Premier_League

context: The Premier League is a corporation in which the 20 member clubs act as shareholders. Seasons run from August to May. Teams play 38 matches each (playing each team in the league twice, home and away), totalling 380 matches in the season. Most games are played on Saturday and Sunday afternoons; others during weekday evenings. It is currently sponsored by Barclays Bank and thus officially known as the Barclays Premier League and is colloquially known as the Premiership. Outside the UK it is commonly referred to as the English Premier League (EPL).
qas: answers: text: The Premier League is a corporation in which the 20 member clubs act as shareholders
question: How many club members are there?

answers: text: Teams play 38 matches each (playing each team in the league twice, home and away), totalling 380 matches in the season.
question: How many matches does each team play?

answers: text: Most games are played on Saturday and Sunday afternoons; others during weekday evenings
question: What days are most games played?

answers: text: It is currently sponsored by Barclays Bank and thus officially known as the Barclays Premier League and is colloquially known as the Premiership.
question: Who sponsors the Premier League?

answers: text: Outside the UK it is commonly referred to as the English Premier League (EPL).
question: What name is the Premier League known as outside of the United Kingdom?

answers: text: 20
question: How many member clubs are shareholders in the Premier League?

answers: text: August to May
question: When do Premier League seasons run from?

answers: text: 38
question: How many matches do each team play?

answers: text: Barclays Bank
question: Who sponsors the Premier League?

answers: text: English Premier League
question: What is the Premier League commonly referred to outside the UK?

context: The competition formed as the FA Premier League on 20 February 1992 following the decision of clubs in the Football League First Division to break away from the Football League, which was originally founded in 1888, and take advantage of a lucrative television rights deal. The deal was worth £1 billion a year domestically as of 2013–14, with BSkyB and BT Group securing the domestic rights to broadcast 116 and 38 games respectively. The league generates €2.2 billion per year in domestic and international television rights. In 2014/15, teams were apportioned revenues of £1.6 billion.
qas: answers: text: The competition formed as the FA Premier League on 20 February 1992
question: What date was the Premier League formed?

answers: text: BSkyB and BT Group securing the domestic rights to broadcast 116 and 38 games respectively.
question: Who secured the domestic rights to broadcast games 116 and 38 respectively?

answers: text: The deal was worth £1 billion a year domestically as of 2013–14
question: How much was the deal worth?

answers: text: The league generates €2.2 billion per year in domestic and international television rights
question: How much revenue does the league generate in domestic and international television rights?

answers: text: In 2014/15, teams were apportioned revenues of £1.6 billion.
question: In 2014/15, how much were the teams apportioned in revenues?

answers: text: 20 February 1992
question: When was the Premier League originally formed?

answers: text: 1888
question: When was the Football League originally founded?

answers: text: 116
question: How many games were secured to broadcast by BSkyB?

answers: text: 38
question: How many games were secured to broadcast by BT Group?

answers: text: €2.2 billion
question: How much income does the Premier League generate per year in worldwide television rights?

context: The Premier League is the most-watched football league in the world, broadcast in 212 territories to 643 million homes and a potential TV audience of 4.7 billion people. In the 2014–15 season, the average Premier League match attendance exceeded 36,000, second highest of any professional football league behind the Bundesliga's 43,500. Most stadium occupancies are near capacity. The Premier League rank second in the UEFA coefficients of leagues based on performances in European competitions over the past five seasons.
qas: answers: text: The Premier League is the most-watched football league in the world,
question: Is the Premier League the most watched football league in the world?

answers: text: broadcast in 212 territories
question: How many territories is the Premier League broadcast to?

answers: text: a potential TV audience of 4.7 billion people
question: What is the potential television audience of the Premier League?

answers: text: The Premier League rank second in the UEFA coefficients of leagues
question: What is the Premier League's UEFA co-efficients of leagues rank?

answers: text: the average Premier League match attendance exceeded 36,000
question: What is the average game attendance for the league?

answers: text: 643 million
question: To how many homes is the Premier League broadcast to?

answers: text: 36,000
question: What average attendance number was exceeded by the Premier League in the 2014-15 season?

answers: text: Bundesliga
question: Which league has the highest average attendance in professional football?

answers: text: 212
question: To how many territories is the Premier League broadcast to?

answers: text: 4.7 billion
question: What is the potential television audience of the Premier League?

context: Despite significant European success during the 1970s and early 1980s, the late '80s had marked a low point for English football. Stadiums were crumbling, supporters endured poor facilities, hooliganism was rife, and English clubs were banned from European competition for five years following the Heysel Stadium disaster in 1985. The Football League First Division, which had been the top level of English football since 1888, was well behind leagues such as Italy's Serie A and Spain's La Liga in attendances and revenues, and several top English players had moved abroad.
qas: answers: text: the late '80s had marked a low point for English football
question: When was the low point for English football?

answers: text: Stadiums were crumbling, supporters endured poor facilities, hooliganism was rife
question: Why was there a low point for English football?

answers: text: English clubs were banned from European competition for five years following the Heysel Stadium disaster in 1985.
question: Why were the English clubs banned from European competition in the 1980's?

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

answers: text: 1985
question: In which year were English football clubs banned from competition in Europe?

answers: text: five years
question: How long were the clubs banned for?

answers: text: moved abroad
question: What did English players do after the ban?

answers: text: revenues
question: When attendance dropped to the Football League First Division, what else decreased?

context: However, by the turn of the 1990s the downward trend was starting to reverse; England had been successful in the 1990 FIFA World Cup, reaching the semi-finals. UEFA, European football's governing body, lifted the five-year ban on English clubs playing in European competitions in 1990 (resulting in Manchester United lifting the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1991) and the Taylor Report on stadium safety standards, which proposed expensive upgrades to create all-seater stadiums in the aftermath of the Hillsborough disaster, was published in January of that year.
qas: answers: text: by the turn of the 1990s the downward trend was starting to reverse
question: When did the downward trend of the English Football start to turn around?

answers: text: England had been successful in the 1990 FIFA World Cup, reaching the semi-finals.
question: Was England successful in the 1990 FIFA World Cup?

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

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

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

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

answers: text: 1990
question: In which year was the English club ban lifted by UEFA?

answers: text: 1991
question: In which year shortly thereafter did Manchester United win the UEFA Winners' Cup?

answers: text: January
question: In which month was the Taylor Report published?

answers: text: 1990
question: In which year was the Taylor Report published?

context: Television money had also become much more important; the Football League received £6.3 million for a two-year agreement in 1986, but when that deal was renewed in 1988, the price rose to £44 million over four years. The 1988 negotiations were the first signs of a breakaway league; ten clubs threatened to leave and form a "super league", but were eventually persuaded to stay. As stadiums improved and match attendance and revenues rose, the country's top teams again considered leaving the Football League in order to capitalise on the growing influx of money being pumped into the sport.
qas: answers: text: the Football League received £6.3 million for a two-year agreement in 1986
question: How much money did the Football League receive in revenues from television money for a two year agreement in 1986?

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

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

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

answers: text: £44 million
question: What did the Football League's television agreement price rise to in 1988?

answers: text: 1988
question: When was the first year that clubs threatened to leave the Football League?

answers: text: £6.3 million
question: What price was set for Football League television rights in 1986?

answers: text: two
question: For how many years was the 1986 television rights contract?

answers: text: four
question: For how many years was the 1988 television rights contract?

context: At the close of the 1991 season, a proposal was tabled for the establishment of a new league that would bring more money into the game overall. The Founder Members Agreement, signed on 17 July 1991 by the game's top-flight clubs, established the basic principles for setting up the FA Premier League. The newly formed top division would have commercial independence from The Football Association and the Football League, giving the FA Premier League licence to negotiate its own broadcast and sponsorship agreements. The argument given at the time was that the extra income would allow English clubs to compete with teams across Europe.
qas: answers: text: At the close of the 1991 season, a proposal was tabled
question: In 1991, was a proposal for a new league postponed?

answers: text: established the basic principles for setting up the FA Premier League.
question: What did this agreement establish?

answers: text: The Founder Members Agreement, signed on 17 July 1991
question: When was the Founder Members Agreement signed?

