Premier League diversity at heart of global appeal
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By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 20 August 2012 . The 2012-13 Premier League kicked off at the weekend and this is what it looked like: Each flag on the graphic represents one player involved in one of the nine Premier League games played on Saturday and Sunday, from Arsenal's Polish goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny at top left to Manchester City's Serbian defender Aleksandar Kolarov at bottom right, Kolarov being the last sub in the weekend's last game. In all there were 244 players from 51 different nations, with all continents represented. The Premier League, as a major success story in British sport, is a target for huge amounts of flak, never more so than in this London 2012 Olympic summer, when umpteen comparisons have been drawn between football and Olympic sport. The arguments are well rehearsed, and painfully dreary in many cases. Apples and chairs. What is not in doubt is the ongoing global appeal of the Premier League, and in large part that is down to its diversity. The graphic above is just a two-day snapshot. As things stood on the opening day of this season, a
Premier League diversity at heart of global appeal
Premier League diversity at heart of global…
Premier League diversity at heart of global appeal
By Nick Harris SJA Internet Sports Writer of the Year 20 August 2012 . The 2012-13 Premier League kicked off at the weekend and this is what it looked like: Each flag on the graphic represents one player involved in one of the nine Premier League games played on Saturday and Sunday, from Arsenal's Polish goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny at top left to Manchester City's Serbian defender Aleksandar Kolarov at bottom right, Kolarov being the last sub in the weekend's last game. In all there were 244 players from 51 different nations, with all continents represented. The Premier League, as a major success story in British sport, is a target for huge amounts of flak, never more so than in this London 2012 Olympic summer, when umpteen comparisons have been drawn between football and Olympic sport. The arguments are well rehearsed, and painfully dreary in many cases. Apples and chairs. What is not in doubt is the ongoing global appeal of the Premier League, and in large part that is down to its diversity. The graphic above is just a two-day snapshot. As things stood on the opening day of this season, a