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Are the English fans behind England?
Take the Afternoon Off. I’ll be popping on the telly this afternoon and hoping, against all odds, that the ball can get into the back of the net. For England, of course. But I may be a lonely fan. We have just run a survey which shows that it’s not just the England team that’s…
Korea DPR has hired football fans?
As I was sitting at home working, I thought I would watch the Portugal vs Korea DPR game just for the heck of it. Apart from the boring performances both teams tried so hard to put up, it wasn’t long before I was yawning like I haven’t slept in days. The first half goal from…
The Wayne Rooney Incident- Is it Acceptable To Boo Your Team
After England’s lacklustre performance against Algeria the fans that had travelled thousands of miles to see their country play, elected to jeer the players off the pitch after one of the most abject displays in modern English international football. England fans everywhere will empathise with the actions of those in the stands at Cape Town,…
Portugal, welcome to South Africa
Maria from South Africa emailed us about something very interesting her daughter has been up to. Her daughter’s name is Levonne De Freitas and she happens to be a big Portugal fan. In a bid to welcome Portugal to her land, South Africa, she pimped up her car to express her support and passion for…
Football Nomad: World Cup 2010 web-documentary
Football Nomad, an independent web-documentary combining film and social media to share the color and excitement of the 2010 World Cup, is set for launch on June 4. Brisbane-based brothers Andrew, 24, and Patrick Weber, 18, will travel the world armed with a laptop, Handycam and with the support of enthusiastic locals, aim to provide…
2010 World Cup Safety Tips For Fans
Not long to go before the World Cup and we have the Foreign and Commonwealth Office warning England fans who will be driving in South Africa about safety when travelling this summer. These warnings are not specifically for the English fans – neither will the South Africans treat the English fans indifferently – but all…
View from the Stands: Liverpool and Birmingham City fans discuss upcoming match
Quick! Name the team that’s been the most pleasant surprise of the Premier League season? If you answered Tottenham, you’d be wrong. Most figured they were on the cusp of breaking into the top four or five in the league. No, the team that’s shocked people more than any other this year has to be…
Podcast: Fan ownership, Man United in Europe and Brazil expert Fernando Duarte (29 March, 2010)
A timely boost for fed-up fans, the managerial futures of Gianfranco Zola, Sven Goran Eriksson and Roy Keane, plus football’s major embarrassments are all up for discussion on this week’s show, hosted by Adrian Clarke & Iain Spragg. O Globo’s well-respected Brazilian football expert Fernando Duarte also stops by for a chat with the boys. …
Football’s guilty pleasures
Danny Last, from the blog European Football Weekends talks about his footballing guilty pleasures. A guilty pleasure is something one enjoys and considers pleasurable despite feeling a trifle of guilt for doing so. Should we fear others discovering our lowbrow fascination with Eastern European floodlights and Real Zaragoza’s ”deepest goal nets in Europe” or is that “guilt”…
Give us back our Orange Ball!
Stuart Fuller, from the Blog The Ball is Round tries to find out where the orange ball has gone. In the first week of February I ended up through a variety of reasons in Barrow-in-Furness. Of course it was timed to co-incide with a game, more specifically Barrow AFC’s game with Luton Town. After weeks…
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