Nationwide League: League hits back in TV row

The Football League today branded the sale of ITV Digital as irrelevant to their campaign to recover the £178. 5million the station owes to cash-strapped clubs.

The Football League today branded the sale of ITV Digital as irrelevant to their campaign to recover the stg£178.5million the station owes to cash-strapped clubs.

Soccer chiefs and the broadcaster’s parent companies Carlton and Granada are slugging it out over whether ‘parent guarantees’ were included ITV Digital’s £315m three-year contract to screen live games.