The Secret Dinner That Built the Premier League

In the 1980s, English football hit rock bottom: crumbling Victorian stadiums, a European ban, and tragedy on the terraces. A decade later it had launched the richest, most-watched football league on Earth. This is the story of the breakaway — the secret dinner, the resignation letters that ended 104 years of the Football League, the £304 million TV auction that changed sport forever, and the trapdoor that keeps twenty clubs afraid every May. CHAPTERS 0:00 The richest league on Earth 0:45 Rock bottom: the 1980s 2:15 The dinner and the letter 4:05 The £304M auction 5:54 The machine: 20 clubs and a trapdoor 7:40 What it became 9:16 Nothing is forever No broadcast footage, logos or club crests are used.