I believe the depth of support in English football and the following of the lower leagues is stronger than elsewhere in Europe but let's not pretend The Best League In The World is concerned with that.
― Matt DC, Monday, 4 February 2013 11:58 (eleven years ago) link
Bundesliga stadia still have terraces, which is a big part of it.
Actually Bundesliga 2 pushes the Championship close in average attendance, but has much fewer games so the total is only a bit over half.
― Ismael Klata, Monday, 4 February 2013 11:59 (eleven years ago) link
(xp) and it's cheaper too?
― Designated Striver (Tom D.), Monday, 4 February 2013 12:02 (eleven years ago) link
Just to be clear, not a person posting here believes that the epl is 'the best league in the world', which is a very different thing than tblitw.
― ben foster five (darraghmac), Monday, 4 February 2013 12:17 (eleven years ago) link
itt ppl pretend like last season wasn't the most ridiculous gripping fun
this season is the nasty hangover though i'll grant u
― r|t|c, Monday, 4 February 2013 12:20 (eleven years ago) link
tbh the epl is blitw a bit by default? to most people, la liga is two teams and 18 sparring partners, bundesliga= bayern and 17 other teams with unwieldy names and then there's serie A, whose claim to greatness lies more in its past than current situation.
― Jibe, Monday, 4 February 2013 13:01 (eleven years ago) link
The grass is literally greener
― ben foster five (darraghmac), Monday, 4 February 2013 13:16 (eleven years ago) link
Tempo
― Canaille help you (Michael White), Monday, 4 February 2013 15:03 (eleven years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Tuesday, 5 February 2013 00:01 (eleven years ago) link
On Mancini's future Quinn added: "It's hard to say Mancini is not the right man. He's brought the title there after all these years.
"In any sane, civilised league, you would think he would be given more time but the Premier League is the most high-powered, fascinating, atmospherically-charged league in the world and with that comes the price to be paid for managers looking for time."
― r|t|c, Tuesday, 9 April 2013 13:18 (eleven years ago) link
Get that man a sub-editor.
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 9 April 2013 13:24 (eleven years ago) link
every time i hear 'EPL' now i think of
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wg5amJgH7sc
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 15:25 (ten years ago) link
suggest that NBC nix this 'BPL' shit and shore up the EDL name with gritty intertitles of remedial trash grunting E E EPL
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 15:27 (ten years ago) link
11 likes 11 dislikes, a nation divided
good chant though, and I note the uploader takes his name from an SL2 banger
― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 20 August 2013 17:18 (ten years ago) link
the bobbling transparent plastic umbrella as favoured by some elderly shoppers near me is the dark heart of that vid.
― Fizzles, Friday, 23 August 2013 06:34 (ten years ago) link
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-3308370/Leicester-City-s-match-ball-delivered-helicopter-Premier-League-clubs-mark-Remembrance-Sunday-poppy-displays.html
― Sean Daesh (nakhchivan), Saturday, 7 November 2015 22:42 (eight years ago) link
tragically 239 fans were subsequently shot for deserting their post before the half time whistle
― John Dope Assos (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 7 November 2015 23:05 (eight years ago) link
I love all these clubs and am so glad that they took the time to celebrate this hard earned golden era of international world peace that we currently live in thanks to our armed forces. Ranieri looks a bit spooked, maybe a spectral El Duce was giving him some gyp!
― xelab, Sunday, 8 November 2015 01:23 (eight years ago) link