SURPRISE! MONEY BREEDS SUCCESS

A PREMIER LEAGUE money table has been published. It is made up of three categories: the equal share of £79.4million each, the money accrued from live TV broadcasts and the per-place prize money. Of the 20 clubs, eight were in exactly the same position in the league table as the money table, 10 were one place off and two — Newcastle and Watford — swapped places two away. The table in the Championship, by comparison, is random. Manchester City did not win the league solely because of money — Liverpool topped that table — but finance decides who gets in the mix.