Uncle Buck
Ghost Writer
- Jul 7, 2003
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.Piers - since the last Albion tour here, the league has been taken over by the FAI, theres been some massive investment by them and the title sponsor, its moved to a summer season and theres been a 30 to 50% rise in attendences across the board. The standard has massively, massively improved. Doesn't help those that live in the past, though.
I have to say I was surprised at the end of the transfer window at the number of players heading over there. However I would guess that the league still suffers from players heading over to the UK, either to the top clubs or further down the scale to get themselves in the shop window.
Also it cannot help that English clubs do seem to take the best youngsters over to their academies.