Championship matches will be shown in Singapore and Indonesia from this month after deals were struck by the Singapore-based Reddentes Sports agency and Pitch…
EFL rejects Premier League’s £50m rescue package offer
The English Football League (EFL), which operates the three divisions below the Premier League, has rejected a £50m (€55.3m/$64.7m
Premier League clubs reject Project Big Picture, back £50m lower-league aid
Clubs from the English Premier League have rejected the ‘Project Big Picture’ plans put forward by Liverpool and Manchester United and will instead work together on a strategic plan for the future of …
FA chairman reveals Premier League clubs’ breakaway league threat
Greg Clarke, chairman of the English Football Association (FA), has revealed that leading Premier League clubs threatened to create a breakaway league as part of plans to push through the ‘Project Big P…
Baldwin to depart as EFL chief, £375m private equity proposal ‘rejected’
David Baldwin has announced his departure as chief executive of the English Football League (EFL) less than six months into the role, with the governing body of the three leagues below the Premier League…
‘Project Big Picture’ seeks to overhaul English football
The Premier League has hit out at the emergence of a major reform plan for the English football system, driven by Liverpool and Manchester United, and backed by the English Football League (EFL), stating…
Championship clubs devastated by UK government’s ‘broad-brush’ approach
Fears of overcrowding in pubs and on public transport has moved the UK government to postpone spectator trials after Covid-19 cases rose sharply in the country, but rights holders and clubs feel sport has been unfairly singled out. Callum McCarthy reports.
RFU and Premiership Rugby seek bailouts as UK government prepares aid package
England’s Rugby Football Union has warned of “severe consequences for the sport” if venues remain closed to fans throughout the winter.
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All EFL Cup fixtures available for live UK broadcast in September
English League Cup matches played in September will be shown live in the UK either through incumbent domestic broadcast rights-holder Sky Sports or streaming services