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Fewer goals take luster off U.K. soccer
(AP)
Updated: 2005-09-21 15:23
Lampard said that the sight of 13,000 empty seats at Stamford Bridge for last
week's 1-0 Champions League victory over Belgium's Anderlecht is a rarity.
"A big deal was made about one game. There's a lot of football on TV but we
still get a lot of full houses," Lampard said. "We get great support and a lot
of teams up and down the country get it as well."
But Chelsea and Liverpool aren't the only teams being labeled with the boring
tag. Bolton and Blackburn played a recent 0-0 tie that was panned by the critics
because both teams made sure they didn't lose.
"There was not much entertainment, but necessity overrides that," said Bolton
manager Sam Allardyce, who is being touted as a possible successor to England
coach Sven-Goran Eriksson. "You keep your job with points on the board."
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