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October 30, 2024

2024-25 FA Cup, 1st Round Proper: location-map, with fixtures list & current league attendances./+ The two clubs making their debut in the FA Cup 1st Round: Harborough Town, and Rushall Olympic.

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2024-25 FA Cup, 1st Round Proper: location-map, with fixtures list & current league attendances




By Bill Turianski on the 30th of October 2024; twitter.com/billsportsmaps.
Links…
-The competition…FA Cup (en.wikipedia.org).
-2024-25 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 144th edition on Friday the 2nd of November 2024. The number of teams entered has increased from 732 to 745, and the growth of the 9th tier is the reason for the increase. The lowest-placed team to make it to the 1st Round this year is Hednesford Town (of south Staffordshire), who are in the 8th tier, in the Northern Premier League D1-West, and who are currently drawing an impressive 1,265 per-game (in home league matches).

Televised matches are: Friday, Tamworth (5) v Huddersfield Town (3). Saturday, Northampton Town (3) v Kettering Town (7). Sunday, Sutton United (5) v Birmingham City (3). Sunday late, Harrogate Town (4) v Wrexham (3). Monday, Chesham United (6) v Lincoln City (3).

2024-25: FA Cup 1st Round debut for Harborough Town (a 7th-tier side from Leicestershire in the East Midlands)…
Harborough Town will face 6th-tier side Tonbridge Angels (of Kent), away, on 2 November, 3 pm Greenwich Time. In the 4th qualifying round, Harborough Town beat Bury in front of a sell-out 1,600-crowd at their Bowden Park (aka the Bee Hive). The winner was scored by Leicester-born Ben Stephens from the penalty spot. Harborough are currently [30 Oct 2024] in 16th place in the Southern Premier Central, 2 pts above the relegation zone. They are drawing 365 per game (which is the lowest average attendance of all the teams which have qualified for the FA Cup 1st round this year).

-Harborough’s ‘anti-football’ heroes create Cup buzz (by Pat Grunhil at bbc.com/sport/football).

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Photo credits above – footballgroundmap.com/photos/bowden-park/harborough-tow. Mitch Austin (manager), photo by RB Images via bbc.com/sport/football. harboroughtownfc.org.



2024-25: FA Cup 1st Round debut for Rushall Olympic (a 6th-tier side from Walsall in the West Midlands)…
Rushall Olympic will host EFL League Two (4th-division) side Accrington Stanley (of Lancashire), at Dales Lane in Rushall, on 2 November, 3 pm Greenwich Time. In the 4th qualifying round, Rushall Olympic held fellow 6th-tier side Peterborough Sports to a 1-1 draw, in front of 886 at Rushall’s Dales Lane. In the re-play, Rushall Olympic beat Peterborough Sports 0-0/5-4 on penalties. Rushall Olympic, in just their second-ever season in the 6th tier, are currently [30 Oct 2024] in the relegation zone in the National League North, 3 points below safety. Rushall are drawing 474 per game (which is the second-lowest average attendance of all the teams which have qualified for the FA Cup 1st round this year).

-‘Village club’ Rushall relish Accrington cup date (bbc.com/sport/football).

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Photo credits above – Kafuffle at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DalesLane.jpg. Adam Stevens (manager), image from video uploaded by Rushall Olympic FC at youtube.com. Aerial drone shot of Dales Lane from rofc.co.uk/news. rofc.co.uk/gallery [12-10-'24 FA Cup 4th qualifying round v Peterborough Sports].
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Sources…
Thanks to all, at the links below…
-Blank map of English Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Counties, by Nilfanion, at File:English metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties 2010.svg (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…
-Soccerway (current average attendances for the 3rd division and the 4th division).
-nonleaguematters.co.uk (current average attendances for the 5th division, and the 6th, 7th and 8th levels).

October 15, 2024

France: 2024-25 Ligue 1 – Location-map with 3 Charts (Attendance/finish; Seasons-in-1st-Division; French Titles list)./+ the 3 promoted clubs (Angers, Auxerre, and Saint-Étienne).

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France: 2024-25 Ligue 1 – Location-map with 3 Charts (Attendance/finish; Seasons-in-1st-Division; French Titles list)




By Bill Turianski on the 15th of October 2024; twitter.com/billsportsmaps.
Links…
-2024-25 Ligue 1 (en.wikipedia.org).
-Ligue 1 – Summary: matches, table, players, etc. (soccerway.com).
-Get French Football…your home of French football in English (getfootballnewsfrance.com).
-Football en France: Histoire, stats et classement sur la Ligue 1 (pari-et-gagne.com).

The map shows the 18 clubs in the current season of the French Ligue 1 [2024-25]. The map features the locations and crests of the 18 current Ligue Un clubs, plus the recently-promoted and -relegated teams are noted. (Promoted in 2024: Angers, Auxerre, and Saint-Étienne; relegated in 2024: Metz, Lorient, Clermont.) Also shown on the map are the 10 largest French cities, and the 13 Regions of Metropolitan France (aka European France). {Largest French cities’ metropolitan area populations from 2016 census, here}. The major French rivers are also shown on the map, and at the foot of the map the 10 longest rivers in France are listed (with brief descriptions).

The first chart shows the consecutive seasons each club has currently spent in the 1st division…
Paris Saint-Germain are the current longest-serving member of Ligue 1, with 51 straight seasons (PSG have also won 10 of the last 12 French titles, including 2023-24). Second-longest top-flight tenure belongs to Lyon, with 36 straight seasons (Lyon won 7 straight French titles from 2002 to ’08). The 3rd-longest top-flight tenure belongs to Rennes [of Brittany], with 31 straight seasons (Rennes is the best-supported French club without a Ligue 1 title). Fourth-longest top-flight tenure belongs to Olympique Marseille, with 29 straight seasons (OM have won 9 titles; last in 2010). And the 5th-longest top-flight tenure belongs to Lille, with 25 straight seasons (Lille have won 4 French titles, their last title won four seasons ago in 2020-21).

The second chart is the All-time French professional titles list…
Paris Saint-Germain have won the most French titles, with 12. Paris Saint-Germain are by far the most wealthy club in the country, to the point of making a mockery of any notion of a balanced competition. (PSG are owned by a subsidiary of the slave-owning Gulf state Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund.) Just-promoted Saint-Étienne have won the second-most French titles, with 10. (Saint-Étienne’s last title came 44 seasons ago, in 1981.) Marseille have won the third-most French titles, with 9. (Marseille last won it in 2010.) The most recent club to have won their first Ligue 1 title was Montpellier, in 2011-12.

The third chart is on the left-hand side of the map page: it shows 2023-24 attendance for the 18 current Ligue 1 clubs…
Olympique Marseille, perennial top-draw in France, were yet again the highest-drawing club, at 60.7-K per game. 2nd-best draw, again, were PSG at 47.3-K per game. Lyon were third-best draw at 43.6-K per game. Fourth-best draw was Lille, at 39.9-K per game. Lille’s nearby rival Lens were 5th-best draw, at 37.7-K per game.

The attendance chart also lists each club’s 2023-24 finish. Also noted are the 6 European qualifiers from France for this season, and the 3 promoted clubs. The 6 European qualifiers from France for this season [2023-24] are:
-2 teams in the Champions League Group Stage (PSG, Monaco); and 1 team in CL 3rd QR (Lille).
-2 teams in the Europa League Group Stage (Nice, Lyon).
-1 team in the Europa Conference play-off round (Lens).

    The 3 promoted clubs

2024: Auxerre, promoted back to Ligue 1 after one year…
Auxerre is a small city in Burgandy, located, by road, 104 miles (168 km) SE of Paris. AJ Auxerre first played in Ligue 1 in 1980-81. Fifteen years later, Auxerre were Ligue 1 champions (in 1995-96). Auxerre also won the Coupe de France that year, for the Double. Auxerre had a one-season-spell in Ligue 1 in 2022-23, then were promoted straight back up in ’23-24. Counting 2024-25, Auxerre have played 34 seasons of 1st division football. The small city of Auxerre (population of around 34,000) is one of the smallest in Europe to ever have been the home of a top-flight champion.
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Photo credits above – 2024-25 Auxerre home jersey, from macron.com/eu/[auxerre]. Stade de l’Abbé-Deschamps, Thierry Lindauer via lyonne.fr.

2024: Angers, promoted back to Ligue 1 after one year…
Angers (pronounced Ohn-zhee) is in Pays de la Loire, in western France. Angers is located, by road, 190 miles (298 km) SW of Paris. Angers was the capital of the Duchy of Anjou (1360-1482), and the province of Anjou (1482-1791). Angers has a city-population of around 157,000 {2021 figure}, and it is the 18th-largest city in France. Angers SCO first played in Ligue 1 in 1956-57. Angers’ last spell in Ligue 1 was for 8 seasons (from 2015 to 2023). Counting 2024-25, Angers have played 32 seasons of 1st division football.
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Photo and Illustration credits above – Angers 2024-25 jersey, by fmslovakia.com via footballkitarchive.com. Angers, photo unattributed at leshuttle.com. Stade Raymond Kopa [aerial shot], unattributed at pinterest.com.

2024: Saint-Étienne, promoted back to Ligue 1 after two years…
The city of Saint-Étienne has population of around 172,000 {2021 figure}. Saint-Étienne is the 14th largest city in France. Saint-Étienne is located, by road, 39 miles (62 km) SW of Lyon; and Saint-Étienne is located, by road, 342 miles (550 km) SE of Paris. Saint-Étienne is 6 miles east of the right bank of the upper river Loire. It is located in the eastern edge of the highlands area known as the Massif Central, in south-central France. The elevation there is an average of 516 meters (1,693 feet, or 0.3 miles).

