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Football fixtures terms & conditions

Definitions

In these Fixtures Terms and Conditions the following terms shall have the following meanings:

“PA” means The Press Association Limited of The Point, 37 N Wharf Rd, Paddington, London W2 1AF;“Customer” means the entity stated in the ‘Invoice Company’ field on the Order Form, otherwise the individual named in the Order Form; “Fixtures” means the ‘UK Football Fixtures Service’ and/or the ‘World Football Fixtures Service’ as selected by the Customer on the Order Form to be provided by PA to the Customer in accordance with this Agreement to include fixtures from those competitions set out in the Schedule; “Charges” means the amount stated in the ‘Total Cost of Invoice’ field in the Order Form; “Order Form” means the Football Fixtures Order Form completed by the Customer incorporating these Fixtures Terms and Conditions; ’’Schedule” means the ‘Schedule 1’ attached to these Fixtures Terms and Conditions; “Start Date”means the date upon which the Customer submits the Order Form to PA; and “Term” shall be as defined in clause 8.1 below.

  1. The Agreement
    1. This Agreement is made between PA and the Customer.
    2. This Agreement comprises these Fixtures Terms & Conditions, the Schedule and the Order Form. These Fixtures Terms & Conditions shall prevail over the provisions of the Schedule and Order Form in the event of any conflict between them, the Schedule and the Order Form.
  2. Supply
    1. PA will supply the Fixtures to the Customer during the Term by email to the address(es) specified by the Customer on the Order Form (or such other delivery method as PA shall, acting reasonably, deem necessary or appropriate).
  3. Licence
    1. Subject to the Customer’s compliance with its obligations and any restrictions set out in this Agreement, PA shall provide the Fixtures to the Customer solely for the Customer’s information and internal use provided that the Customer will not use the Fixtures for any purpose except as expressly permitted by this Agreement.
  4. Intellectual Property Rights and Third Party Rights
    1. The Customer agrees and acknowledges that any rights (including intellectual property rights) used or subsisting in the Fixtures shall belong to PA.
  5. Charges
    1. The Customer shall pay the Charges no later 14 days following the Start Date.
    2. All amounts set out in this Agreement are exclusive of any applicable VAT or other sales taxes.
    3. All amounts payable under this Agreement shall be paid in full without set-off, deduction or other withholding of any amount which may be due to the Customer. Should the Customer be required by any law or regulation to make any deduction or withholding on account of tax or otherwise on any sum payable under this Agreement, the sum payable shall be increased by the amount of such tax to ensure that the PA receives a sum equal to the amount to be paid under this Agreement.
    4. Without prejudice to any other rights and remedies which PA may have and the Customer’s continuing obligation to pay the Charges, if payment of the Charges is not received by PA on the due date, PA may withhold its provision of the Fixtures and PA may charge interest on any overdue Charges from the due date until payment is received at a rate to be determined by PA not exceeding 4% above Lloyds TSB Bank plc base rate for the time being, such interest to be calculated on a daily basis.
  6. Liability
    1. Although PA will take all reasonable steps to ensure the accuracy and timely provision of the Fixtures, neither PA nor any of its licensors warrants that the Fixtures will be free from error or uninterrupted.
    2. PA does not accept any liability for failures or breakdowns in network connections and/or end-to-end connectivity across the Internet and/or performance problems experienced on any Internet or other networks outside PA’s direct control.
    3. No conditions, warranties or other terms (express or implied, including any implied terms as to satisfactory quality, fitness for purpose or conformance with description) apply to this Agreement or to the Fixtures except to the extent that they are expressly set out in this Agreement.
    4. Neither party shall be liable under this Agreement for any loss of profits, loss of revenue, loss of or damage to goodwill, loss of contracts, loss of customers or any indirect, special or consequential loss (even if the party concerned has been advised of the possibility of such loss), provided that this exclusion will not apply to any loss of revenue or profit that would otherwise have been obtained by or due to PA under or in relation to this Agreement.
    5. PA’s liability arising from or in connection with this Agreement and in relation to anything which PA may have done or not done in connection with this Agreement (and whether such liability arises due to breach of contract, negligence or for any other reason) shall be limited to the Charges.
    6. Nothing in this Agreement shall limit either party’s liability: (a) for fraud, (b) for death or personal injury caused by either party’s negligence or that of its servants or agents, or (c) in relation to any other liability which cannot be excluded or limited by law.
  7. Confidentiality and Data Protection
    1. Each party agrees and undertakes that, both during and after the term of this Agreement, it will keep confidential, will not use for its own purposes and will not without the prior written consent of the other party disclose to any third party (other than, in the case of PA, to any company in the PA Group) any information concerning the business and affairs of the other (including the terms (but not the fact) of this Agreement) which may become known to such party in connection with this Agreement unless such information is public knowledge other than as a result of a breach of this paragraph, has been independently acquired from a third party without restriction on disclosure, or is required by law or any regulatory body or for the purposes of litigation by or against either party to be disclosed.
  8. Term and Termination
    1. This Agreement shall commence on the Start Date and, subject to earlier termination in accordance with its terms, shall continue for a period of 12 months, upon expiry of which this Agreement shall terminate automatically without notice (the “Term”).
    2. This Agreement may be terminated immediately by either party giving notice to the other if: (a) the other commits a material breach of this Agreement and, if such breach is remediable, it is not remedied within 21 days of receipt of notice requiring remedy; (b) the other ceases or threatens to cease to carry on trading; or (c) the other becomes insolvent or bankrupt or suffers any insolvency or bankruptcy related event in any applicable jurisdiction.
    3. Termination of this Agreement will be without prejudice to any rights or liabilities of either party which have accrued prior to such termination.
  9. General
    1. All of the terms that have been agreed between the parties in relation to the supply of the Fixtures are contained in this Agreement. No other terms shall apply unless they expressly agree otherwise in writing.  Each party acknowledges that, in entering into this Agreement, it has not relied on any representation made by the other party that has not been set out in this Agreement.
    2. No amendments to this Agreement shall be effective unless in writing and signed by an authorised signatory on behalf of each party.
    3. Neither party will be liable to the other under or in connection with this Agreement for any failures, interruptions, delays or other matters of a similar nature arising out of circumstances beyond its reasonable control.
    4. Any notice required to be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand, first class or recorded post, by fax, or by e-mail. All notices shall be delivered/sent to the address of the relevant party set out in this Agreement or such other address as the relevant party has notified to the other party in writing from time to time for this purpose.
    5. PA may assign or transfer this Agreement or all or any of its rights and/or obligations under this Agreement to any PA Group company. The Customer may not assign or sub-license this Agreement without the prior written consent of PA.
    6. The failure or delay by either party to enforce at any time any one or more of the terms or conditions of this Agreement shall not be a waiver of such rights or any other rights.
    7. The parties agree that for the purpose of Section 1(2) of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 no term of this Agreement shall be enforceable by a third party.
    8. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be void or unenforceable in whole or in part, this Agreement shall continue in force in relation to the unaffected provisions and the remainder of the provision in question, and the parties will renegotiate the provision in good faith to achieve the same objects.
    9. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law and each of the parties hereby submits to the jurisdiction of the English courts.

