query: when is the new premier league season starting

pos: 2017–18 Premier League 2017–18 Premier League The 2017–18 Premier League was the 26th season of the Premier League, the top English professional league for association football clubs, since its establishment in 1992. The season started on 11 August 2017 and concluded on 13 May 2018. Fixtures for the 2017–18 season were announced on 14 June 2017. Chelsea were the defending champions, while Newcastle United, Brighton & Hove Albion and Huddersfield Town entered as the promoted teams from the 2016–17 EFL Championship. Manchester City won their third Premier League title, and fifth English top-flight title overall, with five games to spare. The team broke

neg: Premier League Golden Glove sheets-to-games ratio received the award. However, starting in the 2013–14 season, the Golden Glove is shared by goalkeepers with an equal number of clean sheets, regardless of the number of games they played. The Premier League was founded in 1992, when the clubs of the First Division left the Football League and established a new commercially independent league that negotiated its own broadcast and sponsorship agreements. In 2005, the Premier League Golden Glove was first awarded, with Petr Čech its inaugural recipient. Čech and Joe Hart have won the award on four occasions, the most out of all goalkeepers. Hart

neg: Cranfield United F.C. premier division in the 1952–53 seasons when they finished as runners-up. The club remained in the premier division until the 1955–56 season when they were relegated to Division one, and three seasons later they were relegated again to the Bedford and District League. The club returned to the South Midlands League,in the 1976–77 season, starting in Division one. The club remained in Division one until the end of the 1995–96 season, except for three season from 1985–86 when they were in the premier division. The club left the South Midlands League again in 1996. In 2001 the club joined the

neg: Thai League 1 of low attendance and lack of local loyalties while the Provincial league suffered the financial issue. In 2007, Thai League was integrated with Provincial League completely. Chonburi from the Provincial League was the first champion of the new Thailand Premier League in 2007 season. In 2009 season, there were significant changes in the lead to the new era of the Thai Premier League. Asian Football Confederation declared the regulations for the associations that have the intention to send the clubs to compete in AFC Champions League starting from 2011. Football Association of Thailand had to establish Thai Premier League co.ltd

neg: Northern Premier League 4 (level 8) divisions from east to west starting from the 2018–19 season. Due to title sponsorship deals, the league has been billed under various names, including a sixteen-year spell as the Unibond League, the longest such deal in world football. When this deal ended in 2010, a new deal was announced which will see the competition billed as the Evo-Stik League until the 2017–18 season. Since 2018, the NPL has had three divisions: the Premier Division, Division One East and Division One West. Prior to 2007 there was just a single Division One, and prior to 2018 Division One

neg: Women's football in England season. The Premier League Cup, limited to the teams in the Premier League and its regional subdivisions, is held during the league season. It should be noted here that the WSL and Premier League have operated on different season structures – the WSL conducted a summer season contained entirely within a calendar year, whilst the Premier League continues to operate on the traditional winter season spanning two calendar years. Following an abbreviated spring season in 2017, women's football is moving to a parallel calendar to the premier league starting in the fall of 2017. The women's football pyramid was significantly

neg: Sylvan Ebanks-Blake Wolves their Premier League survival. He had a brighter start to the 2010–11 Premier League season, scoring four league goals before Christmas: against Everton, Newcastle United, former club Manchester United and Sunderland. Although he was less favoured for a starting berth than Kevin Doyle or new signing Steven Fletcher, he ended the season with seven goals from 28 appearances as the club narrowly avoided relegation on the final day. In August 2011, he suffered knee ligament damage that put him out of action for six weeks, but when he returned, he was unable to match his goalscoring tally of the

neg: Premier League Playmaker of the Season Premier League Playmaker of the Season The Premier League Playmaker of the Season is an annual English football award, presented to the player who has made the most assists (the last pass made before a goal scored) in the Premier League. For sponsorship purposes, it is known as the Cadbury Playmaker of the Season since its inception during the 2017–18 season. The Premier League was founded in 1992, when the clubs of the First Division left the Football League and established a new commercially independent league that negotiated its own broadcast and sponsorship agreements. In 2018, the Premier League Playmaker

neg: Terrell Forbes non-League football for the first time in his career by signing for Conference South club Dover Athletic. After one season with Dover Athletic, in which he made 39 league appearances as the club won promotion to the Conference Premier via the play-offs, in June 2014 Forbes signed for Dulwich Hamlet of the Isthmian League Premier Division, starting the season as the club's new on-field captain. Following one season with Dulwich Hamlet, in which he made 39 league appearances and scored three goals as the Isthmian League Premier Division side missed out on promotion to the Conference South in the play

neg: Premier League Playmaker of the Season of the Season was first awarded, with Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City its inaugural recipient. Premier League Playmaker of the Season The Premier League Playmaker of the Season is an annual English football award, presented to the player who has made the most assists (the last pass made before a goal scored) in the Premier League. For sponsorship purposes, it is known as the Cadbury Playmaker of the Season since its inception during the 2017–18 season. The Premier League was founded in 1992, when the clubs of the First Division left the Football League and established a new commercially

neg: Matty Plummer FC Halifax in November 2010, Plummer briefly joined Northern Counties East League Premier Division side Bridlington Town until signing for Northern Premier League Premier Division side Bradford Park Avenue in January 2011. In December 2011 he signed for Northern Counties East League Premier Division side Scarborough Athletic and made eight first team appearances, starting four, before moving to Northern Premier League Division One North side Garforth Town at the end of the 2011–12 season. He re-signed for Northern Counties East League Premier Division side Scarborough Athletic during the summer of 2012. He remained at the club until 2015 when he

neg: Richard Tait (footballer) North as champions in the 2008–09 season. He signed a new deal in February 2012. On 8 May 2013 Tait joined Cambridge United. He appeared in 35 league matches during the season, helping the club return to League Two, being a part of the team that won promotion by winning the 2014 Conference Premier play-off Final. On 8 August 2014 Tait played in Cambridge's first match back in League Two, starting in a 1–0 home win against Plymouth Argyle. At the end of the 2014–15 season the club did not offer him a new deal when his contract expired. On

neg: Shaftesbury F.C. competition. They repeated another title success again in the 1996–97 campaign. When the Wessex Football League expanded for the start of the 2004–05 campaign, the club moved to the newly created Division two. The next season saw the club enter the FA Vase for the first time, where they were knocked out in the First Qualification round by Westbury United. The club stayed in the Wessex league a further season, when they finished bottom of the league and were relegated to the Dorset Premier Football League. In 2013–14, Shaftesbury Town continued their Dorset Premier League challenge, starting on 10 August