AS Saint-Étienne was founded in 1913. Saint-Étienne first played in Ligue 1 in 1938-39 (which was the 6th season of Ligue 1 [est. 1932-33]). Counting 2024-25, Saint-Étienne have played 70 seasons of French 1st division football [the 2nd-most in France, behind only Marseille].

Saint-Étienne have won 10 French titles [the 2nd-most in France, behind only Paris Saint-Germain]. The club won all of its 10 titles in a 25-year span (from 1956-57 to 1980-81). Further below is an illustration showing the managers and the top players for Saint-Étienne during that 25-year span…
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Photo and Illustration credits above – 2024-25 Saint-Étienne home jersey, unattributed at footyheadlines.com. Aerial photo of Saint-Étienne, unattributed at informationfrance.com/st-etienne. Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, unattributed at estadiosfc.com. ’56-57 Saint-Étienne team photo, unattributed at pari-et-gagne.com/[1956-57]. -Eugène N’Jo Lé, photo unattributed at unfp.org. -Rachid Mekhloufi, photo by Presse-Sports-Explorer [Lausanne, Switzerland], via footballyesterdayandtoday.blogspot.com. -René Domingo, photo unattributed at pesmitidelcalcio.com. -Robert Harbin, photo unattributed at poteaux-carres.com. -Andre Guy, from cafr.ebay.ca. 1966-67 team photo, unattributed at soccerfootballwhatever.blogspot.com. -Hervé Revelli, unattributed at footballdatabase.eu. -Salif Keïta, unattributed at afrik-foot.com. -1969-70 Saint-Étienne, unattributed at beyondthelastman.com. -1973-74 team photo, unattributed at asse-stats.com/saison-1973-1974. ’73-74 ASSE jersey, from footballkitarchive.com. -Georges Bereta, unattributed at unfp.org. ASSE jersey badge circa 1980-82, illustration by switchimageproject.blogspot.com/[saint-etienne-1980-81-home]. 1980–81 Saint-Étienne jersey, from footballkitarchive.com. -Michel Platini (celebrating a goal at Stade Geoffroy-Guichard in ’80-81), unattributed at asse.fr.
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Thanks to all at the links below…
-Blank map of France by Superbenjamin at File:France location map-Regions and departements-2016.svg (en.wikipedia.org).
-Globe-map of France by Rob984 at File:EU-France (orthographic projection).svg (commons.wikimedia.org).
-Seasons-in-1st-division data, from pari-et-gagne.com/[Bilan historique Ligue 1].
-Longest rivers in France, from worldatlas.com/[longest-rivers-in-france].
-Largest French cities (2016 census figures of metropolitan-areas), from insee.fr via en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urban_area_(France)#List_of_France’s_aires_urbaines_(metropolitan_areas).
-2024-25 Ligue 1 (en.wikipedia.org and fr.wikipedia.org).
-Attendance: worldfootball.net/attendance/[Ligue-1-2023-24].

September 24, 2024

Italy: Serie A, 2024-25 season – Location-map, with 3 charts: Attendance (2022-23), Seasons-in 1st-Division [current clubs] & All-time Italian Titles list./+ The 3 promoted clubs (Parma, Como, Venezia).

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Italy: Serie A, 2024-25 season – Location-map, with 3 charts: Attendance (2022-23), Seasons-in 1st-Division [current clubs] & All-time Italian Titles list




By Bill Turianski; twitter.com/billsportsmaps.

Links…
-2024-25 Serie A (en.wikipedia.org).
-Serie A page at WorldFootball.net.
-Table, fixtures, results, stats, etc…Serie A/summary (soccerway.com).
-English-speaking coverage of Italian football…Forza Italian football.com.

The map page has a location-map of the 2024-25 Serie A, along with 3 charts.
The location-map features each club’s home kit [2024-25]. The map also shows the 20 Regions of Italy. And the map also shows the 11 largest cities in Italy (2020 metropolitan-area figures) {Metropolitan cities of Italy}. The cities’ population figures can be seen at the top of the location-map. Also, the map shows the locations of both the 3 promoted clubs and the 3 relegated clubs from 2024…Promoted to Serie A for 2024-25: (Parma, Como, Venezia); relegated to Serie B for 2024-25: (Frosinone, Sassuolo, Salernitana).

The 3 Charts…
The Attendance chart shows 2023-24 home domestic league average attendance, and lists each club’s 2023-24 finish. Also noted are the 8 European qualifiers from Italy for this season, and the 3 promoted clubs. The 8 European qualifiers from Italy for this season [2024-25] are:
-5* teams in the Champions League Group Stage (Inter, Milan, Juventus, Atalanta, Bologna).
-2 teams in the Europa League Group Stage (Roma, Lazio).
-1 team in the Europa Conference play-off round (Fiorentina).
*Serie A gained an additional Champions League place as a result of Italy finishing as one of the two associations with highest coefficient in 2023–24 (the other one was Germany). So in Italy, 5th-place Bologna were the beneficiaries of that. And so Bologna made its Champions League Group Stage debut in 2024-25.

The chart on the upper-right-hand side of the map page shows Seasons-in-1st-Division [current clubs/2024-25]. Also shown are each club’s consecutive seasons in Serie A. Or, with the case of the 3 promoted clubs, the chart shows when they were last in the top division: Parma returns to Serie A after 3 seasons; Como returns to Serie A after 21 seasons; Venezia returns to Serie A after 2 seasons. (2024-25 is the 93rd season of Serie A.)

The chart at the lower-right-hand side of the map page shows the All-time Italian Titles list (1898-1915; 1920-43; 1946-2024). Reigning champions Inter now have won 20 Italian titles, one more than their stadium-share rivals Milan (who were last champions in 2022), and 16 less titles than Juventus (who were last champions in 2020).


Promoted clubs…

2024: Parma, promoted back to Serie A after 3 years…
Parma first played in Serie A in 1990-91. Parma have won 3 Coppa Italia titles (1992, 1999, 2002). Parma have won 2 UEFA Cup titles (1995, 1999). Counting 2023-24, Parma have played 28 seasons of 1st division football.

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Photo credits above – 2024-25 Parma home jersey, from shop.parmacalcio1913.com. Stadio Ennio Tardini, photo unattributed at x.com/[@CalcioEngland].

2024: Como, promoted back to Serie A after 21 years…
Como first played in Serie A in 1949-50. Counting 2024-25, Como have played 14 seasons of 1st division football.
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Photo credits above – 2024-25 Como home jersey, photo unattributed at footyheadlines.com. Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia, photo unattributed at vibrasi.co.

2024: Venezia, promoted back to Serie A after 2 years…
Venezia first played in Serie A in 1939-40. Venezia have won 1 Coppa Italia title (1941). Counting 2024-25, Venezia have played 14 seasons of 1st division football.
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Photo credits above – 2024-25 Venezia home jersey, image by grhaer9 at fifakitcreator.com via footyheadlines.com. Stadium image from screenshot of drone video uploaded by Stadiums from the Sky at youtube.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, worldfootball.net/attendance/[Italy].
-Seasons in Italian 1st division, from it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serie_A#Le_squadre.
-General info, crests, kit illustrations, from 2024-25 Serie A (en.wikipedia.org).

September 3, 2024

Germany: 2024-25 Bundesliga – Location-map, with 3 Charts: Attendance, Seasons-in-1st-Division & All-time German Titles list./+ Illustration for: Bayer Leverkusen – first-time Bundesliga champions./+ The 2 promoted clubs (FC St Pauli, Holstein Kiel).

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Germany: 2024-25 Bundesliga – Location-map, with 3 Charts: Attendance, Seasons-in-1st-Division & All-time German Titles list




By Bill Turianski ; twitter.com/billsportsmaps.
Links…
-2024-25 Bundesliga (en.wikipedia.org).
-World Football.net site…worldfootball.net/bundesliga.
-All the new Bundesliga jerseys for the 2024/25 season (from bundesliga.com/en).

The map page shows a location-map for the 18 clubs in the 2024-25 Bundesliga, with recently promoted and relegated teams noted. (Promoted in 2024: FC St. Pauli, Holstein Kiel; relegated in 2024: FC Köln, Darmstadt.) The map also shows the 16 Federal States of Germany, and the 14 largest cities in Germany, with 2021 population estimates listed at the the top of the map.

The 3 charts are…
A) 2023-24 Attendance & 2023-24 finish, with teams playing in Europe noted. There are also columns listing Venue-capacities and Percent-capacities.
B) Seasons-in-Bundesliga by club, with consecutive seasons listed.
C) All-time German titles list (including the pre-1963-64/pre-Bundesliga amateur era), with current level [2024-25] of each title-winning club listed.

    Bayer Leverkusen – first-time Bundesliga champions…

Manager Xabi Alonso’s Leverkusen went undefeated, and won the club’s first Bundesliga title, supplanting the 11-consecutive-title-winning Bayern Munich. Leverkusen won the title with 5 games to spare, on the 14th of April, when they beat Werder Bremen 5-0. Leverkusen finished 28-6-0, with a +65 goal-difference, and 17 pts above 2nd-place finishers Stuttgart.

