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Premier League

Top tier of English men's football, comprising 20 clubs competing annually for the national league title.

Known aliases

  • English Premier League
  • EPL
  • The Football Association Premier League Limited

Current stories

leadershipOne report1 publisher

UAE reportedly ties a multibillion-pound UK tech hub to Manchester City's guilty verdict

UAE officials have reportedly threatened to pull multibillion-pound backing for an Oxbridge tech hub after Manchester City were found guilty on 114 charges. Until City's appeal is decided, a football ruling is a live risk for UK projects that depend on Emirati state money.

Reality

Evidence45
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+25
Incentives70
Confidence45
investConfirmed4 publishers

Premier League goes to court to unfreeze the £10m Sorare already paid it

An account freezing order under the Proceeds of Crime Act attaches to the money wherever it sits, which is why a crypto sponsor's opening instalment of £10,024,041.33 has been immobilised since January.

Perspective Coverage

4 publishers
Builder
Builder 17%
Operator
Operator 44%
Investor
Investor 39%

Reality

Evidence68
Adoption30
Hype gap+25
Incentives50
Confidence62
securityOne report1 publisher

Seizing 80 IPTV servers turns a £980,812 piracy case toward the people who subscribed

Milan Ibrahim drew more than six years for a £980,812 subscription business run on 80 machines in Chorley. The police kept the machines, and say they may lead to the identification of the customers who paid.

Reality

Evidence52
Adoption28
Hype gap+18
Incentives68
Confidence54
productOne report1 publisher

A gambling ban freed eight Premier League shirts. A $15bn database firm bought one

Fulham's front-of-shirt went from a bookmaker to ClickHouse. The company's own account of the deal is a price tier, not a marketing awakening.

Publishers:thenextweb.com

Reality

Evidence55
Adoption58
Hype gap+10
Incentives62
Confidence52
scienceOne report1 publisher

The ticket log cuts both ways: how anti-scalping enforcement thins the season-ticket base

Researchers say the bans and revocations at Arsenal, Manchester United and Liverpool land on the same fans who buy for parents and children, alongside price rises of 800% since 1990.

Publishers:phys.org

Reality

Evidence42
Adoption68
Hype gap+16
Incentives58
Confidence38
investOne report1 publisher

A $1bn audit finding became $21bn: the Guggenheim number counterparties should read

Mark Walter's Chelsea stake is the headline. The related-party loan figure an internal audit multiplied by 21 is the part that matters to anyone with money at Guggenheim.

Reality

Evidence20
Adoption
Not scored
Hype gap+32
Incentives55
Confidence25