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

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

answers: text: 17 July 1991
question: On which day was the Founder Members Agreement signed?

answers: text: extra income
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?

answers: text: 1991
question: In which year was the proposal for a new league tabled?

context: The managing director of London Weekend Television (LWT), Greg Dyke, met with the representatives of the "big five" football clubs in England in 1990. The meeting was to pave the way for a break away from The Football League. Dyke believed that it would be more lucrative for LWT if only the larger clubs in the country were featured on national television and wanted to establish whether the clubs would be interested in a larger share of television rights money. The five clubs decided it was a good idea and decided to press ahead with it; however, the league would have no credibility without the backing of The Football Association and so David Dein of Arsenal held talks to see whether the FA were receptive to the idea. The FA did not enjoy an amicable relationship with the Football League at the time and considered it as a way to weaken the Football League's position.
qas: answers: text: The meeting was to pave the way for a break away from The Football League.
question: Why did Greg Dyke of London Weekend Television meet with representatives of the biggest five English football clubs in 1990?

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

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

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

answers: text: Greg Dyke
question: Who was the London Weekend Television's managing director?

answers: text: 1990
question: In which year did the managing director meet with the representatives of the "big five" football clubs?

answers: text: England
question: In which country did the managing director meet with the representatives of the "big five" football clubs?

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

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

context: In 1992, the First Division clubs resigned from the Football League en masse and 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. This meant a break-up of the 104-year-old Football League that had operated until then with four divisions; the Premier League would operate with a single division and the Football League with three. There was no change in competition format; the same number of teams competed in the top flight, and promotion and relegation between the Premier League and the new First Division remained the same as the old First and Second Divisions with three teams relegated from the league and three promoted.
qas: answers: text: In 1992, the First Division clubs resigned from the Football League en masse
question: When did the First Division clubs resign from the Football League?

answers: text: 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: When was the FA Premier League formed as a limited company?

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

answers: text: the Football League with three
question: How many divisions did the Football League after the the Premier League was founded?

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

answers: text: 27 May 1992
question: On which date was the FA Premier League formed legally?

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

answers: text: 104
question: How old was the Football League when the break-up happened?

answers: text: three
question: How many divisions were left in the Football League after the split?

answers: text: a single division
question: How many divisions did the Premier League start with after the split?

context: The league held its first season in 1992–93 and was originally composed of 22 clubs. The first ever Premier League goal was scored by Brian Deane of Sheffield United in a 2–1 win against Manchester United. The 22 inaugural members of the new Premier League were Arsenal, Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers, Chelsea, Coventry City, Crystal Palace, Everton, Ipswich Town, Leeds United, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Norwich City, Nottingham Forest, Oldham Athletic, Queens Park Rangers, Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday, Southampton, Tottenham Hotspur, and Wimbledon. Luton Town, Notts County and West Ham United were the three teams relegated from the old first division at the end of the 1991–92 season, and did not take part in the inaugural Premier League season.
qas: answers: text: The league held its first season in 1992–93
question: When did the Premier League hold its first season?

answers: text: was originally composed of 22 clubs.
question: Originally, how many clubs did the Premier League have?

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

answers: text: Luton Town, Notts County and West Ham United were the three teams relegated from the old first division
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?

answers: text: 1992–93
question: In which years were the first season?

answers: text: 22
question: How many clubs originally made up the league?

answers: text: Brian Deane
question: Who scored the first goal in the Premier League?

answers: text: Sheffield United
question: For which team was the first goal scored?

answers: text: Manchester United
question: Against which team was the first goal scored?

context: One significant feature of the Premier League in the mid-2000s was the dominance of the so-called "Big Four" clubs: Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United. During this decade, and particularly from 2002 to 2009, they dominated the top four spots, which came with UEFA Champions League qualification, taking all top four places in 5 out of 6 seasons from 2003–04 to 2008–09 inclusive, with Arsenal going as far as winning the league without losing a single game in 2003–04, the only time it has ever happened in the Premier League. In May 2008 Kevin Keegan stated that "Big Four" dominance threatened the division, "This league is in danger of becoming one of the most boring but great leagues in the world." Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore said in defence: "There are a lot of different tussles that go on in the Premier League depending on whether you're at the top, in the middle or at the bottom that make it interesting."
qas: answers: text: the dominance of the so-called "Big Four" clubs: Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester United
question: What was an important feature of the Premier League in the mid-2000s?

answers: text: Arsenal going as far as winning the league without losing a single game in 2003–04
question: Which team had no losses in 2003-2004 and ended up winning the league?

answers: text: Kevin Keegan stated that "Big Four" dominance threatened the division,
question: Why was Kevin Keegan concerned about the league in May of 2008?

answers: text: Arsenal going as far as winning the league without losing a single game in 2003–04, the only time it has ever happened in the Premier League.
question: Since 2003-04, has any club won all of its games like Arsenal did?

answers: text: 5
question: In how many season from 2003 to 2009 did the "Big Four" take all four top places in the UEFA Champions League?

answers: text: Arsenal
question: Which of the "Big Four" teams did not lose a single game in the 2003-04 season?

answers: text: Kevin Keegan
question: Who stated that "Big Four" dominance was a threat to the division?

answers: text: Richard Scudamore
question: Who said that all of the tussles in the Premier League made it interesting, even if only four teams dominated?

answers: text: Premier League chief executive
question: What was Richard Scudamore's job?

context: The years following 2009 marked a shift in the structure of the "Big Four" with Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester City both breaking into the top four. In the 2009–10 season, Tottenham finished fourth and became the first team to break the top four since Everton in 2005. Criticism of the gap between an elite group of "super clubs" and the majority of the Premier League has continued, nevertheless, due to their increasing ability to spend more than the other Premier League clubs. Manchester City won the title in the 2011–12 season, becoming the first club outside the "Big Four" to win since 1994–95. That season also saw two of the Big Four (Chelsea and Liverpool) finish outside the top four places for the first time since 1994–95.
qas: answers: text: In the 2009–10 season, Tottenham finished fourth and became the first team to break the top four since Everton in 2005
question: Which team finished fourth in the 2009-10 season?

answers: text: due to their increasing ability to spend more than the other Premier League clubs.
question: Why was there critcism of the elite clubs?

answers: text: That season also saw two of the Big Four (Chelsea and Liverpool) finish outside the top four
question: Which two "Big Four" clubs did not finish in the top four in the 2011-12 season?

answers: text: Manchester City won the title in the 2011–12 season, becoming the first club outside the "Big Four" to win since 1994–95.
question: Since 1994-95, who was the first club out side of the "Big Four" to win the title

answers: text: Tottenham
question: In the 2009-10 season, which team was the first to break into the "Big Four" since 2005?

answers: text: fourth
question: In which position did Tottenham finish in the 2009-10 season?

answers: text: Manchester City
question: In 2011-12, which club was the first non-"Big Four" team to win since 1994-95?

answers: text: two
question: In 2011-12, how many "Big Four" clubs finished outside the top four places in the league?

answers: text: Everton
question: In 2005, which was the only non-"Big Four" team to break the top four?

