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Game 39, the Glossary

"Game 39" or the international round was a proposed extra round of matches in the Premier League to be played at neutral venues outside England.^[1]

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2007–08 in English football
2008–09 in English football
Premier League
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A-League Men

A-League Men (currently known as the Isuzu UTE A-League for sponsorship reasons) is the highest-level professional men's soccer league in Australia and New Zealand.

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Acclimatization or acclimatisation (also called acclimation or acclimatation) is the process in which an individual organism adjusts to a change in its environment (such as a change in altitude, temperature, humidity, photoperiod, or pH), allowing it to maintain fitness across a range of environmental conditions.

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Alex Ferguson

Sir Alexander Chapman Ferguson (born 31 December 1941) is a Scottish former football manager and player, best known for managing Manchester United from 1986 to 2013.

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American football, referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron football, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end.

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Andy Burnham

Andrew Murray Burnham (born 7 January 1970) is a British politician who has served as Mayor of Greater Manchester since 2017.

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Arab states of the Persian Gulf

The Arab states of the Persian Gulf or the Arab Gulf states (دول الخليج العربي) refers to a group of Arab states bordering the Persian Gulf.

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Arsène Wenger

Arsène Charles Ernest Wenger (born 22 October 1949) is a French former football manager and player who is currently serving as FIFA's Chief of Global Football Development.

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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in most countries and territories in Asia.

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Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.

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Avram Grant

Avraham "Avram" Grant (אברהם "אברם" גרנט; born Avraham Granat) is an Israeli professional football manager who currently manages the Zambia national football team.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.

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BBC Radio 5 Live

BBC Radio 5 Live is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC.

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BeIN Sports

beIN Sports is a Qatari multinational network of sports channels owned and operated by the Qatari media group beIN.

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Birmingham City F.C.

Birmingham City Football Club is a professional football club based in Birmingham, England.

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Business plan

A business plan is a formal written document containing the goals of a business, the methods for attaining those goals, and the time-frame for the achievement of the goals.

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Circus

A circus is a company of performers who put on diverse entertainment shows that may include clowns, acrobats, trained animals, trapeze acts, musicians, dancers, hoopers, tightrope walkers, jugglers, magicians, ventriloquists, and unicyclists as well as other object manipulation and stunt-oriented artists.

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David Gold (businessman)

David Gold (9 September 1936 – 4 January 2023) was a British businessman who owned Gold Star Publications and Sport Newspapers.

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East Asia

East Asia is a geographical and cultural region of Asia including the countries of China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan.

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England 2018 FIFA World Cup bid

England 2018 was the Football Association's unsuccessful bid for the right to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

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The England national football team have represented England in international football since the first international match in 1872.

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ESPN FC

ESPN FC (formerly ESPN SoccerNet) is a website and a U.S. television studio program covering soccer that is broadcast daily over the streaming service ESPN+.

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European Leagues

European Leagues (EL) is a sports organisation within association football created for growth of professional football in Europe.

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FIFA

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association, more commonly known by its acronym FIFA, is the international self-regulatory governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal.

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The Football Association of Hong Kong, China Limited (HKFA) is the governing body of association football in Hong Kong.

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Football Australia is the governing body of soccer, futsal, and beach soccer within Australia, headquartered in Sydney.

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The Football Supporters' Association (The FSA) is the national, democratic, representative body for football supporters in England and Wales.

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The Football Supporters' Federation (FSF) was an organisation representing football fans in England and Wales.

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G-14

The G-14 was an organisation of European football clubs that existed between 1998 and 2008.

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Gareth Southgate

Gareth Southgate (born 3 September 1970) is an English professional football manager and former player, who played as a defender and midfielder.

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Gordon Alexander Taylor OBE (born 28 December 1944) is an English former professional footballer who played as a winger.

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Governor of New Jersey

The governor of New Jersey is the head of government of the U.S. state of New Jersey.

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Harlem Globetrotters

The Harlem Globetrotters are an American exhibition basketball team.

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International Champions Cup

The International Champions Cup (ICC) was an annual club association football (soccer) official competition staged from 2013 to 2019.

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Ivan Gazidis

Ivan Gazidis (born 13 September 1964) is a South African-Greek business executive and former footballer who is currently the President of Kilmer Sports Ventures.

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The Japan Football Association (JFA) is the governing body responsible for the administration of football, futsal, beach soccer and efootball in Japan.

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Jérôme Valcke

Jérôme Valcke (born 6 October 1960) is a French football administrator, best known as the former Secretary General of FIFA (the international governing body of the sport).

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Kevin Keegan

Joseph Kevin Keegan (born 14 February 1951) is an English former footballer and manager.

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The Korea Football Association is the governing body of football and futsal within South Korea.

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La Liga

The Campeonato Nacional de Liga de Primera División, commonly known as the Primera División or La Liga and officially as LaLiga EA Sports since 2023 for sponsorship reasons, is the top men's professional football division of the Spanish football league system.

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Liverpool F.C.

Liverpool Football Club is a professional football club based in Liverpool, England.

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London

London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.

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Major League Soccer

Major League Soccer (MLS) is a men's professional soccer league sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation, which represents the sport's highest level in the United States.

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In association football, the manager is the person who has overall responsibility for the running of a football team.

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Melbourne

Melbourne (Boonwurrung/Narrm or Naarm) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in Australia, after Sydney.

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Michel Platini

Michel François Platini (born 21 June 1955) is a French football administrator and former player and manager.