Xabi Alonso had taken over Leverkusen in October 2022, when the team was in the relegation-zone after 8 weeks; Alonso then led Leverkusen to a 6th-place finish. For 2023-24, Alonso had Leverkusen play 3-4-3, with the focus on passing and counter-attacking. Leverkusen ended up with a 51-game unbeaten run.

Alonso was linked to become the new manager of former clubs Bayern Munich, Real Madrid, and Liverpool, but he spurned those offers and, commendably, remains with Leverkusen for 2024-25.

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Photo credits above – 2022-23 Leverkusen home jersey, from footzilla.shop. BayArena, photo by H005 at File:BayArena neu 2009.jpg (commons.wikimedia.org). -Xabi Alonso, celebrating a win with squad, photo by Powerpics/Alamy Stock Photo via medium.com/@m.warde1/[deciphering-xabi-alonsos-winning-formula-at-bayer-leverkusen]. -Victor Boniface, photo by Ina Fassbender/AFP via guardian.ng/sport. -Florian Wirtz, photo unattributed at dgmu.ru. -Jonas Hofmann, photo by Imago via transfermarkt.co.za. -Jeremie Frimpong, photo unattributed at caughtoffside.com. -Álex Grimaldo, photo by Andreas Pohl/Bild at bild.de/sport/fussball.



2024: FC St. Pauli, promoted to the Bundesliga after an absence of 13 years…
St. Pauli is just west of Hamburg city centre, situated on the right bank of the Elbe river, near the Landungsbrücken (the northern part of the Port of Hamburg). FC St. Pauli’s ground in the dock area is also near Hamburg’s famous Reeperbahn (the centre of the city’s night life and its red-light district).

Despite limited success on the pitch, FC St. Pauli is world-renowned for its distinctive social culture – their supporters basically fly their freak-flag wide and high. FC St. Pauli is 100%-supporter-owned. FC St. Pauli supporters are known for their social activism and their resolute support of left wing politics. FC St. Pauli has a large popularity, and is one of Germany’s “Kult” clubs.

FC St. Pauli clinched promotion with 1 week to spare. It was their 6th promotion to the Bundesliga. In 2024-25, FC St Pauli will play their 9th season of top-flight football. And for the first time ever, in 2023-24, FC St Pauli finished higher in the table than their cross-city rivals, Hamburg SV.
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Photo credits above – 2024-25 FC St. Pauli jersey, unattributed at footballkitarchive.com. Millerntor-Stadion, photo by Pixathlon via focus.de/sport/fussball. Flying a St. Pauli rainbow/Skull-and-Crossbones flag, at the pitch invasion at Millerntor-Stadion, on 12 May 2024, following FC St. Pauli’s promotion-clinching win – photo by Christian Charisius/Associated Press via sandiegouniontribune.com. Screenshot of 2.Bundesliga table [2023-24], from worldfootball.net.

2024: Holstein Kiel, promoted to the Bundesliga for the first time…
Kiel is located, by road, 61 miles (98 km) N of Hamburg. Kiel is located, by road, around 60 miles (96 km) SE of the border with Denmark. Kiel was founded in 1233. It was then-situated only a few km south of the Danish border. Kiel is located on the SE of the Jutland peninsula, and on the SW shore of the Baltic Sea. This location has made Kiel one of Germany’s major maritime centres.

Holstein Kiel won a German title a little over a century ago, in 1912, beating Karlsruher 1-0. (This was back when the German title was decided by the regional winners playing in a round-robin format.) Kiel regularly made the national playoffs in the 1920s. In 1930, Kiel almost won their second national title, losing in the final 5-4 to Hertha Berlin. But since the Bundesliga was instituted in 1963-64 and the lower leagues were re-organized, Kiel has been primarily a third-or-fourth-tier side. Kiel have only played 10 seasons of 2nd-division football – a 3 season-spell from 1978-81, and the past 7 seasons from 2017-24. With their promotion to the top tier, Holstein Kiel are the northern-most club to play in the Bundesliga, replacing Hansa Rostock.
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Photo credits above – 2024-25 Holstein Kiel jersey, unattributed at footballkitarchive.com. Port of Kiel, aerial photo unattributed at bioplasticsnews.com. Holstein-Stadion, photo by Ichwarsnur at File:Holstein-Stadion Luftbild 2019.jpg (commons.wikimedia.org).
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Thanks to all at the following links
-Blank map of Germany, by NordNordWest at File:Germany location map.svg (Wikimedia Commons).
-Globe-map of Germany by Rob984 at File:EU-Germany (orthographic projection).svg.
-Populations of 14 largest German cities from List of cities in Germany by population (en.wikipedia.org).
-Bundesliga; -List of German football champions (en.wikipedia.org).
-(West) Germany – List of Champions (rsssf.com).
-2023-24 attendance figures from: soccerway.com. 2023-24 capacity figures: from 2023-24 Bundesliga/Stadiums and locations (en.wikipedia.org).

August 13, 2024

2024-25 Premier League – Location-map, with 3 charts (Average attendance; Seasons-in-1st-Division; English titles list)./+ The 3 promoted clubs (Leicester City, Ipswich Town, Southampton).

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2024-25 Premier League – Location-map, with 3 charts (Average attendance; Seasons-in-1st-Division; English titles list)



By Bill Turianski, on the 13th of August 2024; twitter.com/billsportsmaps.
Links…
-2024-25 Premier League (en.wikipedia.org).
-Table, fixtures, results, stats, attendances, etc…Summary – Premier League [2024-25] (soccerway.com).

2024-25 Premier League – Location-map, with 3 charts (Attendance; Seasons-in-1st-Division; English titles list).
The map is a basic location-map, with an inset map of Greater London. Also shown are small labels which point out both the three promoted clubs (Leicester City, Ipswich Town, Southampton), and the three relegated clubs (Luton Town, Burnley, Sheffield United). And there are three charts…

The Attendance chart, at top-centre of the map page, shows 4 things for each of the 20 current Premier League clubs…A) 2023-24 finish (with promotions noted). B) 2023-24 average attendance [from home league matches]. C) Stadium capacity [2023-24]. D) Percent-capacity [2023-24].

At the right-hand side of the map page are two more charts. The chart at the top-right shows Seasons-in-1st-Division for the 20 current Premier League clubs. Also shown are consecutive top-flight-seasons, and first season of current spell. (Counting 2024-25, there have been 126 seasons of English 1st division football; the English 1st division was established in 1888-89, with seasons played from 1888-89 to 1914-15; from 1919-20 to 1938-39; and from 1946-47 to 2024-25.)

Everton have played the most seasons in the top flight – 122 – and Everton have been in the top tier without relegation since 1954-55 (71 straight seasons). There are four other clubs that have played over 100 seasons in the English top flight: Aston Villa (111 seasons), Liverpool (110 seasons), Arsenal (108 seasons), and Manchester United (100 seasons). Arsenal are the club with the longest spell in the top tier – 99 seasons (since 1919-20). Of the three newly-promoted sides, both Leicester City and Southampton return back to the top flight after one year. And Ipswich Town returns back to the Premier League after a 22 year absence.

The final chart, at the right-hand foot of the map-page, shows the all-time English Title Winners list (1889 to 2024 / 125 titles). Manchester United has won the most English titles, with 20 (last in 2013); Liverpool has won the second-most titles, with 19 (last in 2020). Arsenal have won the third-most titles, with 13 (last in 2004). Reigning champions Manchester City have won the fourth-most titles – 10. Man City have now won 6 of the last 7 titles. Twenty four clubs have won the English title. The most recent club to win their first title was Leicester City, in 2016.




Top 10 clubs that filled their stadium the best in 2023-24. (Clubs with best Percent-Capacity figures.)…
1. Arsenal, at 99.7%-capacity (the Gunners drew 60.2-K-per-game in their 60.3-K-capacity Emirates’ Stadium).
2. Brentford, at 99.0%-capacity (the Bees drew 17.0-K-per-game in their 17.2-K-capacity Brentford Community Stadium).
3. Newcastle United, at 98.8%-capacity (the Magpies drew 52.1-K-per-game in their 52.7-K-capacity St James’ Park).
4. Brighton & Hove Albion, at 98.7%-capacity (the Seagulls drew 31.4-K-per-game in their 31.8-K-capacity Falmer Stadium [the Amex]).
5. Aston Villa, at 97.8%-capacity (Villa drew 41.8-K-per-game in their 42.7-K-capacity Villa Park).
6. Tottenham Hotspur, at 97.7%-capacity (Spurs drew 61.4-K-per-game in their 62.8-K-capacity Tottenham Hotspur Stadium).
7. West Ham United, at 97.0%-capacity (the Hammers drew 62.5-K-per-game in the 64.4-K-capacity London Stadium).
8. Manchester City, at 96.8%-capacity (City drew 53.3-K-per-game in their 55.0-K-capacity Etihad Stadium).
9. Manchester United, at 96.4%-capacity (the Red Devils drew 73.5-K-per-game in their 74.0-K-capacity Old Trafford).
10. Everton, at 96.2%-capacity (the Toffees drew 39.0-K-per-game in their 40.5-K-capacity Goodison Park).

Links to other recent posts…
-Here is a chart I made which shows the best Percent-capacity figures last season (in the Premier League & the EFL)…England: Best Percent Capacity figures in 2023-24 – all clubs that drew above 80%-capacity (41 clubs).
-Here is a map I posted earlier this summer…England (including Wales) – Map of all clubs drawing above 1,000 per game (2023-24 attendance figures): 152 clubs, including 60 non-League clubs.

