Thursday, June 18, 2009

The fixture list is revealed!

Yesterday's release of the ENGLISH FOOTBALL FIXTURE LIST caught my attention -- there are matches scheduled for MONDAY, DEC. 28, when we will be in LONDON! I would love to see a match. Association football is easily my favorite sport!
The Monday matches are as follows (as always with English sport, the home team is listed first):
Premier League --
* Chelsea v. Fulham
* Tottenham v. West Ham
Championship --
(All three London clubs are away that day)
League One --
* Brentford v. Charlton
Leyton Orient v. Southend
Millwall v. Bristol Rovers
League Two --
Barnet v. Northhampton
Dagenham & Redbridge v. Cheltenham
(* = London derby)
Any of these matches would be really fun to see, particularly the London derbies, although any of these matches would be a special opportunity.
A non-Premier League match could actually provide more enjoyment than a top-flight encounter.
At a lesser cost the lower league match would offer a glimpse of a more "old-fashioned" football game, before money from Russian oil barons and United Arab Emirates' sheiks began pouring into the upper echelon of the sport.

As an example, BRENTFORD v. CHARLTON would be really fun to witness.
Brentford's ground, GRIFFIN PARK (pictured), is situated in a predominantly residential area in western London and is famous for having a pub at all four corners.
Football and a pub? It doesn't get much more English than that!
(Note: For irony's sake, take a look at the "Qatar Airways" sponsorship signs on the roof of Griffin Park. Now, what was I saying about United Arab Emirates' money pouring into English sport?)

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