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Premier League Clubs With Highest Average Attendances, 2007-2008 Season

May 14th, 2008 · No Comments · Arsenal, Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea, Derby County, Everton, Fulham, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Newcastle United, Portsmouth, Premier League, Reading, Sunderland, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United, Wigan Athletic

The old cliche says that the table never lies. Well, it does when you consider the average attendances in the Premier League. While the Big Four rules based on points, Liverpool had a smaller average attendance in the 2007/2008 season than Newcastle. Now you know why Hicks and Gillett are so adamant about a new […]

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Top 20 Best Supported Premier League Clubs of the 2007/2008 Season

May 12th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Arsenal, Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea, Derby County, Everton, Fulham, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Newcastle United, Portsmouth, Reading, Sunderland, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United, Wigan Athletic

While the 07/08 Premier League season has been a success on the pitch, it’s also done exceedingly well off the field with massive attendances and very few empty seats:

13,384,880 people attended Premier League matches this season
Average attendance as a percentage of capacity equaled 90.23%
Average attendance was 35,223
Average capacity was 39,039

The 2007/2008 season has been a […]

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Liveblogging Wigan vs Man Utd, Chelsea vs Bolton & Relegation Battle

May 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Birmingham City, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea, Derby County, Everton, Fulham, General, Manchester United, Newcastle United, Portsmouth, Premier League, Reading, Wigan Athletic

Join EPL Talk on Sunday, May 11 for a liveblogging event as new EPL Talk blogger Ian Cahir and I chronicle the twists and turns of the final day of the Premier League season. The liveblogging will begin at 9:45am ET. Set a reminder now so you don’t forget.
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Spurs Beats Newcastle, Arsenal and Chelsea to Land £20 Million Star Midfielder Luka Modric

April 25th, 2008 · 17 Comments · Arsenal, Chelsea, Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham Hotspur has announced a major coup after beating Newcastle, Arsenal, Chelsea and several other teams to the signing of one of the most sought after midfielders in the world, Luka Modric from Dinamo Zagreb. In doing so, Spurs has smashed their transfer record with a fee believed to be in excess of £20 million.
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Reading’s 3-0 Loss to Newcastle Exposes Weaknesses

April 5th, 2008 · 8 Comments · Newcastle United, Reading

Watching Reading crumble this afternoon against Newcastle reminded me of how silly Steve Coppell must feel at times. By not strengthening his side last summer with the class of players that were needed to keep the Berkshire club as a competitive side, the Reading side has failed to impress this season and are even tinkering […]

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Top 20 Best Supported Clubs in the Premier League

March 27th, 2008 · 19 Comments · Arsenal, Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea, Derby County, Everton, Fulham, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Newcastle United, Portsmouth, Premier League, Reading, Sunderland, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United, Wigan Athletic

Which clubs in the Premier League have the fewest empty seats, on average as a percentage of their capacity? And which ones have the most empty seats on matchdays? You may be surprised by the facts for the 2007/2008 season thus far.
Note, the numbers show the average attendance, followed by the capacity of the stadium […]

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Man United Leads the Premier League in Average Attendance

March 26th, 2008 · 15 Comments · Arsenal, Aston Villa, Birmingham City, Blackburn Rovers, Bolton Wanderers, Chelsea, Derby County, Everton, Fulham, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Newcastle United, Portsmouth, Premier League, Reading, Sunderland, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United, Wigan Athletic

If you’re wondering what the average attendances are for Premier League clubs in the 2007/2008 season thus far, here they are. Not only does Man United lead the league table, but they also have the highest average attendance. Of course, it doesn’t hurt to also have the largest capacity among the 20 Premier League clubs.
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Newcastle United–England’s Version of the Chicago Cubs?

March 17th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Newcastle United, kevin keegan

Ho-hum.
Another day, another winless result for Kevin Keegan and Newcastle today as his side managed to earn a 1-1 draw at fellow bottom-feeder Birmingham City. Michael Owen’s oh-so-masterful toe-poke into the back of the net levelled the score in the second half and both teams came away with a point, a point that could turn […]

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Nightmare Saturday for Chelsea, UEFA Cup Spot Contenders

March 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Aston Villa, Chelsea, Everton, FA Cup, Liverpool, Newcastle United, Portsmouth, Reading

What a day.
For Liverpool, who are now just two points behind Chelsea for third place in the Premiership, although Chelsea have two games in hand, today couldn’t be any better. Led by Fernando Torres and Steven Gerrard, who have been carrying the team all year, the Reds strolled to a 3-0 win over Newcastle.
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Keegan Gets Dreaded Vote of Confidence

March 2nd, 2008 · 2 Comments · Newcastle United, kevin keegan

Uh-oh. Newcastle chief executive Chris Mort came out and publicly backed his manager, Kevin Keegan, today, saying that Keegan is the man to turn the club around and that there is no “doubt or worry” about Newcastle’s recent form.
Now that Keegan has the vote of confidence, expect him to be gone by the end of […]