    The 3 promoted clubs…

2024: Leicester City, promoted back to the Premier League after 1 year…
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Photo credits above – Leicester City 2024-25 jersey, from shop.lcfc.com. King Power Stadium, photo from lcfc.com.

2024: Ipswich Town, back in the Premier League after 22 years, following back-to-back promotions, from the 3rd division to the 1st division…
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Photo credits above – Ipswich Town 2024-25 jersey, from shop.itfc.co.uk. Portman Road, aerial photo by John Fielding at flickr.com/photos/john_fielding.

2024: Southampton, promoted back to the Premier League after 1 year…
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Photo credits above – Southampton 2024-25 jersey, from southamptonfc.com/en/news. St Mary’s Stadium, photo from dailyecho.co.uk/news.

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Thanks to all at the following links…
-Blank map of English Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Counties, by Nilfanion, at File:English metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties 2010.svg (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 (en.wikipedia.org).
-2023-24 attendance figures, and venue-capacities from: soccerway.com.
-Seasons in Football League by Club: Club League Divisional History Summary 1888-89 to 2023-24 (myfootballfacts.com); fchd.info (Football Club History Database); England – First Level All-Time Tables 1888/89-2018/19 (rsssf.com).
-Distances: mapdevelopers.com/distance_from_to.php (mapdevelopers.com).

August 1, 2024

England: Best Percent Capacity figures in 2023-24 – all clubs that drew above 80%-capacity (41 clubs).

Filed under: >2024-25 English football — admin @ 11:19 am

By Bill Turianski, on the 1st of August 2024; twitter.com/billsportsmaps.
Links…
-2024-25 Premier League (en.wikipedia.org).
-Table, fixtures, results, stats, attendances, etc…Summary – Premier League [2024-25] (soccerway.com).

The chart is for English football clubs
(all divisions). It shows the clubs that filled their stadium the best in 2023-24. Listed on the chart are all clubs that drew above 80 Percent-Capacity (41 clubs). At the foot of the chart there is a short article. (Click on image below for a full-screen view.)
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Chart by billsportsmaps. Attendance data from soccerway.com.



Generally, Premier League clubs can be expected to draw above 90%-capacity, and last season, only Wolves drew less (and only just, at 89.6%-capacity). Arsenal filled their stadium best, drawing 60.2-K-per-game at the Emirates Stadium, to 99.7%-capacity. So that means that in Arsenal’s 60-thousand-seat venue, there only were around 150 empty seats each game. Arsenal missed out on the title by 2 points.

Second-best at filling their stadium was 16th-place finishers Brentford, who have now played 4 seasons of Premier League football (and 9 seasons overall, of 1st division football). Brentford drew 17.0-K-per-game at their 17.2-K-capacity Brentford Community Stadium in West London, to 99.3%-capacity. (Brentford Community Stadium opened 4 year ago, in September 2020.) That means that in Brentford’s 17.2-thousand-seat venue, there only were around 170 empty seats each game. Going back a decade or so, the club eventually realized they would have to move out of their much-loved but inadequate and too small of a ground, the 12.3-K-capacity Griffin Park. So the question was, how much bigger to build their new ground? And now it looks like Brentford FC nailed it. They correctly estimated their potential ticket-paying fanbase, when they decided on their new ground’s seated capacity: about 5-thousand seats larger than Griffin Park.

Third-best at filling their stadium was 7th-place finisher Newcastle United, who drew 52.1-K-per-game at St James’ Park, to 99.0%-capacity. Fourth-best at filling their stadium was 11th-place finisher Brighton & Hove Albion, who drew 31.5-K-per-game at Falmer Stadium, to 98.8%-capacity. And fifth-best at filling their stadium was Birmingham’s Aston Villa, who drew 41.8-K-per-game at Villa Park, to 98.7%-capacity. Villa finished in 4th place, meaning in 2024-25 they will play in the Champions League Group Stage for the first time.

14 clubs in the EFL Championship drew above 80 Percent Capacity. Best at filling their stadium in the 2nd tier was East Anglian side Ipswich Town, who, en route to winning their second straight promotion, drew 28.8-K-per-game at Portman Road, to 95.1%-capacity. (Ipswich Town returns to the Premier League after an absence of 22 years.) Second-best at filling their stadium in the 2nd tier was another East Anglian side, the 6th-place finisher Norwich City, who drew 26.0-K at Carrow Road, to 94.4%-capacity. Third-best at filling their stadium in the 2nd tier was Queens Park Rangers. 18th-place finisher QPR drew 16.7-K-per-game, and played to 91%-capacity at their band-box of a ground in West London, Loftus Road. Also at 91%-capacity was the promoted Leicester City, while the promoted Southampton played to 89.8%-capacity. (Both Leicester and Southampton bounced right back up to the Premier League.) The other 9 clubs that drew above 80%-capacity in the 2nd division were: Leeds United, the relegated Rotherham United, Hull City, West Bromwich, Watford, Plymouth Argyle, Sunderland, Bristol City, and Millwall.

4 clubs in EFL League One drew above 80 Percent Capacity. Best at filling their stadium in the 3rd tier was Hampshire-based Portsmouth, who, en route to winning promotion, drew 18.9-K-per-game at Fratton Park, to 91.0%-capacity. Portsmouth returns to the 2nd division after an absence of 11 years. The other 3 clubs that drew above 80%-capacity in the 3rd division were: Northampton Town, Leyton Orient, and the promoted Derby County.

3 clubs in EFL League Two drew above 80 Percent Capacity. Best at filling their stadium in the 4th tier was Greater Manchester side Stockpot County, who, en route to winning promotion, drew 9.3-K-per-game at Edgeley Park, to 85.9%-capacity. Stockport County returns to the 3rd division after an absence of 15 years. The other 2 clubs that drew above 80%-capacity in the 4th division were: AFC Wimbledon, and the promoted Mansfield Town.

Club with the worst percent-capacity figure in the Football League? The absolute worst at filling their stadium in the League was, fittingly, Milton Keynes Dons (for the second straight season). Milton Keynes Dons, who stole Wimbledon’s place in the League in 2004, drew 6.8-K-per-game in their 30.5-K-capacity white elephant of a ground, Stadium MK, up in Buckinghamshire. So in 2023-24, Milton Keynes played to a paltry 22%-capacity. In other words, on average, Milton Keynes played to over 23,000 empty seats each game. No other football club in the League played to anywhere near that amount of vacancy (the closest was Port Vale, at 35%-capacity). And for the first time, Milton Keynes drew less than AFC Wimbledon…one-thousand-per-game less than AFC Wimbledon.

July 6, 2024

1971 MLB Location-map with Jersey-logos & Attendances, featuring the ’71 World Series champions the Pittsburgh Pirates & AL and NL Stats Leaders.

Filed under: Baseball,Baseball-1971 MLB season,Retro maps — admin @ 1:55 pm

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1971 MLB Location-map with Jersey-logos & Attendances, featuring the ’71 World Series champions the Pittsburgh Pirates & AL and NL Stats Leaders



By Bill Turianski on the 6th of July 2024; twitter.com/billsportsmaps.
Links…
-1971 MLB season (en.wikipedia.org).
-1971 MLB (baseball-reference.com).
-Year in Review: 1971 American League (baseball-almanac.com).
-Year in Review: 1971 National League (baseball-almanac.com).
-1971 MLB logos (sportslogos.net).

1971 MLB Location-map with jersey-logos with 1971 attendances, featuring the 1971 World Series champions: the Pittsburgh Pirates.
This is my fifth in a series. Here are links to the first four posts in this series:
1967 MLB Location-map with Jersey-logos & Attendances, featuring the ’67 World Series champions: the St. Louis Cardinals;
1968 MLB Location-map with Jersey-logos & Attendances, featuring the ’68 World Series champions: the Detroit Tigers.
1969 MLB Location-map with Jersey-logos and Attendances, featuring the ’69 World Series champions: the New York Mets.
1970 MLB Location-map with Jersey-logos & Attendances, featuring the 1970 World Series champions: the Baltimore Orioles.

The map shows the locations of the 24 MLB teams of 1971.
On the map, next to each MLB team’s location-dot there are 3 things: their cap-logo, one of their 1971 jersey-logos (either home or away jersey), and a rectangular box (listing: ballpark, win total in 1971, and home average attendance in ’71). All but one of the jersey-logos are from photos of the old jerseys (see 23 photo credits at the foot of this post); one jersey-logo – the Detroit Tigers’ 1971 away jersey-logo – I drew myself.

The jersey-logo: sized to reflect that team’s 1971 average attendance. The larger the jersey-logo, the higher their attendance. Any other logos on the team’s uniforms in 1971 are also shown. Specifically, shoulder-patch-logos, of which there were 9 of such in 1971: the White Sox [in 1971-75 colors: red-white-powder blue], the Angels, the Astros, the Braves, the Cubs, the Royals, the Indians, the Mets, and the Twins.

1971 Team Average Attendance: shown at the right-hand side of the map-page. For the third straight year, the best-drawing MLB team in 1971 was the New York Mets, who drew 27.9-K per game at the then-8-year-old Shea Stadium in Queens, New York City, NY. This year was the peak of the Mets’ outdrawing the then-moribund New York Yankees: 1971 was the second-straight year the Mets were drawing double that of the Yankees (Mets at 27.9-K-per-game, the Yankees at a meagre 13.2-K). From the mid-Sixties to the mid-Seventies, the Mets ended up outdrawing the Yankees for 12 seasons (1964 to ’75). Second-best drawing ball club in 1971 was the Los Angeles Dodgers, at 25.4-K-per-game. Two other teams drew above 20-K: the Boston Red Sox and the Chicago Cubs.