context: Due to insistence by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), the international governing body of football, that domestic leagues reduce the number of games clubs played, the number of clubs was reduced to 20 in 1995 when four teams were relegated from the league and only two teams promoted. On 8 June 2006, FIFA requested that all major European leagues, including Italy's Serie A and Spain's La Liga be reduced to 18 teams by the start of the 2007–08 season. The Premier League responded by announcing their intention to resist such a reduction. Ultimately, the 2007–08 season kicked off again with 20 teams.
qas: answers: text: the number of clubs was reduced to 20 in 1995
question: What was the number of clubs reduced to in 1995.

answers: text: Due to insistence by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA), the international governing body of football
question: In 1995, who requested that domestic leagues lower the amount of games played.

answers: text: FIFA
question: Who insisted that the number of games played in each domestic league must be reduced?

answers: text: 20
question: In 1995, what was the number of clubs in the league reduced to?

answers: text: 8 June 2006
question: On which date did FIFA request that all European leagues reduce the number of teams within themselves to 18?

answers: text: 20
question: In the 2007-08 season, how many teams was the Premier League left with?

answers: text: four
question: How many teams were relegated from the Premier League in 1995?

context: The Football Association Premier League Ltd (FAPL) is operated as a corporation and is owned by the 20 member clubs. Each club is a shareholder, with one vote each on issues such as rule changes and contracts. The clubs elect a chairman, chief executive, and board of directors to oversee the daily operations of the league. The current chairman is Sir Dave Richards, who was appointed in April 1999, and the chief executive is Richard Scudamore, appointed in November 1999. The former chairman and chief executive, John Quinton and Peter Leaver, were forced to resign in March 1999 after awarding consultancy contracts to former Sky executives Sam Chisholm and David Chance. The Football Association is not directly involved in the day-to-day operations of the Premier League, but has veto power as a special shareholder during the election of the chairman and chief executive and when new rules are adopted by the league.
qas: answers: text: Each club is a shareholder, with one vote each on issues such as rule changes and contracts.
question: How many votes does each Football Association Premier League Ltd (FAPL) club have on issues?

answers: text: The current chairman is Sir Dave Richards, who was appointed in April 199
question: Who is the chairman of the FAPL and when was he appointed?

answers: text: John Quinton and Peter Leaver, were forced to resign in March 1999 after awarding consultancy contracts to former Sky executives Sam Chisholm and David Chance.
question: Why did John Quinton and Peter Leaver resign as chairman and chief excutive?

answers: text: has veto power as a special shareholder during the election of the chairman and chief executive and when new rules are adopted by the league.
question: Does the Football Association say about the management of the Premier League?

answers: text: member clubs
question: Who owns the Football Association Premier League?

answers: text: one
question: How many votes do the member clubs of the Premier League have each?

answers: text: the daily operations of the league
question: What do the people each club elect oversee?

answers: text: Sir Dave Richards
question: Who is the current chairman of the Premier League?

answers: text: Richard Scudamore
question: Who is the current CEO of the Premier League?

context: The Premier League sends representatives to UEFA's European Club Association, the number of clubs and the clubs themselves chosen according to UEFA coefficients. For the 2012–13 season the Premier League has 10 representatives in the Association: Arsenal, Aston Villa, Chelsea, Everton, Fulham, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur. The European Club Association is responsible for electing three members to UEFA's Club Competitions Committee, which is involved in the operations of UEFA competitions such as the Champions League and UEFA Europa League.
qas: answers: text: the number of clubs and the clubs themselves chosen according to UEFA coefficients.
question: Who decides on how many Premeir League representatives there are for the European Club Association?

answers: text: For the 2012–13 season the Premier League has 10 representatives in the Association
question: How many representatives does the Premier League have for the European Club Association for 2012-13?

answers: text: The European Club Association is responsible for electing three members to UEFA's Club Competitions Committee
question: How many members does the European Club Association elect for the UEFA's Club Competitions Committee?

answers: text: Club Competitions Committee, which is involved in the operations of UEFA competitions such as the Champions League and UEFA Europa League.
question: Which competitions does the Club Competitions Committee have a say in?

answers: text: UEFA coefficients
question: According to what are the number of and which clubs chosen to attend the European Club Association?

answers: text: 10
question: How many representatives did the Premier League have in the European Club Association during the 2012-13 season?

answers: text: three
question: How many members is the European Club Association responsible for electing to the UEFA Club Competitions Committee?

context: There are 20 clubs in the Premier League. During the course of a season (from August to May) each club plays the others twice (a double round-robin system), once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents, for a total of 38 games. Teams receive three points for a win and one point for a draw. No points are awarded for a loss. Teams are ranked by total points, then goal difference, and then goals scored. If still equal, teams are deemed to occupy the same position. If there is a tie for the championship, for relegation, or for qualification to other competitions, a play-off match at a neutral venue decides rank. The three lowest placed teams are relegated into the Football League Championship, and the top two teams from the Championship, together with the winner of play-offs involving the third to sixth placed Championship clubs, are promoted in their place.
qas: answers: text: During the course of a season (from August to May)
question: When does the Premier League have its playing season?

answers: text: each club plays the others twice (a double round-robin system), once at their home stadium and once at that of their opponents, for a total of 38 games.
question: How many games does each club play each season?

answers: text: Teams receive three points for a win
question: How many points does each club receive for each win?

answers: text: Teams are ranked by total points, then goal difference, and then goals scored.
question: Which criteria is used to rank the clubs?

answers: text: If there is a tie for the championship, for relegation, or for qualification to other competitions, a play-off match at a neutral venue decides rank.
question: How is a tie for the championship handled?

answers: text: 20
question: How many clubs are currently in the Premier League?

answers: text: August
question: Which month marks the start of a Premier League season?

answers: text: May
question: Which month marks the start of a Premier League season?

answers: text: twice
question: How many times does each club play every other club?

answers: text: 38
question: How many total games does each club in the Premier League play per season?

context: The team placed fifth in the Premier League automatically qualifies for the UEFA Europa League, and the sixth and seventh-placed teams can also qualify, depending on the winners of the two domestic cup competitions i.e. the FA Cup and the Capital One Cup (League Cup). Two Europa League places are reserved for the winners of each tournament; if the winner of either the FA Cup or League Cup qualifies for the Champions League, then that place will go to the next-best placed finisher in the Premier League. A further place in the UEFA Europa League is also available via the Fair Play initiative. If the Premier League has one of the three highest Fair Play rankings in Europe, the highest ranked team in the Premier League Fair Play standings which has not already qualified for Europe will automatically qualify for the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round.
qas: answers: text: The team placed fifth in the Premier League automatically qualifies for the UEFA Europa League
question: What will a fifth place Premier League team qualify for?

answers: text: Two Europa League places are reserved for the winners of each tournament;
question: What places are reserved for the FA Cup and the League Cup winners?

answers: text: will automatically qualify for the UEFA Europa League first qualifying round
question: Why is it important to have a high Fair Play ranking?

answers: text: that place will go to the next-best placed finisher in the Premier League.
question: If a team already qualifies for the Champions League and they winner the FA Cup or the League Cup will another team get to qualify for the Champions League?

answers: text: Two
question: How many Europa League places are reserved for domestic tournament winners?

answers: text: UEFA Europa League
question: To which league is the fifth place Premier League team automatically qualified for?

answers: text: first
question: The team which has the highest ranking in the Fair Play standings is guaranteed qualification for which qualifying round in the Europa League?

