Apr

18

Stadium expansion

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Found via Soccer Mad in America is this report that Barcelona want to expand the capacity of Camp Nou to 115,000. At the moment it’s a shade under 97,000.
Seems a bit odd to me. Now, I know Barcelona went on this membership drive and have increased the number of members significantly, but at the same [...]

Feb

21

United crush

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It was a bit scary looking at pictures of United fans being crushed during last night’s Champions League game against Lille. I thought football, at least in Europe’s top leagues and premier club competition, had moved beyond that.
UEFA are investigating. It will be interesting to hear what they say about a situation that should never [...]

Dec

18

Arsenal ban national flags

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It seems the football world has gone PC mad. Some weeks ago a man flew a Turkish Cypriot flag at Ashburton Grove. A large number of people, Greek Cypriot Arsenal fans in particular, complained to the club.
In the light of that they have now decided to ban all national flags from the ground. This is [...]

Oct

19

Wembley to open next year

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Nobody holds breath.
BBC link