#113 How did the Premier League become the most dominant league on the planet?
Soccer 101
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4.9 • 853 Ratings
🗓️ 25 August 2022
⏱️ 40 minutes
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The Premier League is regarded as the gold standard for global domestic soccer. It has the most fans, the most money, and the biggest brand of all the top leagues. On this week's episode, Ryan is joined by Graham and Taylor to discuss the league's origins, the specific factors that led to its rapid growth, and what the future holds for the Premier League as soccer's top dog.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Soccer 101, the podcast where we scratched the soccer itches. |
| 0:18.1 | You never knew you had. |
| 0:19.6 | The Premier League is regarded as the global gold standard for domestic soccer. |
| 0:23.8 | It has the most fans, the most money, and the strongest brand of all the world's top leagues. |
| 0:29.0 | But how did it come to be? |
| 0:30.3 | How did it get so powerful? |
| 0:31.8 | And what does the future hold for the Barclays as soccer's top dog? |
| 0:36.2 | My name's Ryan Bailey. |
| 0:37.4 | To help me explore this question and many more, we have Mr. Taylor Rockwell. |
| 0:40.7 | Hello. |
| 0:41.3 | Hello. |
| 0:42.2 | And we have Mr. Graham Rutherland. |
| 0:44.4 | Hello, Graham. |
| 0:45.1 | Hello, Ryan Bailey. |
| 0:46.3 | Hello, Graham. |
| 0:47.6 | Now, Graham, you were of an age where you may remember the start of the Premier League. |
| 0:52.9 | It's inauguration in 1992 and the fanfare around it, certainly in the UK. |
| 0:58.8 | This is, of course, when Rupert Murdoch invented soccer. |
| 1:01.7 | But it is to say, he helped launch the Premier League with huge backing from his Sky TV network back in 1992. |
| 1:09.4 | Now, to give some context around the very start of the Premier League, it came at a time |
| 1:14.6 | when English soccer didn't have a very good reputation. It was almost a means of sanitising English |
| 1:20.7 | soccer and turning it more into the glossier product that it has become. So there were lots of |
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