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It’s in the inter(net)! [January 21]

By Tom Dunmore • Jan 21st, 2008 • Category: Uncategorized

Liverpool’s fate hanging in the balance today (Fanhouse)
Jack Warner thwarted in the Carribean (Sunday Herald)
Remembering Garrincha (Run of Play)
Ghana struggling to cope with African Cup (Reuters Soccer Blog)
George Weah to  join Valiente Koriyama? (Japanese Non-League Football)
MLS fans at the Superdraft (Fanhouse)
The Europeanisation of African football (The Times)
Landon Donovan: The Best (Who Ate All The Cupcakes?)
Around […]



Exploring the Africa Cup of Nations

By Tom Dunmore • Jan 7th, 2008 • Category: Uncategorized

With the Africa Cup of Nations just a matter of thirteen days from opening in Ghana, I’m hoping to put together a chunky Pitch Invasion feature on African football to coincide with the event. As usual, we’re looking for writing and photography that explores things not covered by the mainstream football media.
So if you’d like […]



The Lower Leagues in Italy

By Vanda Wilcox • Jan 4th, 2008 • Category: Uncategorized

Editor’s note: As we’ve spent all week looking at non-league football in England, I asked our columnist in Italy, Vanda, to explain the world below Serie A and B there.
When it was suggested that I could write something about lower and non-league football in Italy, my initial reaction was Eek. Most Italian football fans are […]



Non-League Football, a Primer: Part One

By Tom Dunmore • Jan 1st, 2008 • Category: Uncategorized

In collaboration with Bill Turianski from the brilliant billsportsmaps.com website, today we present a basic primer on the English football pyramid as we continue the week’s non-league theme.
Some of you might be well versed in this already, but it will be useful for those perhaps hazy about the levels that fall below the Premier League […]



A Day Out at the Dripping Pan

By Tom Dunmore • Dec 29th, 2007 • Category: Uncategorized

The Dripping Pan: no-one seems to know quite why, but that’s the name of Lewes F.C.’s home ground, and it sure beats the Emirates for evoking the curious and archaic history of British football. On Saturday, I watched East Sussex’s county town take on Havant & Waterlooville Football Club in the Conference South (known for […]



Fabio Capello: Can a Manager Change the Identity of a Team?

By Brian Phillips • Dec 14th, 2007 • Category: Uncategorized

England are on the verge of appointing a new manager, which means that it’s a day to have opinions. If Italianness is not a quality you look for in a football coach, this is not the day to keep your thoughts a secret. If you had a dream about David Beckham last […]



Photo Daily | December 6 | Belgrade Scarf Battle

By Tom Dunmore • Dec 6th, 2007 • Category: Uncategorized

Thanks to the photos of Jon Hall on Flickr, we bring you the first ever Pitch Invasion scarf battle from Serbia. It’s “the eternal derby” in Belgrade, 24th February 2007 .
First, Red Star Belgrade fans:



World Cup 2018 Candidates: 2. China

By Antonio Gramsci • Dec 6th, 2007 • Category: Uncategorized

Editor’s note: China. The elephant in the room when it comes to the 2018 World Cup. Knowing he was recently in China, I asked my blogging friend from Gramsci’s Kingdom to give an overview of their bid, in the second of our series on the World Cup 2018 candidates (see part one on the […]



Catania – Palermo, Ten Months On

By Vanda Wilcox • Dec 4th, 2007 • Category: Uncategorized

Editor’s note: Most of you will have noticed that we often linked to Rome-based blogger Spangly Princess during the recent crisis in Italy. Well, she’ll now be writing regularly for Pitch Invasion, and today brings us an update on the Catania-Palermo rivalry, ten months on from the death of a policeman that marked the previous […]