neg: Rugby League Conference National Division club, which had long played in the professional leagues. Gateshead Storm also entered as late replacements for the defunct Teesside Steelers. The season was extended to twenty games starting a move towards a full season. Manchester Knights resigned from the league a few games before the end of the season. Prior to the 2005 season South London Storm announced that they were joining the new Rugby League Conference South Premier Division and Manchester Knights decided to enter the Rugby League Conference Central Premier (though they were replaced by Dewsbury Celtic after two games). The league went to a home-and-away setup

neg: Premier League Player of the Month of the Month. The Premier League was formed in 1992, when the members of the First Division resigned from the Football League. These clubs set up a new commercially independent league that negotiated its own broadcast and sponsorship agreements. The Premier League introduced new Manager of the Month and Manager of the Season awards for the 1993–94 season, supplementing the existing Football Writers' Association and Professional Footballers' Association Player of the Year awards. For the 1994–95 season, the Premier League introduced the Player of the Month award, which is presented alongside the Manager of the Month award. The first Player

neg: Malaysia Premier League Below is the list of golden boot winners of Liga Premier since its inception as second-tier league in 2004. Foreign players policy has changed multiple times since the league inception. In 2009, FAM took a drastic measure when they change the foreign players policy when they were banned from playing in the league until 2011. Foreign players were only allowed be back to the league starting from the 2012 season onwards. All foreign players must obtain International Transfer Certificate from their previous national football governing body that their previous clubs affiliated before they can be register with FAM in order

neg: Latinos FC Latinos FC Latinos Football Club is a Cayman Islands football club based in George Town, which currently play in the Cayman Islands Premier League. The club plays home matches at the Annex Stadium in George Town. For the 2017/2018 Season both the CIFA Fosters First Division teams and the Cayman Islands Premier League teams will compete in one combined league with matches starting on October 14, 2017. Latinos FC had their first major success in 2003/04 when they won both the Cayman Islands Premier League and the Cayman Islands FA Cup. The team then won the Cayman Islands FA Cup

neg: 2015–16 Northern Premier League 2015–16 Northern Premier League The 2015–16 season is the 48th season of the Northern Premier League Premier Division, and the eighth season of the Northern Premier League Division One North and South. The League sponsors for 2015–16 are Evo-Stik. The Premier Division featured six new teams: Division One North featured three new teams: Division One South will feature five new teams: The 2015–16 Northern Premier League Challenge Cup, known as the 15–16 Integro Doodson League Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the 46th season of the Northern Premier League Challenge Cup, the main cup competition in the Northern Premier League. It

neg: 2014–15 Northern Premier League 2014–15 Northern Premier League The 2014–15 season was the 47th season of the Northern Premier League Premier Division, and the seventh season of the Northern Premier League Division One North and South. The league sponsors for 2014–15 were Evo-Stik. The Premier Division featured six new teams: Division One North featured four new teams: Division One South featured five new teams: The 2014–15 Northern Premier League Challenge Cup is the 45th season of the Northern Premier League Challenge Cup, the main cup competition in the Northern Premier League. It will be sponsored by Doodson Sport for a fourth consecutive season. 68

neg: Dalian Atkinson year after Atkinson arrived there from Real Sociedad. The partnership was broken up in 1995 when both players were sold to Turkish clubs – Saunders to Galatasaray and Atkinson to Fenerbahçe for £1.7 million. Atkinson is probably most often remembered for his magnificent solo goal against Wimbledon in a 3–2 away win on 3 October 1992, which won "Match of the Day"'s Goal of the Season award for the 1992–93 season, the first season of the new FA Premier League, when Villa finished runners-up. Starting deep in the Aston Villa half of the pitch with a one-touch trap from a

neg: 2010–11 in English football 2010–11 in English football The 2010–11 season was the 131st season of competitive football in England. The season began on 6 August 2010 for the Football Leagues, with the Premier League and Football Conference both starting eight days later on 14 August 2010. The Championship, League One, and League Two ended on 7 May 2011. The Premier League finished on 22 May 2011. Teams promoted to Premier League Teams relegated from Premier League Teams promoted to Championship Teams relegated from Championship Teams promoted to League One Teams relegated from League One Teams promoted to League Two Teams relegated from League

neg: 2013–14 Gibraltar Premier Division season will play each other twice, with the season starting on October 7, 2013 and ending on May 7, 2014. St Joseph's won and remained in the Premier Division. 2013–14 Gibraltar Premier Division The 2013–14 Gibraltar Premier Division (known as the Argus Insurance Premier Division for sponsorship reasons) is the 115th season of the national amateur football league in Gibraltar since its establishment - the highest level of football in Gibraltar. The league was expanded this season, and will be contested by eight clubs, a requirement for entry into UEFA competitions. The season began on October 7, 2013 with Glacis

neg: Premier League Golden Boot after scoring 26 goals in the 2012–13 season. The Premier League was founded in 1992, when the clubs of the First Division left the Football League and established a new commercially independent league that negotiated its own broadcast and sponsorship agreements. The newly formed league had no sponsor for its inaugural season until Carling agreed to a four-year £12 million deal that started the following season, and it was simply known as the Premier League in its first year. As a result, the award was called the "Premier League Golden Boot" when Teddy Sheringham received the inaugural award in 1993.

neg: English football on television in the 2013/14 season. Due to its popularity in Asia, the league has held four pre-season tournaments there, the only Premier League affiliated tournaments ever to have been held outside England. The Premier League Asia Trophy has been played in Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong and China and involves three Premier League clubs playing against a prominent team from the host nation, often the national side. In Canada, Sportsnet owned the Premier League rights for three years from the 2010–11 season. Select games (particularly those aired by ESPN) were sub-licensed to TSN. Starting in the 2013–14 season, the matches are divided

neg: Leigh Bromby the heart of Leeds' defence and helped Leeds earn a 2–2 draw and a replay against their Premier League opposition. Bromby started Leeds' last game of the season, replacing the injured captain Richard Naylor. Leeds won the game 2–1 and thus sealed promotion to The Championship. Bromby started the Championship season as Leeds' fourth choice defender, with Naylor, Collins and new signing Alex Bruce ahead of him in the starting lineup. Bromby made his first league appearance of the season on 16 October for Leeds when he came on as a second-half substitute against Middlesbrough. He made only his second

neg: Mario Daniel Vega the role of starting goalkeeper following an injury to Anorthosis Famagusta's starting keeper Mathieu Valverde. In September 2016, Vega signed with Miami FC of the North American Soccer League. Vega played in 64 regular season games for Miami from 2016 to 2017. After the dissolution of the NASL, Vega stayed with the team as they played as Miami FC 2 in the National Premier Soccer League, winning the 2018 NPSL championship in August. Following the conclusion of the National Premier Soccer League season, Vega signed with the Tampa Bay Rowdies for the remainder of their United Soccer League season. Mario

