Iyini iPremier League?
I-Premier League (igama elisemthethweni: I-Football Association Premier League Limited) yizinga eliphakeme kakhulu ohlelweni lweligi yebhola laseNgilandi. Iqhudelwa amakilabhu angama-20, isebenza ngohlelo lokukhushulwa nokwehliswa ne-English Football League (EFL). Izinkathi zivame ukuqala ngo-Agasti kuya kuMeyi lapho iqembu ngalinye lidlala khona imidlalo engama-38 (lidlala wonke amanye amaqembu ekhaya nangaphandle). Imidlalo eminingi idlalwa ngoMgqibelo nangeSonto ntambama, ngezikhathi ezithile kusihlwa phakathi nesonto.  Umncintiswano wasungulwa njenge-FA Premier League ngomhlaka-20 Februwari 1992 kulandela isinqumo samakilabhu e-Football League First Division sokuhlukana neFootball League eyasungulwa ngo-1888; kodwa-ke, amaqembu asengahlehliselwa futhi akhushulwe ku-EFL Championship. I-Premier League isebenzisa ngokunenzuzo ukuthengiswa kwamalungelo wethelevishini ku-Sky: kusukela ngo-2019 kuya ku-2020, izivumelwano zamalungelo wethelevishini eziqoqiwe zazinenani elilinganiselwa ku- £ 3.1 billion ngonyaka, kanti iSky neBT Group baqinisekisa amalungelo asekhaya okusakaza imidlalo engu-128 nengu-32 ngokulandelana. I-Premier League iyinhlangano lapho isikhulu esiphezulu uRichard Masters ephethe khona ukuphathwa kwayo, kuyilapho amakilabhu angamalungu enza njengabaninimasheya. Amakilabhu anikezwe imali engenayo yokukhokha eyisisekelo engu- £2.4 billion ngo-2016<unk>17, kanye ne- £343 million eyengeziwe ekukhokheleni ubumbano kumakilabhu e-English Football League (EFL).  I-Premier League iyibhola lezemidlalo elibukwa kakhulu emhlabeni, lisakazwa ezindaweni ezingu-212 emakhaya ayizigidi ezingu-643 nakubantu abangaba yizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-4,7 ababukele ithelevishini. Ngesizini ka-2018/19, isilinganiso sabantu ababekhona emidlalweni yePremier League sasingu-38,181, okwesibili ngemuva kwe-43,500 yeBundesliga yaseJalimane, ngenkathi inani elihlanganisiwe labantu ababekhona kuyo yonke imidlalo liphakeme kunanoma iyiphi iligi yebhola lezinyawo elingu-14,508,981. Iningi lezinkundla zemidlalo sezigcwele. I-Premier League ihamba phambili kuma-coefficients e-UEFA amaligi asuselwa ekusebenzeni emiqhudelwaneni yaseYurophu kulezi zikhathi ezinhlanu ezedlule kusukela ngo-2021. I-English top-flight ikhiqize inani lesibili eliphakeme kakhulu leziqu ze-UEFA Champions League / European Cup, namakilabhu amahlanu aseNgilandi anqobe izindondo eziyishumi nane zaseYurophu sezizonke.  Amakilabhu angamashumi ayisihlanu asebeke adlala kulo mdlalo kusukela kwasungulwa i-Premier League ngo-1992: amakilabhu angama-English angamashumi amane nesishiyagalombili kanye namaqembu amabili aseWales. Eziyisikhombisa zazo ziye zanqoba le ndondo: iManchester United (13), iManchester City (6), iChelsea (5), i-Arsenal (3), iBlackburn Rovers (1), iLeicester City (1) neLiverpool (1).