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Re: Soccer / Football banter
« Reply #11220 on: October 07, 2025, 08:04:59 AM »
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Re: Soccer / Football banter
« Reply #11221 on: October 07, 2025, 08:32:51 AM »
Arsenal might move to Wembley when they start expanding the Emirates.

https://archive.is/20251007112037/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/2025/10/07/arsenal-emirates-stadium-expansion-wembley-move-plans-kse/

Should nor be allowed and I felt same when Tottenham did it.

It is a hugely unfair advantage afforded to London clubs.

They should have to develop their grounds same as other clubs have.
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« Reply #11222 on: October 07, 2025, 08:38:03 AM »
This is bollocks too....

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/oct/06/uefa-approval-domestic-games-to-be-played-abroad

A team gets a minimum of 19 home games a season. So the fuckers allow removing one of those games to be played in the yooessay for example. What about the nearby bars, food joints, shops, offies, merch stands etc etc who are going to effectively deprived of 5% of their annual income? It's fucking disgusting. All so uefa et al and greedy owners can wring some more money out of the game.
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Re: Soccer / Football banter
« Reply #11223 on: October 07, 2025, 01:22:26 PM »
This is bollocks too....

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/oct/06/uefa-approval-domestic-games-to-be-played-abroad

A team gets a minimum of 19 home games a season. So the fuckers allow removing one of those games to be played in the yooessay for example. What about the nearby bars, food joints, shops, offies, merch stands etc etc who are going to effectively deprived of 5% of their annual income? It's fucking disgusting. All so uefa et al and greedy owners can wring some more money out of the game.

Happening in a lot of sports. NFL now plays multiple games per year in England, Germany, Brazil, etc.. NHL, NBA, and MLB all do it also.

It’s all about expanding the market for them. Most leagues are now also expanding their seasons. NFL this decade went from 16 to 17 games.
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Re: Soccer / Football banter
« Reply #11224 on: October 07, 2025, 01:48:52 PM »
This is bollocks too....

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/oct/06/uefa-approval-domestic-games-to-be-played-abroad

A team gets a minimum of 19 home games a season. So the fuckers allow removing one of those games to be played in the yooessay for example. What about the nearby bars, food joints, shops, offies, merch stands etc etc who are going to effectively deprived of 5% of their annual income? It's fucking disgusting. All so uefa et al and greedy owners can wring some more money out of the game.

Happening in a lot of sports. NFL now plays multiple games per year in England, Germany, Brazil, etc.. NHL, NBA, and MLB all do it also.

It’s all about expanding the market for them. Most leagues are now also expanding their seasons. NFL this decade went from 16 to 17 games.

Well, there’s no room for expanding football (soccer) anymore. The calendar is full.

As for games abroad, I don’t think it will happen in the EPL. They make their cash with the worldwide TV rights. Which are on a completely different level compared to La Liga or Serie A.
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Re: Soccer / Football banter
« Reply #11225 on: October 07, 2025, 02:19:47 PM »
This is bollocks too....

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/oct/06/uefa-approval-domestic-games-to-be-played-abroad

A team gets a minimum of 19 home games a season. So the fuckers allow removing one of those games to be played in the yooessay for example. What about the nearby bars, food joints, shops, offies, merch stands etc etc who are going to effectively deprived of 5% of their annual income? It's fucking disgusting. All so uefa et al and greedy owners can wring some more money out of the game.

Happening in a lot of sports. NFL now plays multiple games per year in England, Germany, Brazil, etc.. NHL, NBA, and MLB all do it also.

It’s all about expanding the market for them. Most leagues are now also expanding their seasons. NFL this decade went from 16 to 17 games.

Well, there’s no room for expanding football (soccer) anymore. The calendar is full.

As for games abroad, I don’t think it will happen in the EPL. They make their cash with the worldwide TV rights. Which are on a completely different level compared to La Liga or Serie A.

NFL 20 years ago started to do preseason games in London, then it was Berlin, then Mexico City…that led to regular season games.

EPL is doing summer games in North America, which will at some point lead to a regular season game in New York likely to start. Yes they make cash on worldwide TV rights, which makes sense to generate publicity and interest outside of England by playing a regular season game. It’s only a matter of time, at some point the EPL will do it also.
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Re: Soccer / Football banter
« Reply #11226 on: October 07, 2025, 03:00:52 PM »
NFL 20 years ago started to do preseason games in London, then it was Berlin, then Mexico City…that led to regular season games.

EPL is doing summer games in North America, which will at some point lead to a regular season game in New York likely to start. Yes they make cash on worldwide TV rights, which makes sense to generate publicity and interest outside of England by playing a regular season game. It’s only a matter of time, at some point the EPL will do it also.