neg: King's Lynn Stars competing with a team that most experts had deemed to finish close to the bottom of the pile before the season started For the 2012 season, the Bjerre brothers returned to their parent club, Peterborough Panthers and the Stars and declined to renew with Olly Allen, who also joined the Panthers. The Stars picked up the highly rated young German, Kevin Woelbert who had shown great form when riding at Lynn with Edinburgh in the Premier League. Also the season sees the return of former Premier League favourite Daniel Nermark. To round out the starting 7 the Stars signed David

neg: Bobby Convey and 15 substitute appearances during the 2004–05 season. Convey entered the 2005–06 season in much better form, with a starting place in the team, and he helped the Royals win the Championship title setting a new English record of 106 points in 46 games to gain promotion to the Premier League for the 2006–07 season. Convey's first goals for the club came during a 5–0 victory over Millwall. Convey's first season in the Premier League started with Reading's 3–2 win over Middlesbrough on August 19, 2006. However, Convey missed much of the remainder of the season following a training ground

neg: Liga 2 (Indonesia) Liga 2 (Indonesia) Liga 2 (English: League Two) is the second-tier of the football competition system in Indonesia, organized by PSSI. Before 2017, this competition was named the Liga Indonesia Premier Division. The competition is usually divided into several groups because of geographic and amount of participants factors. As a result of continuing conflict between PT Liga Indonesia (LI) and PT Liga Prima Indonesia Sportindo (LPIS), there were two different Liga Indonesia Premier Division being organized for 2011–12 season, one for the Indonesia Super League and the other for Indonesian Premier League. Starting the 2014 season Premier Division is organized

neg: 2013–14 Northern Premier League 2013–14 Northern Premier League The 2013–14 season in English football is the 46th season of the Northern Premier League Premier Division, and the seventh season of the Northern Premier League Division One North and South. The League sponsors for 2013–14 are Evo-Stik. It is the first season after restructuring of the Premier Division into a 24-team league. The Premier Division featured six new teams: Division One North will feature four new teams: On 17 April 2014, the NPL announced that Cammell Laird and Wakefield had tendered their resignation from the league, and that they would take up the two relegation

neg: National Premier Leagues Queensland National Premier Leagues Queensland The National Premier League Queensland, run by Football Queensland, is the top tier state-level football (soccer) competition in Queensland. The conference is a sub division of the National Premier Leagues. The inaugural season kicked off in March 2013 and consisted of 12 teams. Each team will be expected to field a senior team, five junior men's teams from under-12 to under-20 starting in 2013 and women's junior teams in under-13, under-15, and under-17 starting in 2014. Each club has been granted a 5-year licence and there is no promotion or relegation from the league during this

neg: AFC Ann Arbor AFC Ann Arbor AFC Ann Arbor is an American soccer club based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, founded in 2014. AFC Ann Arbor was started by a group of Ann Arbor residents with a desire to have a local team. The team had applied to the National Premier Soccer League for the 2015 season but its application was declined. Instead, AFC Ann Arbor and Grand Rapids FC, another team denied by the NPSL, decided to start a league of their own called the Great Lakes Premier League. The new league held its inaugural meetings on January 17, 2015. Starting with the

neg: 2018 Indian Premier League 2018 Indian Premier League The 2018 season of the Indian Premier League, also known as IPL 11, was the eleventh season of the IPL, a professional Twenty20 cricket league established by the BCCI in 2007. The season, which is being held from 7 April to 27 May, saw the return of the Chennai Super Kings and the Rajasthan Royals after serving two years of suspension for the involvement of their respective owners in the 2013 IPL betting case. Star Sports purchased the media rights at ₹16,347.5 crore ($2.55 billion) for five years starting from 2018. Chennai Super Kings won by

neg: Pakistan Premier League Golden Boot Pakistan Premier League Golden Boot The Pakistan Premier League Golden Boot is an annual Pakistani association football award given to the top goalscorer at the end of the Pakistan Premier League season, the top domestic league competition in club Football in Pakistan, since its creation in 2004. The top-scoring Pakistan Premier League Golden Boot winner is Kaleemullah Khan with 35 goals in a 30-game season with Muhammad Rasool holding the record when the league was an 22-game and 26-game season with 22 goals each and Arif Mehmood holding record when league was an 16-game and 18-game season with 20 goals

neg: 2016–17 Bangladesh Premier League by rain, with only the first one technically starting with a toss taking place. All of the results were removed from the points table and rescheduled for later in the tournament. The following table lists the three highest team scores during this season. 2016–17 Bangladesh Premier League The 2016 Bangladesh Premier League, also known as BPL 4 and AKS BPL 2016 (for sponsorship reasons) was the fourth season of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), the top level professional Twenty20 cricket franchise league in Bangladesh. The competition was organised by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and featured seven teams. The season

neg: Northcote City FC Cup. Northcote City enjoyed the most successful season in its history in 2013, winning the minor premiership in the Victorian Premier League, followed by winning the VPL Grand Final against Bentleigh Greens 3–2. Senior Coach Goran Lozanovski was awarded Victorian Premier League Coach of year and striker Milos Lujic won the golden boot. The following season, Northcote finished 7th in the new National Premier Leagues Victoria competition, which replaced the old VPL. Northcote then finished 10th in 2015 and championship winning head coach Goran Lozanovski departed the club. Lozanovski had been at the club since 2011, starting as an assistant

neg: Serhiy Rebrov Russian Premier League club Rubin Kazan. On 3 March 2008, Dynamo announced that Rebrov had signed a two-year contract with Rubin Kazan and would join the new club at the end of the season, in summer 2008. With the Russian season starting in spring, Rubin eventually agreed a $1 million compensation with Dynamo for Rebrov's early release from his contract. He was part of the team that won the 2008 Russian Premier League for the first time in Rubin's history, playing in midfield in 24 out of his team's 30 league matches and scoring 5 goals. Rebrov's retirement was announced

neg: 2012–13 Ukrainian Premier League of the competition was 26 May 2013. Henrikh Mkhitaryan from Shakhtar Donetsk set a new Ukraine Premier League record for number of goals scored in one season. It is the second season in the league when no clubs were relegated. Prior to the start of the season "Hoverla-Zakarpattya Uzhhorod" was renamed to Hoverla Uzhhorod. The following stadiums were used during the season: The following table displays match results between each team in the competition. Notes: The following table represents the teams position after each round in the competition. The laureates of the 2012–13 UPL season were: 2012–13 Ukrainian Premier League

