- 1. Fans feel clubs too focused on global brands and do not care about their views ...
- (Stories)
- Survey from Football Supporters’ Federation shows local fans feel alienated from top-flight clubs, with ticket prices still a concern 3 August ~ Two-thirds of fans think top-flight clubs are focusing ...
- Created on 03 August 2017
- 2. Unconventional kits can taint fans’ views of a club’s greatest moments ...
- (Stories)
- Embed from Getty Images Southampton fans have wonderful memories of Matt Le Tissier but unfortunately many of his best goals came in Saints’ most grotesque kit ever 15 February ~ Matt Le ...
- Created on 15 February 2017
- 3. Nottingham Forest fans pin hopes for salvation on John Jay Moores takeover ...
- (Stories)
- ... FA Cup tie at Wigan should have been a chance for Nottingham Forest to find some form after gaining a solitary point from the last six league matches. These days Forest fans are well used to FA Cup campaigns ...
- Created on 13 January 2017
- 4. Fan Power ...
- (Clubs)
- ... fans certainly is. A year into their existence and the Independent Manchester United Supporters Association (lMUSA) are claiming limited success in their efforts to get Manchester United plc to take a ...
- Created on 14 May 1996
- 5. The Game by Stuart Roy Clarke with John Williams
- (General)
- ... work, through to the Premier League era of marketing and mega-riches. Included are the essential role of fans, their rivalries and the game’s meaning for them, together with outstanding chapters on village ...
- Created on 19 December 2018
- 6. How Neville Southall's Twitter account made him a hero of the left
- (Stories)
- Embed from Getty Images The former Everton and Wales goalkeeper's online comments have showed that football can break away from a culture of toxic masculinity 18 April ~ If you’re a football fa ...
- Created on 18 April 2018
- 7. It’s Not All About The Old Firm: Defying the odds in Scottish football
- (Clubs)
- ... club, especially the chapters on St Mirren, St Johnstone and Raith Rovers, would be an unusual thrill for some fans but reading about other people’s drinking exploits gets to be a bit wearying after 29 ...
- Created on 21 February 2018
- 8. Life during wartime: how the Second World War exposed football’s regional divides
- (Stories)
- ... some supporters. As one Northampton fan recalled: “It was great seeing all these internationals but I never accepted any of them as a Cobblers player because they could play for you one match and against ...
- Created on 08 November 2017
- 9. Owls and Blades prepare to resume hostilities in topsy-turvy Steel City Derby
- (Stories)
- ... behind sixth-place United, and it is now fans in the Hillsborough stands showing signs of discontent. Despite Wednesday’s recent league finishes they have good reasons to be frustrated, which have only ...
- Created on 22 September 2017
- 10. There’s always last year ~ Championship 2016-17
- (Stories)
- ... 2016-17 in the Championship is a blow,” said Brighton fan Drew Whitworth after watching his team miss out on promotion to the Premier League via the play-offs for the third time in four seasons. “At least ...
- Created on 27 July 2017
- 11. There’s always last year ~ League Two 2016-17
- (Stories)
- ... until the final day, when they thrashed Cheltenham 6-1 to take the title. It will have pleased Pompey fan Leon Tricker, who said: “Some will argue automatic promotion is a minimum requirement… I’ll be ...
- Created on 25 July 2017
- 12. Glasgow’s ghostly Cathkin Park stands as a warning to football’s wayward owners
- (Stories)
- ... for more than half a century. In fact the only clue that the Thirds played here are the crush barriers, painted scarlet by a devoted fan. The pitch is surrounded by shallow stepped terraces and a ...
- Created on 20 July 2017
- 13. The Man In The Middle: The autobiography of the World Cup final referee by Howard Webb
- (General)
- ... his errors. Fans of the teams he’s wronged may disagree, but he’s adamant that they were simply honest mistakes and refutes any suggestions of bias or of ducking difficult decisions. Make of it what ...
- Created on 25 January 2017
- 14. Our hopes for 2017 ~ part one
- (Stories)
- Embed from Getty Images From bitter schadenfreude and hopes of survival to the increase in fan-led initiatives, our writers set out what they want to happen in 2017 That people who keep going ...
- Created on 30 December 2016
- 15. AFC Wimbledon take big step towards Plough Lane return
- (Stories)
- ... AFC Wimbledon fans watch a match at Kingsmeadow, but they may soon be moving to a new stadium ...
- Created on 28 September 2016
- 16. Reactions to the Premier League’s £30 away ticket cap
- (March 2016)
- ... news was accompanied by a statement from the Premier League hailing the “unique status” of away fans. “They are essential for match atmosphere and stimulate the response from home fans that distinguishes ...
- Created on 10 March 2016
- 17. From Tashkent With Love
- (Clubs)
- ... and modern at the expense of what came in between. For Cardiff City the FA Cup win in 1927 looms with the same symbolic weight as 1966 does for England fans, while recent recall summons up unwanted red ...
- Created on 07 April 2015
- 18. Loyalty card
- (Fan culture)
- ... City fans, always sensitive to media bias. They even generated sympathy in neutral readers, who regarded them as unnecessarily mean-spirited and unfair, given the traumas the club had experienced and the ...
- Created on 01 January 2015
- 19. Pressure on Fabio Capello for Russia's rigid tactics
- (World Cup 2014)
- ... team's fans would turn against the manager. And so it proved following the 1-1 draw. Initially it was mostly black humour that appeared on the social networks – fans pointing out there was no ne ...
- Created on 03 July 2014
- 20. Croatia's players have chance to become national heroes
- (World Cup 2014)
- ... most fans had hoped for. But even months before the team set off for Brazil, ever since the draw was made, everyone thought the final group match against Mexico would decide whether Croatia qualifies fo ...
- Created on 23 June 2014
