Who Are Eastern Suburbs AFC?

April 17, 2019 ~ From Boothferry To Germany ~ Leave a comment

On Sunday the 31st of March 2019, the Eastern Suburbs AFC became only the 4th team to win the ISPS Handa Premiership in its 15 year history. The outfit from Southeast Auckland finished second in the Premiers of New Zealand’s leading national Football league before defeating the powerful Team Wellington 3-0 in the playoff final.

What’s more, the club’s highest ever position in New Zealand’s top tier of club Football means that the Eastern Suburbs will now compete in international competition for the first time when next season’s OFC Champions’ League gets underway. If the recent performance of Auckland’s Football clubs in international competition is anything to go by, the Lilywhites may just well make it to the FIFA Club World Cup, where Continue reading →

Ultras Aufkleber of the Week – UE Sant Andreu

Image ~ April 14, 2019 ~ From Boothferry To Germany ~ Leave a comment

One of Catalonia‘s lesser known clubs, but the leftist “Desperdicis” of UE Sant Andreu make for a colourful bunch.

Sant Andreu pegatina

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Preston Road Graffiti Jam

Image ~ April 11, 2019 ~ From Boothferry To Germany ~ Leave a comment

Two of us joined in with the festivities down at the abandoned Preston Road estate in East Hull this weekend. While it was not Football related, the second edition of the North’s most exciting subculture event certainly fits into the category of Football culture.

Little did we realise it at the time, Banksy’s piece Continue reading →

The Ball And The Bodega

April 1, 2019April 1, 2019 ~ From Boothferry To Germany ~ 3 Comments

I arrived in Jerez de la Frontera not just to sample some of and learn about the city’s legendary fortified wines, but to also meet with members of El Kolectivo Sur; the only ultra group to have represented their city in all levels of Spanish professional and semi-professional Football. What surprised me however is the way in which the city’s great drinking tradition is so readily visible in the Football culture in this fine Andalusian city.

There exists an enduring myth that the word “Sherry” derives Continue reading →

Ultras Aufkleber of the Week – Cádiz CF

Image ~ March 21, 2019 ~ From Boothferry To Germany ~ Leave a comment

The Brigadas Amarillas tie their colours very firmly to the Antifa mast.

Ultras Cádiz stickers

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El Kolectivo Sur – Interview

March 19, 2019March 19, 2019 ~ From Boothferry To Germany ~ 1 Comment

El Kolectivo Sur is the ultra group of Xerez Deportivo CF, a young Football club from the Spanish city of Jerez de la Frontera founded by fans as financial wobbles hit Xerex CD, the stalwart La Segunda outfit for long periods of time. We caught the club’s home league fixture against Atlético Espleño before grabbing a cold Cruzcampo with two of the group’s leading members to talk about Football support in the Sherry City. Both Continue reading →

Akhmetov’s Own Goal

March 12, 2019 ~ From Boothferry To Germany ~ Leave a comment

Current Ukrainian Premier League champions and former Europa League victors Shakhtar Donetsk FC is one of Ukraine’s leading Football clubs. The vivid black and orange colours that adorn their kits are perhaps appropriately symbolic of the dark and fiery political struggle that threatens the future of those living in the Eastern Donbas region that the club calls home, and possibly even the club itself.

Two oblasts comprise what is known as “The Donbas”; Luhansk and Donestk, names that Continue reading →

Ultras Aufkleber of the Week – York City

Image ~ March 11, 2019March 11, 2019 ~ From Boothferry To Germany ~ Leave a comment

This week’s design comes from the Minstermen, named after York’s giant ecclesiastical edifice that stands close to the site where Constantine was proclaimed as the Roman Emperor thousands of years ago. We couldn’t care less for the city’s greatness however, and decided to stick our own Aufkleber on top of this one after taking this photo.

York City ultras