FA rejects 39th game but keeps options open
Posted in Syndicated News on Friday February 22nd, 2008 12:00am
The Football Association said yesterday that the Premier League's plans for an "international round" (IR) of matches overseas are unsustainable in their current format, with its chairman, Lord Triesman, unequivocal in citing four major reasons why a "39th game" – as mooted in a first blueprint earlier this month – cannot happen.
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