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The English Premier League, often referred to as the EPL, is recognised around the world as the best league in the world. Players from across the globe dream to play at famous grounds such as Old Trafford, St James Park, Stamford Bridge, The Emirates Stadium and Anfield, amongst others. In recent years, some of the world’s most expensive players have enthralled Premier League crowds across the country and have been watched by millions across the world. In fact, the Premier League is so popular around the globe it is broadcast in 212 countries giving EPL games a potential television audience of 4.7 billion people. That worldwide television revenue alone generates £billions each year and is distributed amongst the clubs depending on their final standing the previous year. For this reason, promotion to the English Premier League is highly prized and fiercely fought over in the English Championship.



Contested by 20 clubs, the English Premier League operates a system of promotion and relegation similar to the main football leagues worldwide. As well as English teams those clubs from wales who play in the English Football League can also qualify to enter the EPL; recent examples include Cardiff City and Swansea City Football Clubs.


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Currently, the top four teams in the league qualify to enter the UEFA Champions League with the first three entering the group stage directly and the team in fourth place must enter a play off in order to win a place in the group stages.


The English Premier League season runs from August to May and each team plays the other clubs twice, both home and away giving a 38 game season. So popular has the league become that in the 2010-11 season the English Premier League reached new heights with stadium occupancy reaching an average of 92% with the typical attendance at games being 35,363. The leagues success has continued to grow year on year and, in fact, based upon the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) coefficients the EPL continues to be ranked second amongst the leading European competitions and has been for the past five years.



Since its inception in 1992, the dominant team in the English Premier League has been Manchester United who have won an amazing 13 EPL titles in 23 years. United’s nearest rivals Chelsea have won the league 4 times with Arsenal trailing with 3 titles. The only former EPL champions who do not currently compete in the EPL are 1995 winners Blackburn Rovers.

