English Premier League's West Bromwich to face Charleston Battery Friday - Charleston Post Courier
West Bromwich manager Tony Pulis wanted to take a short walking tour of downtown Charleston and had one place in particular he wanted his players to see — Emanuel AME Church. West Bromwich’s entire entourage, nearly three dozen strong, including members of the coaching and support staff, strolled five blocks from their hotel to Calhoun Street and the site of the shootings. Dylann Roof, 21, an avowed white supremacist, is accused of shooting nine people who gathered at the church for a Bible study meeting last month. “It was all over the television and in the newspapers,” said Ideye, a native of Nigeria, who was in England when the shooting occurred. Ideye hopes that Friday’s match against the Battery will bring a brief respite from the grief for soccer fans around the Lowcountry. It’s only the second time an EPL team has come to the Lowcountry and faced the Charleston Battery. The last time was in 2010 when the Bolton Wanderers defeated the Battery, 2-0, in an exhibition match. The Baggies will be the fourth team from England — Sunderland A. F. C. (2004), Bolton (2010) and Portsmouth F. C. (2011) — to face the Battery in the last decade. “The EPL has a worldwide audience of more than four billion people,” said Charleston Battery president Andrew Bell. Source: www.postandcourier.com
