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Football
By Amber Mike Hall
The Football Championship League which is often called 'The Championship' for short, is sponsored by Coca-Cola which means that it's official name is the Coca-Cola Football League Championship. It is the Highest Division in the Football League and the second highest overall in the English football league system. The highest being the Premier League.
The Football League Championship came into being for the 2004-2005 season having been known prior to that as the Football League First Division. The league is made up of 24 teams who each play a total of 46 games through out a season. A single season runs from August of one year, through till May of the next year. During this season, the 46 games that each team plays are made up of them playing each other team twice. One of these games is played as a 'home' game - at their own stadium, and the other as an 'away' game - at their opponent's home stadium.
When a game is played, the team is awarded points based on whether they win, draw or lose the game. They receive three points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points if they lose the game. These points are used to rank the teams in the league table. If two or more teams have the same number of points, then the goal difference and then goals scored is taken into account in order to rank them correctly.
At the end of the season, the team with the highest number of points is the league champion. The two teams finishing in the top two positions are promoted into the Premier League and the bottom three teams are relegated to Football League One. Also, the teams finishing in positions 3, 4, 5 and 6 compete in the Championship playoffs. This is a knockout competition, with third place playing sixth place, and fourth and fifth place teams playing each other, with the winners of each match playing a final match against each other. The winner of this game win promotion up into the Premier league as well as the Championship playoff trophy. The three teams who have been promoted are replaced in the division by the three teams relegated from the bottom of the Premier League. Likewise at the bottom of the league table, the three teams that have been relegated to Football League One, are replaced by the teams who have been promoted from there into this league ready for the next season.
A fairly large percentage of the league's revenue comes from television rights. The television rights for the Football League Championship are currently held by Sky Sports who have bought this exclusive right until the 2009-2010 season when they will show 65 matches live. The BBC will at that time also show 10 live games per season. The three year contract deal is worth a total of £264 million that will be paid mostly by Sky.
The Football Championship League which is often called 'The Championship' for short, is sponsored by Coca-Cola which means that it's official name is the Coca-Cola Football League Championship. It is the Highest Division in the Football League and the second highest overall in the English football league system. The highest being the Premier League.
The Football League Championship came into being for the 2004-2005 season having been known prior to that as the Football League First Division. The league is made up of 24 teams who each play a total of 46 games through out a season. A single season runs from August of one year, through till May of the next year. During this season, the 46 games that each team plays are made up of them playing each other team twice. One of these games is played as a 'home' game - at their own stadium, and the other as an 'away' game - at their opponent's home stadium.
When a game is played, the team is awarded points based on whether they win, draw or lose the game. They receive three points for a win, one point for a draw, and no points if they lose the game. These points are used to rank the teams in the league table. If two or more teams have the same number of points, then the goal difference and then goals scored is taken into account in order to rank them correctly.
At the end of the season, the team with the highest number of points is the league champion. The two teams finishing in the top two positions are promoted into the Premier League and the bottom three teams are relegated to Football League One. Also, the teams finishing in positions 3, 4, 5 and 6 compete in the Championship playoffs. This is a knockout competition, with third place playing sixth place, and fourth and fifth place teams playing each other, with the winners of each match playing a final match against each other. The winner of this game win promotion up into the Premier league as well as the Championship playoff trophy. The three teams who have been promoted are replaced in the division by the three teams relegated from the bottom of the Premier League. Likewise at the bottom of the league table, the three teams that have been relegated to Football League One, are replaced by the teams who have been promoted from there into this league ready for the next season.
A fairly large percentage of the league's revenue comes from television rights. The television rights for the Football League Championship are currently held by Sky Sports who have bought this exclusive right until the 2009-2010 season when they will show 65 matches live. The BBC will at that time also show 10 live games per season. The three year contract deal is worth a total of £264 million that will be paid mostly by Sky.
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