COMPETITIONS

UK SOCCER

Football competitions covered:

Premier League

EFL Championship

EFL 1

EFL 2

Scottish Premier League

Scottish Division One

Scottish Division Two

Scottish Division Three

The National League

The National League North

The National League South

The FA Cup

EFL Cup

FA Community Shield

EFL Trophy

Scottish Cup

Scottish League Cup

UEFA Champions League

UEFA Champions League Qualifiers

UEFA Europa League

UEFA Europa League Qualifiers

UEFA Europa Conference League

UEFA Europa Conference League Qualifiers

UEFA Nations League

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup Qualifying

FIFA Club World Championship

International Friendlies

League of Ireland Premier Division

League of Ireland First Division

FAI Cup

League of Ireland Cup

Welsh Premier League

Highland Football League

The FA Trophy

The FA Vase

The Isthmian League Premier Division

The Northern Premier Division

The Southern Premier Division Central

The Southern Premier Division South

Northern Ireland Premiership

Northern Ireland Championship

The Northern Irish FA Cup

The Northern Irish League Cup

European Under-21 Championships

Premier League 2 Division One

Premier League 2 Division Two

Premier League U18

UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Under-21 Friendly Match

Domestic Friendlies

FA Women’s Super League

FA Women’s Championship

FA Women’s Premier League Cup

Women’s International Friendlies

UEFA Women’s European Championship

The FA Women’s Cup

International Soccer:

AFC Asian Cup (international teams)

AFC Asian Cup Qualification

AFC Asian Games

AFC Champions League

AFC U-23 Championship

African Nations Cup

African Nations Cup Qualifying

Asian AFF Championship

Argentina Copa

Argentina Primera Division

Argentina Supercup

Australia FFA Cup

Australia A League

Austrian Bundesliga

Belgian First Division A

Belgian FA Cup

Belgian Super Cup

Brazilian Campeonato

Copa do Brasil

Copa Libertadores

Copa Sudamericana

CONCACAF Champions league

CONCACAF Gold Cup

Copa America

Chinese Super League

Danish Superliga

Danish 1.Division

Finnish Veikkausliiga

Finnish Ykkonen Liiga

French Coupe de France

French Coupe de la Ligue

French Ligue 1

French Ligue 2

German 2. Bundesliga

German Bundesliga

German DFB Pokal

German DFL Supercup

Greek Superleague

Icelandic 1. Deild

Icelandic Urvalsdeild

Italian Serie A

Italian Serie B

Coppa Italia

Italian Supercoppa

Japan J League

Mexican Apertura

Mexican Clausura

Copa Mexico

Netherlands Eredivisie

Netherlands Eerste Divisie

Netherlands KNVB Beker

Norwegian NM Cupen

Norwegian Tippeligaen

Norwegian Adeccoligaen

Norwegian Super Cup

Polish Ekstraklasa

Portuguese Liga

Portuguese Taca da Liga

Portuguese Taca de Portugal

Portuguese Super Cup

Russian Premier League

Russian Cup

Russian Super Cup

Saudi Arabian Premier League

South Africa Premier League

South Korea K League

Spanish Liga

Spanish Liga 2

Spanish Copa del Rey

Spanish Super Cup

Swedish Allsvenskan

Swedish Superettan

Swedish Cupen

Swiss Super League

Turkish Super Lig

UAE Gulf League

Ukrainian Superliga USA Major League Soccer