Chennaiyin FC owner and Bollywood Superstar Abhishek Bachchan with Premier League Executive Chairman Richard Scudamore with the Premier League trophy at The Football Movement hosted by Department of International Trade, India On Track in partnership with Premier League & Star Sports and in association with Hero.
Speaking at the Day 1 of two-day event, Abhishek Bachchan said, “Initiatives like The Football Movement are a great learning ground for all the parties involved. Getting Premier League, which is the gold standard when it comes to football, to share their wealth of knowledge and such exchange of ideas is great. And some day there is a hope for exchange of players too and that is going to be the key.”
The second edition of The Football Movement provides delegates the best possible platform to network & explore potential business opportunities in India’s burgeoning football sector. The conference theme focuses on the broader aspects of football in India, with a view to assessing the current landscape in greater detail, as well as marking the road ahead for the sport in the country.
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About the Premier League in India
· The Premier League’s official broadcast partner in India is Star Sports
· Research shows that there are close to 90 million Premier League fans in India with 48 million stating they are supporters of an individual club
· Premier League fans in India are digitally engaged and show a strong following on Premier League’s owned channels: 1.99 million sessions for premierleague.com per month, 533,000 Twitter followers, 533,000 Instagram followers and 2 million Facebook likes
· In 2014, the Premier League signed a Cooperation Agreement with the Indian Super League. This agreement sees the organisations share knowledge, experiences and best practice through workshops, meetings and study visits to the UK. The Premier League offers strategic counsel and expertise to the ISL to support the continued development of the game in India at a grassroots and elite level
· The Premier League has run its major global coach and referee development programme Premier Skills in India since 2007. Premier Skills has trained more than 530 coaches and referees, who have subsequently engaged 72,000 young people in India to date
· The AIFF accredits the Premier Skills phase one coaching course with an AIFF ‘D Licence’
· The Premier League attracts widespread global interest and is broadcast in 900 million homes in 190 countries