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Sheffield Wednesday's last kick in added time to get promoted.
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yer that it would be, a couple of my fellow team mates are with you, one is a Leeds and the other Saints supporters, gutted. More press has been towards the Foxs due to the 2016 crown to relo.
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Stuck by Leeds when they went down for 16 years, twice, and the only thing to celebrate was an fa cup win at old Trafford. Back down we go. Gutted.
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yep, the highs and lows have been to the max this season. Unreal and luv it. Leeds, took them 16yrs to get back up prior their recent 3yr stay, between them and the Saints and Fox's Championship is going to be damn big again next season.
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There is no way FA will be a part of that, JJ is on the record as wanting to build the pyramid and either you’re in the tent or outside the tent.
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Oh Christ, look at this predictable garbage from the APL mouthpiece.... ...... https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/the-plan-to-embrace-promotion-and-relegation-in-the-a-league-20230516-p5d8qj.htmlThey really must think you are ALL fools..... "APL told the clubs they were prepared to admit the strongest teams from the second division into the men’s A-League on an ongoing basis" Just fuck off already Danny, nobody wants In to your ponzi cartel shit.....
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+x+x+x+x+xSqueaky Bum Sunday  All at home  Leeds have to win and hope Leicester don't and Everton lose (or win by 3 with Everton draw) Leicester have to win and hope Everton don't win Everton only sure hope is if they win And Spurs hoping Villa stumble, so they can squeak in to the Conference league at least otherwise no Europe next year.... Squeaky Bum Sunday never fails to deliver.... If Chelski does the miraculous tomorrow morning there will be even more drama up the top end of the table..... EPL is brutal. Spurs dont want the Conference league, they rather focus on the PL and not worry about a third tier european cup where they might play an extra 8-10 matches throughout the year. Maybe the fans mate, but the club could use the financial boost?? its more of a burden than a financial boost for a club of tottenham's size.
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Champion: €5,000,000 The new Spurs stadium generates a matchday income of nearly €2,500,000 4 or 5 of them is fairly handy https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/65490140Going back to the weekend fixtures, just for giggles, Leeds might well be Harry's last game for them
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+x+x+x+x+x+xSqueaky Bum Sunday All at home Leeds have to win and hope Leicester don't and Everton lose (or win by 3 with Everton draw) Leicester have to win and hope Everton don't win Everton only sure hope is if they win And Spurs hoping Villa stumble, so they can squeak in to the Conference league at least otherwise no Europe next year.... Squeaky Bum Sunday never fails to deliver.... If Chelski does the miraculous tomorrow morning there will be even more drama up the top end of the table..... EPL is brutal. Spurs dont want the Conference league, they rather focus on the PL and not worry about a third tier european cup where they might play an extra 8-10 matches throughout the year. Maybe the fans mate, but the club could use the financial boost?? I'd think any club outside a big 5 league would want to avoid it . the conference league was set up so it has minimal number of clubs from the top 5 leagues (1 allocation for england, italy, spain, germany & france). the league was set-up to give the "lower" european teams a chance and be competitive i say. Describes Spurs perfectly :P... lol
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+x+x+x+x+xSqueaky Bum Sunday All at home Leeds have to win and hope Leicester don't and Everton lose (or win by 3 with Everton draw) Leicester have to win and hope Everton don't win Everton only sure hope is if they win And Spurs hoping Villa stumble, so they can squeak in to the Conference league at least otherwise no Europe next year.... Squeaky Bum Sunday never fails to deliver.... If Chelski does the miraculous tomorrow morning there will be even more drama up the top end of the table..... EPL is brutal. Spurs dont want the Conference league, they rather focus on the PL and not worry about a third tier european cup where they might play an extra 8-10 matches throughout the year. Maybe the fans mate, but the club could use the financial boost?? I'd think any club outside a big 5 league would want to avoid it . the conference league was set up so it has minimal number of clubs from the top 5 leagues (1 allocation for england, italy, spain, germany & france). the league was set-up to give the "lower" european teams a chance and be competitive i say.
