Simple and stylish from Werder fans. Check out our post Atemlos; Hertha Away at Bremen for a tale of an epic Police – Football showdown at the Weserstadion.
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American Outlaws Hartford Chapter – Interview
The transcript of our interview with AO Hartford Chapter Treasurer Andy Leary. See the full post here.
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Describe the American Outlaws in 3 sentences.
AL: The American Outlaws [is the] unofficial supporters group of the US National Team, both Men and Women. It’s the part that’s trying to bring the atmosphere to the games and to the next level. It’s similar to Continue reading
From Germany To Boothferry
Seen on location in Hull!
Dynamo Dresden on tour. Otherwise known as; From Germany To Boothferry.
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Your Football Day
Calling all fanatics!
We are launching a new regular feature on From Boothferry To Germany called “My Football Day” in which we showcase the normal Match Day routine from fans and fanatics around the world.
One of FBTG‘s objectives is to share the ways in which support Continue reading
A Gobshite’s Ode to the Bundesliga Clubs
We brought you our ode to the London clubs. We brought you our ode to the Yorkshire clubs. Now it’s time to put down on paper the way we feel about our Bundesliga-Brüder.
Mainz fans are c**ts.
Schalke fans are aggressive c**ts.
The American Outlaws
“Come to an event”.
To cynical and subtle Europeans, nothing is a bigger cringe than American Sports culture. Cheerleaders, half-time shows, a sponsor for absolutely everything. And rows upon rows of adults festooned with a garish and nauseating array of stars and stripes. Flags, face paint, costumes…. the whole culture is so far from European Football tradition, it is easy to convince yourselves that Americans would never be able to “do” Football fanatic properly.
But Andy Leary is prepared with apt retort. “That’s the response. Come to an event and tell me about that after”.
This is the National Team fan group you really should know about.
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Ultras Aufkleber of the Week – Bayer Leverkusen
“Goatbusters”, a reference to Bayer Leverkusen’s close neighbours and major rivals 1. FC Köln, whose symbol is the goat. The “Rheinderbies” are always hotly contested affairs and feature quite a bit of bad boy behaviour, the next one between these two sides coming up on the 13th of May – the penultimate weekend of the Bundesliga season!
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The Future Football Superpower
In their masterpiece ‘Soccernomics’, Simon Kuper and Stefan Szymanski try to predict which nation will be the future dominant Football nation. They rank countries based on population size, success, GDP per capita and working-class population size; the metrics they believe contribute toward international success in the sport. Football’s low barriers to entry have made it thrive in cities and countries with large working-class populations. All you need is a ball to play. Thus, in theory, countries with larger blue-collar populations will produce better Footballers and are more likely to be successful.
Their prediction? Turkey. But there is one factor they didn’t take into account. Continue reading
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