Question: Had the Football League First Division ever been in the top level?
Answer: The Football League First Division, which had been the top level of English football since 1888

Question: In which year were English football clubs banned from competition in Europe?
Answer: 1985

Question: How long were the clubs banned for?
Answer: five years

Question: What did English players do after the ban?
Answer: moved abroad

Question: When attendance dropped to the Football League First Division, what else decreased?
Answer: revenues

Question: When did the downward trend of the English Football start to turn around?
Answer: by the turn of the 1990s the downward trend was starting to reverse

Question: Was England successful in the 1990 FIFA World Cup?
Answer: England had been successful in the 1990 FIFA World Cup, reaching the semi-finals.

Question: Did the UEFA remove the 5 year ban on English clubs playing in European competitions in 1990?
Answer: UEFA, European football's governing body, lifted the five-year ban on English clubs playing in European competitions in 1990

Question: What did the removal of the ban result in?
Answer: (resulting in Manchester United lifting the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1991

Question: Did the Taylor Report on stadiums safety standards propose expensive upgrades to stadiums?
Answer: proposed expensive upgrades to create all-seater stadiums in the aftermath of the Hillsborough disaster

Question: In which year did English football's downward trend stop thanks to England making it to the FIFA World Cup semi-finals?
Answer: 1990

Question: In which year was the English club ban lifted by UEFA?
Answer: 1990

Question: In which year shortly thereafter did Manchester United win the UEFA Winners' Cup?
Answer: 1991

Question: In which month was the Taylor Report published?
Answer: January

Question: In which year was the Taylor Report published?
Answer: 1990

Question: How much money did the Football League receive in revenues from television money for a two year agreement in 1986?
Answer: the Football League received £6.3 million for a two-year agreement in 1986

Question: In 1998, the deal was renewed for what amount over four years?
Answer: deal was renewed in 1988, the price rose to £44 million over four years.

Question: In 1988, how many clubs threateded to leave and form another league?
Answer: ten clubs threatened to leave and form a "super league"

Question: Why did some of the top teams consider leaving the Football league?
Answer: to capitalise on the growing influx of money being pumped into the sport.

Question: What did the Football League's television agreement price rise to in 1988?
Answer: £44 million

Question: When was the first year that clubs threatened to leave the Football League?
Answer: 1988

Question: What price was set for Football League television rights in 1986?
Answer: £6.3 million

Question: For how many years was the 1986 television rights contract?
Answer: two

Question: For how many years was the 1988 television rights contract?
Answer: four

Question: In 1991, was a proposal for a new league postponed?
Answer: At the close of the 1991 season, a proposal was tabled

Question: What did this agreement establish?
Answer: established the basic principles for setting up the FA Premier League.

Question: When was the Founder Members Agreement signed?
Answer: The Founder Members Agreement, signed on 17 July 1991

Question: Would the new top division have commerical independence from the Football Association as well as the Football League?
Answer: The newly formed top division would have commercial independence from The Football Association and the Football League

Question: Would the FA Premier League be able to negotiate their broadcasting and sponsorship agreements?
Answer: giving the FA Premier League licence to negotiate its own broadcast and sponsorship agreements.

Question: On which day was the Founder Members Agreement signed?
Answer: 17 July 1991

Question: What was the argument made for the splitting off of the FA Premier League which would lead to being able to compete across Europe?
Answer: extra income

Question: In which year was the proposal for a new league tabled?
Answer: 1991

Question: Why did Greg Dyke of London Weekend Television meet with representatives of the biggest five English football clubs in 1990?
Answer: The meeting was to pave the way for a break away from The Football League.

Question: Why did Dyke only want the larger clubs featured on national television?
Answer: Dyke believed that it would be more lucrative for LWT if only the larger clubs in the country were featured on national television

Question: Did the five clubs think this was a good idea?
Answer: The five clubs decided it was a good idea and decided to press ahead with it

Question: Were talks held with the Football Association to see if they were okay with this plan?
Answer: David Dein of Arsenal held talks to see whether the FA were receptive to the idea

Question: Who was the London Weekend Television's managing director?
Answer: Greg Dyke

Question: In which year did the managing director meet with the representatives of the "big five" football clubs?
Answer: 1990

Question: In which country did the managing director meet with the representatives of the "big five" football clubs?
Answer: England

Question: Which Arsenal representative held talks with the Football Association about getting their backing for the new league?
Answer: David Dein

Question: What did the Football Association want to do through building a relationship with the new league?
Answer: weaken the Football League's position

Question: When did the First Division clubs resign from the Football League?
Answer: In 1992, the First Division clubs resigned from the Football League en masse

Question: When was the FA Premier League formed as a limited company?
Answer: on 27 May 1992 the FA Premier League was formed as a limited company working out of an office at the Football Association's then headquarters in Lancaster Gate.

Question: How many divisions did the Premier League start out with at this time?
Answer: the Premier League would operate with a single division

Question: How many divisions did the Football League after the the Premier League was founded?
Answer: the Football League with three

Question: Was there a change in the competition format after the Premier League was formed?
Answer: There was no change in competition format; the same number of teams competed in the top flight

Question: On which date was the FA Premier League formed legally?
Answer: 27 May 1992

Question: Out of which organization's headquarters did the original FA Premier League staff operate out of?
Answer: Football Association

Question: How old was the Football League when the break-up happened?
Answer: 104

Question: How many divisions were left in the Football League after the split?
Answer: three

Question: How many divisions did the Premier League start with after the split?
Answer: a single division

Question: When did the Premier League hold its first season?
Answer: The league held its first season in 1992–93

Question: Originally, how many clubs did the Premier League have?
Answer: was originally composed of 22 clubs.

Question: Who scored the first ever goal for the Premier League
Answer: The first ever Premier League goal was scored by Brian Deane of Sheffield United in a 2–1 win against Manchester United.

Question: Which blubs were relegated from the old first division at the end of the 1991-1992 season and didn't take part in the first Premier League season?
Answer: Luton Town, Notts County and West Ham United were the three teams relegated from the old first division

Question: In which years were the first season?
Answer: 1992–93

Question: How many clubs originally made up the league?
Answer: 22

Question: Who scored the first goal in the Premier League?
Answer: Brian Deane