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parallels between football and cricket stadiums

I found this article in Indian Express very interesting.

There is always a talk about the fact that the cricket stadiums in India are not upto the mark. Even in big cities like Mumbai and Delhi the stadiums do not satisfy international safety norms. On the top of that there is a problem of crowd behaviour, with Mumbai crowd abusing English cricketers.

This article compares it with situation of English football stadiums in 80's. In that decade, hooliganism was rampant during football matches. Stadiums were in miserable conditions and there was no proper sitting arrangement. Then the Hillsborough-Liverpool disaster struck. This served as the waking alarm for the authorities and during 90's all the football stadiums were revamped, with proper sitting arrangements and safety measures. So stadiums have become more a family place, which has resulted in decrease in hooliganism.

The author concludes that the profits earned by the board should translate into increasing the conditions of stadiums in India, else a tragedy is inevitable.

Nice parallel. Something our board should look out for!

PS. For all EPL fans check out this site. It gives England's footballing map. Worth watching!
http://footballclubs.dyndns.org/?co=england

posted by ninad @ 12:17 am