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football.db - Open Football Data
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New `football-to-sqlite` build tool - load / read football.txt match datafiles (e.g. English Premier League) into a SQLite database
Inspired by the datasette {db,dbf,markdown,geojson,shapefile}-to-sqlite series added the missing football-to-sqlite tool that - surprise, surprise - lets you load / read football.txt match datafiles (e.g. English Premier League, German Bundesliga, Spanish La Liga 2020/21, etc.) into a sqlite database.
Reorg - New `football.db` Datasets / Repos for Europe and South America
Reorganized the football.db datasets a little. The /brazil country repo is now /south-america and includes datasets from Argentina and more countries upcoming.
football.csv - Now Auto-Updated Every 24 Hours via GitHub Actions Workflow / Build
A first little experiment using GitHub Actions for more automation. The football.csv datasets for
`football.db` - New 2020/21 Seasons - Top 5 Leagues Added - England, Spain, Italy, Germany, France
Added the match schedules for the top 5 leagues for the new 2020/21 season:
football.db - League Quick Starter Sample - Mauritius Premier League - Create Your Own Repo/League(s) from Scratch
Added a new quick starter sample using the Mauritius Premier League to get you started creating your own leagues/cups/etc. from scratch.
football.db - New 2015/16 Seasons - English Premier League, Bundesliga, And More
The plain text football fixtures for leagues, teams, match schedules, stadiums, and more that you can read with the sportdb command line tool into your SQL database of choice now includes the 2015/16 seasons for the English Premier League, the Deutsche Bundesliga, the Italian Serie A, the Spanish Primera División and more. Any league missing? Add your league.
Added Open Football News & Updates Feed - `/atom.xml`
Updated the News & Updates section on the football.db - Open Football website. Now you can subscribe to the news feed. Thanks to news syndication via web feeds you can now find the football.db News on the Planet Open Data, for example.
Added `football.db` Quick Starter Datafile Templates - `$ sportdb new `
The sportdb command line tool now includes a new quick starter template command to (auto-)download Datafile scripts from the new openfootball/datafile registry.
New `football.db` Build System - Welcome `./Datafile`
The sportdb command line tool includes a new build system (as a new and easier all-in-one option).