The Premier League have announced their latest television picks for the upcoming festive period

Explained: Why Premier League TV picks take so long, the enormously complicated ‘chess match’ that decides them as Sky Sports and TNT do battle with mind games, and the massive impact it has on powerless matchgoing fans

A game of chess. A jigsaw. A Rubik’s cube. Jenga. Just some of the puzzles referenced by industry insiders in describing the process of selecting Premier League matches for television, one of the most complex and controversial aspects of the season. The Premier League announced on Wednesday afternoon the latest Sky Sports and TNT picks…

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‘The Premier League is quite hard!’ – Newcastle new boy Nick Woltemade shocked by intensity of game despite scoring on debut against Wolves

Nick Woltemade’s career on Tyneside got off to the best possible start, as the German striker scored the winner in Newcastle’s 1-0 win over Wolves at St. James’s Park. The 22-year-old spoke positively about the experience, and his new manager Eddie Howe, but also admitted “the Premier League is quite hard”, revealing he was experiencing…

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