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+x+x+x+xSqueaky Bum Sunday All at home Leeds have to win and hope Leicester don't and Everton lose (or win by 3 with Everton draw) Leicester have to win and hope Everton don't win Everton only sure hope is if they win And Spurs hoping Villa stumble, so they can squeak in to the Conference league at least otherwise no Europe next year.... Squeaky Bum Sunday never fails to deliver.... If Chelski does the miraculous tomorrow morning there will be even more drama up the top end of the table..... EPL is brutal. Spurs dont want the Conference league, they rather focus on the PL and not worry about a third tier european cup where they might play an extra 8-10 matches throughout the year. Maybe the fans mate, but the club could use the financial boost?? its more of a burden than a financial boost for a club of tottenham's size.
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+x+x+x+x+x+xSqueaky Bum Sunday All at home Leeds have to win and hope Leicester don't and Everton lose (or win by 3 with Everton draw) Leicester have to win and hope Everton don't win Everton only sure hope is if they win And Spurs hoping Villa stumble, so they can squeak in to the Conference league at least otherwise no Europe next year.... Squeaky Bum Sunday never fails to deliver.... If Chelski does the miraculous tomorrow morning there will be even more drama up the top end of the table..... EPL is brutal. Spurs dont want the Conference league, they rather focus on the PL and not worry about a third tier european cup where they might play an extra 8-10 matches throughout the year. Maybe the fans mate, but the club could use the financial boost?? I'd think any club outside a big 5 league would want to avoid it . I think you may have ,meant the other way around? Clubs in smaller leagues love the money they can earn from Conference league..... 500k to a Maltese or Estonian club is big bikkies. yeah that
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+x+x+x+x+xSqueaky Bum Sunday All at home Leeds have to win and hope Leicester don't and Everton lose (or win by 3 with Everton draw) Leicester have to win and hope Everton don't win Everton only sure hope is if they win And Spurs hoping Villa stumble, so they can squeak in to the Conference league at least otherwise no Europe next year.... Squeaky Bum Sunday never fails to deliver.... If Chelski does the miraculous tomorrow morning there will be even more drama up the top end of the table..... EPL is brutal. Spurs dont want the Conference league, they rather focus on the PL and not worry about a third tier european cup where they might play an extra 8-10 matches throughout the year. Maybe the fans mate, but the club could use the financial boost?? I'd think any club outside a big 5 league would want to avoid it . I think you may have ,meant the other way around? Clubs in smaller leagues love the money they can earn from Conference league..... 500k to a Maltese or Estonian club is big bikkies.
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+x+x+x+xSqueaky Bum Sunday All at home Leeds have to win and hope Leicester don't and Everton lose (or win by 3 with Everton draw) Leicester have to win and hope Everton don't win Everton only sure hope is if they win And Spurs hoping Villa stumble, so they can squeak in to the Conference league at least otherwise no Europe next year.... Squeaky Bum Sunday never fails to deliver.... If Chelski does the miraculous tomorrow morning there will be even more drama up the top end of the table..... EPL is brutal. Spurs dont want the Conference league, they rather focus on the PL and not worry about a third tier european cup where they might play an extra 8-10 matches throughout the year. Maybe the fans mate, but the club could use the financial boost?? I'd think any club outside a big 5 league would want to avoid it .
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+x+x+xSqueaky Bum Sunday All at home Leeds have to win and hope Leicester don't and Everton lose (or win by 3 with Everton draw) Leicester have to win and hope Everton don't win Everton only sure hope is if they win And Spurs hoping Villa stumble, so they can squeak in to the Conference league at least otherwise no Europe next year.... Squeaky Bum Sunday never fails to deliver.... If Chelski does the miraculous tomorrow morning there will be even more drama up the top end of the table..... EPL is brutal. Spurs dont want the Conference league, they rather focus on the PL and not worry about a third tier european cup where they might play an extra 8-10 matches throughout the year. Maybe the fans mate, but the club could use the financial boost??
