Articles discussing football fans.
I may as well get this out in the open straight away: I’m a York City fan. One who is aiming to get to every single one of our Conference league matches next season, starting on Saturday. Those two sickening revelations out of the way, it’s only...
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Written by Simon Hood. Comments Off
The football community is abuzz with last Tuesday’s unexpected episode of hooliganism at Upton Park, the Championship League draw, and some excellent football matches this weekend. There’s also the ‘over-the-top’ outrage at...
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Written by Soccerlens. Comments Off
As a young star-struck kid, like most of my peers, my unswerving ambition was to meet some of my heroes (all footballers needless to say), get an autograph… a photograph even, and become the envy of my football crazy mates.
It never actually...
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Written by BD Condell. 16 comments
As we amble through the ‘most amazing transfer season ever’, drunk on the memories of the ‘closest title race ever’ from last season and looking forward to what surely must be ‘the most exciting Premier League season ever’,...
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Written by Ahmed Bilal. 26 comments
Fans of Stirling Albion FC (a Scotland Second Division club) have had a substantial bid to buy the club rejected by the current owner.
The offer, from the Stirling Albion Supporters’ Trust, which met the sale price (thought to be £300k) placed...
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After a summer of discussion, controversy and the dominance of Manchester City and Real Madrid in the transfer market, club football has finally returned to our lives albeit in a non-competitive format.
Obviously after the seemingly endless...
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Written by Kristian Downer. 6 comments
The crowd are tense. The home team are losing one nil, and are pushing forward in search of an equaliser. Wave after wave of attack is repelled. Eventually the striker snaps off a shot that goes agonisingly wide. The crowd groan, then, in defiance...
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Written by Gary Andrews. 6 comments
Walking to the paper shop a couple of weeks ago, I had that ‘forgot something’ feeling. I tapped my pockets to make sure I had my usual essentials in tow; wallet, phone, keys. All there, but something still wasn’t right. I knew I hadn’t left...
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Written by Gary Toal. 9 comments
Watch the FA Cup final live here.
Chelsea began the 2008/2009 season with astronomical expectations and a new manager in place, the fans and...
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Written by Kristian Downer. 10 comments
The rotation of players by Guus Hiddink for Chelsea’s win against West Ham this weekend was unsurprising now that Chelsea now have a minimal chance of winning the league and a crunch game against Barcelona in midweek.
Fortunately for Chelsea...
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Written by Kristian Downer. 18 comments
