Archive for September, 2007

There’s a Big Car Park Next Door

By Thomas Dunmore • Sep 30th, 2007 • Category: News & Notes

Debenham Leisure Centre might sound more like something out of The Office than a story related to English football’s most storied tournament, but that’s the key to the good old cliched romance of the F.A. Cup. This weekend, DLC prepared to take on the might of A.F.C. Wimbledon, a relatively big fish in the non-league […]



Photo Daily | September 29 | Black Star Ultras Prepare for the Match

By Thomas Dunmore • Sep 29th, 2007 • Category: Photography

Photo credit: dovytnbsu on Flickr, via the Pitch Invasion photo pool.



An American in Paris, With Scots

By Laurie • Sep 28th, 2007 • Category: World Football Culture

The Scotsman in the blue tartan kilt was swaying a bit as he put the condiments on his hot dog. “Ah’ve been drrrinking since nine o’clock this mornin’,” he cheerfully confided as we stood at the Parc des Princes concession stand, “but ah feel prretty good.”
He did seem to be feeling “prretty good,” as […]



Photo Daily | September 27 | Vetra Vilno vs. Legia Warsaw

By Thomas Dunmore • Sep 27th, 2007 • Category: Photography

Photo credit: mr_ipk on Flickr, via the Pitch Invasion photo pool.



Tom Wise on Alisher Usmanov

By Thomas Dunmore • Sep 27th, 2007 • Category: Politics and Economics

In a debate on the European Union’s common foreign policy on energy in the European Parliament on Tuesday — please, try to stay awake in class — Tom Wise, UK Independent Party MEP, put onto the record some of Craig Murray’s revelations about Alisher Usmanov.
Thomas Wise (IND/DEM). – Madam President, when the EU talks of […]



Photo Daily | September 26 | Mazovia vs Viktoria, Minsk

By Thomas Dunmore • Sep 26th, 2007 • Category: Photography

Photo credit: mr_ipk on Flickr, via the Pitch Invasion photo pool.



Around the (inter)net — September 26

By Thomas Dunmore • Sep 26th, 2007 • Category: News & Notes

Just a reminder that as ever, we’re looking for contributors and tips on stories as we hope to cover angles on football missed by the  media.  Drop me a line at tom@pitchinvasion.net if you have any ideas.  Some further reading in the meantime:

This year’s inflated Premiership ticket prices (EPL Talk)
Hill-Wood questions Usmanov’s credentials (The Guardian)
MLS-related […]



Photo Daily | September 24 | Scottish Fan

By Thomas Dunmore • Sep 24th, 2007 • Category: Photography

Photo credit: electroduo on Flickr, via the Pitch Invasion photo pool.



Serb and Albanian fans clash…in Chicago

By Thomas Dunmore • Sep 23rd, 2007 • Category: American soccer, Hooliganism

I should have attended the Illinois State Cup Final at the home of the Chicago Fire, Toyota Park, last Friday:
CHICAGO — A football game between Croat and Serb expatriates in Chicago was interrupted when Serb and Albanian fans started a fight.
The Sunday match between Croat Adria and United Serbs teams was stopped in the […]