Articles discussing football fans.
I’m not alone. I know I’m not. A twenty-something (twenty four if you wanna get picky about it) lad from the suburbs, who for as long as he can remember has been hooked on one thing. Not girls, not cars, not cricket. Football. The Beautiful...
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Written by Neil Jones. 11 comments
Indubitably, the face of football is changing – dramatically. I use the last word well aware that many of you might prefer another adverb of choice, but I find emphasis to be expedient. Verily, it cannot be denied that every weekend while we...
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They just never learn, do they?
After a summer of overspending and overambition, the recent news coming from Rushden and Diamonds doesnt come as too much of a shock.
We all knew it was promotion or bust, and we all knew it would go wrong...
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Written by Shaun Murphy. Comments Off
English Liverpool’s fan group, ShareLiverpoolFC, issued an eight month countdown today to the final deadline for club owners Tom Hicks and George Gillett. The group announced that when the financial crunch comes, ShareLiverpoolFC will bid to...
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Whether you’re a Gooner, a Geordie, or a Kop, the most obsessed of us lot all have one thing in common – at one point or another, we’ve all been hurt and betrayed by our beloved football club before.
It’s the kind of...
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Written by Guest Authors. 21 comments
The year had to have been 1998. I remember dragging an old, decrepit, yellow blanket down the stairs from the upper level of the house I lived in. Out of habit, I checked the calendar: the date read October 1. For whatever reason, I had neglected to...
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Admission prices have rocketed at Deportivo La Coruña. The average cost for a ticket to see my local team play Real Madrid in the opening game this season was about €55 (₤40). To British fans, and especially those following English...
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The Ronaldo saga, possibly the most tedious bout of “will-he-won’t-he” transfer talk ever, was the bane of most United fans lives over the summer. Here we were, champions of England, champions of Europe, and all anyone wanted talk...
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Written by Penguinissimo. 22 comments
America and soccer have never had much more than a tepid amateur relationship. The paradox of this relationship resides in the fact that there are more soccer players in the United States than England, France,...
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Written by Will Roche. 21 comments
There were a couple of unsavoury crowd incidents last weekend in the Premiership. They’ve rightly received a lot of attention, which has a lot to do with how rare this kind of behaviour has been in the top league over the last few years.
Every...
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