neg: Ivan Necevski loss. Despite not playing one game during the 2009-10 A-League season, Necevski signed a 1-year extension with the club, which will see him battle out the #1 Jersey, between himself and expected signing Liam Reddy. He kept a full game in the high-profile friendly against English Premier League team Everton FC at ANZ Stadium during the Sydney FC season 2010-11 pre-season. Sydney lost the match 1–0. He made his first starting appearance for Sydney FC in well over a year when he was called up to the starting squad in the 2010–11 season against Perth Glory, replacing out of form,

neg: Flixton F.C. achieving promotion to the Northern Premier League Division One and they reached the semi-finals of the FA Vase where they lost to Brigg Town after starting the competition in the second qualifying round. Flixton finished in 13th in their first season in the Northern Premier League, 1996–97 when they also reached the third qualifying round of the FA Cup. They again reached the third qualifying round of the FA Cup 1998–99. However, in 1999–2000 they finished in 21st place and were relegated back to the North West Counties Football League Division One. They struggled the following season, finishing in 20th

neg: Diego Forlán win the Premier League title in 2002–03, and Forlán scored six goals to make him the club's third best-scoring striker that season after Ruud van Nistelrooy and Ole Gunnar Solskjær. At the start of the 2003–04 season, Forlán played seven Premier League games without scoring. This run was broken on 25 October, when he equalised the score to 1–1 in the 45th minute of a home match versus Fulham, a game which United lost 3–1. Forlán then scored a goal in his three subsequent matches in three different competitions, starting with an extra-time goal in an away League Cup game

neg: 2003 SFL Premier League season 2003 SFL Premier League season The 2003 AFL Southern Tasmania (SFL) Premier League premiership season was an Australian Rules football competition, staged across Southern Tasmania, Australia over twenty one (21) roster rounds and six (6) finals series matches between 5 April and 20 September 2003. The competition's major sponsors for the season were Toyota and Hobart radio station Magic 107.3 FM Sorell Football Club went into recess prior to the season starting owing to a lack of board members and volunteers to run the club, as a consequence, the Eagles sat out the season and joined the AFLST Regional League

neg: Adelaide Hills Hawks SC of new first team Coach Doug Paterson. The Hawks struggled to make a positive impact with their new coach and were unluckily relegated on the final day of the season into the State League competition for season 2012. Paterson has managed to lead the club in a positive direction, re-building the Senior team with the elevation of several young players into the starting 11. First season in the South Australian Premier League (now Super League): 2005 State League Grand Finalist: 2004 Seniors Preliminary Finalists: 2001 U/23 State League Champions: 1997 U/19 State League Champions: 1995 U/19 State League Grand Finalist:

neg: Malaysia Premier League new second-tier league, the Liga Premier. The Liga Perdana 1 was the nation's top-tier league from 1994 until 2003 when it was succeeded by the formations of professional football league, Liga Super in 2004 by Football Association of Malaysia. The Liga Perdana 2 then was replaced by the new Liga Premier where the teams was divided into two different groups. The inaugural season for the new second-tier league started in 2004 with 18 teams divided into 2 groups. Between 2004 and 2006, Liga Premier was divided into two groups of 8 teams: At the end of the season, the top

neg: Oleksandr Aliyev minutes in that game he got injured and missed few months of the starting season. On recovery Aliyev was not able to secure a starting position and asked for a transfer during the winter break. As soon as the first half of Ukrainian Premier League 2009-10 Aliyev began negotiations with Lokomotiv Moscow in the Russian Premier League. These negotiations failed and Aliyev remained a Dynamo player until 1 February 2010, when Lokomotiv officially announced the signing of Aliyev to a three-year contract. In January 2014 Aliyev moved from Dynamo Kyiv to Anzhi Makhachkala on a 2.5-year contract. Aliyev left Anzhi

neg: Premier League season. The Premier League distributes a portion of its television revenue to clubs that are relegated from the league in the form of "parachute payments". Starting with the 2013–14 season, these payments are in excess of £60 million over four seasons. Though designed to help teams adjust to the loss of television revenues (the average Premier League team receives £55 million while the average Football League Championship club receives £2 million), critics maintain that the payments actually widen the gap between teams that have reached the Premier League and those that have not, leading to the common occurrence of teams

neg: Broadcasting and the foundation of the Premier League 2009–10 season and subsequently 23 from 2010–11 to 2012–13. In June 2012, the Premier League awarded BT rights to 38 games over three seasons, starting from 2013–14. BT's introduction into the football broadcasting market has been considered a threat to BSkyB's dominance, particularly as the company was awarded exclusive rights to live UEFA Champions League football in 2013. Although Ferguson later praised television's part in aiding the Premier League, he maintained the league's freedom of control continued to impair club's chances in European competitions: "You get some ridiculous situations when you're playing on Wednesday night in Europe and then at

neg: Kevin Phillips (footballer) take a two-goal lead in a 2–1 win against promotion rivals Reading on the last day of the season, ensured Birmingham's return to the Premier League after just one season in the Championship. At 36, Phillips recognised he would play a reduced role at the higher level. In a season when manager Alex McLeish relied on consistency in team selection – Birmingham set a Premier League record of nine consecutive matches with the same starting eleven, and a club record twelve-match unbeaten run in the top flight – he started only twice, but came on as substitute in 17 games.

neg: Premier League just 11 players named in the starting line-ups for the first round of matches hailed from outside of the United Kingdom or Ireland. By 2000–01, the number of foreign players participating in the Premier League was 36% of the total. In the 2004–05 season, the figure had increased to 45%. On 26 December 1999, Chelsea became the first Premier League side to field an entirely foreign starting line-up, and on 14 February 2005, Arsenal were the first to name a completely foreign 16-man squad for a match. By 2009, under 40% of the players in the Premier League were English.

neg: Premier Volleyball League of Season 8 was renamed the Shakey's V-League Open Conference as it was opened to non-school teams. Four non-school teams joined the tournament, namely, the Philippine Army, Philippine Navy, Philippine Air Force and Maynilad. The Philippine Army won their first Shakey's V-League championship. Season 8-Open Conference, Shakey's V-League will also aired on GMA Life TV, GMA News TV and GMA Pinoy TV for the international viewers. Season 9 was locally aired on AKTV on IBC13 and the Hyper channel. Starting from its 10th Season, Shakey's V-League's new broadcasting partner is now GMA News TV. All of the matches are aired

neg: Wayne Hennessey the team's final match of the Premier League season, a 2–2 draw with Fulham on 11 May 2014. Hennessey's first appearance of the 2014–15 season came a 3–0 win at Walsall in the Football League Cup second round. On 25 October, he made his first Premier League appearance of the season as a substitute for injured first choice goalkeeper Julián Speroni in a 2–2 draw at West Bromwich Albion. He ended the season starting in Palace's final two league fixtures, wins against Liverpool and Swansea City, keeping his first Premier League clean sheet for the club in the latter match.

