Archive for April, 2008

It’s in the (inter)net! April 30

By Tom Dunmore • Apr 30th, 2008 • Category: Links

Well, it might piss off Buzz Bissinger, but I’m going to link to some of crazy things called blogs again.



Photo Occasional | PSG

By Tom Dunmore • Apr 30th, 2008 • Category: Photography

BOULOGNE BOYS ....



The Biggest Game in the World

By Sam Kelly • Apr 30th, 2008 • Category: Features

Sam Kelly previews the superclásico this weekend, as Boca Juniors take on River Plate.



The Price of Progress: Lewes FC

By Tom Dunmore • Apr 29th, 2008 • Category: Non-league football

When I saw Lewes FC, a Non-League football team in the south of England, play last December, little did I know they were on their way to a huge promotion and tumultuous changes that threaten the heart and soul of the club.



Football in Finland: 2008 Preview

By Egan Richardson • Apr 28th, 2008 • Category: World Football Culture

Egan Richardson previews the coming football season in a place many of us know little about — Finland.



Playoffs in the Premier League?

By Tom Dunmore • Apr 24th, 2008 • Category: Politics and Economics

North American soccer fans often hope the structure of English football might some day be introduced into American soccer. Yet ironically, it’s actually somewhat more likely that the reverse will happen: might the Premier League adopt playoffs?



Racism in Poland: What you didn’t see on the BBC

By Michal Karaś • Apr 23rd, 2008 • Category: Hooliganism

A recent BBC report painted Polish football as unrelentingly grim, violent and racist. Whilst there remains unacceptable behaviour that needs to be eradicated, Polish fan Michal Karaś argues the report exaggerates the issue.



1-0 to the Arsenal

By Tom Dunmore • Apr 22nd, 2008 • Category: World Football Culture

From George Graham’s parsimonious pragmatism to Wenger’s peons to the beautiful game, Arsenal’s philosophy of football has shifted dramatically in the past twenty years. How do long-term football fans deal with such dramatic transitions of what their club stands for?



The Passion of Cienciano

By Michael Coroneos • Apr 18th, 2008 • Category: World Football Culture

An MLS fan heads to Cuzco in Peru, and finds a new level of footballing passion. Michael Coroneos reports on Cienciano vs. Flemengo.