If the rest of the world thinks Major League Soccer is a Mickey Mouse league, what would they make of the level below that, the United Soccer Leagues First Division? Well, if they saw the crowd from the Portland Timbers final regular season home game of their USL season, they might think it’s a [...]
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Football and the scouse/manc divide (BBC News)
Beckham’s mishandling bad for all (USA Soccer Spot)
Flares at Red Star training session (Who Ate all the Pies)
8/10 Italian fans fear violence (Guardian)
Grant Wahl on diversity in US soccer (Culture of Soccer)
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Rangers and Celtic of Glasgow are renowned for their historic enmity; yet the most notorious football riot of the pre-World War One days in Britain saw the two sets of fans united in a pitch invasion at the 1909 Scottish Cup Final.
That riot at Hampden Park was one sparked by frustration, as supporters of [...]
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Supporters of the Premiership club have come out in favour of abandoning Gooidson Park and moving to bigger digs on Liverpool’s outskirts. As BBC Sport explains:
The club balloted more than 36,000 supporters on the move, which chief executive Keith Wyness described as “the deal of the century”.
Everton vowed to abide by the outcome of [...]
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Football-related violence in Italy and Argentina has hit the headlines many times in 2007. Reuters reports that Milan fans have been banned from Genoa’s stadium this weekend, as reprisals for violence that took place over ten years ago are feared:
AC Milan fans will be banned from attending Sunday’s Serie A opener at promoted [...]
