December 2010
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Reviewed: Blickfang Ultra - Street Art Special...
Considering the original intention of this blog (yeah yeah, its broadened its horizons a little recently), it was with genuine excitement that a copy of Blickfang Ultra - streetart edition 2 fell into my hands.
First impressions, the cover is excellent, with a collage making up the title with styles that would grace any of the pages inside. This, disregarding the quite frankly ridiculous...
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Ultras against the Far-Right
A little while back, I got a request from a friend who needed a graphic designer to produce a flyer on a freemans for an event being held in a bookshop in Bonn, the former capital of Germany. With all the usual contacts being caught up with other matters, a mate and fellow FC fan (the one who is “in charge” if you hangaround with the RRF too much ;-)), volunteered to pull something together. The...
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Diffidati Con Noi!
A bit of rebel spirit, nicked from the awarding winning http://europeanfootballweekends.blogspot.com/ .
Bursaspor fans were banned from their own ground after trouble at a previous fixture with Besiktas. That didnt stop the directors trying to make up for the missing fans by creating their own atmosphere, nor the fans outside creating a racket.
Inspiring stuff. Go read about it!
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Alright there Cupcake!
Photo is from a few years back, but these have gotta be the best cupcakes in football!
All part of the pre-match club night, “Course You Can Malcolm”. Held before every home match, it offers local beer (generally Holts), local grub (the veggie option generally made by a volunteer) and a local band, plus all manner of other fun and games. Visit the site for more details:...
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The dream has ended...
..but contrary to what Nat King Cole sang, true love didnt die. A proud performance with a great atmosphere, despite the defeat. All captured by these highlights ripped by the Russian branch.
http://fcunited.ru/viewvideo.php?no=14
And our flares get described as “colourful” rather than “dark days”, like we are a continental side!
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Tifare Contro - Reviewed
As mentioned a week or two ago, I recently got my hands on a copy of Tifare Contro, a history of Italian ultras. Long before I got involved in the whole thing personally, I was fascinated by the Italian football fans, who I later learned were “ultras”. The terrace covering choreos, streams of confetti or till rolls and above all the flares. For me the more I learnt about it, the more it...
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Match goes pro-Pyro!
http://fcunited.no/static_files/match_mag_rochdale_3.pdf
Courtesy of the FCUM Nordic branch site, an upload of this weeks Match magazine (for non-UK readers, its a kids football magazine) which features FC’s trip to Rochdale in the cup. Loving the fact, a kids mag has pictures of flares in it!
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On the Ale
If the cold weather hasnt made you long for a nice pint of real ale, then the sight of one of the Princes (William? Harry? The older one, slightly balding one, you know who I mean), David “I’ll endorse anything” Beckham and David ”I’ll privatise anything” Cameron promoting England’s bid for the now seemingly bribe tarnished World Cup, surely will make...