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+x+xSqueaky Bum Sunday All at home Leeds have to win and hope Leicester don't and Everton lose (or win by 3 with Everton draw) Leicester have to win and hope Everton don't win Everton only sure hope is if they win And Spurs hoping Villa stumble, so they can squeak in to the Conference league at least otherwise no Europe next year.... Squeaky Bum Sunday never fails to deliver.... If Chelski does the miraculous tomorrow morning there will be even more drama up the top end of the table..... EPL is brutal. Spurs dont want the Conference league, they rather focus on the PL and not worry about a third tier european cup where they might play an extra 8-10 matches throughout the year.
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+xSqueaky Bum Sunday All at home Leeds have to win and hope Leicester don't and Everton lose (or win by 3 with Everton draw) Leicester have to win and hope Everton don't win Everton only sure hope is if they win And Spurs hoping Villa stumble, so they can squeak in to the Conference league at least otherwise no Europe next year.... Squeaky Bum Sunday never fails to deliver.... If Chelski does the miraculous tomorrow morning there will be even more drama up the top end of the table..... EPL is brutal.
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Squeaky Bum Sunday All at home Leeds have to win, hope Leicester don't and Everton lose (or win by 3 if Everton draw) Leicester have to win and hope Everton don't Everton only sure hope is if they win
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Hows Wednesdays playoff result, what a turn around, ET, pens. 1 more to go.
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+xI went there in in '88 on the Man City Supporters Coaches. Don't remember that entrance, but maybe things were set up different then I remember the horrible stupid plastic pitch ............... Lots of "Subbuteo, Subbuteo" chants One side of the pitch was just corporate boxes at pitch level, hilariously awful. (apparently still is similar) Check it out. 2:55. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMl_DfcQd5s hahaha they look like train carriages...... Ah 1988 when everything was right in the world. Van Basten was putting the Russkies to the sword in the Euros... The Serie A was the centre of the known universe and Luton was beating the "Citizens" hahhahaha sorry mate :)
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I went there in in '88 on the Man City Supporters Coaches. Don't remember that entrance, but maybe things were set up different then I remember the horrible stupid plastic pitch ............... Lots of "Subbuteo, Subbuteo" chants One side of the pitch was just corporate boxes at pitch level, hilariously awful. (apparently still is similar) Check it out. 2:55. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMl_DfcQd5s
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Wowsers.... mjust have been some ET .... will try and watch the highlights.... "4-nil and you fucked it up" hahahahha Wednesday fans loving a Thursday night :)
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xThis make me sooooo jealous of the Japanese football fans  A lot of people suggested using the J League’s experience as a template prior to the A League being set up but Uncle Frank did it his way. Its just so frustrating that the chance for a quick cash grab overrode a salvageable competition... The Japanese saw what they had and worked with it to develop something better. We got lumped with crisis profiteering and revenge ... Oh well lets hope JJs new new dawn and eleven principles bear some fruit..... The Lowy's had a 50 year association with football in this country. Of these FIFTY YEARS, Frank was Chairmain of the FFA for 10 years, and his son for another 3 or so years. Under their watch, the A-League received $666 million dollars worth in broadcast deals, and hundreds of millions more in sponsorships and ticket sales. The salvageable competition? Here's a nice summary of how things stood: https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/nsl-to-return-to-tv-screens-as-clubs-finally-agree-on-new-deal-20021015-gdfq4s.html Yeah thats great Enzo Im sure the APL and the Lowys before them have profited handsomely on their investment.. Sorry i missed the part in the Japanese Football's review of the last 30 years where they speak about revenue, ticket sales and sponsorship? All I read from their statement is pride in having Japanese national footballers playing in good overseas leagues, a national team that is respected on the world stage and a thriving football pyramid providing aspirational and inspirational football to all clubs and communities in the country. J - league started, 30 years ago with existing basket case clubs, mainly owned by conglomerates or local prefectures and have, in 30 years, developed a football system that has helped them develop into, what I would regard, a serious football nation. Despite football NOT being the most popular sport, despite Japanese players NOT being considered as physically gifted as those from Sth America and Europe and despite not having vast amounts of revenue OR huge storied clubs... We are talking about two different outcomes and I suspect we always will be. Some want MLS lite, others see J-League and sigh and wonder "what if"? Its not great mate, its absolutely astonishing that under the Lowys management the professional game brought in circa $1 billion dollars over 15 years from being utterly broke. J-league clubs are sponsored