context: An exception to the usual European qualification system happened in 2005, after Liverpool won the Champions League the year before, but did not finish in a Champions League qualification place in the Premier League that season. UEFA gave special dispensation for Liverpool to enter the Champions League, giving England five qualifiers. UEFA subsequently ruled that the defending champions qualify for the competition the following year regardless of their domestic league placing. However, for those leagues with four entrants in the Champions League, this meant that if the Champions League winner finished outside the top four in its domestic league, it would qualify at the expense of the fourth-placed team in the league. No association can have more than four entrants in the Champions League. This occurred in 2012, when Chelsea – who had won the Champions League the previous year, but finished sixth in the league – qualified for the Champions League in place of Tottenham Hotspur, who went into the Europa League.
qas: answers: text: UEFA gave special dispensation for Liverpool to enter the Champions League
question: Which team did not qualifty for Champions League in 2005 but was able to particpate?

answers: text: in 2005, after Liverpool won the Champions League the year before, but did not finish in a Champions League qualification place
question: Did the Liverpool Club place in the Champions League in 2005?

answers: text: UEFA gave special dispensation for Liverpool to enter the Champions League, giving England five qualifiers.
question: How many qualifiers did England have for the Champions League in 2005?

answers: text: UEFA subsequently ruled that the defending champions qualify for the competition the following year regardless of their domestic league placing.
question: Do defending champtions get to play in the following year's Champions League if they don't have enough wins to qualify

answers: text: No association can have more than four entrants in the Champions League
question: How many winning teams from an association can participate in the Champions League?

answers: text: Liverpool
question: Which team received special dispensation from the UEFA in 2005 so they could enter the Champions League?

answers: text: the defending champions
question: Who did UEFA rule should automatically qualify for the Champions League?

answers: text: the fourth-placed team
question: At which team's expense does the previous champion's automatic entry into the Champions League without placing in the top four come?

answers: text: Chelsea
question: In 2012, which team was automatically qualified for the champion's league even though they did not place in the top four?

answers: text: Tottenham Hotspur
question: Which team was denied entry into the Champions League in 2012 due to being bumped out of the running by the defending champion?

context: Between the 1992–93 season and the 2012–13 season, Premier League clubs had won the UEFA Champions League four times (as well as supplying five of the runners-up), behind Spain's La Liga with six wins, and Italy's Serie A with five wins, and ahead of, among others, Germany's Bundesliga with three wins (see table here). The FIFA Club World Cup (or the FIFA Club World Championship, as it was originally called) has been won by Premier league clubs once (Manchester United in 2008), and they have also been runners-up twice, behind Brazil's Brasileirão with four wins, and Spain's La Liga and Italy's Serie A with two wins each (see table here).
qas: answers: text: Premier League clubs had won the UEFA Champions League four times
question: How many times have Premier League teams have won the Champions League since 1992-2013?

answers: text: won by Premier league clubs once (Manchester United in 2008)
question: How many times has the Premier League won the World Cup (FIFA Club) during that same time period?

answers: text: they have also been runners-up twice,
question: How many times have Premier League teams been runners up in the World Cup?

answers: text: four
question: How many times did Premier League clubs win the Champions League between 1992 and 2013?

answers: text: five
question: How many runners up in the Champions League were from the Premier League between 1992 and 2013?

answers: text: La Liga
question: Which league had the most Champions League wins between 1992 and 2013?

answers: text: Serie A
question: Which league had the second most Champions League wins between 1992 and 2013?

answers: text: Bundesliga
question: Which league had only three Champions League wins between 1992 and 2013?

context: The Premier League has the highest revenue of any football league in the world, with total club revenues of €2.48 billion in 2009–10. In 2013–14, due to improved television revenues and cost controls, the Premier League had net profits in excess of £78 million, exceeding all other football leagues. In 2010 the Premier League was awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category for its outstanding contribution to international trade and the value it brings to English football and the United Kingdom's broadcasting industry.
qas: answers: text: the Premier League had net profits in excess of £78 million, exceeding all other football leagues
question: What were some of the reasons for the increased revenues in 2013-14?

answers: text: total club revenues of €2.48 billion in 2009–10.
question: What are the Premier League's revenues for 2009-10?

answers: text: In 2010 the Premier League was awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category
question: Which award did the Premier League win in 2010?

answers: text: for its outstanding contribution to international trade and the value it brings to English football and the United Kingdom's broadcasting industry.
question: Why did it receive this award?

answers: text: the Premier League had net profits in excess of £78 million, exceeding all other football leagues
question: What were the Premier League's net profits in 2013-14?

answers: text: Premier League
question: Which league has the highest revenue in the world?

answers: text: €2.48 billion
question: What were the total revenues of the Premier League in the 2009-10 season?

answers: text: £78 million
question: What were the net profits of the Premier League in 2013-14?

answers: text: 2010
question: In which year was the Premier League awarded an International Trade award?

context: In 2011, a Welsh club participated in the Premier League for the first time after Swansea City gained promotion. The first Premier League match to be played outside England was Swansea City's home match at the Liberty Stadium against Wigan Athletic on 20 August 2011. In 2012–13, Swansea qualified for the Europa League by winning the League Cup. The number of Welsh clubs in the Premier League increased to two for the first time in 2013–14, as Cardiff City gained promotion, but Cardiff City was relegated after its maiden season.
qas: answers: text: In 2012–13, Swansea qualified for the Europa League
question: Did Swansea qualify for the Europa Leaque in 2012-13?

answers: text: Swansea City's home match at the Liberty Stadium against Wigan Athletic on 20 August 2011.
question: When was Swansea City's home match played against Wigan Athletic?

answers: text: The number of Welsh clubs in the Premier League increased to two for the first time in 2013–14,
question: In 2013-14, how much did the Premier League's Welsh clubs increase by?

answers: text: Swansea qualified for the Europa League by winning the League Cup.
question: How did Swansea qualify for the Europa League?

answers: text: in 2013–14, as Cardiff City gained promotion, but Cardiff City was relegated after its maiden season.
question: Which team gained promotion then but was relegated after its first season?

answers: text: 2011
question: In which year did a Welsh club participate in the Premier League for the first time?

answers: text: Swansea City
question: Which team was promoted to the Premier League in 2011?

answers: text: Liberty Stadium
question: In which stadium was the first Premier League match played outside of England?

answers: text: 20 August 2011
question: On which date did Swansea City play its first Premier League game?

answers: text: Wigan Athletic
question: Against which team did Swansea City play its first Premier League game?

context: Participation in the Premier League by some Scottish or Irish clubs has sometimes been discussed, but without result. The idea came closest to reality in 1998, when Wimbledon received Premier League approval to relocate to Dublin, Ireland, but the move was blocked by the Football Association of Ireland. Additionally, the media occasionally discusses the idea that Scotland's two biggest teams, Celtic and Rangers, should or will take part in the Premier League, but nothing has come of these discussions.
qas: answers: text: in 1998, when Wimbledon received Premier League approval to relocate to Dublin, Ireland,
question: Which team received permission to move to Dublin, Ireland in 1998?

answers: text: Participation in the Premier League by some Scottish or Irish clubs has sometimes been discussed, but without result.
question: Are there any clubs Scotland or Ireland in the Premier League?

answers: text: Scotland's two biggest teams, Celtic and Rangers,
question: What are Scotland's two largest teams?

answers: text: the move was blocked by the Football Association of Ireland.
question: Why didn't they move to Dublin?

answers: text: Wimbledon
question: Which team received Premier League approval to relocate to Dublin?

answers: text: 1998
question: In which year did a Premier League team consider relocating to Ireland?

answers: text: the media
question: Who occasionally discusses a Scottish team joining the Premier League?

context: Television has played a major role in the history of the Premier League. The League's decision to assign broadcasting rights to BSkyB in 1992 was at the time a radical decision, but one that has paid off. At the time pay television was an almost untested proposition in the UK market, as was charging fans to watch live televised football. However, a combination of Sky's strategy, the quality of Premier League football and the public's appetite for the game has seen the value of the Premier League's TV rights soar.
qas: answers: text: The League's decision to assign broadcasting rights to BSkyB in 1992
question: Who received broadcasting rights to the Premier League in 1992?

