Minneapolis, Twinned with Reykjavik

Minnesota Vikings fans

The 2016 European Cup will be remembered for 4 things; 1) Wales’ emergence as a tournament dark horse, 2) Will Grigg’s reported perpetual state of flammability 3) how boring it was and 4) the Iceland Clap. We should probably extend that to the Icelanders’ amazing support throughout, but “The Clap” was so universally popular it had bookies betting which Premier League fans would be the first to replicate it. That’s not really materialised but the Iceland Clap is now being performed by fans elsewhere (I vividly remember a video posting of a Vietnamese fangroup getting it on post victory).

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Ultras Aufkleber of the Week – Hapoel Tel-Aviv

Considered Israel’s leftist team and one that is very popular among Israeli Arabs. But you still gotta question the eligibility of Israeli teams to compete in European competition…. #justsayin.

Ladies and Gentlemen, the Ultras Hapoel of Hapoel Tel-Aviv.

Ultras Hapoel

We’re hoping to get to a game out there one day. If you’re a Hapoel fan, help us make it happen and we’ll feature you!

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5 Unique German Clubs

Bundesliga Football tickets

This post is a part 2 to Club Comparison, England and Germany; an entry that was very popular. In that post, we tried to match DFB and FA clubs based loosely on their characters and identities. In this post, we take a look at some of the German clubs that simply stand out too much to be coupled with an English equivalent. Enjoy.

Bayer Leverkusen

In 1904, a group of employees Continue reading