One of the hardest bunch of thugs we’ve come across. Check out our post ‘A Balkan Adventure‘ for the full story of our trip to Bulgaria to see CSKA Sofia play in the Balgarska Armia Stadium.
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The Irresistible Lure of Germany
In this guest post, Chris Lee, founder of Football travel and culture blog Outside Write, describes how he first fell for German Football and how the Bundesliga experience has probably helped change attitudes toward Germany among English Football fans.
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It’s the evening of 13 July 2014. I am sat in a packed bar in Balham, South London, enduring yet another turgid World Cup final. I can’t remember a good one since 1986, when the opponents were (almost) the same: then it was West Germany and Argentina. Continue reading
Pogonophiłia
Eastern European Football fans are very much feared in the West, something I’m certain they take great pride in. And few come scarier or harder than the Poles. We picked a game, took out some Złoty, called up fellow blogger Between Distances and hopped the border to watch Pogon Szczecin take on Ruch Chorzów to see just how scary they get.
Right now in 2016, Polish fans have an awful reputation abroad. Be it the story of player Dominik Koszowski Continue reading
About Last Night
Pogon Szczecin vs Ruch Chorzów. We travelled down with fellow blogger Between Distances to the Stadion Miejski im. Floriana Krygiera for the match and were not disappointed. Epic choreo, epic people, epic prices, epic day.
A more detailed post to follow.
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Ultras Aufkleber of the Week – Chemie Leipzig & Eintracht Frankfurt
Chemie Leipzig and Eintracht Frankfurt fans celebrating their friendship. This is quite a cool piece by the two sets of fans, amazing choreos!
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A Question of Capo
SUMMARY: a Capo ensures in-game fan organisation to optimise how impressive the support sounds and looks, as all fans have clear instructions what to sing and do. But having a single person leading all chants and songs sacrifices the wit and humour often associated with terrace life, something that has characterised English Football support for generations.
From Boothferry To Germany is a blog that explores and celebrates Football culture Continue reading
A Gobshite’s Ode to the London Clubs
The way in which a Londonphobe judges fans of each and every Football team in the capital….
Arsenal fans are c**ts.
Atemlos; Hertha Away at Bremen
It was a group of Hertha-mad friends that steered me toward the Blau-Weiße Alte Dame, and an Away Day was something of an eventuality. Down the pub you’re always chatting about terrace life, and these boys had criticism for the atmosphere at English stadia, or rather, lack of it. Naturally that was something I disputed quickly. But the story of my second Hertha BSC Away Day made me understand just what exactly they were talking about. This is that story. Continue reading
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