I've always been fascinated by data and the information (or misinformation) you can glean from it.

I discovered a lot in writing this which I had always suspected but never known. We knew at the time that the creation of the Premier League was a game-changing moment in English football - I wonder if given the choice, whether those that allowed it to happen would let it happen again because it's out of control. Governance by FIFA and UEFA was non-existent due to the huge sums of money the likes of Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini were themselves making.

Remember, this data's old. I think that the Premier League money increased the season after this data (I could be mistaken here). If these people get their way, miracles like Leicester City will never happen again. And it goes to show quite how remarkable an achievement that was.

The Champions League expansion was Perez & Co.'s Plan B (ironically running alongside Plan A). This will only further widen the gap and cement the big club's dominance.

Those numbers are frightening. Yet still, Reading have beaten Manchester United. We've beaten Liverpool. And if these people get their way, this will never happen again.

Kroenke said:

you still want your cold nights in Stoke

Notice the use of the word "your". The day we see Kroenke's face in Stoke on a cold Tuesday night is the night that his face will be changed irreversibly. Which won't bother him, because he's got plenty more to choose from.

Man, I'm so angry at this.