neg: Premier League–Football League gulf The teams in the third season were Brighton & Hove Albion, Newcastle United and Huddersfield Town. All three teams are still competing in the Premier League. The Premier League distributes a small portion of its television revenue to clubs that are relegated from the league in the form of "parachute payments". Starting with the 2013–14 season, these payments are in excess of £60 million over four seasons. Though designed to help teams adjust to the loss of television revenues (the average Premier League team receives £55 million while the average Football League Championship club receives £2 million), critics maintain that

neg: 2013 Belarusian Premier League 2013 Belarusian Premier League The 2013 Belarusian Premier League is the 23rd season of top-tier football in Belarus. It began in April 2013 and end in November 2013. BATE Borisov are the defending champions, having won their 9th league title the previous year. Starting with this season, the league will be played in two phases. The first phase will consist of a regular double-round robin tournament between 12 teams. The best six teams will qualify for the championship round, which will determine the champions and the participants for the 2014–15 European competitions. The remaining six teams play in the relegation

neg: Andrew Surman Premier League." After starting the new season in the team, Surman was ruled out of first team action from October until the New Year after suffering a knee injury in training. On 31 July 2013, Bournemouth completed the signing of Surman on a one-year loan deal. Surman played a vital role in Bournemouth's first team in the 2013–14 season, making 35 appearances for the club. On 1 September 2014, he completed a permanent move to the club. On 2 May 2015, Surman was part of the Bournemouth team which won the Championship title and promotion to the Premier League. On

neg: Malaysia Premier League Piala Malaysia and the Piala Sumbangsih. It aims to transform and move Malaysian football forward. Starting from 2016 season, the league was known as 100PLUS Liga Premier for sponsorship reason. The current champion is Kuala Lumpur FA which won the league in 2017. Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) decided to privatise the Malaysian League in 2004 season onwards where Liga Super and Liga Premier was formed. Teams in Liga Perdana 1 and Liga Perdana 2 was then was put through a qualification and playoff to be promoted into Liga Super. Teams that failed the qualification was put into now a

neg: Colin Doyle (footballer) Birmingham a crucial three points. Doyle finished the season with eight clean sheets from 22 appearances. He remained in the starting line-up for the start of the 2007–08 Premier League season, but after a difficult first three matches, he was dropped in favour of Taylor, and Richard Kingson was selected as substitute goalkeeper. Birmingham were relegated at the end of the season but won immediate promotion back to the Premier League the following season; Doyle played in two league matches. Following the loan signing of Joe Hart from Manchester City for the 2009–10 Premier League season, Doyle remained third choice,

neg: Nathan Doyle his first professional goal in a 4–1 victory on 14 May 2008. Hull played Bristol City at Wembley Stadium on 24 May, where the team achieved a 1–0 victory and promotion to the Premier League for the first time in their history, in which Doyle was an unused substitute. Doyle eventually made his Premier League debut the following season on 26 December 2008, when he came on as a substitute during a 5–1 defeat away to Manchester City. He made two further Premier League appearances, both of which Doyle was named in the starting lineup and made seven appearances in

neg: 2012–13 Northern Premier League 2012–13 Northern Premier League The 2012–13 season is the 45th season of the Northern Premier League Premier Division, and the sixth season of the Northern Premier League Division One North and South. The League sponsors for 2012–13 are Evo-Stik. Due to Step Three leagues increasing their number of teams from 22 to 24 from the 2013–14 season onwards, only two teams will be relegated from the Premier Division, and only one team will be relegated from each of Division One North and South this season. The Premier Division features six new teams: Division One North features four new teams: Division

neg: Pakistan Premier League Golden Boot and their strike rate (goals/games). Pakistan Premier League Golden Boot The Pakistan Premier League Golden Boot is an annual Pakistani association football award given to the top goalscorer at the end of the Pakistan Premier League season, the top domestic league competition in club Football in Pakistan, since its creation in 2004. The top-scoring Pakistan Premier League Golden Boot winner is Kaleemullah Khan with 35 goals in a 30-game season with Muhammad Rasool holding the record when the league was an 22-game and 26-game season with 22 goals each and Arif Mehmood holding record when league was an 16-game and

neg: Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina who played in First League of Bosnia and Herzegovina and First League of Herzeg-Bosnia (without clubs from First League of the Republika Srpska). Since 2000/2001 season the first tier of Bosnia and Herzegovina football competition became "Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina". Counting since when the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina is played and recognized by UEFA, season 2000-01 The following table lists the champions by cities; Counting since when the Premier League of Bosnia and Herzegovina is played and recognized by UEFA, season 2000-01 In the qualifiers for the UEFA Champions League season 2002–03, Željezničar gained the greatest

neg: Łukasz Fabiański his first Premier League start of the season away against Swansea City on 16 March 2013, again keeping a clean sheet in a 2–0 win. Fabiański started in Arsenal's next three league matches against Reading, West Bromwich Albion and Norwich City. However, an injury sustained in the match against Norwich by Fabiański allowed Szczęsny to return to the starting line-up and reclaim his position as first-choice goalkeeper. During the 2013–14 season, Fabiański was used as Arsenal's starting goalkeeper in FA Cup and League Cup matches, with Szczęsny remaining first-choice in Premier League and UEFA Champions League matches. On 19 February

neg: Keith Fahey his first Premier League season (18 of which he started), but failed to score all season, as Birmingham finished in ninth place, their highest ever position in the Premier League. In July 2010, Fahey's contract was extended to 2013, in recognition of his having "proved to [McLeish] that he's a Premier League player". He was part of the starting eleven as Birmingham won the 2011 League Cup, defeating favourites Arsenal 2–1 at Wembley Stadium. However, the season would prove to be less successful for both player and club, with Fahey making only 24 appearances in the league (although he did

neg: Empire Junior Hockey League the league. In 2013, the Empire League and the Eastern Elite Hockey League both agreed to affiliate with the newly formed United States Premier Hockey League becoming the Empire and Elite Divisions, respectively. Starting with the 2015–16 season the USPHL's Empire Division was renamed to the USP3 Division. , the following teams made up the league in its final season: Empire Junior Hockey League The Empire Junior Hockey League (EmJHL) was an USA Hockey-sanctioned Tier III junior ice hockey league. The league was classified as Tier III Junior B until the 2011–12 season when USA Hockey combined the Tier III

neg: Jody Craddock penultimate Premier League game of the 2010–11 season, Craddock opened the scoring for Wolves in their league game against his old club Sunderland at the Stadium of Light. Wolves won the game 3–1, taking a big step towards Premier League survival. On 22 June 2011, it was confirmed that Craddock had agreed a new one-year deal to stay at Molineux. Craddock was out of selection for the start of the 2011–12 season but on 4 December against Sunderland, Craddock was recalled to the starting XI to replace out of form Roger Johnson. On 20 July 2012, it was confirmed that

