Riporto questo interessante articolo, apparso su ilmanifesto.it Nella foto: coreografia per Juventus-Bordeaux allo stadio Comunale, anno 1985 "Domenica, a Genova, la partita dei tifosi sampdoriani è iniziata ben prima delle 15. Si sono radunati alle 12.30 davanti alla stazione di Brignole e da lì sono partiti in corteo fino allo stadio Luigi Ferraris.

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G.M. ha 15 anni. E' seduto su un seggiolino di formica nella sala d'attesa del reparto di rianimazione dell'ospedale Maggiore di Bologna. Una porta a vetri che si apre solo dall'interno, e dopo aver suonato un campanello, è il fossato che lo divide dal padre tenuto in coma farmacologico e in prognosi riservata: è stato colpito da un pugno con una pietra in pieno volto.

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Recently quite a few San Jose supporters made the trip down to LA to support the Quakes vs Chivas USA. Well it appears that Chivas USA supporters plan to return the favor:

THE UNION ULTRAS WILL BE TAKING A ROAD TRIP TO SAN JOSE TO SUPPORT OUR BELOVED GOATS! WE WILL BE LEAVING ON SATURDAY 10/11/08 @ 8 AM FROM THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AND RETURNING RIGHT AFTER THE MATCH. Click to continue reading...

For the fans of Red Star Belgrade, being considered a violent hooligan is a badge of honor. The ultras are more organized than the footballing directors of some clubs, and the games can and often do take a back seat to the extracurricular activities in and around the stadiums. So when a Red Star fan, [. Click to continue reading...

Attention local Chivas USA Fans,

The Union Ultras will be hosting a viewing party on September 20th at the Blackwatch Pub in Upland. The party starts at 5:30PM and Chivas USA plays at 6PM vs. Real Salt Lake. If you are a fan of Chivas USA or interested in watching the match with 50 rabid fans you are more than welcome to attend!

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In both Newcastle and Liverpool, thousands of supporters plan to march in protest against the owners of their respective clubs.

Members of a Liverpool supporters group named Spirit of Shankly intend to march to Anfield in protest against the club's American co-owners, Tom Hicks and George Gillett. Click to continue reading...

We love N*E*R*D and we love what's going on in San Jose so we were compelled to post this.


1906 Ultras Promo from Harvey Rañola on Vimeo. Click to continue reading...

Suffice it to say, the opening week of the Serie A season hasn't gone so well for Napoli fans. Yes, their team fought hard for their draw with Roma in the derby, but because of a group of, quite frankly, idiots, that's the last away game they'll be able to attend all year long. One [...] Click to continue reading...

From Joe Cannon's humorus blog on the 'Quakes website:

"Beating the best team in MLS by four goals, along with a full moon created a weird night out at Buck Shaw. (We really should rename the new stadium when we play there...the house that Joe Cannon built sounds wonderful huh? Click to continue reading...

Chivas USA versus the new and improved Quakes in a major clash for points for two playoff desperate teams.

I ran into Sacha Kljestan's dad, Slavko, in the elevator. He looked at the Free Kick magazine, where his son is the coverboy and said, "Who is that guy?" The younger guy with him (a friend of Sacha? Click to continue reading...

Il 30 agosto a Torino si svolgerà una manifestazione nata per iniziativa dei migliaia di tifosi juventini del web. "Non sarà una manifestazione contro la campagna acquisti", dicono gli organizzatori, ma un modo per non far passare in sordina il secondo anniversario dalla nefesta estate di calciopoli.

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Valencia 4-0 Gimnastic de Tarragona (30:09:06)

Manolo, el del bombo joins the European Football Weekends team.

Manolo's Bar - every drum a winner!

La Mestalla home to Valencia CF.

Why I thought you supported Atletico!? Yeah - whatever!

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We have been asked by Chris Lownds, of Toon Ultras, to help him and the rest of the lads working on the project, to get the word out. We 're delighted to help in any way we can. The Leazes Corner - we can even hear the noise over here in the USA    Click to continue reading...

Hannover 96 0-2 Vfl Bochum (04:11:06)
Borussia Dortmund 1-1 Arminia Bielefeld (05:11:06)
Heracles Almelo 0-3 Ajax (06:11:06)


A Hannover 96 toaster anyone!?

AWD Arena Hannover

Me on the Sudtribune - the largest terrace in Europe - hence silly grin. Click to continue reading...

JBC non dimentica.

Pubblicato da Massim. | Commenti Tags: racconti e parole, ultras

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Photo by Dean Taaffe Its been a strange week since the trip to Cobh. On Wednesday my Cousin, Fab and I traveled to Manchester for the UEFA cup final. We'd had all sorts of warnings about going as Rangers were in the final. They eat their babies, they'll burn you as a witch, you'll go straight [...] Click to continue reading...

When the season kicked off one thing that I was looking forward to was those long distance away trips. Due to the fall of the fixtures however, along with a particularly nasty infection hitting me at a most inopportune time, so far I've had to make do with the opening day's trip to Galway. Yesterday [. Click to continue reading...

