Blanket Tv Coverage has Really Suffocated Premiership Crowds, Says Caldwell

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STEVE CALDWELL believes blanket television coverage of Premiership football is to blame for the tumbling attendances which have injected financial fear into some of English football's biggest clubs.

The Scotland defender and his Sunderland side returned to the top flight this season, but the excitement appears to have been diluted since their last adventure in the top league.

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Blanket Tv Coverage has Really Suffocated Premiership Crowds, Says Caldwell

Attendances at the Stadium of Light have been, on average, 17,000 shy of capacity this season - an image mirrored at a host of Premiership grounds.

While the SPL has been the subject of boom-time talk, wit...

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