There’s money to be made from football

File picture shows Liverpool Football Club fans cheering their team on during a match. Bars, clubs and even mamak restaurants are a draw for many viewers on the weekends when BPL games are shown.

FOR many Malaysians, watching and supporting their favourite football team in the Barclays Premier League (BPL) is a passion. Loyalty to a club in the league is often parochial, with time carved out of one’s schedule to watch a match involving the big teams.

The age of cable and satellite TV has allowed many fans in Malaysia to watch the games like never before. Although it’s not as comprehensive as, say, in Singapore, where all BPL games are shown live, catching the games on Astro, if you follow the big teams, is satisfying enough. Basically, you can watch all the games of the big clubs like Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham, Manchester City and Manchester United.