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Premier League boss hasn't given up on overseas fixtures
Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore has not given up on the idea of Premier League fixtures abroad, the so-called Game 39.
Speaking to the Daily Telegraph, Scudamore said that the Premier League would still like to see an international round of fixtures but that they may be beaten to the idea by the Bundesliga, La Liga or Serie A:
They’ve all got the international round on the agenda...
Fergie gives Game 39 the hairdryer treatment
Manchester United may be out in Japan for the Fifa Club World Cup, but Sir Alex Ferguson has slammed Richard Scudamore’s plans for globalisation of the Premier League.
Ferguson was furious Premiership clubs weren’t even consulted before Scudamore announced his plans for what the FSF dubbed Game 39, back in February.
The Football Association, Fifa and Uefa all rejected the Game 39 plans, and the F...
Competitive games abroad not wanted says Cole
Chelsea and England star Joe Cole hopes the Premier League will scrap its proposals to play competitive domestic matches abroad.
Premier League bosses were forced to forget their Game 39 proposal earlier this year, after FSF co-ordinated fans’ protests and widespread condemnation from within the worldwide game.
But Chief Executive Richard Scudamore is, nonetheless, still plotting to get Premier Le...
Nine out of 10 fans believe Premier League is too expensive
A nationwide survey held by the FSF in conjunction with The People newspaper has shown that nine out of 10 football supporters believe Premier League tickets are too expensive.
Thousands of fans replied to give their views on a wide range of issues covering everything from safe standing and Game 39, to the vital question…who is the Premier League’s biggest diver?
The figures are the latest indicat...
Malcolm Clarke sums up the NO TO GAM£ 39 Campaign
“It
is just 5 weeks since the Premier League announced its plans for clubs
to play a 39th game abroad. The response of supporters at all levels
has been loud and clear – that this proposal is wrong and should not be
allowed to go ahead, a view which has been widely supported in the
football media.
A
delegation of fans chosen at regional campaign meetings met the Premier
League to present our v...
Reading fans join the protest
Reading fans were the first to demonstrate their support for the NO TO GAM£ 39 campaign, when they unveiled a huge banner at Sunday’s home game with Aston Villa. With the Sky cameras rolling and Reading Chairman John Madejski – a backer of the Premier League’s proposals – out on the pitch for a pre-match presentation, the FSF’s NO TO GAM£ 39 banner was paraded around the ground. And, amid warm ap...
Supporters Respond to Blatter Statement
The Football Supporters' Federation has vowed to step up its NO TO GAM£ 39 - A MATCH TOO FAR! Campaign following FIFA President Sepp Blatter's opposition to the Premier League's proposal.
In statement issued today (Fri 15/2/08) the FSF said:
Whilst Herr Blatter's statement is welcome, this doesn't mean the danger of the Premier League pressing ahead has passed. Supporters need to keep the pressur...
Murdoch’s man behind Premier League overseas plans
One of Rupert Murdoch's right hand men, Sir Rod
Eddington, has been revealed as a major player in the Premier League’s
proposals to stage competitive fixtures abroad.
And the plan which Premier League chief Richard Scudamore pitched to
twenty top flight chairmen last week was in fact hatched by an
Australian firm – the Victorian Major Events Company, of which
Eddington is Chairman.
Former British ...