The traditional fanzine is making a comeback of sorts, writes Thom Gibbs It is hard to miss Mike Harrison. Head to Valley Parade when Bradford City are at home and he’ll be standing outside wearing a ...
... by William Barr in this slightly curious book whose title sums up the whole venture. Sickened by the excesses of top-flight football, Barr reasons that “real football” and “real fans” can be found at ...
... have spent six years taking their cameras to matches around the globe. And for most of the time, pointing them away from the pitch. With varied results. The main feature, Futbol Fanatico, is an hour-long ...
Fans complain about everything these days It may seem a bit churlish, given that fanzines generally and When Saturday Comes in particular started as and remain vehicles in which to voice concerns over ...
... malign plots against them, the rate at which their players harvest red and yellow cards seems unlikely to slow down. It’s not O’Leary’s or Wenger’s job to make themselves popular with fans of other clubs. ...
Phillip Cornwall & Tom Davies debate how having Sven-Göran Eriksson in charge of the national team will affect fan attitudes Yes ~ Who would have thought, a year ago, that losing to Germany could be ...
Ian Plenderleith looks at a few fan sites There are a handful of good reasons for visiting another club’s independent website, such as checking for neanderthal-free pubs, or the hosts’ opinion of the ...
... for the ordinary fan,” said the pleasant bloke from Wire TV which, several years ago, was one of the new cable stations. This proved to be an irresistible line. The idea that I had something to say allowed ...
... to be a vlogger | Outrage culture among football fans
Plus Cole and Fabregas: Do they get a fair press? | Scunthorpe's new grounds | Martin O'Neill returns to Forest | The other teams in Belgrade | Hu ...
... competition. Schools and colleges – or at least those who manage their sites – have cottoned on to the financial benefits of building artificial pitches for hiring out, and people who fancy a kickaround ...
... and recall of his sources. It adds to the integrity of a fascinating and insightful book that ought to be enjoyed far beyond Manchester City’s fanbase.
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... 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 ...
by Daniel Gray Bloomsbury Sport, £9.99 Reviewed by David Stubbs From WSC 380, November 2018 Buy the book
Daniel Gray attended his first football match 30 years ago. That might seem an age but to ...
... fans in the months following the 2012 Port Said Stadium attack, and Davide Tidoni’s multiple works draw on his lengthy observational relationship with the ultras of Brescia. ULTRAS KARAOKE, which superimposes ...
Whether you keep them in an old shoe box or put them up on a wall, ticket stub collections are a small part of what defines the match-going fan
13 August ~ It’s 1983. I’m 13, about to attend my ...
... value but some fans could do even better simply by writing to clubs themselves and asking for free stuff, enclosing the necessary stamped-addressed envelope. The quality, or quantity, of clubs’ response ...
... to Derby County in the title run-in, Nick Hornby comes away from a production of King Lear that evening wondering what the man’s problem was.
At the quiet end of the spectrum, I know a West Ham fan wh ...
... managers, players, fans or god knows who, all born out of love, ironic affection and exasperation at the game Pelé once described in a trite phrase that doesn’t deserve to be so much more renowned than ...
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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 ...
by Robbie Dunne Pitch Publishing, £9.99 Reviewed by Huw Richards From WSC 374, March 2018 Buy the book
If Brighton-based Pitch Publishing did not exist, football fans would need to invent them. ...