Yep, I'm kinda surprised it hasn't happened yet.  The EPL is no fool when it comes to increasing revenue.  It's a nice advantage for the depth and quality of their clubs too, versus the other top Euro leagues.

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Re: Soccer / Football banter
« Reply #11227 on: October 07, 2025, 03:13:40 PM »
This is bollocks too....

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/oct/06/uefa-approval-domestic-games-to-be-played-abroad

A team gets a minimum of 19 home games a season. So the fuckers allow removing one of those games to be played in the yooessay for example. What about the nearby bars, food joints, shops, offies, merch stands etc etc who are going to effectively deprived of 5% of their annual income? It's fucking disgusting. All so uefa et al and greedy owners can wring some more money out of the game.

NFL played it's first game at Croke Park and it looked absolutely ridiculous. Apart from the dubious claims of a mugging, the difference in size between a GAA field and an NFL field is so huge that the stadium dwarfed the playing field. A GAA field has a playing area of 12,750 Square Metres. That's more than DOUBLE the playing area of an NFL field, even including the end zones.

So they spent a week trying to make it look like a fit, and it looked, IMO, ridiculous. Did it raise NFL viewership in Ireland? Remember that Ireland, like England, is 5 hours ahead of Eastern Time, and 8 hours from West Coast time. So games are on Sunday nights from 6PM - 4AM. The Superbowl starts at 11:18 PM on a Sunday and doesn't end until 3-4AM Monday morning.

So, no, you're not going to get a large-scale audience in Ireland. Last year, only 118k people watched at least one NFL game in the entire season. Not to mention, the Superbowl is only available on Cable over there, so ........

In England, it's a little different. First, the Superbowl is free-to-air on ITV. Second, there are large-scale soccer stadiums (like Tottenham Stadium and Wembley) where the NFL field doesn't look like leprechaun in a giant's land, and third, there are twenty times more Americans living in the UK than in Ireland, so there's something of a domestic audience.

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Re: Soccer / Football banter
« Reply #11228 on: October 07, 2025, 03:29:34 PM »
This is bollocks too....

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/oct/06/uefa-approval-domestic-games-to-be-played-abroad

A team gets a minimum of 19 home games a season. So the fuckers allow removing one of those games to be played in the yooessay for example. What about the nearby bars, food joints, shops, offies, merch stands etc etc who are going to effectively deprived of 5% of their annual income? It's fucking disgusting. All so uefa et al and greedy owners can wring some more money out of the game.

Happening in a lot of sports. NFL now plays multiple games per year in England, Germany, Brazil, etc.. NHL, NBA, and MLB all do it also.

It’s all about expanding the market for them. Most leagues are now also expanding their seasons. NFL this decade went from 16 to 17 games.

Well, there’s no room for expanding football (soccer) anymore. The calendar is full.

As for games abroad, I don’t think it will happen in the EPL. They make their cash with the worldwide TV rights. Which are on a completely different level compared to La Liga or Serie A.

NFL 20 years ago started to do preseason games in London, then it was Berlin, then Mexico City…that led to regular season games.

EPL is doing summer games in North America, which will at some point lead to a regular season game in New York likely to start. Yes they make cash on worldwide TV rights, which makes sense to generate publicity and interest outside of England by playing a regular season game. It’s only a matter of time, at some point the EPL will do it also.

If they try in the EPL, there will be riots.

But I can see Championship sides doing it eventually. Might be an opportunity down the road for ManU.
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Re: Soccer / Football banter
« Reply #11229 on: October 07, 2025, 05:20:29 PM »
The very idea of it needs killing with fire.
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Re: Soccer / Football banter
« Reply #11230 on: October 07, 2025, 05:33:00 PM »
The NFL should bring some games to Liverpool at Bramley Moore.

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Re: Soccer / Football banter
« Reply #11231 on: October 07, 2025, 06:21:34 PM »
The very idea of it needs killing with fire.

It will die like the ESL. And Liverpool will lead the opposition. No way will Spirit of Shankly types tolerate Liverpool "home" games being played anywhere but the most frightening away location in England, just like they didn't tolerate Liverpool breaking away from the Premier League to form a European Super League a few years ago.

Smaller Premier League teams owe a huge debt of gratitude to the spirit of fans of top teams like Liverpool for fighting for the integrity of the Premier League.
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Re: Soccer / Football banter
« Reply #11232 on: October 08, 2025, 07:55:38 AM »
Do we get a trophy for this?

A free coffee at Starbucks, maybe?

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Re: Soccer / Football banter
« Reply #11233 on: October 09, 2025, 10:45:33 PM »
Saka’s left foot doing Saka’s left foot things.

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