The History of Boxing Day football
Every year on Boxing Day, English football fans are treated to a post-Christmas gift. The joy of holiday football is enjoyed by millions of fans in Great Britain, and with …
Read More →Walk down Anfield Road today, and you will find a football stadium being ushered into the modern football era. Anfield has been the home of Liverpool Football Club since the team’s birth in 1892. …
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Today we chat with GP, who supports Arsenal by blood, and Borussia Monchengladbach, Fiorentina & Germany by choice. He was born and raised in Canada, playing football with his team-sized family as soon as his …
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Today we chat with Ian Thompson, 54, a lifelong Chelsea supporter originally from the UK but now residing in Canada.
1) What is your earliest memory of being a home fan?
Best memory is when my Uncle …
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I was looking through some of our photos of Sheffield United’s Bramall Lane taken when the ground was still used as an “out” ground for Yorkshire County Cricket Club. Yorkshire CCC had been the original …
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I have been rereading “Inverting the Pyramid” by Johnathan Wilson for the umpteenth time. The book gives an overview of evolutions in soccer tactics over the century plus of such things and is always enjoyable …
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Bob Bradley has the wrong accent. That’s not why he was fired, Swansea’s woeful showing ensured that, but from when he was hired there were mutterings in the English media about how Bradley sounded. They …
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Today we chat with Colin Williams, 58, a lifelong Manchester United supporter from the UK.
1) What is your earliest memory of being a home fan?
a) As a 7 year old boy at Old Trafford.
2) What …
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White Hart Lane – 1899;
Built 116 years ago, the lane has undergone several major overhauls. The most noticeable of which was overseen by the famous stadium architect Archibald Leitch, taking the capacity of White Hart …
Two weekends ago, on October 22nd, Ipswich Town made the trip to St. James’ Park to play Newcastle United in a Championship match. Newcastle were relegated from the Premier League at the end of the …
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