The Premier League is currently undertaking its biggest ever programme to protect its copyright and the investment made in English football’s top flight by Sky Sports and BT Sport.
The pubs have each been ordered by the High Court to pay in excess of £5,000 for breach of copyright.
The pubs fined are:
- Archee’s Bar and Restaurant, Woking – ordered by the High Court to pay £9,040 in costs
- The Miners Arms, Stoke – ordered to pay £8,535 in costs
- The Glasshouse, Liverpool – ordered to pay £6,456 in costs
- The Brambles, Liverpool – ordered to pay £5,694 in costs
- Angie’s Tavern, Morpeth – ordered to pay £5,341 in costs
- The White Bull, Chorley – ordered to pay £5,000 in costs
- The Wardley Hotel, Gateshead – ordered to pay £5,000 in costs
Action
A Premier League spokesman said: "We are currently engaged in our largest ever pub and supplier investigations programme and will take action against pubs that breach our copyright by making unauthorised foreign broadcasts of Premier League football.
“Already this season we have conducted thousands of pub visits and commenced action against more than 250 publicans, with cost awards being made in our favour on a regular basis.
“We would advise all publicans to ignore the lies peddled by suppliers who make false claims about the legality of foreign broadcasts of our matches, and to contact Sky Sports and BT Sport as they are both authorised to show live Premier League football in commercial premises in the UK.”
Last month the Premier League took action against Scottish pubs over illegal broadcasts.