Expansion
Despite there being a limited number of suitable venues for league expansion, there have been various attempts during the EIHLs lifespan thus far to expand the league. After the successful addition of the Braehead Clan and the Dundee Stars for the 2010-2011 season, the EIHL reported that it had attempted to enter discussions with the Fife Flyers formerly of the defunct BNL, and then resident in the SNL. The matter was finally resolved when on 24 June 2011, it was confirmed that the Fife Flyers had been admitted to the EIHL in time for the commencement of the 2011-2012 season.
Further to this, Neil Black, owner of the Nottingham Panthers and Braehead Clan has expressed the desire to see a Manchester team back in the EIHL by 2015, along with teams in Dublin and London, subject to there being suitable venues available.
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