answers: text: pay television was an almost untested proposition in the UK market,
question: Why was this a unique decision?

answers: text: the value of the Premier League's TV rights soar.
question: What happened to the Premier League's televsion rights after this decision?

answers: text: a combination of Sky's strategy, the quality of Premier League football and the public's appetite for the game
question: What was the cause of this?

answers: text: 1992
question: In which year did the Premier League decide to give BSkyB broadcasting rights?

answers: text: pay television
question: What sort of television was BSkyB that made it such a radical broadcaster to choose for the Premier League?

context: The Premier League sells its television rights on a collective basis. This is in contrast to some other European Leagues, including La Liga, in which each club sells its rights individually, leading to a much higher share of the total income going to the top few clubs. The money is divided into three parts: half is divided equally between the clubs; one quarter is awarded on a merit basis based on final league position, the top club getting twenty times as much as the bottom club, and equal steps all the way down the table; the final quarter is paid out as facilities fees for games that are shown on television, with the top clubs generally receiving the largest shares of this. The income from overseas rights is divided equally between the twenty clubs.
qas: answers: text: other European Leagues, including La Liga, in which each club sells its rights individually
question: Do European Leagues sell their television rights per a collective level?

answers: text: a much higher share of the total income going to the top few clubs
question: What happens when European Leagues sell their televsion rights individually?

answers: text: The money is divided into three parts:
question: How is the teleivsion revenue distributed in the Premier League?

answers: text: half is divided equally between the clubs
question: How is half of the money distributed?

answers: text: the final quarter is paid out as facilities fees for games that are shown on television, with the top clubs generally receiving the largest shares of this.
question: How is the final quarter of the money distributed?

answers: text: collective basis
question: On what sort of basis does the Premier League sell its television rights?

answers: text: individually
question: How does La Liga sell its broadcasting rights?

answers: text: the top few clubs
question: Which clubs get the greatest share of broadcasting income when rights are sold individually?

answers: text: half
question: What percentage of broadcasting revenue is divided equally by all La Liga clubs?

answers: text: one quarter
question: What percentage of broadcasting revenue is awarded on a merit basis according to ranking at the end of the season?

context: The first Sky television rights agreement was worth £304 million over five seasons. The next contract, negotiated to start from the 1997–98 season, rose to £670 million over four seasons. The third contract was a £1.024 billion deal with BSkyB for the three seasons from 2001–02 to 2003–04. The league brought in £320 million from the sale of its international rights for the three-year period from 2004–05 to 2006–07. It sold the rights itself on a territory-by-territory basis. Sky's monopoly was broken from August 2006 when Setanta Sports was awarded rights to show two out of the six packages of matches available. This occurred following an insistence by the European Commission that exclusive rights should not be sold to one television company. Sky and Setanta paid a total of £1.7 billion, a two-thirds increase which took many commentators by surprise as it had been widely assumed that the value of the rights had levelled off following many years of rapid growth. Setanta also hold rights to a live 3 pm match solely for Irish viewers. The BBC has retained the rights to show highlights for the same three seasons (on Match of the Day) for £171.6 million, a 63 per cent increase on the £105 million it paid for the previous three-year period. Sky and BT have agreed to jointly pay £84.3 million for delayed television rights to 242 games (that is the right to broadcast them in full on television and over the internet) in most cases for a period of 50 hours after 10 pm on matchday. Overseas television rights fetched £625 million, nearly double the previous contract. The total raised from these deals is more than £2.7 billion, giving Premier League clubs an average media income from league games of around £40 million-a-year from 2007 to 2010.
qas: answers: text: The first Sky television rights agreement was worth £304 million over five seasons.
question: How much was the amount of first five seasons of the Sky television rights?

answers: text: The league brought in £320 million from the sale of its international rights for the three-year period from 2004–05 to 2006–07
question: How much many did the Premier League make from selling its internation rights during 2004-07?

answers: text: Sky's monopoly was broken from August 2006 when Setanta Sports was awarded rights to show two out of the six packages of matches available.
question: What happened to Sky's agreement in 2006.

answers: text: This occurred following an insistence by the European Commission that exclusive rights should not be sold to one television company.
question: Why did this happen?

answers: text: giving Premier League clubs an average media income from league games of around £40 million-a-year from 2007 to 2010.
question: What was the average income from media from 2007-2010 for the Premier League?

answers: text: five
question: How many seasons did the first television rights contract award to Sky?

answers: text: £304 million
question: How much was the first television rights contract awarded to Sky worth?

answers: text: £670 million
question: How much was the second television rights contract awarded to Sky worth?

answers: text: £1.024 billion
question: How much was the third television rights contract awarded to Sky worth?

answers: text: Setanta Sports
question: By being awarded television rights, which other network broke Sky's monopoly on Premier League coverage?

context: The TV rights agreement between the Premier League and Sky has faced accusations of being a cartel, and a number of court cases have arisen as a result. An investigation by the Office of Fair Trading in 2002 found BSkyB to be dominant within the pay TV sports market, but concluded that there were insufficient grounds for the claim that BSkyB had abused its dominant position. In July 1999 the Premier League's method of selling rights collectively for all member clubs was investigated by the UK Restrictive Practices Court, who concluded that the agreement was not contrary to the public interest.
qas: answers: text: The TV rights agreement between the Premier League and Sky has faced accusations of being a cartel
question: Why has there been a several court cases against Sky and Premier League?

answers: text: Office of Fair Trading in 2002 found BSkyB to be dominant within the pay TV sports market, but concluded that there were insufficient grounds for the claim
question: What did the Office of Fair Trading decide regarding the claim that Sky abuses their position in 2002.

answers: text: In July 1999 the Premier League's method of selling rights collectively for all member clubs was investigated by the UK Restrictive Practices Court,
question: Who investigated the Premier League's collective selling rights in 1999?

answers: text: the UK Restrictive Practices Court, who concluded that the agreement was not contrary to the public interest.
question: What did they decide about the collective selling issue?

answers: text: a cartel
question: What has the agreement between the Premier League and Sky been accused of being?

answers: text: the Office of Fair Trading
question: Who investigated the agreement between the Premier League and Sky in 2002?

answers: text: the UK Restrictive Practices Court
question: Who investigated how the Premier League sold television rights in 1999?

context: The BBC's highlights package on Saturday and Sunday nights, as well as other evenings when fixtures justify, will run until 2016. Television rights alone for the period 2010 to 2013 have been purchased for £1.782 billion. On 22 June 2009, due to troubles encountered by Setanta Sports after it failed to meet a final deadline over a £30 million payment to the Premier League, ESPN was awarded two packages of UK rights containing a total of 46 matches that were available for the 2009–10 season as well as a package of 23 matches per season from 2010–11 to 2012–13. On 13 June 2012, the Premier League announced that BT had been awarded 38 games a season for the 2013–14 through 2015–16 seasons at £246 million-a-year. The remaining 116 games were retained by Sky who paid £760 million-a-year. The total domestic rights have raised £3.018 billion, an increase of 70.2% over the 2010–11 to 2012–13 rights. The value of the licensing deal rose by another 70.2% in 2015, when Sky and BT paid a total of £5.136 billion to renew their contracts with the Premier League for another three years up to the 2018–19 season.
qas: answers: text: Television rights alone for the period 2010 to 2013 have been purchased for £1.782 billion.
question: How much money did Premier League earn regarding television rights in 2010-13?

answers: text: BT had been awarded 38 games a season for the 2013–14 through 2015–16 seasons at £246 million-a-year.
question: How many games did BT show in 2013-16?

