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March 15, 2026

2026 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament (aka March Madness) – Location-map (68 teams).

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2026 March Madness map
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By Bill Turianski on the 15th of March 2026; twitter.com/billsportsmaps.

Links…
-Teams, etc…2026 NCAA Men’s Division I men’s Basketball Tournament (en.wikipedia.org).
-Scores…Div I college bk scores (espn.go.com).

The 68 Teams which qualified for the 2026 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament [aka March Madness]

Listed by: Name. Conference. Location of arena(s)…
-Akron Zips. Mid-American (MAC). Akron, OH.
-Alabama Crimson Tide. SEC. Tuscaloosa, AL.
-Arizona Wildcats. Big 12. Tucson, AZ.
-Arkansas Razorbacks. SEC. Fayetteville, AK.
-BYU [Brigham Young Univ.] Cougars. Big 12. Provo, UT.
-California Baptist Lancers. Western (WAC). Riverside, CA.
-Clemson Tigers. ACC. Clemson, SC.
-Duke Blue Devils. ACC. Durham, NC.
-Florida Gators. SEC. Gainesville, FL.
-Furman Paladins. Southern. Greenville, SC.
-Georgia Bulldogs. SEC. Athens, GA.
-Gonzaga Bulldogs. West Coast (WCC). Spokane, WA.
-Hawai’i Rainbow Warriors. Big West. Honolulu, HI.
-High Point Panthers. Big South. High Point, NC.
-Hofstra Pride. Coastal (CAA). Hempstead, LI, NY.
-Houston Cougars. Big 12. Houston, TX.
-Howard Bison. Mid-Eastern (MEAC). Washington, DC.
-Idaho Vandals. Big Sky. Moscow, ID.
-Illinois Fighting Illini. Big Ten. Champaign, IL.
-Iowa Hawkeyes. Big Ten. Ames, IA.
-Iowa State Cyclones. Big 12. Ames, IA.
-Kansas Jayhawks. Big 12. Lawrence, KS.
-Kentucky Wildcats. SEC. Lexington, KY.
-Kennesaw State Owls. Conference USA (CUSA). Kennesaw (Greater Atlanta), GA.
-Lehigh Mountain Hawks. Patriot. Bethlehem, PA.
-LIU [Long Island Univ.] Sharks. NEC [Northeast]. Brooklyn, NYC, NY.
-Louisville Cardinals. ACC. Louisville, KY.
-McNeese State Cowboys. Southland. Lake Charles, LA.
-Miami (FL) Hurricanes. ACC. Coral Gables, FL.
-Miami (OH) RedHawks. Mid-American (MAC). Oxford, OH.
-Michigan Wolverines. Big Ten. Ann Arbor, MI.
-Michigan State Spartans. Big Ten. East Lansing, MI.
-Missouri Tigers. SEC. Columbia, MO.
-Nebraska Cornhuskers. Big 12. Lincoln, NE.
-North Carolina Tar Heels. ACC. Chapel Hill, NC.
-North Carolina State Wolfpack. ACC. Raleigh, NC.
-North Dakota State Bison. Summit. Fargo, ND.
-Northern Iowa Panthers. Missouri Valley. Cedar Falls, IA.
-Ohio State Buckeyes. Big Ten. Columbus, OH.
-Penn Quakers. Ivy League. Philadelphia, PA.
-Prairie View A&M Panthers. Southwestern (SWAC). Prairie View, TX.
-Purdue Boilermakers. Big Ten. West Lafayette, IN.
-Queens Royals. Atlantic Sun (ASUN). Charlotte, NC.
-Saint Louis Billikins. Atlantic-10. St. Louis, MO.
-Saint Mary’s Gaels. West Coast (WCC). Moraga, CA.
-Santa Clara Broncos. West Coast (WCC). Santa Clara, CA.
-Siena Saints. Metro Atlantic (MAAC). Albany, NY.
-SMU [Southern Methodist Univ.] Mustangs. ACC. University Park, TX.
-South Florida Bulls. American. Tampa, FL.
-St. John’s Red Storm. Big East. Queens, NYC, NY / Manhattan, NYC, NY.
-TCU [Texas Christian Univ.] Horned Frogs. Fort Worth, TX.
-Tennessee Volunteers. SEC. Knoxville, TN.
-Tennessee State Tigers. Ohio Valley. Nashville, TN.
-Texas Longhorns. Big 12. Austin, TX.
-Texas A&M Aggies. SEC. College Station, TX.
-Troy Trojans. Sun Belt. Troy, AL.
-Texas Tech Red Raiders. Big 12. Lubbock, TX.
-UCLA Bruins. Big Ten. Los Angeles, CA.
-UConn [Univ. Connecticut] Huskies. Big East. Storrs, CT / Hartford, CT.
-UCF [Univ. Central Florida] Knights. Big 12. Orange Co., FL (Greater Orlando, FL).
-UMBC Retrievers. America East. Catonsville (Greater Baltimore), MD.
-Utah State Aggies. Mountain West. Logan, UT.
-Vanderbilt Commodores. SEC. Nashville, TN.
-VCU [Virginia Commonwealth Univ.] Rams. Atlantic 10. Richmond, VA.
-Villanova Wildcats. Big East. Villanova, PA / Philadelphia, PA.
-Virginia Cavaliers. ACC. Charlottesville, VA.
-Wisconsin Badgers. Big Ten. Madison, WI.
-Wright State Raiders. Horizon. Fairborn [Greater Dayton], OH.

