Zenit Sankt-Peterburg - Russia League

"З&#1 · Posted: 28.10.2006 14:01 Post subject:

I think Belomorets is most north club. I don't know much about fifth league and sothough. I mostly follow the three highest leagues.
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Gerrit · Posted: 28.10.2006 14:07 Post subject:

Is Luch the only professional club from the Asian part of Russia?

I don't know if it would make sense, but it may be interesting to include Ulaan Baator in the Russian league system: Mongolian football is rising but due to distances and lack of infrastructure they cannot set up a national league. Founding 1 professional club there and letting them play in the professional Russian teams would mean the whole of the country would support that team and come when they play famous teams from Moscow and St Petersburg (many Mongolian football fans follow Russian league). For the Russian league itself, the benefit would be another team from the more eastern regio, so a better geographical spread of clubs.
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"З&#1 · Posted: 28.10.2006 14:19 Post subject:

Gerrit · Posted: 28.10.2006 14:26 Post subject:

well, it's less far than Vladivostok Razz

and there's the Transsiberian railway if needed.

The idea is maybe not realistic. I do think it would give Mongolian football a boost, I have read a lot about their football set-up but they cannot have any professional teams because only in Ulaanbaator (the capital) you have a decent stadium, and also the roads to other (much smaller) cities are extremely bad. Sports is popular there and Ulaanbaator (big city with some industry) had potential, but they won't grow professional in an all-Mongolian set-up, while a professional team in the Russian league (playing against all those famous Russian teams) would attract an enthousiast crowd in Ulaanbaator. I am not sure if it would also be interesting for the Russian FA, guess it may be a new market though to brand the Russian league.
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"З&#1 · Posted: 28.10.2006 14:29 Post subject:

Maybe it will happen in the future. Like in England it's some teams from Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland...
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Gerrit · Posted: 28.10.2006 14:33 Post subject:

Not from NI! Our clubs have no money at all, and hardly any fans, if they play Man United or Chelsea it'd be 0-10 or so Surprised

English football does have a few Welsh teams (Cardiff City at level 2, Swansea at level 3, Wrexham at level 4, and Merthyr at I think level 5) while Scottish football has an English club (Berwick Rangers playing in Scottish division 3).
In Northern Ireland, Derry City plays in the Republic of Ireland league nowadays instead of the Northern Irish league, they're one of the best clubs even in the 'southern' league. Mind they were more or less forced to leave because of the religious/political violence in Northern Ireland in the past, so it's a sad story.
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"З&#1 · Posted: 28.10.2006 14:35 Post subject:

Gerrit · Posted: 28.10.2006 14:50 Post subject:

The leagues in England changed names several times lately. Currently is't called

top: Premier League
next: Football League (or Coca-Cola League)
next: League One
next: League Two
next: Nationwide Conference
next: several regional lower divisions

Cardiff were promoted to Coca-Cola League in 2004. Their first season in this league was very tough, but they just avoided relegation. They now seem much stronger than last year and will have no problems to save themselves, maybe if they have some luck they may even play in the top-10.

Cardiff and the other Welsh exile teams are called "sheepshaggers" by the English clubs' fans, which is a bit of an insult based on the many rural areas in Wales. When Cardiff opens the score, their fans tend to reply by singing back "One-nil to the sheepshaggers, one-nil to the sheepshaggers". Another line they often use when other fans call them like that: "We shag them, and you eat them".
They're good fun in general, though there's a small part of more extremist support which sometimes causes trouble. That small group also often burns English flags during away games.
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"З&#1 · Posted: 28.10.2006 14:54 Post subject:

Cardiff is 1st now in England Division 1! 29 points. Did you know?

Is Cardiff traditional club with good results?
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Gerrit · Posted: 28.10.2006 14:57 Post subject:

Good results: in the past, yes, but when they reached promotion the first season in the higher league was very hard. Now they seem to be going very well, so they won't have any relegation worries this season, maybe if they are in the winning mood they may even reach the play-offs by surprise. They're a very popular club with very good crowds home and away.
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Have you been to a few away matches in Moscow this season? Is it a long way from St. Petersburg to Moscow?