1. The gap between best and rest getting bigger...Leicester’s astonishing title victory in 2015/16 might have been a wonderful event for English football, but it caused a reaction. No longer would the owners of Big Six clubs accept any trespassers on their turf. Boosted by increased broadcasting revenues, they resolved to spend bigger and better on transfer fees and wages. The rest have struggled to keep up.This season, the Big Six clubs have played 71 home games against non-Big Six teams. Of those 71 matches, they have won 60, drawn eight and lost just three. The Big Six have scored 181 goals in those games, and conceded just 49.2. ...but Wolves could have got closerWolves’s owners had...
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