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-Thanks to AMK1211 for blank map of USA, ‘File:Blank US Map with borders.svg”>File:Blank US Map with borders.svg‘ (commons.wikimedia.org).
-Thanks to the contributors to the pages at en.wikipedia.org, ‘2024 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament’.
-Thanks to the Bracket Matrix site for bracket forecasting, bracketmatrix.com; twitter.com/@bracketproject.

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February 13, 2026

2025-26 FA Cup, 4th Round (the 32 clubs): Location-map, with fixtures list & current league attendances. Plus, an illustration for: Biggest upset in the FA Cup 3rd Round (and the biggest Cup-upset ever) – 6th tier side Macclesfield beats Cup-holders Crystal Palace.

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2025-26 FA Cup, 4th Round (the 32 clubs): Location-map, with fixtures list & current league attendances
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By Bill Turianski on the 13th of February 2026; twitter.com/billsportsmaps.
Links…
-The competition…FA Cup (en.wikipedia.org).
-2025-26 FA Cup (en.wikipedia.org).
-BBC’s page on the competition…bbc.com/fa-cup.

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Biggest upset in the FA Cup 3rd Round (and the biggest Cup-upset ever) – 6th tier side Macclesfield beats Cup-holders Crystal Palace

Macclesﬁeld FC are from Macclesfield, Cheshire, a town 20 miles south of Manchester, with a population of 52,000. Macclesfield FC are the Phoenix-club of Macclesﬁeld Town FC (who existed from 1874 to 2020, and who played 17 seasons in the Football League between 1997 and 2020). The re-born club started out in the 9th level of the National League system, in 2021–22. Macclesfield then won promotion 3 times in 4 years, including last season, when they won the 7th-tier Northern League. So in 2025-26, Macclesfield are a 6th-level team in the National League North.

Macclesfield play at Moss Rose (aka Leasing.com Stadium), which opened in 1891, and which has a capacity of 5,350 (2,095 seated), and has a 4G pitch {see photo and caption below}. Macclesfield has maintained solid support since their re-formation, and were drawing well over a couple thousand-per-game right from their re-start, and are now drawing a bit over 3,000-per-game. Macclesfield are currently [13 Feb 2026] in the play-off places in the National League North, in 6th place with games in hand. Macclesfield’s manager is John Rooney, age 35 (who is the younger brother of former England captain Wayne Rooney). John Rooney was a journeyman MF who got his pro start with the then-4th-division Macclesfield Town in 2008, and finished his playing career and eased into the coaching role with 2 seasons at Macclesfield FC (from 2023 to ’25 with 26 goals in 67 appearances), taking over the managerial role from former player Robbie Savage, in July 2025.

