It was early 2001 and Roy Whalley, Walsall’s chief executive, had just attended a meeting that promised to redraw the future of the Football League. ITV Digital had paid £315 million for the rights to ...
It had already been a historically lucrative day for the Premier League and there were still two envelopes left on Richard Scudamore’s desk, at the offices of law firm DLA in central London. It was ...