On 27th March 2002 ITV Digital went bust. Despite the best efforts of Johnny Vegas and his monkey the first ever TV service to air on a digital terrestrial television network went under, with the owners blaming the cost of football league rights as one of the principal reasons for ...
Sport News 24/7 By Richard de Winter - TLE Sports Columnist @rgdewinter @TLE_Sport I am just about of the generation that still believes in the so-called ‘magic of the cup.’ In my extreme youth, Cup Final Day was an event, one of few live football matches on the TV. I still ...
Bookmaker Betway are reporting multiple pay-outs of hundreds of thousands of pounds at big odds in what has been dubbed Brexit II for the gambling industry. Early reports suggest the Trump win could be a worse result for the bookies than Brexit and Leicester winning the Premier League. Betway’s Alan Alger, ...
Sport News 24/7 By Richard de Winter & David de Winter - Sports Editor @TLE_Sport @rgdewinter @davidjdewinter TLE Sports Editor David de Winter and TLE columnist Richard de Winter discuss England's thrilling series draw in Bangladesh and their upcoming tour of India, the home nations' chances in the upcoming Autumn ...
Chelsea and West Ham fans clashed at London Stadium last night, with one spectator warning that someone could get killed if nothing is done about the unrest. Plastic bottles, seats and coins were hurled between rival fans, with a young child getting hit in the crossfire in the latest outbreak of ...
By Math Morrison Yesterday two sets of football fans united off the pitch for a protest march. Charlton Athletic and Coventry City fans stood shoulder to shoulder in protest against their respective owners, owners who through their clueless knowledge of football seem hell-bent on running their clubs into the ground. Fifteen years ...
Sport News 24/7 When James Milner netted his first goal on Boxing Day of ’02 to become the youngest player to score in the Premier League there was a palpable sense that the young Leeds lad had a big career in front of him. With 423 appearances in the top ...
Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @davidjdewinter @TLE_Sport Six games, five defeats, 16 goals conceded – not quite the start to the season West Ham fans had in mind, especially given last term’s impressive seventh-place finish. After leaving their beloved Boleyn Ground in order to become ...
Sport News 24/7 By Richard de Winter & David de Winter - Sports Editor @TLE_Sport @rgdewinter @davidjdewinter TLE Sports Editor David de Winter is joined by Richard de Winter to discuss the upcoming Ryder Cup, the Fancy Bears hacking leak & TUE debate, the thrilling end to the Specsavers County ...