(Macclesfield had not qualified for the FA Cup 1st Round in their four previous seasons.) In the 2025-26 FA Cup 2nd qualifying round, Macclesfield defeated 9th-tier side Atherton Laburnam Rovers 3-0 at Moss Rose in front of 1,364. Then in the 3rd qualifying round, Macclesfield defeated 8th-tier side Nantwich Town 2-0 at Moss Rose in front of 1,387. And then in the 4th qualifying round, Macclesfield defeated 7th-tier side Stamford 1-0 at Moss Rose in front of 1,605.

In the FA Cup 1st Round, Macclesﬁeld beat 6th-tier side AFC Totten 6-3, in front of 2,197 at Moss Rose. In the 2nd Round, Macclesfield beat another 6th-tier side, Slough Town, away, 1-3 in aet. Then for the 3rd Round, Macclesfield were drawn to host the reigning Cup champions, Crystal Palace, on 10 January 2026.

In the match, following a scoreless first half, there was a second-half goal right away. In the 46th minute, Macclesfield MF and captain Paul Dawson (with a bandaged head) headed in a goal from a free kick by MF Luke Duffy, putting the non-Leaguers in the lead {see photo below}. And then 17 minutes later, in the 60th minute, Manchester-born Macclesfield MF Isaac Buckley-Ricketts deftly side-volleyed a deﬂected shot into the net {see screenshot below}. So it was 2-nil to Macclesﬁeld. Crystal Palace threatened all through the last third of the match, but they appeared to be rattled. Palace did score in the 90th minute, from a free kick by Yeremy Pino. But Macclesfield held on, and at the final whistle, there was a jubilant pitch invasion by the Macclesfield faithful, and captain and goal-scorer Paul Dawson was carried off the pitch. In the match, Macclesfield had only 29% possession…yet they outshot Palace 13-12. In other words, this was no fluke win.

6th-tier Macclesfield were ranked 117 places below Premier League side Crystal Palace, making this the biggest upset in FA Cup history. Also, it was the first time ever that a team won an FA Cup match against a team 5 levels above them. And no non-League team had beaten the Cup Holders since 1909…when none other than a non-League Crystal Palace (then of the Southern League), defeated 1908 Cup winners Wolverhampton Wanderers.

Macclesfield will now play Premier League side Brentford in the 4th Round, on Monday night (16 February). It will be at Moss Rose, and of course it is sold out, and of course it will be televised.

-Video: Macclesfield STUN the holders ???? | Macclesfield FC (2-1) Crystal Palace | Emirates FA Cup 2025-26
(6:00 video uploaded by The Emirates FA Cup at youtube.com).

-Macclesfield pull off FA Cup’s greatest shock by knocking out holders Crystal Palace (by Dominic Booth at theguardian.com/football).

-Sat 10 Jan 2026, FA Cup – 3rd Round: Macclesfield 2-1 Crystal Palace (by Barry Rose at bbc.com/sport).

Photo and Image credits above – Macclesfield town centre, photo from cheshire-live.co.uk; Macclesfield-born Ian Curtis [Joy Division] mural, photo segment from onward-living.co.uk/living-in-macclesfield-area-guide. Moss Rose (aka Leasing.com Stadium), photo by Non League Football at facebook.com/photo. Paul Dawson goal, photo by Martin Rickett/PA via theguardian.com/football. Isaac Buckley-Ricketts goal, screenshot from video uploaded by Crystal Palace FC at youtube.com. Manager John Rooney celebrates at the final whistle, screenshot from video uploaded by Crystal Palace FC at youtube.com. Macclesfield players and fans celebrate the historic win, photo by AFP via firstpost.com/sports.
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Sources…
Thanks to all, at the links below…
-Blank relief map of England (and Wales), by Nilfanion, at File:England relief location map.jpg (commons.wikimedia.org).
-Blank relief map of Greater London, by Nilfanion (using UK Ordnance Survey data), at File:Greater London UK relief location map.jpg.
-Blank relief map of Greater Manchester, by Nilfanion (using Ordnance Survey data), at File:Greater Manchester UK relief location map.jpg.
-Blank relief map of West Midlands, by Nilfanion, at File:West Midlands UK relief location map.jpg.
-Fixtures list: screenshot from bbc.com/fa-cup.
-FA Cup (en.wikipedia.org).
Attendance figures…
-transfermarkt.com/[leagueone] ; transfermarkt.us/[league-two] (current average attendances for the 1st through the 4th division).
-nonleaguematters.co.uk (current average attendances for non-League football).

