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February 15, 2008

The Premier League 2007-08 Season- “Zoom Map.”

Filed under: Eng>Premier League (Eng-1st Level),Zoom Maps — admin @ 5:48 am

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Note: to see my latest map-&-post on Premier League football, click on the following, category: Eng>Premier League (Eng 1st Division).


This map shows the 20 clubs in this season’s Premier League (2007-08 season), with their current kit, and crest.  Listed are each clubs’ National Titles (with the last one in parentheses), FA Cup wins, and total seasons spent in the 1st Level.   And by the “first level,”  it is meant: 1). The English Football League, from 1888 to 1892 (4 seasons);   2). the English First Division, from 1892 to 1992 (89 seasons); and 3). the Premier League, from 1992-2007-08 (16 seasons, counting the current season).

List of Current Consecutive Seasons in the 1st Level of English Football. 

1. Arsenal. 82 seasons (since 1919).   2. Everton. 54 seasons (since 1954).   3. Liverpool. 46 seasons (since 1962).   4. Manchester United 33 seasons (since 1975).   5. Tottenham. 30 seasons (since 1978).   6. Aston Villa. 20 seasons (since 1988).   7. Chelsea. 19 seasons (since 1989).   8. Newcastle. 15 seasons (since 1993).   9. Middlesbrough. 10 seasons (since 1998).   10. Blackburn,  Bolton,  Fulham. 7 seasons (since 2001).   13. Manchester City. 6 seasons (since 2002).   14. Portsmouth. 5 seasons (since 2003).   15. West Ham, Wigan. 3seasons (since 2005).   17. Reading. 2 seasons (since 2006).   18. Birmingham,  Derby County,  Sunderland. 1 season (since 2007). 

Thanks to (http://www.colours-of-football.com) for the kits.  Thanks to the footy-mad sites [such as (http://www.portsmouth-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadlghs.asp)], the only place I have found that has complete League histories of every team in the English Football League (the Conference, too).

February 7, 2008

Mexican Primera Division, Apertura 2007 & Clausura 2008-Map.

Filed under: Mexico: Fútbol,Zoom Maps — admin @ 6:49 am

Please note: to see my most-recent post on Mexican football (from January 2017), click on the following, category: Mexico/fútbol.
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The Mexican Clausura 2008 runs from January 18 to May 31.  Current champion is recently transplanted club Atlante.  Last summer, this poorly supported club from Mexico City moved 600 miles east, to the resort town of Cancun, on the tip of the Yucatan Peninsula.  Then they won the Apertura 2007, in December, beating UNAM Pumas 2-1, in the second leg of the playoffs final. 

Teams are split into three groups.  Clausura 2008 standings (general), click here.  To see the Clausura 2008 groups, click here.   Pacuca won the last Clausura (2007).

Here is a round-up of games played last weekend:  {Click for http://msn.foxsports.com/foxsoccer/mexico }.

8 teams make the playoffs.  The top 2 teams from each group make it to the playoffs (6 teams); the last 2 spots are determined by a sub-playoff between 7th through 10th place finishers.  There is one team relegated after each Apertura or Clausura; and one team is promoted from the second division.   Which team is relegated is decided on a three-year points average (like Argentina).  This helps maintain the status quo, as a team just promoted has to finish much higher than second-from-last to avoid the drop.  **{See this article, from the Guardian website, which goes into the complexities of the Mexican Pimera Division’s playoff system and relegation system.}

The Mexican Primera Division has no unified television contract; each team has their own TV deal.  Like the relegation format, this also allows the bigger clubs to maintain their prominent status.   The two big clubs in Mexico are Chivas Guadalajara (11 titles), and America (10 titles).  Chivas last league title was the 2006 Apertura; America’s last title was the 2005 Clausura. 

[Note:  I was unable to find attendance figures for the teams in the Mexican Primera Division, but I did find a list (from October 2007) that has the Mexican league drawing around 22,000 per game.  Click here, for the list. ]

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