neg: Tammy Abraham Year and Top Goalscorer awards. In doing so, he became the first ever player to earn all three awards in the same season. On 4 July 2017, Chelsea announced that Abraham had signed a new five-year contract with the club and later that day he joined fellow Premier League club Swansea City on a season-long loan. He made his debut for the club on 12 August, starting in a 0–0 draw with Southampton. Ten days later, he scored his first competitive goal in a 4–1 League Cup win over League One team Milton Keynes Dons before scoring his first Premier

neg: Gianfranco Zola curling free kick against Barcelona, and he again won the FA Cup with the club, with his free-kick in the final against Aston Villa setting up Roberto Di Matteo's winner. His later years with Chelsea saw his appearances restricted by the new strike pairing of Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Eiður Guðjohnsen. During the 2000–01 Premier League season, Zola managed 9 league goals. In the 2001–02 season, Zola's starting chances became limited, after a summer when Claudio Ranieri showed the door to many of Chelsea's ageing stars such as club captain Dennis Wise, goalscoring midfielder Gustavo Poyet and French defender Frank

neg: 2007 Belarusian Premier League qualified for UEFA Cup. Due to Premiere League expansion to 16 teams starting with next season, only one team (Minsk, who finished in the last place) relegated to the First League. 2007 Belarusian Premier League Belarusian Premier League 2007 was the 17th season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on April 14 and ended on November 10, 2007. BATE Borisov were the defending champions. Lokomotiv Minsk and Belshina Bobruisk were the two teams relegated after the 2006 season, having finished in 13th and 14th place respectively. They were replaced by 2005 First League champions Minsk and runners-up Smorgon. Lokomotiv

neg: 2000 Belarusian Premier League Play ranking winners Shakhtyor Soligorsk qualified for UEFA Cup. Due to Premiere League reduction from 16 to 14 teams starting with next season, three lowest placed teams were relegated: Lida, Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev and Kommunalnik Slonim. As of 2010, this was the last season in top league for either relegated team. 2000 Belarusian Premier League 2000 Belarusian Premier League was the tenth season of top-tier football in Belarus. It started on April 15 and ended on November 4, 2000. BATE Borisov were the defending champions. Svisloch-Krovlya Osipovichi and Molodechno, who finished 15th and 16th respectively, relegated to the First League. They

neg: Mario Muscat Mario Muscat Mario Muscat (born 18 August 1976 in Paola, Malta) is a former professional footballer and manager, who spent most of his playing career with Maltese Premier League side Hibernians and was capped over 60 times with the Maltese national team. As of November 2018, he is currently serving as technical advisor for Qormi. It all began for Mario muscat during the 1993–94 season, when he was called into the first team squad of Hibernians. Although Muscat was just starting to learn his trade, in his debut he helped Hibernians win the Maltese Premier League title. He went on

neg: Premier League Player of the Season to 2016 as the Barclays Player of the Season. Since the 2016–17 season, it is called the EA Sports Player of the Season. The Premier League was founded in 1992, when the clubs of the First Division left the Football League and established a new commercially independent league that negotiated its own broadcast and sponsorship agreements. The newly formed league had no sponsor for its inaugural season until Carling agreed to a four-year £12 million deal that started the following season. That same season, Carling introduced individual awards for players, such as the Golden Boot. However, the Player of the

neg: Jason Prior Jason Prior Jason Christopher Prior (born 20 December 1988) is an English footballer who plays as a striker for National League South side Havant & Waterlooville. He has previously played for non-league sides AFC Newbury, Moneyfields and Margate. He made his full Football League debut for AFC Wimbledon on 28 January 2012. Starting as a central Midfielder, Prior began his career at Premier Division Wessex League club AFC Newbury. The club narrowly avoided relegation in the 2005–06 season and found themselves in financial difficulties in the close season when they lost the lease on their Town Ground stadium in Berkshire,

neg: East Berkshire Football League Hornets | Mercian United | St. Peters Iver | Townmead | Upton Park Rangers | West Drayton Town | Willow Wanderers East Berkshire Football League The East Berkshire Football League is a football competition based in England. It has a total of five divisions headed by the Premier Division and four lower divisions numbered One to Four. The Premier Division was a feeder to the Hellenic League but lost its step 7 status starting with the 2012-13 season. The league is now a feeder league to the Thames Valley Premier Football League. Chalvey Sports | Eton Wick | Iver Heath

neg: East Berkshire Football League East Berkshire Football League The East Berkshire Football League is a football competition based in England. It has a total of five divisions headed by the Premier Division and four lower divisions numbered One to Four. The Premier Division was a feeder to the Hellenic League but lost its step 7 status starting with the 2012-13 season. The league is now a feeder league to the Thames Valley Premier Football League. Chalvey Sports | Eton Wick | Iver Heath Rovers | KS Gryf | Langley | Lynch Pin | Old Windsor | Slough Heating Laurencians | Windsor Reserves Burnham Beeches

neg: Devala Gorrick the Thai Premier League. Gorrick was the starting goalkeeper for Air Force United F.C. for the 2011 season. Gorrick starred for the club in the Thai Division 1 League for the 2011 season and the Thai Premier League for the 2012 season. In 2012, Gorrick was called up to the Thai Premier League All Star team. Following a trial at IK Frej in the Swedish Division North, Gorrick was offered a two-year contract, on the recommendation of Goalkeeper Coach and former Sweden Goalkeeper Magnus Hedman. Gorrick immediately established himself as the club's first choice keeper. In his second competitive start

neg: 2011–12 Blackpool F.C. season Ian Holloway a squad of 33 to choose from for the 5 August League visit to Hull City. Hull City hosted Ian Holloway's men in a Friday-night curtain-raiser for the 2011–12 Football League season. Six of the players that started against Manchester United in the club's final Premier League fixture 75 days earlier were featured in the starting line-up. They were Matt Gilks, Stephen Crainey, Ian Evatt, Alex Baptiste, Keith Southern and Gary Taylor-Fletcher. Meanwhile, starting debuts were given to Barry Ferguson and Kevin Phillips, while fellow new boy Craig Sutherland came on as a late substitute for Taylor-Fletcher. Matt

neg: Kevin Sammut Kevin Sammut Kevin Sammut (born 26 May 1981 in Sliema, Malta) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for a number of Maltese Premier League clubs, and with Malta's national football team. Currently, he is serving a 10-year ban for match fixing. Kevin began his playing career with his local side Sliema Wanderers of the Maltese Premier League. In his first season, he made a single appearance as Sliema Wanderers recorded a third place finish in the Premier League. Starting from the 1999–2000 season Sammut started to regularly make the first team squad and was part of