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February 1, 2026

2026 Copa Libertadores Map (47 teams), with club histories (Libertadores appearances & titles listed).

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2026 Copa Libertadores Map (47 teams), with club histories (Libertadores appearances & titles listed)
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By Bill Turianski on 1 February 2026; twitter.com/billsportsmaps.
Links…
-2026 Copa Libertadores (en.wikipedia.org).
-Summary: results, fixtures, standings (flashscore.co.uk).
-espn.com/[Libertadores].
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The 67th edition of the Copa Libertadores, the most prestigious football tournament in South America.

The 2026 tournament is the 10th since it was expanded in 2017, from 38 to 47 teams. And it wasn’t just an expansion of teams in the tournament, it was also an expansion of the tournament’s length. 10 years ago, the Libetadores’ schedule was expanded from a 6 month-time-frame to a whopping and roster-depleting 11 month-long tournament (to the detriment of smaller clubs).

Since then, no team from a country other than Brazil or Argentina has won the title. Brazilian teams have won it 8 times since the tournament-expansion, and an Argentinian team has won it once since then.

And Brazilian sides have won the last 7 titles. (Copa Libertadores winner in 2025 was Flamengo, of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; it was the club’s 4th Libertadores title. Copa Sudamericana winner in 2025 was Lanús, a club from the southern suburbs of Buenos Aires, Argentina.)

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Qualified teams by country:
•Brazil has 8 teams (7 + Copa Libertadores holder).
•Argentina has 7 teams (6 + Copa Sudamericana holder).
•The eight other countries all have 4 teams each (Uruguay, Colombia, Paraguay, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Venezuela).

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This map includes the Preliminary-Stage teams:
There are 19 preliminary-stage teams…and only four of those 19 teams advance to the Group Stage. (Note: on the map-page, on the teams-by-country lists that flank the map, the 19 preliminary clubs are shown in italics).

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Schedule:
-The first of three Preliminary stages starts on 3-to-5 February {2026 Copa Libertadores Qualifying stages}.
-The Group Stage starts on 7-to-9 April. The draw for the Group Stage is on the 18th of March.
-The Final will be played on 28 November 2026 in Montevideo, Uruguay at Estadio Centenario.
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Thanks to all at the links below…
-Globe-map of South America by Luan at: File:South America (orthographic projection).svg (en.wikipedia.org/[South America]).
-Relief map of South America by Uwe Dedering at: File:South_America_laea_relief_location_map.jpg (en.wikipedia.org).
-Greater Buenos Aires, map by NordNordWest at: File:Argentina Greater Buenos Aires location map.svg (commons.wikimedia.org).
-Copa Libertadores 1960-2019 Club Histories (rsssf.com).
-Libertadores titles list {en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copa_Libertadores#Performances_by_club}.
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January 2, 2026

2025-26 FA Cup, 3rd Round (the 64 clubs): Location-map, with fixtures list & current league attendances.

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2025-26 FA Cup, 3rd Round (the 64 clubs): Location-map, with fixtures list & current league attendances
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By Bill Turianski on the 2nd of January 2026; twitter.com/billsportsmaps.
Links…
-The competition…FA Cup (en.wikipedia.org).
-2025-26 FA Cup (en.wikipedia.org).
-BBC’s page on the competition…bbc.com/fa-cup.

The FA Cup – the oldest football tournament in the world – begins the 3rd Round of its 145th edition on Friday the 9th of January 2026, with a televised match: Wrexham (2) v Nottingham Forest (1).

The 3 matches to be televised on Saturday the 10th are: phoenix-club Macclesfield (6) v Crystal Palace (1); Tottenham Hotspur (1) v Aston Villa (1); Charlton Athletic (2) v Chelsea (1).

