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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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Barça, Madrid Against China Trip
The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) already has an agreement in place for the Supercopa to be played in China, but it needs the Asamblea del Futbol to ratify it, "which Madrid and Barcelona are not disposed to do," according to J.M. of AS. The tournament, currently played with a home-and-away ser ...
Tags: International Football, Europe, China
Football Notes
Serie A Juventus coach Antonio Conte's 10-month ban for failing to report suspicions of match-fixing at a previous club was upheld by Italy's football federation. Conte was found guilty of "not informing the authorities of possible corruption" in two games involving his former team Siena during the ...
Tags: International Football, Europe
Malaga Faces 'Historic' Match
Wednesday's UEFA Champions League qualifying game between Spanish side Malaga and Greek club Panathinaikos "is much more than a passport to the elite competition in European football" for the Andalusians, according to A. Ciriza of EL PAIS. The "financially asphyxiated" club is playing for €8,6M ...
Tags: International Football, Europe
Attendance Down For La Liga
Stadium attendance for Week 1 of La Liga saw nearly 40% "empty seats," according to Juan Jimenez of AS. The first match-week, which started on Saturday at 7pm and finished Tuesday in Zaragoza, "only had" stadiums filled to 61% of their capacity on average. In comparison, last year's figure was up to ...
Tags: La Liga, Europe, International Football
UEFA Ban Macedonian Club
UEFA has handed Macedonian clud Rabotnicki "a suspended four-year ban from continental competitions" after two of their players tested positive for doping, according to the AFP. The team was also handed a €30,000 ($37,413) fine after Milovan Petrovic and Dino Najdoski "tested positive for banne ...
Tags: International Football, Europe
Study: Footballers Pay Up 1,508%
Top footballers' salaries in the EPL have "mushroomed," rising by 1,508% between '92-10, according to a report titled Football Mad by Dave Boyle of independent think tank HIGH PAY CENTRE. The study also revealed that players further down the football leagues "have not been as fortunate." Pay has ris ...
Secretive Club On Hot Streak
Current Moldova football champion FC Sheriff Tirapol is a football club "that few have heard of, from a corner of the former Soviet empire even fewer could easily locate," according to James Montague of the N.Y. TIMES. The club was "started by a former KGB agent, and it plays in a place where smuggl ...
Tags: International Football, Asia, Russia
LFP Announces Schedule Changes
The Spanish Professional Football League has announced "modifications to the start times" of some La Liga games during Week 3, according to EUROPA PRESS. Real Madrid, Barcelona and Atletico Madrid are amongst the teams affected. Real's match-up with Granada scheduled for Sept. 2 at 10pm will now be ...
Tags: Europe, La Liga, International Football
Football Notes
The head of South Korea's football governing body "apologized for his agency's handling of the aftermath of a football player's politically-charged celebration" at the London Games. Korea Football Association President Cho Chung-yun "apologized for a controversial letter sent by the KFA to the Japan ...
Tags: International Football
Could Football Lose Luster After Games?
EPL CEO Richard Scudamore believes football can certainly learn from the positivity surrounding the London Games, a debate "that is going on within the sport" as it began its new season this past weekend, according to Eleanor Crooks of the London INDEPENDENT. Scudamore was "keen to talk up the steps ...