Operation 'on the pitch' a success!

The Poljud Stadium

The welcoming sign on the pub door in the stadium (see below for details).



Hadjuk Split 02.05.08

You are left in no doubt whatsoever as you pound the streets of Split in Croatia as to who rules the roost in the City. Click to continue reading...

I have very few happy memories of trips to Belfield for Bohs games and Friday night didn't provide any either. I left work at five o'clock on what was a beautiful Friday evening. It was perfect for sitting outside and having a few beers but unfortunately I had to head up to Dalymount to pick up [... Click to continue reading...

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. Click to continue reading...

There was a recent thread on the Drogheda United forum about how deep you should bury a dog. I shudder to think what state the deceased animal was in as the forum member waited for his answer. Maybe it was in the freezer. Maybe the dog wasn't dead yet. Either way there was no debate [...] Click to continue reading...

After the relatively comfortable win over Rovers I was expeacting an easy win over Bray on Friday night at Dalyer. Do I never learn? Once again Bohs showed their inability to lift themselves for games against smaller teams. As Nutsy said before the game "you get the same points for beating Bray as for beating [. Click to continue reading...

Bohs fans at last season's FAI cup Semi-Final (Photo by Dean Taffe) The scenes at Tolka last Friday on the Ballybough end with the Bohs hardcore jumping up and down, singing and waving scarves in the air made me think about the Shed at Dalymount. Its famed glory days were of course before my time but [. Click to continue reading...

Friday night, ten o' clock, the Ballybough end in Tolka park was jumping. "We love you, we love you, we love you and where you go we follow, we follow, we follow". We'd just beaten Shamrock Rovers, our arch enemies 1-0 away with a goal scored by none other than Glen Crowe. That goal clinched [...] Click to continue reading...

  Ballybough End at last season's Tolka derby. (Photo source unknown - for creditation mail me) Its a glorious morning. Maybe there is some cloud in the sky but the sun shines through and bathes the city in a trancendent haze that matches my mood. Rovers. That one word sums up the full range of my emotions [. Click to continue reading...

  Photo by Dean Taaffe One residual effect of last Friday's action against Finn Harps  at Dalymount Park has been an ongoing discussion at the TheBohs.com forum about the NBB banner that read "€20 a score too far". This was a protest at the recent price increase of admission to games at Dalymount from last year's €15 tag. Click to continue reading...

Voglio parlare della vicenda accaduta ieri pomeriggio, che poi ha impedito lo svolgimento della partita di calcio Juventus-Parma. Ho finito di leggere da poco la ricostruzione dei fatti (almeno quelli a conoscenza finora) su giornali e su Internet, e traggo qui le mie conclusioni. Matteo Bagnaresi 27 anni.

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Well I hope you enjoyed all the articles written by Kev in the last couple of weeks but now its my turn to take up the story of the 2008 season once again. Friday night we faced Finn Harps for the first time in a few years. They'd been promoted last year and had started [...] Click to continue reading...

Rayo Vallecano 1-0 Universidad de Las Palmas 23:03:08 (12pm)

Real Madrid 2-3 Valencia 23:03:08 (7pm)

My brief whilst back in Madrid was to see two games of football in one day. Click to continue reading...

With Kev fast becoming the Mark O'Brien of the blogosphere, it falls upon me to discuss one of those questions that lingers in the subconscious of many League of Ireland football fans; How big do you want your club to get? With all the talk of promoting domestic football and looking towards an Al Ireland [. Click to continue reading...

It's Friday again thank Hunt! Tonight sees the first Dublin Derby of the season as we take on our less fortunate city cousins St. Patrick's Athletic. This has often been described as Dublin's friendliest derby. Granted there isn't the vitriolic hatred that exists between us and Rovers or the extreme distaste that we have for [. Click to continue reading...

After Liverpool's victory over runaway Serie A leaders Inter, the horrific possibility of another European trophy for the most mediocre of football giants has become a real possibility. May 25th 2005 was one of those horrific sporting moments in my life. Liverpool, three down to a far superior Milan side at half time managed to take [. Click to continue reading...

And I don't care about morals cause the worlds insane and were all to blame anyway And I don't feel any sorrow Towards the kings and queens of the butterfly collectors - from The Butterfly Collector (The Jam) Its finally here! The new dawn is upon us, rejoice! The beginning of the football season for me is an occasion for [. Click to continue reading...

"You're obliged to pretend respect for people and institutions you think absurd. You live attached in a cowardly fashion to moral and social conventions you despise, condemn and know lack all foundation. It is that permanent contradiction between your ideas and desires and all the dead formalities and vain pretences of your civilization, which makes [. Click to continue reading...

 Photo by Dean Taaffe "I've been waiting such a long time, looking out for you But you're not here What's another year?" Those lyrics, sung by Bohs hero Johnny Logan could almost be about our now five year (six seasons) wait for league title glory. Still, at least it's not fourteen barren years coupled with twenty one years of homelessness. Click to continue reading...