The 3 matches to be televised on Sunday the 11th are: Derby County (2) v Leeds United (1); Portsmouth (2) v Arsenal (1); Manchester United (1) v Brighton & Hove Albion (1).

The sole match on Monday the 12th will also be televised: Liverpool (1) v Barnsley (3).

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Sources…
Thanks to all, at the links below…
-Blank relief map of England (and Wales), by Nilfanion, at File:England relief location map.jpg (commons.wikimedia.org).
-Blank relief map of Greater London, by Nilfanion (using UK Ordnance Survey data), at File:Greater London UK relief location map.jpg.
-Blank relief map of Greater Manchester, by Nilfanion (using Ordnance Survey data), at File:Greater Manchester UK relief location map.jpg.
-Blank relief map of West Midlands, by Nilfanion, at File:West Midlands UK relief location map.jpg.
-Fixtures list: screenshot from bbc.com/fa-cup.
-FA Cup (en.wikipedia.org).
Attendance figures…
-transfermarkt.com/[leagueone] ; transfermarkt.us/[league-two] (current average attendances for the 3rd division and the 4th division).
-nonleaguematters.co.uk (current average attendances for the 5th division, and the 6th level).
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December 16, 2025

Italy: 2025-26 Serie A map.

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Italy: 2025-26 Serie A map
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By Bill Turianski on the 16th of December 2025; twitter.com/billsportsmaps.

Links…
-2025-26 Serie A (en.wikipedia.org).
-Table, fixtures, results, stats, etc…Serie A page at WorldFootball.net.
-English-speaking coverage of Italian football…Forza Italian football.com.
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Thanks to all at the following links…
-Blank map of Italy by TUBS, at File:Italy provincial location map.svg.
-Globe-map of Italy by Rob984 at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EU-Italy_(orthographic_projection).svg.
-Populations of Italian cities’ metro-areas from Metropolitan cities of Italy (en.wikipedia.org).
-Attendance figures, transfermarkt.com.
-Seasons in Italian 1st division, from it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A#Le_squadre.
-General info, crests, kit illustrations, from 2025-26 Serie A (en.wikipedia.org).

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November 24, 2025

2025-26 FA Cup, 2nd Round (the 40 clubs): Location-map, with fixtures list & current league attendances.

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2025-26 FA Cup, 2nd Round (the 40 clubs): Location-map
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By Bill Turianski on the 24th of November 2025; twitter.com/billsportsmaps.
Links…
-The competition…FA Cup (en.wikipedia.org).
-2025-26 FA Cup (en.wikipedia.org).
-BBC’s page on the competition…bbc.com/fa-cup.

The FA Cup – the oldest football tournament in the world – begins the 2nd Round of its 145th edition on Friday the 5th of December 2025, with a televised match: 4th tier side Salford City (of Greater Manchester) versus 3rd tier side Leyton Orient (of East London).

The 2 televised matches on Saturday the 6th of December are: Sutton United (5) (of South London) v Shrewsbury Town (4) (of Shropshire); and Chesterfield (4) (of North Derbyshire) v Doncaster Rovers (3) (of South Yorkshire).

The 2 televised matches on Sunday 7th of December are: Slough Town (6, South) (of Berkshire, just west of Greater London) v Macclesfield (6, North) (of Cheshire); and Boreham Wood (5) (of Hertfordshire, just north of Greater London) v Newport County (4) (of South Wales).

And the televised match on Monday the 8th of December is Brackley Town (5) (of Northamptonshire) v Burton Albion (3) (of Staffordshire).
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Sources…
Thanks to all, at the links below…
-Blank relief map of England (and Wales), by Nilfanion, at File:England relief location map.jpg (commons.wikimedia.org).
-Blank relief map of Greater London, by Nilfanion (using UK Ordnance Survey data), at File:Greater London UK relief location map.jpg.
-Blank relief map of Greater Manchester, by Nilfanion (using Ordnance Survey data), at File:Greater Manchester UK relief location map.jpg.
-Fixtures list: screenshot from bbc.com/fa-cup.
-FA Cup (en.wikipedia.org).
Attendance figures…
-transfermarkt.com/[leagueone] ; transfermarkt.us/[league-two] (current average attendances for the 3rd division and the 4th division).
-nonleaguematters.co.uk (current average attendances for the 5th division, and the 6th level).
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October 26, 2025

2025-26 FA Cup, 1st Round (the 80 clubs): Location-map, with fixtures list & current league attendances.

