Football

Read this and thought about the Sunderland Spurs match and how defensive Sunderland were. Sometimes you've just got to grow a pair, like Sandoval manager of Real Vallecano

I agree with the sentiment whole heartedly but unfortunately there is much more at stake in the Premiership than La Liga in terms of prize money. Unfortunately that means you end up with teams playing anti football hoping to take a point against better teams.

Prize Money for the 2009/2010 Premier League Season.

Chelsea - £16,000,000 (WINNERS)
Manchester United - £15,200,000
Arsenal - £14,400,000
Totenham Hotspur - £13,600,000
Manchester City - £12,800,000
Aston Villa - £12,000,000
Liverpool - £11,200,000
Everton - £10,400,000
Birmingham - £9,600,000
Blackburn - £8,800,000
Stoke - £8,000,000
Fulham - £7,200,000
Sunderland - £6,400,000
Bolton - £5,600,000
Wolves - £4,800,000
Wigan - £4,000,000
West Ham - £3,200,000
Burnley - £2,400,000
Hull - £1,600,000
Portsmouth - £800,000

Spain La Liga - Primera División

1st 3 million
2nd 2 million
3rd 1.25 million
4th 1 million
5th 750,000
6th 500,000
7th 400,000
8th 300,000
9th 200,000
10th 100,000
11th No prize
12th No prize
And so on....

Im not sure how accurate the figures are but there is a big difference. Portsmouth the year they finished bottom received more money than the team that finished fifth in La Liga (if the figures are accurate) also there are no dates but I think the point is valid.