The worst drawing clubs in 1971 were the Padres, the Indians, the Senators, and the Brewers, all of whom drew below 10-K. It was worrying that two of these poor-drawing teams were only two or three years, old (Padres, est. 1969; Brewers est. 1970). And the twelve-year-old Washington Senators (II), who drew 8.0-K in 1971, would depart the nation’s capital after the ’71 season, and move to Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas, as the Texas Rangers (est. 1972). On the map-page here, I have shown the 1972-franchise-shift of Washington Senators (II) to Texas Rangers, using a long pale-gray line-segment with arrows pointing to their new location in Arlington, Texas.

Section for the 1971 MLB champions, the Pittsburgh Pirates: at the top of the map-page. I featured photos of the 13 players on the ’71 Pirates with the highest WAR [Wins Above Replacement], plus the their manager, Danny Murtaugh. Photo credits are at the foot of this post. The players are: Willie Stargell (LF & HoF), Roberto Clemente (RF & HoF), Manny Sanguillén (C), Bob Robertson (1B), Steve Blass (RHP), Al Oliver (OF/1B), Gene Clines (OF/PH), Dave Cash (2B/3B), Nelson Briles (RHP), Richie Hebner (3B), Dock Ellis (RHP), Rennie Stennett (2B/PH), Milt May (C).

1971 MLB Statistical Leaders: at the foot of the map. (In both the American League and the National League.) Leaders in the following categories: ERA, Wins, WAR for Pitchers; Batting Average, Home Runs, RBIs, WAR for Position Players. A photo of each player is shown, with stats; photo credits are at the foot of this post.



    1971 World Series – Pittsburgh Pirates beat Baltimore Orioles in 7 games.

The Baltimore Orioles, the reigning MLB champs, had just completed their third straight AL playoff series sweep (twice over the Minnesota Twins, and then in ’71 over the Oakland A’s). And the Orioles had just finished their third straight season with over 100 wins. The O’s were tied with the NY Mets for the best team-ERA in 1971 (at 2.99), and featured four pitchers who were 20-Game Winners: Dave McNally, Mike Cuellar, Pat Dobson, and future-Hall-of-Famer Jim Palmer (10th-best ERA in ’71 at 2.63). Baltimore scored the second-most Runs in 1971, and their offense was powered by two sluggers: future-Hall-of-Famer Frank Robinson (OF), and Boog Powell (1B). In 1971, two Orioles were in the top 7 of American Leaguers for WAR [Position players]: Frank Robinson and OF/PH Merv Rettenmund. And the Orioles had a solid defensive unit, with future-Hall-of-Famer Brooks Robinson at Third Base, and 8-time Gold Glove-winner Mark Belanger at Shortstop. Baltimore’s manager was the wily Earl Weaver (who managed the Orioles for 17 years (1968–1982; 1985–86). The Baltimore Orioles were the heavy favorites to win the ’71 World Series.

The Pittsburgh Pirates had last won the World Series in 1960 (in an upset win over the NY Yankees). In ’71, Pittsburgh won the NL East by 7 games over St. Louis; in the playoffs they beat San Francisco 3 games to 1.

On September 1 1971, the Pirates had fielded the first all-minority line-up (Rennie Stennett, Gene Clines, Roberto Clemente, Willie Stargell, Manny Sanguillen, Dave Cash, Al Oliver, Jackie Hernandez, Dock Ellis and Bob Veale). Which was a long 24 years after Jackie Robinson had first broke the color barrier, back in 1947. This came as a result of the fact that Pirates front office and General Manager Joe L. Brown ignored the de-facto rule of the day, of racial quotas. MLB teams put a few black and Latin players in starting roles, leaving benches of MLB teams full of white players. In the MLB in the 1950s and the ’60s, teams had two or three or four minority players, maybe five or six, but almost always, never more than six (an exception being the NL-pennant-winning San Francisco Giants of 1962, who had 8 minority players on their roster, including Willie Mays, Felipe Alou, Juan Marichal, Orlando Cepeda, and José Pagán, all 5 of which were in the SF Giants top-12-for-WAR that year).

In The Team that Changed Baseball – Roberto Clemente and the 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates, Bruce Markusen writes, ‘In general, very few African-American and Latino players made major league rosters as utility players. It was clear that most teams in the fifties and the sixties were operating under another unwritten rule: an African American or Latino had to be considered a star, or at least good enough to make it as a starter, to be included on the roster – at all.”

The Pirates refused to follow that vestige of segregation. The Pirates scouted extensively in the Caribbean and in Central America for black and Latin players to fill any role (including leadership roles), and at any position, and not just as marquee players. Joe L. Brown was Pirates GM from 1955 to 1976. Brown took over the General Manager’s job in Pittsburgh from Branch Rickey, in November 1955, when Rickey retired. Branch Rickey is the man who was the most instrumental in breaking the color barrier, by convincing the Brooklyn Dodgers Board of Directors to start looking for a black ballplayer to sign (this was in 1943), and then signing Jackie Robinson for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1946.

In 1971, the list of the 12 top players on each MLB team (as measured by WAR), showed almost all MLB teams having 3 or 4 minority players in their top-12-for-WAR. Two teams had 5 minority players in their top-12-for-WAR: the Minnesota Twins and the San Francisco Giants. The Pittsburgh Pirates had 8 minority players in their top-12-for-WAR.

The 1971 Pirates were not especially dominant in terms of pitching, with the 11th-best ERA (5th-best in the NL). They featured 19-game winner Dock Ellis, 15-game winner Steve Blass (2.85 ERA) and closer Dave Giusti (with the most Saves in the NL, 30). The real strength of the ’71 Pirates was in their offense: they scored the most Runs and had the best Slugging Percentage. They featured three sluggers: future-Hall-of-Famer Willie Stargell in Left Field (.295, 48, 125), Bob Robertson at 1st Base (.271, 26, 72) and Richie Hebner at 3rd Base (.271, 17, 67). And they featured 3 who could hit for average: future-Hall-of-Famer Roberto Clemente in Right Field (.341, 13, 86), Al Oliver in Center (.282, 14, 64), and the Panama-born Manny Sanguillen behind the plate (.319, 7, 81). On the 1971 Pirates’ roster were two players who remained from their 1960 championship team, Roberto Clemente, and, in a utility role, the 1960 World Series MVP Bill Mazeroski (2B) [inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2001]. The 1971 Pirates’ manager was the same who had led the team in 1960 – the Chester, Pennsylvania-born Danny Murtaugh, who was well liked by players. Murtaugh would serve for 15 seasons, in 4 stints, as the Pirates’ skipper (the gap-years being for health reasons) (1957-64, 1967, 1970-71, 1973-76).

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Photo and Image credits above – Aerial shot of Three Rivers Stadium [circa 1970], photo by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette at post-gazette.com/sports. -Exterior shot of Baltimore’s Municipal Stadium, 1971 NBC World Series broadcast, screenshot from video uploaded by Stephen Alexander at youtube.com. -Merv Rettenmund, screenshot from video uploaded by Stephen Alexander at youtube.com. -Jim Palmer, screenshot from video uploaded by Stephen Alexander at youtube.com. -Bob Robertson, photo unattributed at ebay.com. -Bruce Kison, screenshot from video uploaded by Stephen Alexander at youtube.com. -Nelson Briles, photo by Focus on Sport via Getty Images via gettyimages.com. -Brooks Robinson, photo by Tony Triolo/Sports Illustrated via Getty Images via gettyimages.com. -Steve Blass, photo from National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at baseballhall.org. -Roberto Clemente, photo unattributed at bucsdugout.com. -Pirates players celebrating after the final out, screenshot from video uploaded by Stephen Alexander at youtube.com.

Game 1: Orioles win, 5-3.
Merv Rettenmund hit a 3-run HR in the 3rd inning, and Dave McNally pitched a 3-hit, 3-run Complete Game. Win: Dave McNally.

Game 2: Orioles win, 11-3
The Orioles pounded the six Pirates pitchers w/ 14 hits (all singles). Jim Palmer went 8 innings, the first 7 scoreless. Win: Jim Palmer; Save: Dick Hall.

Game 3: Pirates win, 5-1
Bob Robertson hit a 3-run HR in the 7th inning, and Steve Blass pitched a 3-hit, 1-run Complete Game. Win: Steve Blass.

Game 4: Pirates win, 4-3
First-ever World Series night game. O’s scored 3 in the 1st; then Bruce Kison pitches 6⅓ scoreless innings. Game-winning-RBI by backup-C Milt May. Win: Bruce Kison; Save: Dave Giusti.

Game 5: Pirates win, 4-0
Nelson Briles pitched a 2-hit shutout, and had an RBI. Bob Robertson hit his 2nd HR of the Series. Win: Nelson Briles.

Game 6: Orioles win, 3-2 (10)
The Orioles win it in 10 innings, on a sacrifice fly by Brooks Robinson, with Frank Robinson scoring on a close play at the plate. Win: Dave McNally (2-0).