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2025-26 FA Cup 1st Round map (80 teams)
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By Bill Turianski on the 26th of October 2025; twitter.com/billsportsmaps.
Links…
-The competition…FA Cup (en.wikipedia.org).
-2025-26 FA Cup (en.wikipedia.org).
-BBC’s page on the competition…bbc.com/fa-cup.

The FA Cup – the oldest football tournament in the world – begins its 145th edition on Friday the 31st of October 2025, with a televised match: 3rd tier side Luton Town versus 5th division side Forest Green Rovers.

The 2 televised matches on Saturday are: Chelmsford City (6) v Braintree Town (5), and Brackley Town (5) v Notts County (4).

The 4 televised matches on Sunday are: South Shields (6) v Shrewsbury Town (4), Eastleigh (5) v Walsall (4), Port Vale (3) v Maldon & Tiptree (8), and Gainsborough Trinity (7) v Accrington Stanley (4).

And the televised match on Monday the 3rd of November is Tamworth (5) v Leyton Orient (3).
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Sources…
Thanks to all, at the links below…
-Blank relief map of England (and Wales), by Nilfanion, at File:England relief location map.jpg (commons.wikimedia.org).
-Blank relief map of Greater London, by Nilfanion (using UK Ordnance Survey data), at File:Greater London UK relief location map.jpg.
-Blank relief map of Greater Manchester, by Nilfanion (using Ordnance Survey data), at File:Greater Manchester UK relief location map.jpg.
-Fixtures list: screenshot from bbc.com/fa-cup.
-FA Cup (en.wikipedia.org).
Attendance figures…
-worldfootball.net (current average attendances for the 3rd division and the 4th division).
-nonleaguematters.co.uk (current average attendances for the 5th division, and the 6th and the 7th levels).
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October 4, 2025

Scotland: Premiership, 2025-26 – Location-map, including the country’s 25 largest Metropolitan areas & Localities; with: Seasons-in-1st-Level & Scottish Titles listed.

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Scotland: Premiership, 2025-26 – Location-map
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By Bill Turianski on the 4th of October 2025; twitter.com/billsportsmaps.
Links…
-2025-26 Scottish Premiership (en.wikipedia.org).
-Premiership table, fixtures, results, attendance, teams, etc… Scotland – Premiership (worldfootball.net).
-BBC/Sport, bbc.com/Scottish Football.
-BBC Radio Scotland podcast, Off the Ball. ['The most petty and ill-informed football show on radio!', hosted by Stuart Cosgrove (journalist & St Johnstone supporter) and Tam Cowan (journalist & Motherwell supporter).]

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Scotland

The map shows the locations of the 12 clubs which are currently in the SPFL Premiership [2025-26]. The map itself is a relief map (topographical). {Source: File:Scotland relief location map.jpg (by Eric Gaba and NordNordWest at en.wikipedia.org).}

Included on the map are the locations of the two recently-relegated sides (Ross County, and St Johnstone), and the two recently-promoted sides (Livingston, and Falkirk, who have now won back-to-back promotions).

The 25 largest metro-areas and localities in Scotland are shown on the map. And in a chart flanking the map, their populations are listed. All SPFL clubs (SPFL Premiership [1], SPFL Championship [2], SPFL League One [3], SPFL League Two [4]), from those 25 localities, are also listed there (see below, C.).

