Comments on: Photo Daily: A Right Bunch of Dicks http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2009/11/13/photo-daily-a-right-bunch-of-dicks/ A soccer blog featuring essays, news and photography exploring soccer around the world Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:59:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: blinds http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2009/11/13/photo-daily-a-right-bunch-of-dicks/comment-page-1/#comment-15932 blinds Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:51:46 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/?p=4567#comment-15932 I agree, they would be thrown out ! I agree, they would be thrown out !

]]> By: Chris Taylor http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2009/11/13/photo-daily-a-right-bunch-of-dicks/comment-page-1/#comment-14782 Chris Taylor Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:46:06 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/?p=4567#comment-14782 As a bit of background, that quote comes from a Time Out magzine article about Manchester, which can be read here: http://www.timeout.com/manchester/feature/2009/3/Labour_party_returns_to_Manchester.html The full quote is: Our dissent is not always explicitly political. When the US businessman Malcolm Glazer added Manchester United to his portfolio of sporting franchises, a group of disenchanted fans defiantly resolved to set up their own club. Variously described and derided as ‘brave rebels’, ‘irrelevant outsiders’ and ‘a right bunch of dicks’, the group stuck to their guns and formed FC United of Manchester. Their inspiration was AFC Wimbledon, set up when Wimbledon moved north and became the Milton Keynes Dons, but FC United nonetheless stands as living testament to that peculiarly Mancunian talent for gazing at the world in all its wonder, thinking for a minute, and then muttering: ‘Nah, that’s bollocks. This is how we’ll do it…’ As a bit of background, that quote comes from a Time Out magzine article about Manchester, which can be read here:

http://www.timeout.com/manchester/feature/2009/3/Labour_party_returns_to_Manchester.html

The full quote is:

Our dissent is not always explicitly political. When the US businessman Malcolm Glazer added Manchester United to his portfolio of sporting franchises, a group of disenchanted fans defiantly resolved to set up their own club. Variously described and derided as ‘brave rebels’, ‘irrelevant outsiders’ and ‘a right bunch of dicks’, the group stuck to their guns and formed FC United of Manchester. Their inspiration was AFC Wimbledon, set up when Wimbledon moved north and became the Milton Keynes Dons, but FC United nonetheless stands as living testament to that peculiarly Mancunian talent for gazing at the world in all its wonder, thinking for a minute, and then muttering: ‘Nah, that’s bollocks. This is how we’ll do it…’

]]> By: Eirik Solberg http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2009/11/13/photo-daily-a-right-bunch-of-dicks/comment-page-1/#comment-14597 Eirik Solberg Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:54:16 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/?p=4567#comment-14597 That is nothing. As long as it is not racist l we can write anything aat my club in Norway (Vålerenga). I dont know why the americans are so uptight... That is nothing. As long as it is not racist l we can write anything aat my club in Norway (Vålerenga). I dont know why the americans are so uptight…

]]> By: Sam http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2009/11/13/photo-daily-a-right-bunch-of-dicks/comment-page-1/#comment-14458 Sam Sun, 15 Nov 2009 05:22:26 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/?p=4567#comment-14458 Amazing what sports fans can get away with in Europe. If someone had a sign like that at a North American sporting event, they would probably be thrown out. Cheers. Amazing what sports fans can get away with in Europe. If someone had a sign like that at a North American sporting event, they would probably be thrown out. Cheers.

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