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The penalty shootout made its appearance immediately thereafter. The first instance of a shootout replacing a replay (rather than lots) was the final of the 1976 European championship. The shootout's first use at the World Cup took place in the 1982 semi-finals. Replays are now only used in the early rounds of the English FA Cup tournament.
22 May 2011: On the final day of the Premier League, Blackpool are relegated by a 4–2 defeat at Manchester United after taking a 2–1 lead, while League Cup holders Birmingham City also go down after conceding a last minute goal as they lose 2–1 to a Tottenham Hotspur side whose victory confirms their Europa League qualification, [162 ...
This is the first Football League match to be shown in full on television. [97] [98] [99] 4 March - Extensive highlights of the Football League Cup Final are televised for the first time on Match Of The Day. 3 April - The Football League Management Committee reject a £1m offer from BBC Television to show live League football on Thursday nights ...
The 2011–12 Premier League (known as the Barclays Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 20th season of the Premier League since its establishment in 1992. The season began on 13 August 2011 and ended on 13 May 2012 with Manchester City sealing their third league title – their first since 1968 – with a 3-2 win over Queens Park Rangers on the final day.
On 13 May 2012, Manchester City played Queens Park Rangers at the Etihad Stadium in both teams' 38th and final match of the 2011–12 Premier League season. City entered the match in first place on goal difference, being level on 86 points with local rivals Manchester United, and needed to match or better United's result at Sunderland at the Stadium of Light to win the league. [3]
The Premier League introduced a cap on the number of players in a squad. From this season onwards, clubs had to declare a squad of no more than 25 players when the summer transfer window shuts, and then again at the end of the January transfer window. Players aged 21 and under could be selected without being registered in the 25.
Fox Soccer aired the English Premier League from 1998 to 2013. At the start of the season, Fox Sports Net or Fox Sports World broadcast weekly highlights from Premier League matches, with Lionel Bienvenu hosting the show. Meanwhile, the live match broadcast is broadcast on a pay-per-view basis through several providers.
They however failed to retain both trophies as Manchester United pipped Arsenal on the final day of the league season, winning the Premier League as well as defeating the holders in a FA Cup semi-final replay. [11] United won the league for two successive seasons: in 1999–2000 ending the season 18 points in front and 2000–01 by 10. [12]