Ian Rush Media Career...

At 43 years old in 2005, Ian Rush thought about re-entering the game in order to play for The New Saints, just after the Welsh side was drawn tight against Liverpool for the opening Champions League qualifying match. Ian Rush has also been deeply involved with media work in the game since November of 2005, including a spell as an analyst with Entertainment Sports Programming Network (ESPN). Also, he appears as a reporter for the Sky Sports News and the Sky Sports. Also he has done work on Liverpool Football Club Television.

Rush was also involved with the Marina Dalglish charity match that took place on April 27th, 2006, which pitted the FA Cup final teams of Liverpool and the Everton against each other in 1986 to aid Breast Cancer Research. Marina, Kenny Dalglish’s wife, suffered from breast cancer. So the proceeds were given to the charity. In 2006 Rush was inducted to the English Football Hall of Fame due to all of his achievements in the game and in life.

Regularly appearing for the Masters five a side team, it’s not uncommon to see Ian dawning the red colour of Liverpool since he’s one of Liverpool’s ‘old boys’ for public relations tours intended for the club. The media announced that Ian Rush had been appointed as the Elite Performance Director for the Welsh Football Trust on September 7th, 2007, a role that is part time and  that he’ll help to develop the next generation of players for Wales’ national teams.

Football League and Premier League of 1888-2009...

The Football League has professional football clubs from both Wales and England. Created in 1888, its the worlds oldest. The Championship, League One, and League Two have 72 clubs in total that are evenly divided into these 3 divisions.

After 4 years of arguments, The Football Association finally allowed professionalism. Before that most clubs just made unlawful payments to their players to raise the competitiveness of the teams.

William McGregor, the Scottish director of Aston Villa, was the first one to bring order where clubs set up their own stuff. In March of 1888, he wrote to Bolton Wanderers, Blackburn Rovers, Preston North End, West Bromwich Albion and the secretary of Aston Villa regarding the creation of a league.

Anderson’s Hotel located in London the night before the FA Cup Final in 1888 was the first meeting and they named the Football League was chosen at another meeting held at Manchester’s Royal Hotel.

They played one another two times, one time at home and one time away. Two points were given for a win and one for a tie. The points system was not agreed on until after the season had already started; the alternative was one point for a win only.

When you look back through the history of the league, you’ll find that each football league has one relegation somewhere in their history but other countries like Ireland, Scotland and Spain do not. However, the fact remains that the English Football League is one of the most admired in the world.