Fixtures 2023 | 2024

29

march

2024

Norwich

vs

Plymouth

Carrow Road

Championship

fr 160 €

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29

march

2024

Blackburn

vs

Ipswich

Ewood Park

Championship

fr 29 €

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29

march

2024

Preston

vs

Rotherham

Deepdale Stadium

Championship

fr 160 €

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29

march

2024

Bristol City

vs

Leicester

Ashton Gate Stadium

Championship

fr 160 €

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29

march

2024

Queens Park Rangers

vs

Birmingham

Loftus Road

Championship

fr 160 €

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29

march

2024

Southampton

vs

Middlesbrough

St Mary's Stadium

Championship

fr 160 €

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29

march

2024

Sheffield Wednesday

vs

Swansea

Hillsborough Stadium

Championship

fr 160 €

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29

march

2024

Millwall

vs

West Bromwich

The Den

Championship

fr 50 €

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29

march

2024

Hull

vs

Stoke

KC Stadium

Championship

fr 160 €

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1

april

2024

Sunderland

vs

Blackburn

Stadium of Light

Championship

fr 95 €

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1

april

2024

Stoke

vs

Huddersfield

Britannia Stadium

Championship

fr 160 €

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1

april

2024

Birmingham

vs

Preston

St Andrew's

Championship

fr 160 €

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1

april

2024

Plymouth

vs

Bristol City

Home Park

Championship

fr 160 €

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1

april

2024

Swansea

vs

Queens Park Rangers

Liberty Stadium

Championship

fr 160 €

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1

april

2024

West Bromwich

vs

Watford

The Hawthorns

Championship

fr 160 €

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1

april

2024

Ipswich

vs

Southampton

Portman Road

Championship

fr 160 €

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1

april

2024

Coventry

vs

Cardiff

St Andrew's

Championship

fr 160 €

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6

april

2024

Sunderland

vs

Bristol City

Stadium of Light

Championship

fr 95 €

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6

april

2024

Blackburn

vs

Southampton

Ewood Park

Championship

fr 39 €

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6

april

2024

Watford

vs

Preston

Vicarage Road

Championship

fr 34 €

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6

april

2024

Huddersfield

vs

Millwall

John Smith's Stadium

Championship

fr 160 €

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6

april

2024

Queens Park Rangers

vs

Sheffield Wednesday

Loftus Road

Championship

fr 86 €

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6

april

2024

Stoke

vs

West Bromwich

Britannia Stadium

Championship

fr 160 €

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9

april

2024

Sheffield Wednesday

vs

Norwich

Hillsborough Stadium

Championship

fr 160 €

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9

april

2024

Southampton

vs

Coventry

St Mary's Stadium

Championship

fr 29 €

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9

april

2024

Preston

vs

Huddersfield

Deepdale Stadium

Championship

fr 160 €

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9

april

2024

Plymouth

vs

Queens Park Rangers

Home Park

Championship

fr 160 €

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9

april

2024

Millwall

vs

Leicester

The Den

Championship

fr 39 €

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10

april

2024

West Bromwich

vs

Rotherham

The Hawthorns

Championship

fr 160 €

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10

april

2024

Ipswich

vs

Watford

Portman Road

Championship

fr 160 €

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10

april

2024

Swansea

vs

Stoke

Liberty Stadium

Championship

fr 160 €

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10

april

2024

Hull

vs

Middlesbrough

KC Stadium

Championship

fr 160 €

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10

april

2024

Birmingham

vs

Cardiff

St Andrew's

Championship

fr 160 €

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12

april

2024

Plymouth

vs

Leicester

Home Park

Championship

fr 160 €

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13

april

2024

Sheffield Wednesday

vs

Stoke

Hillsborough Stadium

Championship

fr 160 €

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13

april

2024

Millwall

vs

Cardiff

The Den

Championship

fr 49 €

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13

april

2024

Swansea

vs

Rotherham

Liberty Stadium

Championship

fr 160 €

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13

april

2024

Bristol City

vs

Huddersfield

Ashton Gate Stadium

Championship

fr 160 €

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13

april

2024

Preston

vs

Norwich

Deepdale Stadium

Championship

fr 160 €

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13

april

2024

Southampton

vs

Watford

St Mary's Stadium

Championship

fr 59 €

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13

april

2024

West Bromwich

vs

Sunderland

The Hawthorns

Championship

fr 160 €

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13

april

2024

Ipswich

vs

Middlesbrough

Portman Road

Championship

fr 160 €

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13

april

2024

Hull

vs

Queens Park Rangers

KC Stadium

Championship

fr 160 €

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13

april

2024

Birmingham

vs

Coventry

St Andrew's

Championship

fr 160 €

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20

april

2024

Coventry

vs

Ipswich

St Andrew's

Championship

fr 160 €

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20

april

2024

Huddersfield

vs

Swansea

John Smith's Stadium

Championship

fr 160 €

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20

april

2024

Watford

vs

Hull

Vicarage Road

Championship

fr 34 €

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20

april

2024

Stoke

vs

Plymouth

Britannia Stadium

Championship

fr 160 €

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20

april

2024

Queens Park Rangers

vs

Preston

Loftus Road

Championship

fr 86 €

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20

april

2024

Norwich

vs

Bristol City

Carrow Road

Championship

fr 160 €

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20

april

2024

Sunderland

vs

Millwall

Stadium of Light

Championship

fr 125 €

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21

april

2024

Blackburn

vs

Sheffield Wednesday

Ewood Park

Championship

fr 35 €

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27

april

2024

Watford

vs

Sunderland

Vicarage Road

Championship

fr 43 €

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27

april

2024

Millwall

vs

Plymouth

The Den

Championship

fr 39 €

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27

april

2024

Queens Park Rangers

vs

Leeds

Loftus Road

Championship

fr 165 €

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27

april

2024

Blackburn

vs

Coventry

Ewood Park

Championship

fr 29 €

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27

april

2024

Southampton

vs

Stoke

St Mary's Stadium

Championship

fr 79 €

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4

may

2024

Sunderland

vs

Sheffield Wednesday

Stadium of Light

Championship

fr 155 €

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Tickets and hotel packages to Championship

Tickets for Football League Championship games are available from individual clubs and a number of brokers. Often, to encourage loyalty, season ticket holders can buy tickets to games up to a week in advance of them becoming available to the public. You can check out your favorite clubs fixtures by visiting the clubs website or other related websites to plan your journey. As a modern European country, England is well supported by both rail and road services and most Championship clubs are within a short distance of the main avenues of transport.

For those traveling to the UK from European destinations there are many airports which can take you to the regions in which your favorite club resides. For example, London is well equipped for the international traveler with Heathrow, Gatwick, Luton and Stansted able to provide Championship games in the south east of the country. Furthermore, in the midlands you have East Midlands airport, amongst others, Leeds and Bradford airport can cater for the North East whilst Manchester airport can accommodate Championship games in the north west of England.

History

Such is the popularity of football in England when the Football league Championship was founded, back in the 2004-05 season, it boasted a total attendance of 9.8 million, which, at the time, was the fourth highest attendance for a European football division. This is even more impressive when you think the only divisions ahead of it were the English Premier league with a total attendance of 12.88 million, La Liga of Spain with 11.57 million and the Bundesliga of German with 10.92 million. As such, it means in its debut season the English Championship boasted a better total attendance than Italy’s Serie A who had 9.77 million and Ligue 1 of France with 8.18 million.

Since its inception, the league has been much larger than most of its European contemporaries with 24 teams rather the customary 20 football clubs that contest the championship. A major factor in the leagues success has come from its increased television revenue which is one of the best in the world for a secondary league. In fact, the Football League Championship is unique in European football because not only is so well supported but it is extremely well covered by television and broadcast across the world. So high is the demand for Championship games that between 2009 and 2012 Sky Sports had the rights to broadcast 65 live matches as well as the promotion play offs each season. This deal, which included a highlights show on the BBC was worth £264m which was the highest ever paid to a secondary football league anywhere in the world.