The 3 accompanying charts on the map page show…
A). Seasons spent in Scottish 1st Level for the twelve current top-flight clubs. 2025-26 is the 129 season of the Scottish top flight (1890-91 to 1938-39; 1946-47 to 2025-26). With consecutive seasons in the Scottish top-flight noted. {Source: Scotland – All-Time Table (since 1890/91) [and ending at 2012-13] (rsssf.com).}
B). Scottish football titles list (1890-91 to 1938-39; 1946-47 to 2024-25). {Source: List of Scottish football champions/Total titles won (en.wikipedia.org).}
C). Scotland (UK): Population Figures – Largest 25 Metropolitan Areas & Localities (with SPFL Football Clubs in those locations shown). In Scotland, a Locality is defined as a populated area composed of contiguous postcodes with populations of at least 500. {Sources: List of metropolitan areas in the United Kingdom (ipfs.io). List of towns and cities in Scotland by population [by Locality] (en.wikipedia.org).}
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September 10, 2025

England (including Wales), 2nd Division: 2025–26 EFL Championship, Attendance Map [2024-25 league figures].

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2025–26 EFL Championship, Attendance Map [2024-25 league figures]
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By Bill Turianski on the 10th of September 2025; twitter.com/billsportsmaps.

Links…
-2025–26 EFL Championship (en.wikipedia.org).
-Table, fixtures, results, stats, attendances, etc… ENG-Championship [2025-26] (worldfootball.net).

The map

The map shows the average attendance of the 24 clubs of the 2025-26 EFL Championship (England/2nd division). The clubs’ badges are arranged around the coast of Britain, in grouped boxes. They are grouped by Counties or Regions.

The circles-with-club-badges represent each club’s home league average attendance for 2024-25 – the larger the circle, the higher the club’s attendance last season. Each circle-with-badge points to the club’s home-venue location. That home-venue location is listed on the map, along with the club’s home-county or home-region…

• 4 clubs from Yorkshire: Middlesbrough [of North Yorkshire], Hull City AFC [of the East Riding of Yorkshire], Sheffield United, Sheffield Wednesday [both of South Yorkshire].
• 3 clubs from Greater London, plus 1 club from the surrounding areas of the Home Counties: Charlton Athletic, Millwall, Queens Park Rangers, Watford [of Hertfordshire].
• 3 clubs from the West Midlands: Birmingham City, Coventry City, West Bromwich Albion.
• 2 clubs from East Anglia: Ipswich Town [of Suffolk], Norwich City [of Norfolk].
• 2 clubs from the East Midlands: Derby County [of Derbyshire], Leicester City [of Leicestershire].
• 2 clubs from Hampshire: Portsmouth, Southampton.
• 2 clubs from Lancashire: Blackburn Rovers, Preston North End.
• 1 club from Bristol (ceremonial county): Bristol City.
• 1 club from North Wales: Wrexham AFC.
• 1 club from Oxfordshire: Oxford United.
• 1 club from South Wales: Swansea City AFC.
• 1 club from Staffordshire: Stoke City.

One other detail on the map is that all 3 clubs promoted from the 3rd division are indicated by small green-lined boxes, while the 3 clubs relegated from the Premier League are indicated by small red-lined boxes. (Promoted to the 2nd division in 2025: Birmingham City, Wrexham, Charlton Athletic; relegated from the 1st division in 2025: Leicester City, Ipswich Town, Southampton.) Consecutive promotions are also listed (see Wrexham, who were stuck in non-League football 3 years ago, and who have now won 3 straight promotions). And a promotion-then-a-relegation is also listed (see Leicester City, and Southampton).

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The English 2nd division is the 10th highest-drawing association football league in the world…

-Chart by billsportsmaps.com. Attendance figures from worldfootball.net, and from en.wikipedia.org.

The EFL Championship cumulatively drew 22,022 per game last season [2024-25]. Only in Germany can you see a higher-drawing second division.

And these days, like the German 2nd division (2. Bundesliga), the English 2nd division’s impressively high attendance is strongly influenced by whom exactly gets relegated (or promoted) into their division that year. The bigger the clubs going down from the top flight (or coming up from the 3rd tier), the larger the 2nd division’s attendance will be the following season.

And so a couple of seasons ago (in 2023-24), the EFL Championship drew 23.0-K per game, which was the second division’s highest drawing season in 72 years (since 1951-52) {source: european-football-statistics.co.uk/[Attendance]}. Why? Because in 2023-24, Sunderland (at 41-K per game), Leeds (at 35-K per game) and Leicester (at 31-K per game) were all stuck in the second tier, plus there were a dozen other clubs in the 2nd division that year that drew above 20-K.

