Game 39
Автор:
Jesse Russell,Ronald Cohn, 114 стр., издатель:
"Книга по Требованию", ISBN:
978-5-5106-0081-0
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Game 39" or the international round is a proposed extra round of matches in the Premier League to be played at neutral venues outside England. The top football league in England, the Premier League is currently played on a double round robin basis, with each team playing the other 19 home and away, giving a total of 38 games. The international round was proposed at a meeting of the 20 Premier League clubs on 7 February 2008, with a view to being introduced for the 2010–11 season, when a new television broadcasting rights contract would be in place. The proposed start date was later put back to 2013–14. The proposal was reportedly endorsed by the chairmen of a number of Premier League clubs, but several club managers expressed their opposition. The proposal also met with strong condemnation from supporters' organisations, who saw it as solely motivated by money to the detriment of fans. Sepp Blatter, president of the sport's global governing...