6th-division side Kidderminster Harriers (of Worcestershire) defeated 2nd division side Reading. At kick-off, Kidderminster were 5th in the National League North [#120 in the League pyramid; although normally that would be #121, but there are only 23, and not 24, teams in the 5th division ...
Probably not in our lifetime - most stadium capacities have been cut drastically in the last 30-40 years. There's now only a handful which can accommodate more than 100,000 people, the largest of which is North Korea's Rungrado 1st of May Stadium with a capacity of 114,000. So even ...
Eric Olthwaite and the demise of the North Sydney Bears The uneasy resolution of the so-called Super League 'war' of 1995-98 in Australian rugby league, in large part a contest between media entrepreneurs Kerry Packer and Rupert Murdoch for control of the sport, involved the Australian Rugby...
Marine AFC, who play in the 8th-level Northern Premier League Division One North West, are located in Crosby, Merseyside (which is 6 miles (10 km) north of Liverpool). The club was formed in 1894 by a group of local businessmen and former college students. Marine AFC takes its name fro...
NEW YORK (September 8, 2024) - With 7,291 on hand for Sunday’s match between the Chicago Red Stars and the Orlando Pride, the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) has officially surpassed 1.5 million in regular season attendance, marking another historic first for the league. This latest...
WOMEN'S soccerCONSUMER preferencesWOMEN'S sportsLOCATION analysisATTENDANCEBUSINESSWOMENSUBURBANIZATIONThis study examines the impact of stadium locations on attendance in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). We develop a match-level attendance model incorporating control variables suc...
Before, teams from the American and National Leagues only met in Spring Training and the World Series, but now regular season matchups pitted crosstown rivals like the New York Mets and New York Yankees, and north of the border, the Toronto Blue Jays faced off against the Montreal Expos. ...
SYDNEY, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- If first round crowd attendance figures are anything to go by, the 2018-19 season of Australia's National Basketball League (NBL) is shaping up to be the biggest yet. A total of 48,820 fans watched NBL fixtures around the country over the weekend, making ...
The previous world record for attendance at a women's sporting event was 91,648, set during a UEFA Women's Champions League soccer semifinal in 2022between Barcelona and Wolfsburg. Wednesday's crowd also shattered the record for most people to see an NCAA regular season volleyball match, set...
In other news, owner Steve Malik looks unlikely to win his bid to take North Carolina FC into Major League Soccer. How that would affect a proposed downtown stadium remains to be seen. The optimistic take? Maybe the Courage would be a primary tenant — assuming it gets built. ...