Sporting Witness - Creating the English Premier League - BBC Sounds

BBC Sounds’ Sporting Witness returns with an episode focused on how the Premier League was created, tracing the breakaway from the Football League in the early 1990s. In the 1990s, the “big five” — Arsenal, Manchester United, Liverpool, Everton and Tottenham Hotspur — pushed for a new top-tier competition to generate more revenue. Backed by the Football Association, the Premier League officially began on 15 August 1992 after securing a reported $500 million TV deal. David Dein, Arsenal vice-chairman in 1992 and a key driver of the new league, explains the process to Tim O’Callaghan. The series blends archive material and eyewitness testimony, with recent episodes covering topics ranging from the Women’s World Cup to stories in F1, tennis and more.