answers: text: The remaining 116 games were retained by Sky who paid £760 million-a-year.
question: Who will show 116 games for that same time period?

answers: text: The total domestic rights have raised £3.018 billion, an increase of 70.2% over the 2010–11 to 2012–13 rights.
question: How much have the domestic televsion rights increased from 2010-12 to 2012-13?

answers: text: Sky and BT paid a total of £5.136 billion to renew their contracts with the Premier League for another three years up to the 2018–19 season.
question: How much did BT and Sky pay for their rights up to the 2018-19 season?

answers: text: 2016
question: When will the BBC's weekend highlights package run out?

answers: text: £1.782 billion
question: How much were Premier League television rights from 2010 to 2013 purchased for?

answers: text: 22 June 2009
question: When did Setanta Sports fail to meet their payments deadline?

answers: text: ESPN
question: When Setanta Sports could not pay their bill to the league, which network took over broadcast rights from them?

answers: text: 13 June 2012
question: On which date was it announced that BT was awarded a broadcasting contract?

context: The Premier League is particularly popular in Asia, where it is the most widely distributed sports programme. In Australia, Fox Sports broadcasts almost all of the season's 380 matches live, and Foxtel gives subscribers the option of selecting which Saturday 3pm match to watch. In India, the matches are broadcast live on STAR Sports. In China, the broadcast rights were awarded to Super Sports in a six-year agreement that began in the 2013–14 season. As of the 2013–14 season, Canadian broadcast rights to the Premier League are jointly owned by Sportsnet and TSN, with both rival networks holding rights to 190 matches per season.
qas: answers: text: The Premier League is particularly popular in Asia, where it is the most widely distributed sports programme
question: What country is the Premier League the most distributed televised sports broadcast?

answers: text: In India, the matches are broadcast live on STAR Sports. In China
question: Who broadcasts the Premier League's games in India?

answers: text: In China, the broadcast rights were awarded to Super Sports in a six-year agreement that began in the 2013–14 season.
question: Who broadcasts the Premier League's games in China?

answers: text: As of the 2013–14 season, Canadian broadcast rights to the Premier League are jointly owned by Sportsnet and TSN
question: Who broadcasts the Premier League's games in Canada?

answers: text: both rival networks holding rights to 190 matches per season.
question: How many games does each of them broadcast?

answers: text: Asia
question: On which continent other than Europe is the Premier League especially popular?

answers: text: Fox Sports
question: Which network is the main live broadcaster of Premier League in Australia?

answers: text: Foxtel
question: Which network in Australia offers viewers the choice of which Saturday afternoon match they watch?

answers: text: STAR Sports
question: Which network broadcasts Premier League live in India?

answers: text: Super Sports
question: Which Chinese broadcaster has Premier League rights?

context: The Premier League is broadcast in the United States through NBC Sports. Premier League viewership has increased rapidly, with NBC and NBCSN averaging a record 479,000 viewers in the 2014–15 season, up 118% from 2012–13 when coverage still aired on Fox Soccer and ESPN/ESPN2 (220,000 viewers), and NBC Sports has been widely praised for its coverage. NBC Sports reached a six-year extension with the Premier League in 2015 to broadcast the league through the 2021–22 season in a deal valued at $1 billion (£640 million).
qas: answers: text: The Premier League is broadcast in the United States through NBC Sports.
question: Who broadcasts the Premier League's games in the United States?

answers: text: with NBC and NBCSN averaging a record 479,000 viewers in the 2014–15 season
question: What was the average viewership in the United States during the 2014-15 season?

answers: text: NBC Sports reached a six-year extension with the Premier League in 2015
question: How many years did NBC Sports receive an extension for with the Premier League in 2015?

answers: text: in a deal valued at $1 billion (£640 million).
question: What was the value of this extension?

answers: text: through the 2021–22 season
question: When will this extension end?

answers: text: NBC Sports
question: Which American broadcaster shows the Premier League currently?

answers: text: 118%
question: By what percentage has viewership in the US risen from 2012 to 2015?

answers: text: 479,000
question: How many viewers on average watched the Premier League 2014-15 season in the US?

answers: text: 2015
question: In which year did NBC Sports secure an extension of six years with the Premier League?

answers: text: $1 billion
question: How much was the NBC broadcasting deal with the Premier League worth in 2015?

context: There has been an increasing gulf between the Premier League and the Football League. Since its split with the Football League, many established clubs in the Premier League have managed to distance themselves from their counterparts in lower leagues. Owing in large part to the disparity in revenue from television rights between the leagues, many newly promoted teams have found it difficult to avoid relegation in their first season in the Premier League. In every season except 2001–02 and 2011–12, at least one Premier League newcomer has been relegated back to the Football League. In 1997–98 all three promoted clubs were relegated at the end of the season.
qas: answers: text: in large part to the disparity in revenue from television rights between the leagues,
question: Why has their been distance between the Premier League and the Football League?

answers: text: many newly promoted teams have found it difficult to avoid relegation in their first season in the Premier League.
question: Did many new teams in the Premier League have any difficulties in their initial season?

answers: text: In every season except 2001–02 and 2011–12, at least one Premier League newcomer has been relegated back to the Football League.
question: Was it unusual for a new team to go back to the Football League after their first season in the Premier League?

answers: text: In 1997–98 all three promoted clubs were relegated at the end of the season.
question: In the 1997-98 season how many new teams had to go back to the Football League?

answers: text: newly promoted teams
question: Due to the disparity in television rights revenue between leagues, who struggles to avoid relegation in their Premier League first season?

answers: text: one
question: In every season but 2001-02 and 2011-12, at least how many Premier League teams have been relegated?

answers: text: three
question: How many newly promoted clubs were relegated from the Premier League in 1997-98?

context: The Premier League distributes a portion of its television revenue to clubs that are relegated from the league in the form of "parachute payments". Starting with the 2013–14 season, these payments are in excess of £60 million over four seasons. Though designed to help teams adjust to the loss of television revenues (the average Premier League team receives £55 million while the average Football League Championship club receives £2 million), critics maintain that the payments actually widen the gap between teams that have reached the Premier League and those that have not, leading to the common occurrence of teams "bouncing back" soon after their relegation. For some clubs who have failed to win immediate promotion back to the Premier League, financial problems, including in some cases administration or even liquidation have followed. Further relegations down the footballing ladder have ensued for several clubs unable to cope with the gap.
qas: answers: text: The Premier League distributes a portion of its television revenue to clubs that are relegated from the league in the form of "parachute payments".
question: If a team is relegated in the Premier League what type of tv payment do they receive?

answers: text: critics maintain that the payments actually widen the gap between teams that have reached the Premier League and those that have not,
question: What do critics have to say about this payment?

answers: text: financial problems
question: What has happened to some of the clubs who weren't able to get back into the Premier League right away?

answers: text: the average Football League Championship club receives £2 million
question: How much does a Football League club receive on average for their television revenues?

answers: text: the average Premier League team receives £55 million
question: How does this compare an average Premier League team?

answers: text: relegated
question: To which type of team are parachute payments distributed to in the Premier League?

answers: text: £60 million
question: Starting in the 2013-14 season, parachute payments are in excess of what amount of revenue?

answers: text: the gap
question: What is said to widen between clubs who reach the Premier League and those who do not thanks to parachute payments?

