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Premier League celebrates 30-year rise to global dominance

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In 1992, the top clubs broke with 104 years of tradition by splitting from the Football League and controversially creating a 'super league' which would keep its own income rather than sharing it with the clubs across all four divisions of the professional game.

The move only became a reality because it was backed by the governing Football Association -- a decision that was viewed as a betrayal by many of the smaller teams -- and by domestic television companies viewed with suspicion by sceptical fans.

Rupert Murdoch's Sky Television then secured the rights and set about heavily promoting the league which since its inception has been driven by broadcast revenues.

The American style approach, evident in mimicking the NFL's 'Monday Night Football', pushed the popularity of the national sport to new levels but at first some baulked at the razzmatazz. "I don't think we all realised quite what the Premier League was going to become 30 years ago," said Teddy Sheringham who scored the first televised goal in the league for Nottingham Forest against Liverpool. "It was a new thing and exciting times.

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