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Mohammed bin Hammam

Mohammed bin Hammam (محمد بن همّام; born 8 May 1949) is a Qatari former football administrator.

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News of the World

The News of the World was a weekly national "red top" tabloid newspaper published every Sunday in the United Kingdom from 1843 to 2011.

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NFL International Series

The NFL International Series is a series of American football games during the National Football League (NFL) regular season that are played outside the United States.

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North America

North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.

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Paul Hayward (journalist)

Paul Hayward (born 6 January 1965) is a British sports journalist and author of 'England Football - The Biography (1872-2022)' - a 150-year history of the England men's team.

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Phil Murphy

Philip Dunton Murphy (born August 16, 1957) is an American politician, diplomat, and financier serving as the 56th governor of New Jersey.

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Premier League

The Premier League is the highest level of the English football league system.

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Premier League Asia Trophy

The Premier League Asia Trophy (formerly the FA Premier League Asia Cup) is a biennial pre-season association football friendly tournament in Asia. Game 39 and Premier League Asia Trophy are Premier League.

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The Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) is the trade union for professional association footballers in England and Wales.

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Rafael Benítez

Rafael Benítez Maudes (born 16 April 1960) is a Spanish professional football manager and former player.

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Relevent Sports Group

Relevent Sports Group (RSG) is a New York City-based sports media company and promoter of sporting events.

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Richard Masters is a British football executive.

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Richard Scudamore

Richard Craig Scudamore CBE (born 11 August 1959) is an English sports executive.

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Rick Parry

Richard Nicholas Parry (born 23 February 1955) is the current chairman of the English Football League (EFL), the former chief executive of Liverpool, the original CEO of the Premier League and a board member at New York Cosmos.

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Rod Eddington

Sir Roderick Ian Eddington AO FTSE (born 2 January 1950) is an Australian businessman.

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Round-robin tournament

A round-robin tournament or all-play-all tournament is a competition format in which each contestant meets every other participant, usually in turn.

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Roy Hodgson

Roy Hodgson (born 9 August 1947) is an English football manager and former player, who most recently managed Premier League club Crystal Palace.

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Roy Keane

Roy Maurice Keane (born 10 August 1971) is an Irish football pundit, former coach, and former professional player.

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The Royal Spanish Football Federation (Real Federación Española de Fútbol; RFEF) is the governing body of football in Spain.

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Rupert Murdoch

Keith Rupert Murdoch (born 11 March 1931) is an Australian-born American business magnate, investor, and media proprietor.

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The secretary of state for culture, media and sport, also referred to as the culture secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with overall responsibility for strategy and policy across the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

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Seed (sports)

A seed is a competitor or team in a sport or other tournament who is given a preliminary ranking for the purposes of the draw.

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Sepp Blatter

Joseph Sepp Blatter (born Josef Blatter; 10 March 1936) is a Swiss former football administrator who served as the eighth President of FIFA from 1998 to 2015.

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Sherman Antitrust Act

The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 is a United States antitrust law which prescribes the rule of free competition among those engaged in commerce and consequently prohibits unfair monopolies.

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Sky Sports

Sky Sports is a group of British subscription sports channels operated by the satellite pay television company Sky Group (a division of Comcast), and is the dominant subscription television sports brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

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Southeast Asia

Southeast Asia is the geographical southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Australian mainland, which is part of Oceania.

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Steve Bruce

Stephen Roger Bruce (born 31 December 1960) is an English professional football manager and former player who played as a centre-back.

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Sunil Gulati

Sunil Gulati (born July 30, 1959) is an American sports administrator who presided over the United States Soccer Federation (USSF) from 2006 to 2018.

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Supercopa de España

The Supercopa de España (Supercopa d'Espanya), also known as the Spanish Super Cup, is a super cup tournament in Spanish football.

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The Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph, known online and elsewhere as The Telegraph, is a British daily broadsheet newspaper published in London by Telegraph Media Group and distributed in the United Kingdom and internationally.

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The Football Association or the FA is the governing body of association football in England and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Independent

The Independent is a British online newspaper.

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Time zone

A time zone is an area which observes a uniform standard time for legal, commercial and social purposes.

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UEFA

The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA; Union des associations européennes de football; Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football.

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United States Soccer Federation

The United States Soccer Federation (USSF), commonly referred to as U.S. Soccer, is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and the official governing body of the sport of soccer in the United States.

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Victoria (state)

Victoria (commonly abbreviated as Vic) is a state in southeastern Australia.

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Wembley Stadium

Wembley Stadium (sometimes referred to as The New Wembley and branded as Wembley Stadium connected by EE for sponsorship reasons) is an association football stadium in Wembley, London.

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Zurich

Zurich (Zürich) is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich.

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2010–11 Premier League

The 2010–11 Premier League (known as the Barclays Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 19th season of the Premier League since its establishment in 1992.

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2013–14 Premier League

The 2013–14 Premier League (known as the Barclays Premier League for sponsorship reasons) was the 22nd season of the Premier League, the top-flight English professional league for men's football clubs, and the 115th season of top-flight English football overall.

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2026 FIFA World Cup

The 2026 FIFA World Cup, marketed as FIFA World Cup 26, will be the 23rd FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international men's soccer championship contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game_39

Also known as 39th game, International round.

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See also

2007–08 in English football

2008–09 in English football

Premier League

Proposals in sports

Sports business

References