by some of the biggest global brands, so much money flows in that until recently their best players never felt the need to go overseas. The J-league has a revenue of $1.3 billion AUD. and look where we are after the messiah's round up of a billion$'s over 15yrs, like looking at the approah of a cyclone on the weather radar till after it disapates to calm and wondering wtf. The Lowys quit 5 years ago mate. WTF indeed. quit??? heheh whatever mate, the APL are no different in their mentality to the Lowy Ponzi scheme... Different head, same fishy smell :) Truth is that the ONLY obstacle to Australia having a successful football pyramid is the insistence of the *cough *cough "professional" clubs to be financially protected and rewarded for the stupidity and ignorance of "mainstream" consumers. We CAN have it tomorrow. Yes many clubs will go to the wall, yes many clubs will struggle to get 10 fans and a dog to their games, yes the financial "reward" from sponsors and broadcaster may not be there but it CAN happen... and it WILL provide benefits to our performance both locally and internationally. If nothing else, the struggles of 99% of football leagues all around the world proves the concept. Strong clubs prosper, weaker clubs are punished, ambitious clubs have a reason to be ambitious. From Milan, to London to Timbuktu and Tokyo. There are clubs that survive on the smell of an oily rag but still persist because that wonderful concept of sporting merit drives them to seek glory.... If we fail in getting this NST up and running soon I think we have done our dash as a football nation.... The age old "fight" is between making money and having a good environment for football to develop.... I 100% understand why "investors" would want the former but cant really understand why many so called football fans wouldn't want the later? Because: 1. we've done all that and it failed miserably. - We never really did though, the NSl was an abomination AND it was nearly 30 years ago.2. Peak A-league was the best we've ever had in this country by whichever way you wish to measure it. - sure but at what cost to the "rest"?Your aim seems to be improving our performances through P and R and a pyramid. Well the the FFA in 2007 identified that our players need to be better and where that improvement needed to happen at all levesl of the game and how to do it. The National Curriculum was the result. So the FFA addressed your concerns 16 years ago. The State clubs mostly ignored it and did what they'd always done. Still not convinced a NC especially a Dutch one is anything to value, however it DID force the state and NPL clubs to comply to a arbitrary set of rules which has caused the cost of participation to sky-rocket... still dont see any remarkable improvement from it either?
Read that article about the NSL last days and how divided and selfish the stakeholders were. That really hasn't changed much. Agreed the APL are just as much, if not MORE selfish towards their own aims Are you saying that Lowy was different?P and R and second tiers will give you a semi-pro sport that sits below the AFLW, basketball and netball. Don't even think about competing with AFL, NRL or the cricket. These multiple competitors don't exist in Japan and they have 5 times our population. So what? Who cares where it "sits" compared to other codes? Football is all that counts... BTW have a look at Baseball in Japan for context. Semi -Pro competitions in hundreds of other countries seem to produce a viable player pool compared to us no?That matters because you will lose players and fans and along with it media interest and sponsorships. Its downward spiral. Why so? Football fans will ALWAYS engage with football, all we have to do is give them more options to engage with than 11 Australian franchises.We've been there and done that. - No we really havent, the NSL was a bigger shitshwo than the Lowy founded Aleague granted but the APL is slowly making its mark as the biggest 'lemon' of them all. I get that there are people who just have to repeat the past thinking this time it will be different. If only, this time we did...... but all you'll do is just waste another decade going backwards and at the end of it say "at least we tried", as if you did something positive. In reality you just failed to learn the lessons of the past and wasted a decade and maybe buried it for good.
I dont think anyone wants to repeat the past mate, thats the whole point.... This us vs them shit is whats wasting time. ^^^^ It matters where football sits in relation to other codes because there is limited pot of money to share around on sport in this country. Players want to be paid. Fans want to see better players and most want to do it in a decent stadium or quality TV coverage. To create and maintain interest you need media that promotes and discusses the game. This all costs MONEY. As for Lowy, do you really think he did for himself, rather than what *he* believed was the overall good of the game? History shows whilst he was running it, the game was in a better place than ever before, or since. Not better for everyone, but better overall. I'm not as engaged as I was, like many others. Once the game goes semi-pro that will be it for me and many others, other than for those 500-1000 diehards at each club. I don't see that as progress, but you might. You think a nst will cause aleague to go semi pro? Weirdest anti football FUD I've heard yet The Aleage has been "Pro" for 18 years now and some clubs dont even HAVE 1000 diehards..... Why not try something a little adventurous?
