From the backstreets to the grandstands, this is the league that echoes your heartbeat.
The Global Premier Football League isn’t just a spectacle; it’s your reflection.
It’s the pulse of your generation, a celebration of unity in diversity, and a testament to the undying spirit of football fans worldwide.
With every cheer, every chant, and every shared moment of exhilaration, you shape this league as much as it shapes you.
Your world, your emotions, your league – let’s make history, one unforgettable match at a time.
Or something to that effect, right?
We have been slowly building out the Global Premier Football League concept over the last few months. Playing games, seeing the league table grow, watching the stats evolve, producing summaries, shaping some of the players and coaches…
Basically getting a feel for the GPFL world, what works, what doesn’t, who are the stars, which clubs are our powerhouses, and which aren’t.
When we say we, we actually mean me. There’s only one of us involved so far, and just doing what’s been done to this point is fairly time consuming when trying to fit it in around family, work, real-life football, and everything else.
So please bear with me, for now, as I make my way through this project, figuring out where it should take us, who is who, what is what, and which stories should be told.
The GPFL is nearing the end of its first two week break*. It’s been a good time to rest, reflect, and for everyone – especially me – to have some much needed time off. We get back into it this Wednesday with the next full round of games.
Will Union Buenos Aires and London City FC fight it out for the title? Could one, or more, of the chasing pack mount a credible challenge?
Are Johannesburg Rush and Toronto Athletic destined to be the league’s season-long strugglers, or will they piece together the sort of run that has shot Emirates United up the table?
Can Argentine superstar, Rico Cocci, continue his goal scoring pace and bring home the Golden Boot, or will Richard Casey, Mark Ives, Andre Peters, Ranieri Lettiere (or someone else) chase him down?
Or is it all just too early to tell?
Check in each week to find out.
Dwayne Barlow
Founder, GPFL
*Further breaks will be scheduled in due course. I’m sure we’ll all need them.
3 - 0Wembley Stadium, London LONDON CITY FC vs HONG KONG TRADERS |
2 - 1Stadium Australia, Sydney HARBOUR CITY vs CONSTANTINOPLE FC |
1 - 0Stadio Olimpico, Rome ETERNAL ROMA vs UNION BUENOS AIRES |
1 - 1Singapore National Stadium, Singapore MARINA BAY FLYERS vs LA ICONS |
2 - 0Metropolitano Stadium, Madrid CIUDAD DE MADRID vs NEW YORK CAPITALS |
3 - 2Japan National Stadium, Tokyo TOKYO YOKOHAMA UNITED vs SHANGHAI PEARL |
1 - 3BMO Field, Toronto TORONTO ATHLETIC vs ESPORTIVO RIO |
2 - 2Azteca Stadium, Mexico City CF AZTECA vs PARIS METROPOLE |
2 - 1Allianz Arena, Munich OLYMPIA MUNCHEN vs JOHANNESBURG RUSH |
1 - 1Zayed Sports City Stadium, UAE EMIRATES UNITED vs AL-QAHIRAH STARS |