neg: Lingfield F.C. and District league, and gaining promotion to the Premier Division of that league in the 1958–59 season, the first season at their new home of Godstone Road. The club remained in the Premier Division until the end of the 1969–70 campaign, when they were relegated back to Division one. It took the club just two seasons to become champions of Division one, but instead of being promoted to the Premier Division the club decided to join the Surrey Intermediate League. Success in the Surrey Intermediate league came under the management of Dennis Moore, when in the 1976–77 season they gained

neg: Adam D'Apuzzo announced that he had signed for APIA Leichhardt Tigers in the NSW Premier League until the remainder of the 2011 season. D'Apuzzo had effectively retired from professional football, deciding to concentrate on his accounting career, when Tony Popovic offered D'Apuzzo a contract with the newly formed Western Sydney Wanderers. D'Apuzzo earned the starting left fullback position and established himself in the starting 11. He left the wanderers in 2014 after not agreeing to terms to a new contractual offer made by the wanderers in December 2014. Within his two seasons at the club, he made a total of 49 appearances.

neg: 2012–13 Scottish Premier Under-20 League allowed to compete in each fixture. The under-20 league was adopted in order to promote the development of youth footballers and to assist in their progression to the full professional game, when compared to the under-18 or under-19 format. Teams played each other twice, once at home, once away. 2012–13 Scottish Premier Under-20 League The 2012–13 Scottish Premier Under 20 League (also known as the "Clydesdale Bank Under-20 Premier League" due to sponsorship reasons) was the fifteenth season of the Scottish Premier under-20 League, the highest youth Scottish football league, and also the first season under the new under 20

neg: Calum Chambers Premier League home victory. He was sent off for the first time in his career on 6 December, as Arsenal lost 3–2 at Stoke City. Chambers' appearances in the second half of the season were limited by the emergence of Héctor Bellerín at right-back. He was not in Arsenal's matchday squad when they won the 2015 FA Cup Final 4–0 against Aston Villa at Wembley Stadium on 30 May. Chambers began the 2016–17 Premier League in the starting lineup for Arsenal and scored in a 3–4 loss against Liverpool in the first match of the season. On 30 August 2016,

neg: Yobe Desert Stars to the Amateur League in 2007. After being promoted from the Nigeria Nationwide League in 2016, the Desert Stars won promotion to the NPFL on the last day of the National League season when they beat Adamawa United 2-0, returning to the top-flight for the first time in 15 years. They finished the season with twelve wins, four draws and seven losses. "As of January 2018" Coach: Mohammed Baba Ganaru Yobe Desert Stars Yobe Desert Stars F.C. is a Nigerian football (soccer) club based in the city of Damaturu. Starting in 2018 they will play in the Nigerian Premier League

neg: Ethiopian Premier League 9th Premier League titles (22nd, 23rd, & 24th titles overall). St. George's biggest rivals, Ethiopian Coffee, would put a stop to their tremendous run by winning the 2010-11 title, their first Premier League title (second title overall). However, St. George would comeback the next season and win the title once again in 2011-12. St. George's attempt at a repeat would be thwarted though as the next season Dedebit F.C. would instead be crown champions for the first time in their history. Starting from the 2013-14 season to the 2016-17 season St. George S.C. would do something that has only been

neg: Fareham Town F.C. Division One, five times in a row from the 1962–63 campaign. The club would go on to win the league twice more during the 1970s. In 1975 the club then moved to its present home of the Cams Alders ground. With the club finishing runners up in the 1978–79 campaign the club successfully joined the Southern Football League, starting in the Southern Division. In the 1982–83 season the club was placed in the Premier Division of the league, when the league was re-structured. The club would then spend the next seven seasons in the Premier Division, during which time, they

neg: Adrian Mariappa appearances, including a clean sheet in his first league start, against Hull City on the final day of the regular season. Mariappa did not play any of Watford's play-off games, but was an unused substitute in the final, in which the team won promotion to the Premier League. Watford started their 2006–07 Premier League campaign at Everton, with Mariappa starting in central defence in place of first-team regular Jay DeMerit. He was substituted at half-time, and, aside from a League Cup appearance against Accrington Stanley, did not make another first-team appearance until December 2006, when in an away match at

neg: Tipton Town F.C. league champions and Premier Division Cup winners the following season, resulting in promotion to the Midland Alliance. In 2011–11 Tipton reached the first round of the FA Cup for the first time; starting in the extra-prelimarinary round, the club played eight qualifying matches (including two replays) to earn a first round tie away to League One club Carlisle United. The final qualifying match, a fourth qualifying round replay against Sheffield, saw the club set a new record attendance of 1,429. They went on to lose 6–0 to Carlisle. Tipton were Midland Alliance runners-up in 2010–11. When the league merged with

neg: Shaughnessy playoff system matches in the Championship playoff were two-legged. The Premier 15s, launched in autumn 2017 as the new top flight of English women's rugby, uses the same playoff format as the Premiership. The Celtic League in Ireland, Scotland and Wales, now known as Pro14, adopted a system identical to that of the Premiership starting in 2009–10, the season before that league expanded to include two teams from Italy. The Shaughnessy system was replaced by a six-team playoff when two South African sides joined the league in 2017–18, bringing it to its current 14-team roster. In French rugby union, a Shaughnessy-style playoff

neg: 2013–14 Professional U21 Development League played each other once, either home or away, the top four teams in the table progressed to the knockout stage to determine the overall winner. Starting with the 2014–15 season, the U21 Premier League was divided into two divisions. This means that the top 11 sides in the 2013–14 league stage qualify for the new Division 1, with the bottom 11 sides entering Division 2. On 14 May, Chelsea defeated Manchester United in the final to claim the Under-21 Premier League title. The top 8 teams in the final standings of the league stage qualified for the inaugural 2014-15 edition

neg: Hodnet, Shropshire 2007-08 season, play at the Hodnet Social Club. The club won the Shropshire Alliance football league on 10 May 2008 and since the 2008-09 season competes in the Shropshire County Premier Football League, which became the Mercian Regional Football League in 2012. Starting in Division One, after two seasons the team was promoted to the Premier Division in 2010. In 2011, FC Hodnet won the Premier Division Cup, beating Haughmond in the final. Hodnet Social Football Club, originating in the late 1990s, competes in the Telford Sunday Leagues. Hodnet, Shropshire Hodnet is a village and civil parish in Shropshire, England.