context: As of the 2015–16 season, Premier League football has been played in 53 stadiums since the formation of the Premier League in 1992. The Hillsborough disaster in 1989 and the subsequent Taylor Report saw a recommendation that standing terraces should be abolished; as a result all stadiums in the Premier League are all-seater. Since the formation of the Premier League, football grounds in England have seen constant improvements to capacity and facilities, with some clubs moving to new-build stadiums. Nine stadiums that have seen Premier League football have now been demolished. The stadiums for the 2010–11 season show a large disparity in capacity: Old Trafford, the home of Manchester United has a capacity of 75,957 with Bloomfield Road, the home of Blackpool, having a capacity of 16,220. The combined total capacity of the Premier League in the 2010–11 season is 770,477 with an average capacity of 38,523.
qas: answers: text: as a result all stadiums in the Premier League are all-seater
question: What was the result of their recommendation?

answers: text: a recommendation that standing terraces should be abolished
question: What did the Taylor Report recommend at the the Hillsborough disaster in 1989?

answers: text: Nine stadiums that have seen Premier League football have now been demolished.
question: How many stadiums have been closed down since Premier League started?

answers: text: The combined total capacity of the Premier League in the 2010–11 season is 770,477 with an average capacity of 38,523.
question: What was the total seating capacity of stadiums in the Premier League in the 2010-11 season.

answers: text: 53
question: In how many stadiums had Premier League been played as of the 2015-16 season?

answers: text: standing terraces
question: What did the Taylor Report recommend to abolish from all stadiums?

answers: text: Nine
question: How many stadiums in which the Premier League has been played have been demolished as of 2016?

answers: text: 16,220
question: What is the capacity of Bloomfield Road stadium?

answers: text: 770,477
question: What is the combined total capacity of all stadiums in the Premier League as of 2011?

context: Stadium attendances are a significant source of regular income for Premier League clubs. For the 2009–10 season, average attendances across the league clubs were 34,215 for Premier League matches with a total aggregate attendance figure of 13,001,616. This represents an increase of 13,089 from the average attendance of 21,126 recorded in the league's first season (1992–93). However, during the 1992–93 season the capacities of most stadiums were reduced as clubs replaced terraces with seats in order to meet the Taylor Report's 1994–95 deadline for all-seater stadiums. The Premier League's record average attendance of 36,144 was set during the 2007–08 season. This record was then beaten in the 2013–14 season recording an average attendance of 36,695 with a total attendance of just under 14 million, the highest average in England's top flight since 1950.
qas: answers: text: Stadium attendances are a significant source of regular income for Premier League clubs.
question: Are attendance remittances that important to the Premier League?

answers: text: The Premier League's record average attendance of 36,144 was set during the 2007–08 season.
question: What was the Premier Leagues standard attendance in the 2007-08 season?

answers: text: the average attendance of 21,126 recorded in the league's first season (1992–93).
question: What was the league's first year attendance average?

answers: text: in the 2013–14 season recording an average attendance of 36,695 with a total attendance of just under 14 million,
question: Attendance for the 2013-14 season set a new record of how much?

answers: text: 34,215
question: What was the average attendance for all Premier League clubs during the 2009-10 season?

answers: text: 13,001,616
question: What was the total attendance of all Premier League games during the 2009-10 season?

answers: text: 13,089
question: By how many attendees did the average Premier League attendance increase between 1992 and 2009?

answers: text: 1994–95
question: For when did the Taylor Report set the deadline for replacing terraces with seats in stadiums?

answers: text: 2007–08
question: During which season did the Premier League set a record average attendance of over 36,000 people?

context: Managers in the Premier League are involved in the day-to-day running of the team, including the training, team selection, and player acquisition. Their influence varies from club-to-club and is related to the ownership of the club and the relationship of the manager with fans. Managers are required to have a UEFA Pro Licence which is the final coaching qualification available, and follows the completion of the UEFA 'B' and 'A' Licences. The UEFA Pro Licence is required by every person who wishes to manage a club in the Premier League on a permanent basis (i.e. more than 12 weeks – the amount of time an unqualified caretaker manager is allowed to take control). Caretaker appointments are managers that fill the gap between a managerial departure and a new appointment. Several caretaker managers have gone on to secure a permanent managerial post after performing well as a caretaker; examples include Paul Hart at Portsmouth and David Pleat at Tottenham Hotspur.
qas: answers: text: Managers in the Premier League are involved in the day-to-day running of the team, including the training, team selection, and player acquisition.
question: What are some of the every day tasks that a manager of a team has to deal with?

answers: text: Managers are required to have a UEFA Pro Licence
question: What type of licence does a manager need?

answers: text: The UEFA Pro Licence is required by every person who wishes to manage a club in the Premier League on a permanent basis
question: Is this licence required on a permanent basis?

answers: text: examples include Paul Hart at Portsmouth and David Pleat at Tottenham Hotspur.
question: Give an example of someone who was a caretaker manager?

answers: text: Caretaker appointments are managers that fill the gap between a managerial departure and a new appointment.
question: What is a caretaker manager?

answers: text: UEFA Pro Licence
question: What license are managers in the Premier League required to hold?

answers: text: UEFA Pro Licence
question: Which licence follows completion of both the UEFA B and A licences?

answers: text: 12 weeks
question: For how long at most is an unlicenced caretaker manager allowed to control a Premier League team for?

answers: text: Paul Hart
question: Which caretaker manager was later promoted to permanent manager at Portsmouth?

answers: text: David Pleat
question: Which caretaker manager was later promoted to permanent manager at Tottenham Hotspur?

context: At the inception of the Premier League in 1992–93, just eleven players named in the starting line-ups for the first round of matches hailed from outside of the United Kingdom or Ireland. By 2000–01, the number of foreign players participating in the Premier League was 36 per cent of the total. In the 2004–05 season the figure had increased to 45 per cent. On 26 December 1999, Chelsea became the first Premier League side to field an entirely foreign starting line-up, and on 14 February 2005 Arsenal were the first to name a completely foreign 16-man squad for a match. By 2009, under 40% of the players in the Premier League were English.
qas: answers: text: On 26 December 1999, Chelsea became the first Premier League side to field an entirely foreign starting line-up,
question: Which team in 1999 had a line-up for starting that was consisted of all foreign players?

answers: text: At the inception of the Premier League in 1992–93, just eleven players named in the starting line-ups for the first round of matches
question: At the beginning of the Premier League how many foreign players were there for the first  round of games?

answers: text: By 2000–01, the number of foreign players participating in the Premier League was 36 per cent of the total.
question: By the 2000-1 season what was the percentage of foreign players?

answers: text: on 14 February 2005 Arsenal were the first to name a completely foreign 16-man squad for a match
question: Which team in 2005 had all-foreign team players?

answers: text: By 2009, under 40% of the players in the Premier League were English.
question: In 2009, what percent of the players were English in the Premier League?

answers: text: eleven
question: How many of the original Premier League players in the 1992-93 season hailed from outside the UK or Ireland?

answers: text: 36
question: By 2000-01, what percentage of players in the Premier League were from outside the UK and Ireland?

answers: text: 45
question: By 2004-05, what percentage of players in the Premier League were from outside the UK and Ireland?

answers: text: 26 December 1999
question: On which date did Chelsea host an entirely foreign starting line-up and therefore become the first team to do so?

answers: text: 14 February 2005
question: On which date did Arsenal name a fully foreign 16-man squad for a match?

context: In response to concerns that clubs were increasingly passing over young English players in favour of foreign players, in 1999, the Home Office tightened its rules for granting work permits to players from countries outside of the European Union. A non-EU player applying for the permit must have played for his country in at least 75 per cent of its competitive 'A' team matches for which he was available for selection during the previous two years, and his country must have averaged at least 70th place in the official FIFA world rankings over the previous two years. If a player does not meet those criteria, the club wishing to sign him may appeal.
qas: answers: text: In response to concerns that clubs were increasingly passing over young English players in favour of foreign players
question: Why did the Home Office change it rules regardin work permits in 1999?