Game 7 Pirates win, 2-1, and win the Series 4 games to 3
A pitcher’s duel between the Orioles’ lefty Mike Cuellar, and the Pirates’ Steve Blass. In the 4th inning, Series MVP Roberto Clemente hit his 2nd HR. In the top of the 8th, Pirates backup-3B José Pagán doubled to score Willie Stargell. In the bottom of the 8th, the O’s got their only run, on a ground-out-RBI by Don Buford. Winning Pitcher: Steve Blass, who went all 9 innings, again, and finished the Series at an MVP-worthy 2-0, 18 IP, 1.00 ERA.

Roberto Clemente: 1971 World Series MVP
12-29, 3 R, .414 BAvg, 2 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 1.210 OPS.




Jersey-logo photo credits -
-Atlanta Braves 1970 home jersey, photo from Heritage Auctions at sports.ha.com.
-Baltimore Orioles 1971 jersey, photo from customthrowbackjerseys.com.
-Boston Red Sox 1971 road jersey, photo from Heritage Auctions at sports.ha.com.
-California Angels 1971 road jersey, photo from Heritage Auctions at sports.ha.com.
-Chicago Cubs 1970 road jersey, from Heritage Auctions at sports.ha.com.
-Chicago White Sox 1970 road jersey, photo from Heritage Auctions at sports.ha.com.
-Cincinnati Reds 1970 home jersey photo from Heritage Auctions at sports.ha.com.
-Cleveland Indians 1970 home jersey, photo from worthpoint.com.
-Houston Astros 1971 road jersey, photo from Heritage Auctions at sports.ha.com.
-Kansas City Royals 1971 road jersey, photo from goldinauctions.com.
-Los Angeles Dodgers 1971 road jersey, photo from lofty.com.
-Milwaukee Brewers 1970 road jersey, photo from Heritage Auctions at sports.ha.com.
-Minnesota Twins home jersey circa 1968-71, photo from lelands.com.
-Montreal Expos 1970 road jersey, photo from goldinauctions.com.
-New York Mets 1970 jersey, photo from Heritage Auctions at sports.ha.com.
-New York Yankees road jersey circa 1967-71, photo from customthrowbackjerseys.com.
-Oakland A’s road uniform-logo, photo from worthpoint.com.
-Philadelphia Phillies 1971 road jersey, photo from Heritage Auctions at sports.ha.com.
-Pittsburgh Pirates 1971 home jersey, photo from robertedwardauctions.com.
-San Diego Padres 1970 road jersey, from lelands.com.
-San Francisco Giants 1970 home jersey, photo from Heritage Auctions at sports.ha.com.
-St. Louis Cardinals 1971 road jersey, photo from Heritage Auctions at sports.ha.com.
-Washington Senators 1970 home jersey, photo from Heritage Auctions at sports.ha.com.


1971 Pittsburgh Pirates players: photo and image credits…
-1971 Pittsburgh Pirates home jersey, from robertedwardauctions.com. 1971 Pittsburgh Pirates road jersey, from mlbshop.com/pittsburgh-pirates. -Willie Stargell, photo by Focus on Sport via Getty Images via gettyimages.es. -Roberto Clemente, photo unattributed at cowlatinamerica.voices.wooster.edu. -Manny Sanguillén, photo by Focus on Sport via Getty Images via gettyimages.com. -Bob Robertson, photo by Focus on Sport via Getty Images via gettyimages.com. -Steve Blass, 1971 Sports Illustrated cover via mbird.com. -Al Oliver, unattributed at pinterest.com. -Gene Clines, photo unattributed at history.pittsburghbaseball.com. -Dave Cash, 1971 Topps card via vintagecardprices.com. -Nelson Briles, photo from Pittsburgh Pirates via oldbucs.blogspot.com. -Richie Hebner, photo unattributed at pinterest.com. -Dock Ellis, photo unattributed at gameusedonly.com. -Rennie Stennett, photo unattributed at pinterest.com via usdaynews.com. -Milt May, photo unattributed at ebay.com. -Danny Murtaugh (manager), photo by Focus on Sport via Getty Images via gettyimages.in. -1971 Pittsburgh Pirates uniforms [illustrations], by Marc Okkonen at exhibits.baseballhalloffame.org/dressed_to_the_nines.


Photos of 1971 MLB leaders on map page…
-Vida Blue, photo unattributed at dglsports.ca.
-Tom Seaver, 1971 Topps card, at pinterest.com.
-Mickey Lolich, photo by Focus on Sport/Getty Images via gettyimages.com.
-Ferguson Jenkins, August 20 1971 Sports Illustrated cover, via gettyimages.com.
-Wilbur Wood, photo by Diamond Images/Getty Images via southsidesox.com.
-Tom Seaver, photo by Malcolm Emmons/USA Today Sports via amazinavenue.com.
-Tony Oliva, photo by SPX/Diamond Images via Getty Images via gettyimages.com.
-Joe Torre, 1972 Street and Smith’s Baseball magazine, photo by Sporting News via Getty Images via gettyimages.com.
-Bill Melton, photo by Doug McWilliams/National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum at baseballhall.org.
-Willie Stargell, photo by Tony Tomsic/Getty Images via gettyimages.com.
-Harmon Killebrew, photo unattributed at baberuthmuseum.org.
-Joe Torre, photo unattributed at pinterest.com.
-Graig Nettles, photo unattributed at pristineauction.com.
-Willie Stargell, August 2 1971 Sports Illustrated cover, from sicovers.com.
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Thanks to all at the following links…
-Base map, by US federal government employee at commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:StatesU.svg.
-Baseball-Reference.com.
-1971 Major League Baseball season (en.wikipedia.org).

June 5, 2024

England (including Wales) – Map of all clubs drawing above 1,000 per game (2023-24 attendance figures): 152 clubs, including 60 non-League clubs./+ Profiles of 7 clubs that had never drawn above one thousand per-game before (Chatham Town, Hampton & Richmond Borough, Horsham, Radcliffe, Ramsgate, Warrington Town, Weston-super-Mare).

Filed under: >Eng-152 highest draws — admin @ 8:06 pm

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England (including Wales) – Map of all clubs drawing above 1,000 per game (2023-24 attendance figures): 152 clubs




By Bill Turianski on the 5th of June 2024; twitter.com/billsportsmaps.

Attendance figures…
-us.soccerway.com/national/england/premier-league/20232024/regular-season (Average attendances last season from the 1st division through the 6th level.)
-nonleaguematters.co.uk. (Average attendances last season from the 7th level and further down.)
-(Note: in English football, the last 4 seasons of full attendance have been: 2018-19, 2021-22, 2022-23, and 2023-24. The gap being the two seasons that were COVID-affected: 2019-20 and 2020-21. In non-League football, those 2 COVID-affected seasons break down to the following…2019-20 season: COVID-shortened [up to mid-March 2020] for levels 5 and 6, and fully COVID-abandoned for all non-League levels below the 6th; 2020-21 season: fully COVID-abandoned for all of non-League football [from the 5th level on down].)

    The map.

The map shows all clubs in the English football system which drew above 1,000 per-game in 2023-24 (home domestic league matches): 152 clubs, including 60 non-League clubs.
Also, there is an inset-map for all the clubs drawing above 1-K-per-game from Greater London-plus-the-immediate surrounding area (19 clubs from Greater London + 4 clubs from surrounding areas of the Home Counties).

On the left-hand side of the map-page, the clubs are listed by average attendance, along with a column showing 4 things:
A) 2023-24 League-level;
B) 2023-24 league-finish;
C) Champions League Group Stage qualification [for the top 4 teams in the Premier League (text in blue)];
D) promotion-or-relegation, if applicable (text in green for promotion / text in red for relegation).

On the right-hand side of the map-page are 2 charts showing the English football league system, aka the Pyramid. {See this, English football league system (en.wikipedia.org).}

I included Hampton & Richmond Borough (who drew 999 per-game), because there are almost always slight discrepancies in attendance figures from source to source, especially in non-League football, and 999 per-game is just too close to one thousand to leave them off the map.

When I first made this map, it was five years ago, for the 2018-19 season. Then, the map showed 133 clubs, including 41 non-League clubs. So in the space of half a decade, the amount of non-League clubs drawing over one thousand-per-game has increased by 19 (from 41 non-League clubs to 60 non-League clubs). That is but one indication of how non-League football attendance is on the rise.

This season [2023-24], eight of the 152 clubs are clubs which were not drawing above 1-K-per-game in the last four seasons of full attendance… (Chatham Town, Hampton & Richmond Borough, Horsham, Radcliffe, Ramsgate, Tamworth, Warrington Town, Weston-super-Mare AFC).

Of those 8 clubs, only 6th-tier-/-National League North champions Tamworth (of Staffordshire) has drawn above 1,000-per-game previously. (Tamworth, in two spells as a 5th-tier side, drew above 1-K-per-game for 8 seasons [from 2003-04 to 2006-07, and from 2009-10 to 2012-13].). Tamworth returns to the 5th division after an eleven-year absence.

Seven of those 8 clubs, to the best of my knowledge, had never drawn above one thousand per-game before last season. Below, those 7 clubs are profiled.