So for this season, on that basis, with 16 clubs in the 2nd tier set to be drawing above 20-K (including 3rd division champions Birmingham City, who drew a full-house-26.2-K last season), one would expect attendance to increase. And after 4 games, it has, with the Championship currently [11 Sept 2025] drawing about 600-per-game higher than last season, at 22.6-K.

In case you’re wondering, the 2nd division had its highest drawing season in 1947-48, at 26.5-K per game; this was two seasons after the resumption of play following the end of World War II.

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-Blank relief map of UK, by Nilfanion at: United_Kingdom_relief_location_map.png (commons.wikimedia.org).
-Blank relief map of Greater London, by Nilfanion (using UK Ordnance Survey data), at File:Greater London UK relief location map.jpg.
-Ipswich jersey segment from footyheadlines.com. -Middlesbrough 2025-26 jersey badge, photo via footyheadlines.com.
-2024-25 Attendance figures from worldfootball.net/[attendance/eng-championship].

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August 6, 2025

2025–26 Premier League, Attendance Map [2024-25 league figures].

Filed under: >25-26 Premier League,Eng>Premier League (Eng-1st Level) — admin @ 7:07 am

2025–26 Premier League, Attendance Map
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By Bill Turianski on the 6th of August 2025; twitter.com/billsportsmaps.
Links…
-2025-26 Premier League (en.wikipedia.org).
-Table, fixtures, results, stats, attendances, etc…Premier League [2025-26] (worldfootball.net).

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2025–26 Premier League, Attendance Map [2024-25 league figures]

The map shows the average attendance of the 20 clubs that comprise the 2025–26 Premier League.

The main map [of England & Wales] shows the locations of 13 of the clubs; the Inset-map shows the locations of the 7 clubs that are based in Greater London. The larger the club’s average attendance from last season [2024-25], the larger their circle-and-badge are on the map(s). Each club’s home venue-name, and regional location, are also shown. Clubs are grouped by region (that is, by City or County). The location of Everton’s former home (Goodison Park) is shown, as well as the club’s new home on the docks of the River Mersey (Everton Stadium, aka Hill Dickinson Stadium).

One other detail on the map is that all 3 promoted clubs are indicated by small green-lined boxes. The 3 the relegated clubs from last season are also indicated on the map, by red-lined boxes. Consecutive promotions-and-relegations are also listed (see Burnley, who have went down, and then back up, twice straight now). Promoted from the 2024-25 EFL Championship: Leeds, Burnley, Sunderland. Relegated from the 2024-25 Premier League: Leicester City, Ipswich Town, Southampton.

There are 3 charts on the map-page…
• Seasons in the 1st Division, by current clubs [127 seasons of 1st division football. (English 1st division est. 1888-89.) 1888-89 to 1914-15; 1919-20 to 1938-39; 1946-47 to 2025-26].
• English Title Winners (1889 to 2025 / 126 titles.)
• 2025-26 Premier League clubs: Attendance Chart [2024-25 figures]. With: 2024-25 Finish, Average Home Crowd, Venue-capacity, Percent-capacity & Change from ’23-24.

The season starts on Friday 15 August, when reigning champions Liverpool host Bournemouth.

My next map will be in this general template, and will for the 2nd division (the 2025-26 EFL Championship).
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-Blank relief map of UK, by Nilfanion at: United_Kingdom_relief_location_map.png (commons.wikimedia.org).
-Blank relief map of Greater London, by Nilfanion (using UK Ordnance Survey data), at File:Greater London UK relief location map.jpg.
-Everton jersey segment from twitter.com/[@thekitsbaia]. -Man City jersey segment from shop.mancity.com. -Liverpool jersey badge from ie.pinterest.com/[Liverpool jersey wallpapers]. -Newcastle jersey segment from shop.newcastleunited.com.
-2024-25 Attendance figures from worldfootball.net/[attendance/eng-premier-league].
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