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Hamburg Derby
The pros and cons of pyrotechnics at football have long been discussed, including on this very blog. Whether a fan or not of them though, it would take a rabid rightwinger to suggest the answer to stopping the use of flares and smokebombs is for the police to expose a large section of the crowd to the risk of serious injury.
St Pauli beat HSV 1-0 in the derby on Wednesday night, a moment that fortunately can and should be treasured by the vast majority of fans, who were unaware of what was going on in other parts of the ground. Nevertheless, a pause for thought around police tactics is urgently needed. A report from the website European Football Weekends…
http://europeanfootballweekends.blogspot.com/2011/02/hsv-v-fc-st-pauli.html
FCUM A.D. Established 2009. Yeah, I know what you are thinking, FC United of Manchester was established in 2005, not 2009. Well here Im talking about FCUM A.D., that is a blog (the very blog you are currently clicking about on) and some (but not all) of the activities documented within.
Whats it all about? Getting off your arse and doing something. Not watching the match in the pub, not even just turning up once in a while to the ground, but dedicating time to pushing things on a notch. Whether its knocking out fanzines, running radio shows, producing banners and choreos for matches or running around town late at night making the walls and lampposts look prettier with football club related stickers, paste ups, graffitis or tags.
The A.D. is short for Art Department, thats vague enough to incorporate plenty. This blog started out concentrating just on the stickers and streetart bit, but it likes to cover other things too. As the Germans would say "blick über den Tellerrand". Is it all Grade A? Probably not, but as Minor Threat sang "You tell me that I make no difference. At least I'm fuckin' trying. What the fuck have you done?" :-D
Supporters not Consumers.
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