-Chatham Town FC.
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Background pattern above, from: shop.chathamtownfc.co.uk/products/replica-home-shirt-23-24.
Chatham Town FC are from Chatham, in Medway, Kent [in SE England]. Chatham is part of the Medway unitary authority (along with the neighbouring towns of Gillingham, Rochester, Strood, and Rainham). Population of Medway is around 279,000 {2021 figure}. Chatham is located, by road, 34 miles (54 km) SSE of central London. Chatham is a couple miles south-west of Gillingham. Chatham Town wear red-and-white. Chatham Town are nicknamed the Chats, and are a 7th-tier side in the Isthmian League Premier Division. Chatham Town play at the Bauvill Stadium, on Maidstone Road, in Chatham. Seven years ago, in 2017-18, Chatham Town were a 9th-tier side in the Southern Counties East League Premier Division. They had just been relegated out of the Isthmian League (after an eleven-season spell in the 8th tier), and were drawing below 200 per game. In the 2018-19 season, the Chats improved from 16th place to 4th place, and drew 194 per game. In the COVID-abandoned season of 2019-20, Chatham Town ended up in 3rd place and doubled their crowd-size, drawing 405 per game. A year-and-a-half later, when COVID restrictions were cleared for 2021-22, Chatham Town kept drawing larger crowds, and averaged a league-best 658 per game, and they won automatic promotion as 2nd-place finishers. And in 2022-23, back up in the 8th tier, in the Isthmian South East D1, the Chats made it back-to-back promotions, as they won the league by 7 points, and drew a league-best 931 per game. Which is very good for an 8th-tier side. And in the 2023-24 season, Chatham Town, now in the 7th-tier Isthmian Premier League, finished in 2nd place. In the play-offs, Chatham beat Horsham {see Horsham FC, below} to advance to the final, but then lost to Enfield Town before 3,000 at the Bauvil Stadium. Chatham drew 1,541 in 2023-24, which was second-best in the league (South London’s Dulwich Hamlet drew best in the Isthmian Premier last year, at 2,604 per game). In three seasons [5 years], Chatham Town has increased their crowd size by an impressive 1,300 per-game.

-Hampton & Richmond Borough FC.
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Background pattern above, from: hamrichfc.com/[shop].
Hampton & Richmond Borough FC are from Hampton, in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames [situated on the north shore of the River Thames in SW Greater London]. Hampton is located, by road, 15 miles (28 km) SW of central London. H&RB FC are nicknamed the Beavers, and are a 6th-tier side playing in the National League South. Hampton and Richmond wear dark-blue-with-red-trim. They play at the Beveree Stadium in Hampton (capacity 3,500 with 640 seated). Hampton & Richmond Borough have now been in the 6th tier for an 8-year-spell (7 seasons including the COVID-shortened season of 2019-20, and the COVID-abandoned season of 2020-21). Previous to that, they had a 5-season-spell in the Conference South (from 2007-08 to 2011-12), where they drew in the 400-to-550-per-game range. In 2016-17, after 4 seasons in the 7th tier Isthmian Premier, Hampton & Richmond won promotion back to the 6th tier, and drew 636 per-game. It took them 5 years to draw (slightly) better, at 676 per-game in 2021-22. Then in 2022-23, they drew 626 per-game as a 17th place finisher. But in this last season [2023-24], Hampton got more competitive, and started drawing above 1-K…for some matches. In 2023-24, H&R Borough had a huge disparity in high and low crowd-sizes, going from a low-attendance of 399 (v Havant and Waterlooville on a Tuesday night in February), to a high-attendance of 2,031 (v Tonbridge Angels on Good Friday [March 29]). For 2023-24, Hampton & Richmond Borough finished in 9th place, missed out on the play-offs by 2 points, and drew 999 per-game.




-Horsham FC.
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Background pattern above, from: horshamfc.co.uk.
Horsham FC are from Horsham, West Sussex [in SE England]. Horsham has a population of around 50,900 {2018 estimate}. Horsham is located, by road, 40 miles (65 km) S of central London. Horsham wear amber-and-green. Horsham play at the 1,980-capacity Hop Oast Stadium, which opened in 2019, and is a 3G-turf set-up. 5 years ago, in the 2018-19 season, Horsham won promotion out the 8th-tier Isthmian D1 South East, finishing in 2nd and drawing 180 per-game. When the 2019-20 7th-tier Isthmian Premier season was COVID-abandoned in March 2020, Horsham were 3 points outside the play-off places, in 6th place, and, in their new facilities, their crowd-size had tripled, to 596 per-game. When COVID restrictions eased one-and-a-half years later [2021-22 season], Horsham dropped down 5 places to 11th, yet their crowd-size still increased, by about 150, to 758 per-game. Horsham improved in 2022-23, finishing in 7th, just 2 points shy of the play-offs; and their crowd-size continued to increase, again by about 150, to 923 per-game (best in their league). In 2023-24, Horsham qualified for the FA Cup 1st Round, by beating 5th tier side Dorking 2-0 at Hop Oast, in front of then-record crowd of 1,980. They were drawn away to Barnsley for the first round. Horsham battled Barnsley to a 3-3 draw at Oakwell (attendance: 4,463). The replay in Horsham was televised; Horsham lost 3-0 in front of a record home attendance of 3,000 (which was more than one thousand above-capacity). A few days later it was revealed that Barnsley had fielded an ineligible player, so Horsham were awarded the win. In the FA Cup 2nd round, Horsham then lost away to 4th-tier-side Sutton United. This season in the league [2023-24], 7th-tier Horsham finished in an all-time-best 5th place, and made it to the Isthmian Premier play-offs, where they lost to Chatham Town. Horsham made it over the 1,000-per-game mark for the first time, drawing 1,064 per-game.

-Radcliffe FC.
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Background pattern above, from: weareradcliffe.com/[2023-24-home-shirt].
Radcliffe FC are from Radcliffe, Greater Manchester [in NW England]. Radcliffe is located, by road, 8 miles (13 km) NNW of central Manchester. Radcliffe FC are nicknamed the Boro, and wear blue-and-white. Founded in 1949, the club was originally named Radcliffe Borough; they have played at Stainton Park since 1969. The club changed their name to Radcliffe FC in 2018. In 2018-19 (the last season before the two COVID-abandoned seasons), Radcliffe were an 8th-tier side in the Northern Premier League One West, and finished in 2nd place; they then won promotion via the play-offs. Radcliffe were drawing 247 per game at that point (2018-19). Two years later, in the next full season (2021-22), Radcliffe finished in 16th place in the 7th-tier Northern Premier League, and increased their average gate by 300, to 556 per game. Their crowds increased again the following season (2022-23), as the Boro drew 730 per-game, and improved 9 places to 7th place, just missing out on the play-offs by 2 points. Then this season [2023-24] Radcliffe improved again, and were in first place at Christmas, and never relinquished the top spot, finishing 10 points in front. And the crowds continued to swell, as Radcliffe topped 1-thousand per-game for the first time. The Boro drew 1,253 per-game. For 2024-25, Radcliffe will play in the 6th-tier for the first time, in the National League North. Radcliffe’s accomplishment as a 7th-tier side drawing above 1-thousand-per-game is noteworthy in itself. But they did this as a club from one of English football’s most concentrated areas – Greater Manchester. And that makes it even more impressive. Because Radcliffe have been able to carve out a significant fanbase stuck right next to two of the highest-drawing clubs in Britain: Manchester United, and Manchester City (125-K-per-game between those 2 huge clubs). Plus Radcliffe are within 16 miles of Wigan Athletic, Bolton Wanderers, Bury, Salford City, Rochdale, FC United of Manchester, and Oldham Athletic (49-K-per-game between those 7 clubs). Just look at the map – I could barely fit in all the logos there.




-Ramsgate FC.
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Background pattern above, from: macronlondonsoutheast.com.
Ramsgate FC are from Ramsgate, Kent [in SE England, on the coast of the English Channel]. Ramsgate is located, by road, 79 miles (127 km) ESE of central London. The population of Ramsgate is around 42,000 {2021 census}. Ramsgate FC wear red-and-white and are nicknamed the Rams. Ramsgate played in the 8th-tier Isthmian South East Division 1 in 2023-24. In 2022-23, Ramsgate had finished in 2nd place in the Isthmian SE D1, 7 points behind Chatham Town; Ramsgate drew a very credible 744 per-game. This season, they started out strong in both their league and in the FA Cup qualifying rounds. So much so that, in November 2023, Ramsgate qualified for the FA Cup 2nd Round for the first time ever, when they beat Woking 2-1 in front of a full-capacity crowd of 3,000 at their Southwoods Stadium.
-{See this illustrated article from Nov 2023, Biggest upset in the 2023-24 FA Cup 1st Round…Ramsgate (8) beat Woking (5) (billsportsmaps).}
By January 2024, Ramsgate was in a fight for first place with Cray Valley, and Ramsgate were regularly drawing above one thousand per-game at home. In April, in their second-to-last home match, when they hosted Cray Valley, the result was a 2-2 draw in front of 2,563. In their final home match, they lost to Three Bridges, in front of 1,464. Ramsgate finished in 2nd place, 6 points behind Cray Valley; in the play-offs they lost to Enfield Town at home, in front of 1,462. Ramsgate ended up drawing 1,075 per game. In 2024-25, Ramsgate will start the season as the highest-drawing 8th-level club in England (although there is one club in the 9th tier drawing higher: the Phoenix-club Bury FC, who drew 3,359 per game).

