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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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Polygraph Tests Reduce Football Cheats
Football match-fixing in Singapore has "been reduced by compulsory lie detector tests for players as the country tries to stop criminal syndicates infiltrating the game," according to Tariq Panja of BLOOMBERG. Lie detection tests were introduced to the players' code of conduct in Singapore's S-Leagu ...
Genoa Fined By Serie A Commission
The Serie A disciplinary committee club revealed that Genoa has been hit with a €30,000 ($38,691) fine and "seen striker Giuseppe Sculli banned for a month," according to the AFP. The sanctions stemmed from incidents during the club's home league game against Siena last April when "hardli ...
Tags: Europe, International Football
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Dutch Eredivisie club Ajax Amsterdam is "charging fans more" to watch Manchester City than it did at last week's match with Real Madrid. Man City fans are being asked "to shell out an eye-watering €80 ($103)" for the Oct. 24 match, which is €15 ($19) more than Real Madrid fans paid. B ...
Tags: International Football, Europe
ManU To Play Hong Kong Exhibition
The Hong Kong government agreed Tuesday "to help foot the bill" for ManU to play an exhibition game against Hong Kong champions Kitchee in July, according to Chan Kin-wa of the SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST. The match, hosted by the Kitchee Foundation, will take place at Hong Kong Stadium, "thanks to the ...
Tags: Asia, International Football
Del Piero's Home Debut A Hot Ticket
Midfielder Alessandro Del Piero's home debut for Sydney FC is "heading for a packed house" with more than 11,000 tickets pre-sold for Saturday night's Week 2 match against Newcastle Jets at Allianz Stadium, according to Ray Gatt of THE AUSTRALIAN. Club officials are "conservatively predicting" a cro ...
Tags: International Football, Australia
No Team GB Football Team For Rio
FA General Secretary Alex Horne said on Tuesday that "there will be no men's Team GB football team for the Rio Olympic Games in '16" but has not ruled out the possibility of the women being able to compete, according to the London TELEGRAPH. The issue "has traditionally been very sensitive poli ...
Zagreb Players Offer Cash To Fans
In a bid to fill empty stands, players for Croatian champions Dinamo Zagreb have "pooled their cash to reward one fan" attending their UEFA Champions League match against Ligue 1 club Paris St. Germain with 1M kunas ($174,000), according to the AFP. Midfielder Mateo Kovacic came up with the idea and ...
Tags: Europe, International Football
France To Play Two Friendlies In Brazil
French Football Federation President Noël Le Graët revealed that France would play two friendlies in Brazil next year, including one against the Seleção, according to the JDD. Le Graët said, "It is not finalized, but it should be within a month. We are wanting to do it, ...
Tags: Europe, International Football
Football Notes
Coaches from AC Milan and Manchester City will be giving football lessons to Delhi’s youth at the ongoing Football Link Int’l Festival in India. More than 80 schools from across the city are participating in U-14, U-17 and girls categories at the Thyagaraj sports complex ( PTI, 10/8 ). ...
Tags: International Football, India
A-League Off To Record Start
Three key int'l figures make their Australian debuts, "throw in the excitement of a new club stepping out and a grand final replay and it adds up to plenty of smiles" at Football Federation Australia Monday morning after a "stunning start" to the A-League season, according to Ray Gatt of THE AUSTRAL ...
Tags: Australia, International Football
