English Football League (EFL)

English Premier League football club Leicester City has revealed pre-tax profit of £16.4m (€19.2m/$20.1m) in the year ending May 31, 2016, and also confirmed that it will challenge a Football League charge of breaching Financial Fair Play (FFP) rules in 2014.

The formation of the Premier League in 1992 caused an identity crisis at the world’s oldest football league. However, as Kevin Roberts found out, rebranding as the English Football League and a new visual ID are intended to focus and reinvigorate the business.

The 92 professional football clubs in the English Premier League and Football League were able to generate more than £4bn (€5.2bn/$5.8bn) in revenue for the first time in 2014-15, according to a report from financial services firm Deloitte.

The Football League, which operates the three club divisions below the English Premier League, is to be re-named the English Football League (EFL) as part of a wider corporate and competition re-brand.

Richard Heaselgrave has left his position as chief commercial officer of the English Football League by mutual agreement.

The English Football League is reportedly considering whether to introduce goal-line technology (GLT) in the latter rounds of the Capital One [League] Cup.

English Football League clubs have spent £21.5 million on agent fees during the 2012/13 season, which is £170,000 down on last season.

English Championship football team AFC Bournemouth's chairman Eddie Mitchell has resigned and has sold his stake in the club.

English League One football club Sheffield United has acquired a new joint owner, Prince Abdullah bin Mosaad bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia.

English Championship football club Queens Park Rangers (QPR) plans to build a new stadium.

BSkyB-owned online gambling brand Sky Bet was announced as the new title sponsor of the Football League last month in a five-year deal, 2013-14 to 2017-18

English Football League One club Coventry City is likely to be liquidated following rejection of its administrator's company voluntary agreement (CVA) proposal today.

English Championship football club Leeds United is reportedly on the brink of buying back its Elland Road stadium.

Operator of the Ricoh Arena, Arena Coventry Limited (ACL), has reportedly offered a reduced rent rate to Coventry City in a bid to keep the English Football League One club at the stadium.

The English Football League has named Shaun Harvey as its chief executive, following a selection process chaired by its independent director Richard Bowker.

Arena Coventry Limited (ACL), landlords of English Football League One club Coventry City’s Ricoh Arena, has again made its case to league officials yesterday for the team to remain at the ground.