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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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Tottenham’s rebuild to be without Berbatov?

May 7th, 2008 · 7 Comments · Premier League, The Times, Tottenham Hotspur

I had started planning my season end series of articles on what I thought would be the areas each club would look at strengthening and who would be moving out. However, Tottenham have already started their work with one purchase and heavy rumours of a sale in the very near future. Tottenham manager Juande Ramos […]

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New 08/09 Tottenham Hotspur Kits: Home, Away and Third

May 7th, 2008 · 11 Comments · Tottenham Hotspur, football shirts, puma

Tottenham Hotspur has unveiled its new home, away and third shirts for the 2008/2009 season. Manufactured by Puma, Spurs debuted the new shirts Tuesday night in London. The event was webcasted live via the official Spurs web site. See the new shirts below:
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Tottenham’s White Hart Lane May Be Extinct by 2012

May 6th, 2008 · No Comments · General, Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham Hotspur looks likely to announce within the next month that they’ll be building a brand new stadium next to their current White Hart Lane home. The new 50,000 seater ground will be open by 2012 and will most probably feature a corporate name rather than the hallowed White Hart Lane moniker.
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New 08/09 Spurs Home Shirt: Leaked Photo

May 2nd, 2008 · 41 Comments · General, Tottenham Hotspur, football shirts, puma

Tottenham Hotspur will be officially unveiling its new 2008/2009 kit on Tuesday, May 6, but you can see a sneak preview of the shirt now which was released via Facebook (thanks to the excellent Football Shirts website for uncovering it).
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New 08/09 Spurs Home, Away and Third Shirts Revealed

April 30th, 2008 · No Comments · Tottenham Hotspur, football shirts, puma

Here are pictures of what are rumoured to be the new designs for the Tottenham home, away and third shirts for the 2008/2009 season.
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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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Tottenham Hotspur 08/09 Summer Friendlies

April 25th, 2008 · No Comments · Tottenham Hotspur

If you have £500,000 ($991,502), you too can have Tottenham Hotspur play a friendly in your town. That’s the “participation fee” that Spurs reportedly demands. And if a beer sponsor pays that princely sum, Spurs will very likely play a team from India named East Bengal on May 18, just one week after the Premier […]

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Spurs to Unveil New 08/09 Shirts on May 6

April 17th, 2008 · 12 Comments · Tottenham Hotspur, puma

Tottenham Hotspur has announced it’ll be unveiling its new kits for the 2008/2009 season in a unique way. They’ll be debuted live on Spurs TV, which will be available via a free webcast on Tuesday, May 6.
The new Spurs 08/09 home shirt will then be available on May 10, while the away and third shirts […]

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Aston Villa May Tour United States this Summer

April 15th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Aston Villa, Chelsea, Derby County, Liverpool, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United

If Aston Villa fails to qualify for the Intertoto Cup, they’ll be visiting the U.S. for a preseason tour this summer. That’s according to Villa manager Martin O’Neill who has two plans depending on what happens in the next few weeks. If the Birmingham club does qualify for the Intertoto, then Villa fans can kiss […]