answers: text: A non-EU player applying for the permit must have played for his country in at least 75 per cent of its competitive 'A' team matches
question: What was one of their changes?

answers: text: his country must have averaged at least 70th place in the official FIFA world rankings over the previous two years.
question: What was another requirement of foreign players?

answers: text: If a player does not meet those criteria, the club wishing to sign him may appeal.
question: Could a club appeal a requirement?

answers: text: 1999
question: In which year did the Home Office tighten rules on granting work permits to foreign football players?

answers: text: 75
question: For what percent must a player play of the competitive A team matches for which he was available for selection in the previous two years to get a work permit from the Home OFfice?

answers: text: 70th place
question: Over the last two years, what rank must a player's team average at least in order for them to receive a work permit from the Home Office?

answers: text: appeal
question: What can a club do if a player they wish to sign does not meet the Home Office's work permit requirements?

context: Players may only be transferred during transfer windows that are set by the Football Association. The two transfer windows run from the last day of the season to 31 August and from 31 December to 31 January. Player registrations cannot be exchanged outside these windows except under specific licence from the FA, usually on an emergency basis. As of the 2010–11 season, the Premier League introduced new rules mandating that each club must register a maximum 25-man squad of players aged over 21, with the squad list only allowed to be changed in transfer windows or in exceptional circumstances. This was to enable the 'home grown' rule to be enacted, whereby the League would also from 2010 require at least 8 of the named 25 man squad to be made up of 'home-grown players'.
qas: answers: text: The two transfer windows run from the last day of the season to 31 August and from 31 December to 31 January.
question: When are the transfer windows?

answers: text: Player registrations cannot be exchanged outside these windows except under specific licence from the FA, usually on an emergency basis.
question: Can players be transferred under an emergency outside the transfer windows?

answers: text: As of the 2010–11 season, the Premier League introduced new rules mandating that each club must register a maximum 25-man squad of players aged over 21,
question: What new rule was put into practice during the 2010-11 season?

answers: text: This was to enable the 'home grown' rule to be enacted,
question: Why was this new rule put into effect?

answers: text: Players may only be transferred during transfer windows that are set by the Football Association.
question: When can a player be transferred?

answers: text: transfer windows
question: During which time can a player be transferred from one European football league to another?

answers: text: two
question: How many transfer windows are available each year from the Football Association?

answers: text: emergency
question: On which basis are transfers outside of transfer windows licenced?

answers: text: 25
question: What is the maximum number of players able to be registered to a Premier League team?

answers: text: 8
question: How many of a 25-member Premier League squad must be from the UK or Ireland?

context: The record transfer fee for a Premier League player has risen steadily over the lifetime of the competition. Prior to the start of the first Premier League season Alan Shearer became the first British player to command a transfer fee of more than £3 million. The record rose steadily in the Premier League's first few seasons, until Alan Shearer made a record breaking £15 million move to Newcastle United in 1996. The three highest transfer in the sport's history had a Premier League club on the selling end, with Tottenham Hotspur selling Gareth Bale to Real Madrid for £85 million in 2013, Manchester United's sale of Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid for £80 million in 2009, and Liverpool selling Luis Suárez to Barcelona for £75 million in 2014.
qas: answers: text: The record transfer fee for a Premier League player has risen steadily over the lifetime of the competition.
question: Have transfer fees been increasing over the past years?

answers: text: Alan Shearer made a record breaking £15 million move to Newcastle United in 1996.
question: What was the record breaking transfer fee in 1996?

answers: text: Manchester United's sale of Cristiano Ronaldo to Real Madrid for £80 million in 2009,
question: In 2009, what was the transfer fee for Cristiano Ronaldo?

answers: text: Tottenham Hotspur selling Gareth Bale to Real Madrid for £85 million in 2013,
question: What was the transfer fee for Gareth Bale in 2013.

answers: text: Liverpool selling Luis Suárez to Barcelona for £75 million in 2014.
question: What was Luis Suarez's transfer fee in 2014?

answers: text: Alan Shearer
question: Who was the first British player in the Premier League to receive a transfer fee greater than £3 million?

answers: text: Alan Shearer
question: Who was the first British player in the Premier League to receive a transfer fee greater than £15 million?

answers: text: Newcastle United
question: Who paid £15 million to transfer Alan Shearer to their club?

answers: text: 1996
question: In which year did Newcastle United pay £15 million to transfer Alan Shearer to their club?

answers: text: £85 million
question: For how much did Tottenham Hotspur sell Gareth Bale to Real Madrid for in 2013?

context: The Golden Boot is awarded to the top Premier League scorer at the end of each season. Former Blackburn Rovers and Newcastle United striker Alan Shearer holds the record for most Premier League goals with 260. Twenty-four players have reached the 100-goal mark. Since the first Premier League season in 1992–93, 14 different players from 10 different clubs have won or shared the top scorers title. Thierry Henry won his fourth overall scoring title by scoring 27 goals in the 2005–06 season. Andrew Cole and Alan Shearer hold the record for most goals in a season (34) – for Newcastle and Blackburn respectively. Ryan Giggs of Manchester United holds the record for scoring goals in consecutive seasons, having scored in the first 21 seasons of the league.
qas: answers: text: The Golden Boot is awarded to the top Premier League scorer at the end of each season.
question: Who is the Golden Boot award given to each season?

answers: text: Newcastle United striker Alan Shearer holds the record for most Premier League goals with 260
question: Who has the record for most goals in the Premier League?

answers: text: Twenty-four players have reached the 100-goal mark
question: How many players have achieved 100 goals?

answers: text: 14 different players from 10 different clubs have won or shared the top scorers title.
question: How many different players have won the top scorer title?

answers: text: Andrew Cole and Alan Shearer hold the record for most goals in a season (34) – for Newcastle and Blackburn respectively.
question: Who has the record for scoring the most goals in single season?

answers: text: the top Premier League scorer
question: To whom is the Golden Boot award given to?

answers: text: 260
question: Who holds the record for the most goals in the Premier League?

answers: text: Twenty-four
question: How many players have 100 goals or more in the Premier League?

answers: text: 14
question: How many different players have won or shared the top scorer title in the Premier League?

answers: text: Thierry Henry
question: Who had scored four overall scoring titles as of the 2006 season?

context: Its main body is solid sterling silver and silver gilt, while its plinth is made of malachite, a semi-precious stone. The plinth has a silver band around its circumference, upon which the names of the title-winning clubs are listed. Malachite's green colour is also representative of the green field of play. The design of the trophy is based on the heraldry of Three Lions that is associated with English football. Two of the lions are found above the handles on either side of the trophy – the third is symbolised by the captain of the title winning team as he raises the trophy, and its gold crown, above his head at the end of the season. The ribbons that drape the handles are presented in the team colours of the league champions that year.
qas: answers: text: The design of the trophy is based on the heraldry of Three Lions that is associated with English football.
question: What is the Premier League Championship trophy based on?

answers: text: Two of the lions are found above the handles on either side of the trophy
question: Where on the trophy can two of the lions be seen?

answers: text: the third is symbolised by the captain of the title winning team as he raises the trophy, and its gold crown, above his head at the end of the season
question: Where can the third lion be seen?

answers: text: The ribbons that drape the handles are presented in the team colours of the league champions that year.
question: What do the ribbons on the trophy mean?

answers: text: malachite
question: The Golden Boot is made of sterling silver, silver gilt and which semi-precious stone?

answers: text: silver
question: On what type of metal band are the title-winning clubs listed on the Golden Boot?

answers: text: the green field of play
question: What does the green colour of Malachite on the Golden Boot represent?

answers: text: Two
question: How many lions are found on the Golden Boot?

answers: text: the captain of the title winning team
question: Who symbolizes the third lion not found on the Golden Boot trophy?