1998: The Year Of Reckless Ambition

Summary In 1998, thanks to a bumper TV deal with Sky Sports, a spending spree took the SPL's collective debt from 7.5 million pounds to 145 million just four years later. With contributions from Roger Mitchell, David Taylor, Brian Quinn, Martin Bain, John Boyle, Lex Gold, Sandy Clark, John Yorkston and Graham Spiers, we examine the how the failure to secure a second Sky deal and the disappearance of SPL TV plunged the league into chaos as clubs were swamped by debts they could not hope to pay.

S1.E4 ∙ 1998: The Year Of Reckless Ambition

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Alex Ferguson Alex McLeish Graeme Souness Sandy Jardine

0

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Jan 27, 2009

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : TheTVDB.com page

Summary In 1998, thanks to a bumper TV deal with Sky Sports, a spending spree took the SPL's collective debt from 7.5 million pounds to 145 million just four years later. With contributions from Roger Mitchell, David Taylor, Brian Quinn, Martin Bain, John Boyle, Lex Gold, Sandy Clark, John Yorkston and Graham Spiers, we examine the how the failure to secure a second Sky deal and the disappearance of SPL TV plunged the league into chaos as clubs were swamped by debts they could not hope to pay.

Details

Genres : Documentary

Release date : Jan 27, 2009

Countries of origin : United Kingdom

Official sites : TheTVDB.com page

Edit Focus

All Filters