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+x+xQuality. While here in Australia there is many rules and regulations, we move games to suit A-League teams when it comes to Aus Cup competitions etc. Actually, Luton will likely need to groundshare at another ground such as the plastic dons because works to bring their ground to minimum EPL standard are estimated at 15 million pounds and not the "do it over summer" variety. Not surprising but still love the "gone from 5th tier to EPL in 9 seasons" vibe If they manage to stay up AND bring up their ground to EPL standards surely thats a win win???
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+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+x+xThis make me sooooo jealous of the Japanese football fans A lot of people suggested using the J League’s experience as a template prior to the A League being set up but Uncle Frank did it his way. Its just so frustrating that the chance for a quick cash grab overrode a salvageable competition... The Japanese saw what they had and worked with it to develop something better. We got lumped with crisis profiteering and revenge ... Oh well lets hope JJs new new dawn and eleven principles bear some fruit..... The Lowy's had a 50 year association with football in this country. Of these FIFTY YEARS, Frank was Chairmain of the FFA for 10 years, and his son for another 3 or so years. Under their watch, the A-League received $666 million dollars worth in broadcast deals, and hundreds of millions more in sponsorships and ticket sales. The salvageable competition? Here's a nice summary of how things stood: https://www.smh.com.au/sport/soccer/nsl-to-return-to-tv-screens-as-clubs-finally-agree-on-new-deal-20021015-gdfq4s.html Yeah thats great Enzo Im sure the APL and the Lowys before them have profited handsomely on their investment.. Sorry i missed the part in the Japanese Football's review of the last 30 years where they speak about revenue, ticket sales and sponsorship? All I read from their statement is pride in having Japanese national footballers playing in good overseas leagues, a national team that is respected on the world stage and a thriving football pyramid providing aspirational and inspirational football to all clubs and communities in the country. J - league started, 30 years ago with existing basket case clubs, mainly owned by conglomerates or local prefectures and have, in 30 years, developed a football system that has helped them develop into, what I would regard, a serious football nation. Despite football NOT being the most popular sport, despite Japanese players NOT being considered as physically gifted as those from Sth America and Europe and despite not having vast amounts of revenue OR huge storied clubs... We are talking about two different outcomes and I suspect we always will be. Some want MLS lite, others see J-League and sigh and wonder "what if"? Its not great mate, its absolutely astonishing that under the Lowys management the professional game brought in circa $1 billion dollars over 15 years from being utterly broke. J-league clubs are sponsored by some of the biggest global brands, so much money flows in that until recently their best players never felt the need to go overseas. The J-league has a revenue of $1.3 billion AUD. and look where we are after the messiah's round up of a billion$'s over 15yrs, like looking at the approah of a cyclone on the weather radar till after it disapates to calm and wondering wtf. The Lowys quit 5 years ago mate. WTF indeed. quit??? heheh whatever mate, the APL are no different in their mentality to the Lowy Ponzi scheme... Different head, same fishy smell :) Truth is that the ONLY obstacle to Australia having a successful football pyramid is the insistence of the *cough *cough "professional" clubs to be financially protected and rewarded for the stupidity and ignorance of "mainstream" consumers. We CAN have it tomorrow. Yes many clubs will go to the wall, yes many clubs will struggle to get 10 fans and a dog to their games, yes the financial "reward" from sponsors and broadcaster may not be there but it CAN happen... and it WILL provide benefits to our performance both locally and internationally. If nothing else, the struggles of 99% of football leagues all around the world proves the concept. Strong clubs prosper, weaker clubs are punished, ambitious clubs have a reason to be ambitious. From Milan, to London to Timbuktu and Tokyo. There are clubs that survive on the smell of an oily rag but still persist because that wonderful concept of sporting merit drives them to seek glory.... If we fail in getting this NST up and running soon I think we have done our dash as a football nation.... The age old "fight" is between making money and having a good environment for football to develop.... I 100% understand why "investors" would want the former but cant really understand why many so called football fans wouldn't want the later? Because: 1. we've done all that and it failed miserably. - We never really did though, the NSl was an abomination AND it was nearly 30 years ago.2. Peak A-league was the best we've ever had in this country by whichever way you wish to measure it. - sure but at what cost to the "rest"?Your aim seems to be improving our performances through P and R and a pyramid. Well the the FFA in 2007 identified that our players need to be better and where that improvement needed to happen at all levesl of the game and how to do it. The National Curriculum was the result. So the FFA addressed your concerns 16 years ago. The State clubs mostly ignored it and did what they'd always done. Still not convinced a NC especially a Dutch one is anything to value, however it DID force the state and NPL clubs to comply to a arbitrary set of rules which has caused the cost of participation to sky-rocket... still dont see any remarkable improvement from it either?
