When the news broke yesterday about plans in Milwaukee to host an MLS team at Milwaukee Mile, the oldest operating motor speedway in the world (according to Wikipedia), the soccer blogosphere and Bigsoccer posters all had a moment of rare unity: utter madness, they cried! Bad enough we’ve had to watch soccer games at [...]
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From the man who wanted to bring in electric fences to Stamford Bridge in the 1980s come these words of moderation, conciliation, and fan friendly compromise to Leeds protesters:
What a few fans are trying to do is cause trouble. They wouldn’t give a s**t if Vladimir Putin bought the club as long as it was [...]
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Actually, I’ve never been to an ice hockey game, so I’m not making the comparison myself. But in a feature for Canada’s CBC, a soccer-neophyte reporter is blown away on a visit to BMO Field to watch Toronto FC in the supporters’ section.
Whilst fans of rival MLS teams who have been supporting their team avidly [...]
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UEFA gets tough after Balkan violence (Reuters Soccer Blog)
Who will watch the Earthquakes? (Soccer Silicon Valley)
Non-league football thriving (2oopercent)
New England fans torch RBNY shirts (The Offside Rules)
Footballers’ wages put off fans (ESPN Soccernet)
Iraqis savour win (Al Jazeera English)
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Or do they want consumers, perhaps? Disturbing news out of New York (or rather, New Jersey), as Tim at Notes From a Soccer Junkie reports on heavy-handed security at last nights New York Red Bulls-Chivas USA game:
Paid attendance was a miserable 10,500+ for a nationally televised scrap with a decent side from the Western [...]