neg: 2009 NSW Premier League season 2009 NSW Premier League season The 2009 TeleChoice Premier League season is the ninth season of the revamped NSW Premier League. This season also marks the addition of a new team, in the Bonnyrigg White Eagles Football Club from the Super League (one division lower). The 2009 regular season began on 1 March 2009, at 18:00 UTC+10, and concluded on 9 August 2009 with the Finals Series commencing a fortnight later. During the course of the season, all Premier League, Super League and Division teams were involved in the TigerTurf Cup, an equivalent to the English FA Cup with teams

neg: 2015–16 Football League Cup (Premier League, Football League Championship, Football League One and Football League Two) participated. The tournament was organised so that 32 teams remained by the third round. Teams involved in European competition received a bye to the third round, the remaining Premier League teams entered at the second round, and the remaining Football League teams entered at the first round. The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round (the numbers are positions from previous league season meaning that teams promoted to Premier League is listed as Championship teams but ranked above the

neg: Clinton N'Jie longer. Working with injured teammate Jan Vertonghen during his recovery, N'Jie eventually made his return on 8 May 2016 in a Premier League match against Southampton, in what would be his final appearance of the season. N'Jie made 8 appearances (all of them as a substitute) for Tottenham in the Premier League, his longest a 79-minute affair when he replaced the injured Nacer Chadli against Liverpool. In addition, N'Jie made 5 appearances, starting in 2 of them, in Tottenham's Europa League campaign, and did not score a goal in all competitions. On 31 August 2016, N'Jie returned to Ligue 1,

neg: 2010–11 Northern Premier League 2010–11 Northern Premier League The 2010–11 season was the 43rd season of the Northern Premier League Premier Division, and the fourth season of the Northern Premier League Division One North and South. The allocations of teams following the 2009–10 season were released on 17 May 2010. The League sponsors from 2010–11 are Evo-Stik, who took over from Henkel UniBond. The Premier Division featured five new clubs: The Division One North featured four new clubs: The Division One South featured five new clubs: The Northern Premier League Challenge Cup 2010–11 (billed as the Evo-Stik Challenge Cup 2010–11 for sponsorship reasons) was

neg: Faroe Islands Premier League Faroe Islands Premier League The Faroe Islands Premier League is the top level of football in the Faroe Islands. It was founded in 2005, replacing 1. deild and it is organised by the Faroe Islands Football Association. For sponsorship reasons, the league will be called "Betri deildin menn" starting from 2018. The league was known as "Formuladeildin" from 2005 to 2008, "Vodafonedeildin" from 2009 to 2011 and "Effodeildin" from 2012 to 2017. All teams in the league have semi-professional status. It currently has 10 participating clubs. At the end of each season, two teams are relegated and two promoted from

neg: Malaysia Premier League TM sponsorship for seven consecutive years, FAM launched a new logo for the 2011 season where it has been partnering with Astro Media as strategic partner for Malaysian League marketing. The Astro brand was only incorporated as part of the Liga Premier logo from 2012 season including the wording of Malaysia and the partnership continue until the end of 2014 season. In 2015 season, no title sponsor was incorporated when the league was sponsored by MP & Silva. For 2016 season a new logo was introduced as part of the takeover of the league by FMLLP where 100PLUS has been

neg: John Curtis (footballer, born 1978) just 10 league appearances. He failed to regain his regular starting place, and spent the second half of the 2002–03 season on loan to Sheffield United. At the end of the season he was released by Blackburn on a free transfer, and was signed by Leicester City (newly promoted to the Premier League) on a two-year contract. However, Curtis' spell at Leicester was an unhappy one, and after making just 17 Premier League appearances, he opted for a move to Portsmouth in February 2004, where he teamed up with Harry Redknapp. After failing to win a regular starting place in

neg: Nathan Craze medal in the 2004 World under-18 Championships (Div II) in Lithuania, and he equalled the feat by being voted the IIHF’s tournament Best Netminder when GB won the gold medal in the 2006 World under-20 Championships (Div II) in Romania. In 2006, Craze signed with the Bracknell Bees as their starting goalie, winning the double- English Premier Ice Hockey League and Playoff title in his first season. The 2007-2008 season saw Craze signed with the Swindon Wildcats of the same league, again serving as their starting goalie. From 2008-2011, Craze continued to re-sign for the Belfast Giants, backing up fellow

neg: David Jones (presenter) Sports from the 2007-08 season until 2011. Jones started presenting live Premier League matches in 2010. Starting in 2012, Jones was announced as the host of The Footballers' Football Show, a programme which discusses the key football issues of the week. In June 2013, Sky Sports announced a brand new show for the 2013-14 season called "Saturday Night Football", for their coverage of 5.30pm Saturday evening Premier League fixtures. The show was presented by Jones alongside Jamie Redknapp with an audience of football fans debating current football issues. The audience was later dropped but Jones and Redknapp continued to host

neg: Carlton Cole as well as picking up a further four assists. He started the season in good form, scoring four goals in his first eight matches. On 26 October 2008, Cole received his first red card of his West Ham career against Arsenal, with a foul on Alex Song at Upton Park. Cole's form earned him a new five-year contract, which he signed in November 2008. He continued the good form in 2009–10 season, made 30 Premier League appearances, starting 26 of them. He scored ten Premier League goals, including one penalty in the 5–3 home win over Burnley on 28 November.

neg: 2017 FC Taraz season 2017 FC Taraz season The 2017 FC Taraz season is the 9th successive season that the club will play in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan, and 24th in total. On 4 January, Taraz announced the appointment of Vait Talgayev as their new manager, replacing Yuriy Maksymov. Despite originally being relegated at the end of the 2016 season to the Kazakhstan First Division, Taraz were re-instated to the Premier League on 3 February 2017, when the Football Federation of Kazakhstan ruled that Altai Semey did not meet the required entry requirements for the Premier

neg: 2015 Assam State Premier League season 2015 Assam State Premier League season The 2015 Assam State Premier League is the first season of the Assam State Premier League in its new format. Assam State Premier League "alias" ASPL, is the top football league for association football clubs in the Indian state of Assam. The league was re-launched in May 2015 and was kicked off on 29 May and will conclude with the final on 25 July. Karbi Anglong Morning Star F.C. became champion of 2015 Assam State Premier League by defeating F.C. Green Valley in final held at KSSA, Diphu. As an estimated 1.97 Lakh fans

neg: Alfreton Town F.C. club finished as runners-up again in 1980–81 and 1981–82. In 1982 the Midland League merged with the Yorkshire League to form the Northern Counties East League, with Alfreton placed in the Premier Division. In 1986–87 they won the Premier Division, earning promotion to the new Division One of the Northern Premier League. The club remained in Division One until 1995–96, when they finished second and were promoted to the Premier Division. The 1997–98 season Alfreton finished bottom of the Premier Division, and were relegated to Division One. The following season they finished last in Division One and were relegated back