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The original league was called the Football league and became the English Premier league. 22 teams joined the competition at the beginning of the season.
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BBC Radio 5 has been the EPL's national readio partner since the league began.
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The first English Pemier Lague game is played and the two teams were Sheffield United and Manchester United.
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Carling become the first Title Sponsors and the league was called the Carling Premiership.
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Manchest United were the first season winners.
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Nike has been providing soccer balls for the EPL since the 2000-2001 season.
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Barclaycard becomes the new league Title Sponsor and the league turns over 570 million Euros.
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EA sports has been the offical sports tecnology sponsor of the EPL since 2003.
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Barclays is now the title sponsor.
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Talk sports has been a media outlet for the epl since 2007.
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NBC signed a three year deal with the EPL for $250 million.
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BTC Sport is a new broadcast partner for the EPL. They had just joined in the 2013- 2014 season.
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New UK is a new media outlet for the EPL. They cover EPL games all across the web.
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Male fans continue to dominate support in this survey and account for 86% of
season ticket holders and 84% of non-season ticket holders.