-Warrington Town FC.
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Background pattern above, from: warringtontownfc.co.uk/shop.
Warrington Town FC are from Warrington, Cheshire [in NW England, adjacent to both Merseyside and Greater Manchester and equidistant from both Liverpool and Manchester]. Warrington is located, by road, 20 miles (32 km) E of central Liverpool. And Warrington is located, by road, 20 miles (32 km) WSW of central Manchester. Warrington Town wear yellow-and-blue. Warrington are nicknamed the Wire, for the town’s history as a center of the wire-pulling industry. They are also known as the Yellows. Warrington Town’s home ground is Cantilever Park, capacity 3,500, which is adjacent to the Manchester Ship Canal and the town’s cantilever bridge (which spans that waterway and looms over the ground, and which gives the ground its name). Warrington Town played in the Cheshire league system from 1962 to 1982; then they played in the North West Counties league system from 1982 to 2004; then they played in the Northern Premier League system from 2004 to 2022. In 2022-23, Warrington Town finished in 2nd in the Northern Premier, and won promotion via the play-offs (with a 1-0 win over Bamber Bridge at Cantilever Park); they drew 773 per game. In 2023-24, Warrington Town joined the 6th tier for the first time, in the National League North. They finished in 12th, increased their crowd-size by 400 per-game, and drew 1,183 per-game.




-Weston-super-Mare AFC.
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Background pattern above, from westonsmareafc.co.uk/news.
Weston-super-Mare AFC are from Weston-super-Mare, Somerset [in SW England aka the West Country]. Weston-super-Mare is located, by road, 24 miles (39 km) SW of Bristol. Weston-super-Mare is a seaside town on the coast of the Bristol Channel. The club is nicknamed the Seagulls, and are a 6th-tier side in the National League South. Weston wear white-with-black-and-metallic-gold-trim. Since 2004, Weston-super-Mare play their home games at the Woodspring Stadium (capacity 3,500, with 350 seated). Weston-super-Mare played 15 seasons in the 6th tier, from 2004-05, from when the National Leagues North-&-South set-up was created, until 2018-19, when Weston finished in last place in the National League South. In that 15-year-spell in the 6th tier, Weston’s best season was in 2012-13, when the Seagulls finished in 7th, 7 points off the play-offs, and drew 310 per-game. But their best season at the gate was when they were relegated: Weston started drawing in the 400-per-game range circa 2015 to 2017, and their average gate gradually increased, until they drew 698 per-game in the season they were relegated out of the National League South [in 2018-19]. They were placed in the Southern League Premier Division South. When the 2019-20 Southern League season was COVID-abandoned in March 2020, Weston were in 10th place, and were drawing 517 per-game. When COVID restrictions eased one-and-a-half years later, in the 2021-22 season, Weston finished in 3rd place, and drew 677 per-game; they then lost in the play-offs’ 1st round to Hayes & Yeading. The next season of 2022-23 saw Weston-super-Mare promoted as champions, winning the league by 3 points, and drawing 878 per-game – their best attendance to that point. And this season [2023-24], back in the National League South [6th-tier], the Seagulls finished in 13th place, and finally cracked the one-thousand-per-game barrier, drawing 1,090 per-game. (Their average attendance was aided by the visit of nearby Yeovil Town – a former Football League club. Yeovil Town bounced straight back to the 5th tier this season, and drew highest in the 6th tier (at 3.9-K-per-game), and attracted huge crowds when playing away. Weston-super-Mare had a crowd of 2,487 when Yeovil visited the Woodspring Stadium in September 2023.)

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Thanks to all at the links below…
-Blank map of English Metropolitan and Non-Metropolitan Counties, by Nilfanion, at File:English metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties 2010.svg (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.
-English football league system (en.wikipedia.org).
-us.soccerway.com/national/england/premier-league/20232024/regular-season (Average attendances last season from the 1st division through the 6th level.)
-nonleaguematters.co.uk. (Average attendances last season from the 7th level and further down.)

May 20, 2024

CHL 2024 Memorial Cup [Canadian major junior hockey tournament]: the 4 teams…Saginaw Spirit (host team), Drummondville Voltigeurs (QMJHL champs), London Knights (OHL champs), Moose Jaw Warriors (WHL champs)./+ CHL Map (60 teams) w/ Memorial Cup titles & appearances.

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CHL Map (60 teams) w/ Memorial Cup titles & appearances.




By Bill Turianski on the 20th of May 2024; @billsportsmaps.

2024 CHL Memorial Cup. May 24 to June 2, 2024 at the Dow Event Center in Saginaw, Michigan.
-2024 Memorial Cup (en.wikipedia.org).

    2024 CHL Memorial Cup:
    The 4 teams (Saginaw Spirit, Drummondville Voltigeurs, London Knights, Moose Jaw Warriors).

Saginaw Spirit (host team)
Below: Saginaw, Michigan. Part of the Saginaw, Midland, and Bay City metropolitan area.
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Photo credits above – Saginaw Spirit away jersey, from shop.saginawspirit.com. Relief map of Michigan, by Nzeeman at File:Relief map of USA Michigan.png (wikipedia.org). Aerial drone shot of Saginaw, unattributed at lwsupply.com/blog-news. Dow Event Center (Saginaw, MI), photo from linkedin.com. -Zayne Parekh (D), photo by Natalie Shaver/OHL Images at Zayne Parekh is one of the 2024 NHL Draft’s most exciting players. -Andrew Oke (G), photo by Steven Frank Imagery via eliteprospects.com/[Andrew Oke].

Drummondville Voltigeurs – 2024 QMJHL champions (their 2nd QMJHL title)
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Photo and Image credits above – Drummondville jersey, from boutiquevoltigeurs.ca. Aerial shot of Drummondville, by Ghyslain Bergeron via journalexpress.ca. Centre Marcel-Dionne, photo by Eric Beaupré via vingt55.ca. -Riley Mercer (G), photo by Ghyslain Bergeron via journalexpress.ca. -Ethan Gauthier (RW), photo unattributed at rds.ca/hockey.




London Knights – 2024 OHL champions (their 5th OHL title)
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Photo and Image credits above – London Knights 2023-24 jersey, from londonknights.ca/collections/jerseys. London, Ontario, photo unattributed at goodtimes.ca/finding-a-home-in-london. Budweiser Gardens, photo from ellisdon.com/projects/budweiser-gardens.
-Denver Barkey (C), photo unattributed at dailyfaceoff.com. -Easton Cowan (RW), photo by Natalie Shaver/OHL Images via dobberprospects.com.
-Michael Simpson (G), photo unattributed at mercadillodelpuertodeibiza.com.
-Kasper Halttunen (RW), photo from london.ctvnews.ca.

Moose Jaw Warriors – 2024 WHL champions (their 1st WHL title)
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Photo and Image credits above – 2023-24 Moose Jaw Warriors black jersey, from thecrushedcan.com/products. Aerial photo of Moose Jaw, unattributed at mjindependent.com. Mosaic Place, photo from WHL Arena Guide via google search. –Jagger Firkus (RW), photo by Jonathan Kozub/Getty Images via nhl.com/news. -Denton Mateychuk, photo by Randy Palmer at moosejawtoday.com/local-news. -Brayden Yager, photo unattributed at nytimes.com/athletic. -Matthew Savoie, photo by Nick Pettigrew via sasktoday.ca.



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Thanks to all at the following…
-Canadian Hockey League (en.wikipedia.org).
-Photo of Memorial Cup (CHL), unattributed at hhof.com.
-Hockey ice photo from dreamstime.com.
-Attendance figures from Hockey DB.com.

May 1, 2024

UEFA: Top 20 Clubs by Kit Revenue – 2023 calendar year – Kit Manufacturer Sponsorship Revenue, plus Total Merchandising Revenue [combined figures].

Filed under: UEFA top clubs by kit revenue — admin @ 6:31 pm

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UEFA: Top 20 Clubs by Kit Revenue – 2023 calendar year



By Bill Turianski on the 1st of May 2024; @billsportsmaps.

UEFA: Top 20 Clubs by Kit Revenue – 2023 calendar year. Kit Manufacturer Sponsorship Revenue, plus Total Merchandising Revenue [combined figures]. Figures from UEFA’s annual financial report {see link to pdf, below}.

Source: UEFA annual report 2023, p. 61 [pdf].
-Also see, Top 20 UEFA Clubs by Kit Revenue (reddit.com/r/soccer, w/259 comments [1 March 2024]).
-Also see, Barca, Man United among top-earning clubs from 2023 kit sales (by Chris Wright at espn.com/soccer [1 March 2024]).

There are 7 countries represented (England, Germany, Italy, Spain, Turkey, France, Netherlands, Scotland).
Six English clubs are in the top 20 (#4 Liverpool, #5 Manchester United, #7 Arsenal, #8 Chelsea, #10 Tottenham, #11 Manchester City, #16 Leeds United). Three German clubs are in the top 20 (#3 Bayern Munich, #12 Dortmund, #19 Eintracht Frankfurt). Three Italian clubs are in the top 20 (#9 Juventus, #13 Milan, #20 Internazionale). Two Spanish clubs are in the top 20 (#1 Barcelona, #2 Real Madrid). Two Turkish clubs are in the top 20 (#15 Galatasaray, #18 Fenerbahçe). One club from France is in the top 20 (#6 Paris Saint Germain). One club from Netherlands is in the top 20 (#14 Ajax). One club from Scotland is in the top 20 (#17 Celtic).

There are just 3 brands that manufacture the kits and merchandise of the top 20 current revenue-earning clubs in Europe.
-Nike has 8 teams (Barça, Liverpool, PSG, Chelsea, Spurs, Galatasaray, Eintracht, Inter).
-Adidas also has 8 teams (Real Madrid, Bayern, Man U, Arsenal, Juve, Ajax, Leeds, Celtic).
-Puma has 4 teams (Man City, Dortmund, Milan, Fenerbahçe).

-Blank map, by Alexrk2 at File:Europe laea location map.svg (commons.wikinedia.org).



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