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EPL Clubs See Home Attendance Up 4% In '12-13, While SPL Gate Drops 28%05 / 22 / 13Premier League attendances for '12-13 "have shown an increase of nearly 4% on the previous season," according to the BBC. The average attendance for a game in England's top flight was 35,975, up from 34,601 in '11-12. The official figures "show crowds have fluctuated across Europe, with Barcelona's ... |
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Real Madrid footballer Michael Essien "has invited the whole Real Madrid team" and its coach José Mourinho to a charity game June 8 in Accra, Ghana, Essien's home country. Essien is behind the Game of Hope and Inspiration, "in which African players will play against the rest of the world." So ...
Tags: Africa, International Football
SPL Clubs Agree On League Restructure
Scottish Premier League's 12 clubs have unanimously agreed on a package of measures that would deliver a merged league body in time for next season. The package includes a merged 42-club league and top-flight playoffs. The 12-10-10-10 divisional structure includes a pyramid for the entire game. A fo ...
Del Piero In Club, Federation Fight
A three-way showdown "is looming between Football Federation Australia, Sydney FC and Alessandro Del Piero over the star forward's availability" for the match between the A-League All Stars and ManU at ANZ Stadium on July 20, according Sebastian Hassett of the SYDNEY MORNING HERALD. The 38-year-old ...
Tags: International Football, Australia
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Italian Football Federation (FIGC) President Giancarlo Abete has insisted that "the number of teams in Serie A will not change." Abete "was looking to reduce the number of sides in the top flight down to 18," but the administrator has Tuesday confirmed that "those plans have been scrapped" ( FOOTBA ...
Tags: International Football
Scottish Game Called After Fan Dies
The Scottish Premier League match between Kilmarnock and Hibernian Sunday "was abandoned when a spectator collapsed and later died of a suspected heart attack," according to Graham McColl of the LONDON TIMES. The man was treated for 15 minutes "in front of the East Stand shortly after half ...
LFP Investigating Match-Fixing Claims
Spanish Football League (LFP) President Javier Tebas said that there is "considerable evidence" against Levante’s players that might take them to trial for match-fixing, according to FOOTBALL ESPAÑA. The LFP has forwarded on information gathered on the La Liga Levante-Deportivo game f ...
Tags: International Football, Europe
Fan Violence Strikes Argentina Stadium
Argentinian football club Boca Juniors "has had two tiers of terracing at its La Bombonera stadium closed" after crowd violence at Sunday's superclasico against River Plate, and "faces a possible suspension of the entire ground," according to Rex Gowar of REUTERS. Boca fans on the terracing behind t ...
Monaco Plans Legal Action
Ligue 2 club Monaco plans to "take legal action against a French football league edict" that it must move its headquarters to France, ending tax exemption for the club's players, according to Julien Prerot of REUTERS. In a statement on Sunday, Monaco "accused French football authoriti ...
Tags: International Football, Europe, Africa
Scottish Clubs Want Vote Of No Confidence
Scottish First Division clubs "are considering proposing a vote of no confidence" in the Scottish Football League's board of management, according to Smith & Gordon of the SCOTSMAN. Eight First Division clubs plus Second Division champions Queen of the South "have already indicated their intenti ...
Bayern Chief Lauds Cheap Season Tickets
Bayern Munich has "some of the cheapest season tickets anywhere in the world," with an adult ticket in the standing section at the Allianz Arena costing just £104 ($161M), according to Adam Shergold of the London DAILY MAIL. By contrast, the cheapest season ticket at EPL Arsenal is £985 ...