Read that article about the NSL last days and how divided and selfish the stakeholders were. That really hasn't changed much. Agreed the APL are just as much, if not MORE selfish towards their own aims Are you saying that Lowy was different?P and R and second tiers will give you a semi-pro sport that sits below the AFLW, basketball and netball. Don't even think about competing with AFL, NRL or the cricket. These multiple competitors don't exist in Japan and they have 5 times our population. So what? Who cares where it "sits" compared to other codes? Football is all that counts... BTW have a look at Baseball in Japan for context. Semi -Pro competitions in hundreds of other countries seem to produce a viable player pool compared to us no?That matters because you will lose players and fans and along with it media interest and sponsorships. Its downward spiral. Why so? Football fans will ALWAYS engage with football, all we have to do is give them more options to engage with than 11 Australian franchises.We've been there and done that. - No we really havent, the NSL was a bigger shitshwo than the Lowy founded Aleague granted but the APL is slowly making its mark as the biggest 'lemon' of them all. I get that there are people who just have to repeat the past thinking this time it will be different. If only, this time we did...... but all you'll do is just waste another decade going backwards and at the end of it say "at least we tried", as if you did something positive. In reality you just failed to learn the lessons of the past and wasted a decade and maybe buried it for good.
I dont think anyone wants to repeat the past mate, thats the whole point.... This us vs them shit is whats wasting time. ^^^^ It matters where football sits in relation to other codes because there is limited pot of money to share around on sport in this country. Players want to be paid. Fans want to see better players and most want to do it in a decent stadium or quality TV coverage. To create and maintain interest you need media that promotes and discusses the game. This all costs MONEY. As for Lowy, do you really think he did for himself, rather than what *he* believed was the overall good of the game? History shows whilst he was running it, the game was in a better place than ever before, or since. Not better for everyone, but better overall. I'm not as engaged as I was, like many others. Once the game goes semi-pro that will be it for me and many others, other than for those 500-1000 diehards at each club. I don't see that as progress, but you might. You think a nst will cause aleague to go semi pro? Weirdest anti football FUD I've heard yet
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+xQuality. While here in Australia there is many rules and regulations, we move games to suit A-League teams when it comes to Aus Cup competitions etc. Actually, Luton will likely need to groundshare at another ground such as the plastic dons because works to bring their ground to minimum EPL standard are estimated at 15 million pounds and not the "do it over summer" variety.
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+xQuality. While here in Australia there is many rules and regulations, we move games to suit A-League teams when it comes to Aus Cup competitions etc. WU "stadium" will be smaller still the only difference is there are NO houses to walk through to get in. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAH
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Quality. While here in Australia there is many rules and regulations, we move games to suit A-League teams when it comes to Aus Cup competitions etc.
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https://twitter.com/JoePompliano/status/1658862322524323841?cxt=HHwWgoC8lcmfu4UuAAAA"Luton is one game away from Premier League promotion, potentially going from the 5th tier of English soccer to the 1st in just 9 seasons.But their 120-year-old stadium only seats 10,356 fans & would be the smallest in PL history.Fans have to walk through houses to get in"
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