It’s been a tough 24 hours as an English football fan. And our American readers will be delighted to learn, via Steven Goff, that “Steve McClaren is scheduled to run a clinic during the National Soccer Coaches Association of America convention in Baltimore Jan. 16-20.” Good Lord.
So to cheer all of us up […]
MLS isn’t the only country crazy (or rather, cold) enough to conclude its championship in November. Last week, ФК Зенит Санкт-Петербург — or FC Zenit St Petersburg for the cyrillically challenged — won the Russian Premier League for the first time (they were victorious once in the Soviet championship, too, in 1984). Having the […]
I would not like to take a penalty in front of Urawa Reds’ supporters at their Saitama stadium, myself. Watch this shootout from an Asian Champions League semi-final against South Korea’s Seongnam Ilhwa last week, and marvel at the spectacle of the giant flags. It’s really no surprise they won, is it?
(By the way, we’ll […]
Yesterday, we took a look at Vojvodina Vozdovac fans in the Serbian Cup Final against the more well known Red Star. Today we take a peek at who they were up against — some of the most intense fans in Europe, as this greatest hits video shows. Please, for your own aural health, mute the […]
You might well never have heard of Serbia’s Vojvodina Vozdovac, who surprisingly appeared in the first ever Serbian Cup final against Red Star this year. And they lost 2-0 to the much better known team.
Still, their 2000 fans — particularly the “Red Firm 1989″ group — had a hell of a day out, as this […]
A lot of tifo is about fans going wild; setting-off flares, and generally creating as much of a riot of colour and noise as possible. Doing this intimidates the opposition and drives on the ultras’ team. It’s all part of what is considered ultras culture.
The Korean fans below, who we’ve featured before, have a vastly […]
Turkish stadiums are often turned into wild spectacles, as we’ve featured before, but this video takes the proverbial biscuit. I’m not sure when it happened, but if anyone knows more, leave a comment and let us know.
In recent weeks, we’ve featured several remarkable photos of Indonesian football supporters: as ursus actos noted in the comments, the passion displayed is both remarkable and surprising.
Also in the comments were links from Yusuf, a filmmaker who features Indonesian football culture. The following clips from youtube offer inticing teasers of his work.
The Jak:
The Conductors […]
We’ve been highly remiss here at Pitch Invasion in not posting any tifo videos for a while. So let’s gorge for a few days. I’m going to try and avoid the very biggest teams, and so we start with FC Zürich versus FC Lurzen, in a 2005 cup final.
More FC Zürich after the jump.
