Seen in Bali, as you can probably guess. Persija Jakarta is one of Indonesia’s big clubs.
Football fans often don’t travel on away days in Indonesia, partly thanks to the complex geography and partly due to restrictions and bans. However, for various reasons, playing away against Bali United FC is often a season highlight for many Indonesian fan groups.
As usual, one of the first things I did when I woke up this afternoon was to scroll through my social media feeds. “Happy World Book Day!“. I normally take literal interest in such egregiously lame attempts to celebrate something for the sake of it, but, for some reason, I decided to consult your favourite search engine to check.
The search results were inconclusive. As far as I can tell, World Book Day falls either on the 5th of March or the 23rd of April, or possibly on both. Now, it is sad enough that the average person reads as seldom as they do. But devaluing such a pleasurable and rewarding act by lumping it in with these international days of “empowerment” twice really pissed us off.
Let’s fucking do away with “World Book Day” and encourage each other to Continue reading
Lechia Gdansk showing off their Baltic links in a wild Viking design.
The 2. Bundesliga’s biggest derby of the season is upon us. Hamburger Sport Verein is hosting FC Sankt Pauli this afternoon at the Volksparkstadion, and the atmosphere is set to be electric.
Anyone attending? Let us know how it is.
The challenge;
to organise and execute an FBTG Away Weekend watching Football in a city far away enough to require travel and a stay overnight without spending more than 100€.
Last week we deliberately Continue reading
A great design seen in West Yorkshire brought to us by the Animals of CSKA Sofia, the most successful club in domestic Bulgarian Football.
January sucks.
The weather remains as cold and dark as it was in December, but the pre-Christmas cheer has been entirely replaced by an emotional hollowness further compounded by the fact that we’re all broke. With so much post-party penny-pinching persisting, travelling to watch and write about Football becomes a lesser priority. But halfway through a bowl of soggy discount cereal this morning, an obvious question Continue reading
What you see in that cover photo is the contents of two book shelves in my room in a shared flat in the northern suburbs of Seville. The titles with crosses on them are those that I have already poured through. The remainder are all books that Continue reading
