"The lads had earned the right to have two games home and away to qualify for next summer's Under-21 finals, " Wilkinson said.
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Teams will play 18 games within their division: four games (two home and two away) against two of the teams in the division, five games (three home and two away) against another team in the division, and five games (two home and three away) against the remaining divisional opponent.
"The thing that annoyed me about the three games away from home this year is, the season we had the Uefa Cup final, we were told that nobody would be asked to play three games at home or away, " he said.
Now, we even host a tailgate party before USC home football games and will start hosting one before UCLA home football games.
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The need to study at cram schools in the evening, the tendency for students to unwind at 24-hour convenience stores on their way home and the lure of computer games at home means the trend is likely to worsen.
This season they only narrowly avoided relegation, and ended up playing their home games away from their home city of Rio de Janeiro, running away from the anger of their supporters.
Previously, the players would have cheeseburgers or chicken sandwiches when they got to the plane after road games and nothing after home games, leaving them more than eight hours removed from their pregame meal.
That gave the Mets seven home runs in their last four games at Citi Field, after hitting just 10 in their first 22 home games.
New York had scored eight times in its first two games on home ice.
Consider that most teams play 2 preseason games at home, and there are 32 teams.
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Winnipeg will play its next two games at home before going out on another four-game trip.
The Canadiens play two afternoon games at home this weekend against Buffalo and Ottawa.
"It's a hard draw because Exeter, a bit like ourselves, don't lose many games at home, " he said.
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The Snyders watched most Redskins games at home, spreading a blanket on the floor as if they were tailgating.
The Orange have now won a school-record 36 straight games at home, the longest active streak in Division I.
The Islanders, who play nine of their next 12 games at home, were playing their second on a seven-game homestand.
And it closes the season with 10 of its remaining 22 games at home where the Pacers are 21-3 since early December.
Earlier this year, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata said, ''I have doubts whether people will be wearing glasses to play games at home.
New York won three games at home against Washington, and figures to need three more against Boston to get out of this round.
The dramatic turn in fortunes since means he is just one match away from a record run of nine unbeaten games at home.
The task was never going to be easy against a Birmingham side that had been beaten only once in their last 23 top-flight games at home.
This shift toward watching games at home or in a restaurant is happening because fans are placing a decreasing value on the ballpark experience.
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But in the past he has dismissed the idea of playing in Wichita, saying Kansas needed to play nonconference games at home to generate revenue.
Weary October players had one less trip to make, and each of the higher seeds still wound up playing three of five games at home.
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"We also expect many U.K. consumers to spend their free time watching the games at home or with friends, rather than going out shopping, " Ms. Westnedge said.
"Many old friends call me up these days for help to get hold of one, " laughs Tokunaka Teruhisa, 51, who likes to play video games at home.
The Giants, who now have a World Series Championship to add to their local appeal, account for the three highest-priced games in Arizona this spring: home games in Scottsdale, Ariz.
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