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“I am a child of the sun, docile and simple. Perhaps it is because I am close to the land and have the ease of mind which comes from that; I cannot take anything seriously for long, not even football.”
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Garrincha
WORDS: VADIM FURMANOV
Last weekend saw Ukraine’s biggest derby game end in yet another victory for the all-powerful Shakhtar Donetsk. Now, after years of unchallenged hegemony, one Dynamo Kyiv supporter asks how this great club has come to be living in Shakhtar’s shadow and when, if ever, they will reassert themselves…
WORDS: LAYTH YOUSIF
The MLS may be a relatively new league, but the passion of the Great Northwest Derby, between Seattle Sounders and Portland Timbers, runs deep. We take a look at a rivalry based on two distinct civic identities, with a hostility driven by subtle distinctions in principles and ethos…
The rivalry between Mexico and the USA doesn’t need much extra spice but, for the first generation Mexican-Americans living north of the border, there is a big decision to be made. Dominic Bliss spoke to US soccer fan and journalist, Luis Bueno, about a dilemma that involves much more than sport…
WORDS: TOM BARNETT
Hooked by the sights, the sounds, the smells during a snore draw with Huddersfield, it’s fair to say picking Bristol City on the back of a 0-0 at Ashton Gate was not the most glamorous beginning to a footballing love affair. But joyous pitch invasions and tear-stained defeats were just around the corner…
WORDS: TOM BOURNE
Wearing his Port Vale tracksuit into school the morning after a 6-0 defeat showed the world that Tom Bourne was truly in love with his club and, while the glory days of John Rudge may have been followed by a dismal descent, he remains smitten with the club his Dad first introduced him to in 1987…
WORDS: SIMON HARRISON
Born during the season that Blackburn Rovers won the Premier League, this young supporter has seen Ewood Park turn from the hopeful den of ambitious overachievers into a grumbling pit of unease in little more than a decade. He explains how enthusiasm turned to suffering after the Venky’s takeover…
WORDS: LORENZO VICINI
With their shirts of pink and black, representing the sweet and the bitter sides of life, US Citta di Palermo are a club with a unique identity. While they represent the biggest city in Sicily and the fifth-largest in Italy, the Rosanero are still viewed as underdogs, but they just love upsetting the odds…
WORDS: VINCENT FORRESTER
The past two decades have been a bountiful time for Celtic. One fan reflects on 20 years spent getting to grips with his club’s place in the Glasgow bubble and the complex world of Scottish football…
INTERVIEW: DOMINIC BLISS
You may have seen #SOSRealOviedo trending on Twitter recently and wondered what it was all about. We spoke to the man behind the hashtag, Sid Lowe, about the fight to save one of Spain’s grand old clubs by selling cheap shares to thousands of concerned football fans around the world…
WORDS: JASON CORLISS
As the MLS has grown, it has attracted better players, global coverage and, most importantly, its fan base has developed alongside it. Ultra groups and choreography are no longer restricted to European and South American stadia and, as this New York soccer fan explains, it’s been an emotional journey…
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