Blogs about: Football Violence
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My latest piece for Pitch Invasion looks back on the black weekend Argentine football has just experienced, and explains some of the issues behind the security operations, and what might be considered… more →
Hasta El Gol Siempre
Violence casts shadow over famous win
wrote 1 month ago: The Egyptian football association could face disciplinary action after FIFA announced on 20th Novemb … more →
Player Dementia and the Fan's Dilemma: Is Watching N.F.L. Football Unethical?
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wrote 1 month ago: It is Sunday, and much of America is ready to settle in front of millions of wide-screen, high-defi … more →
Sticks and Stones, Mr Savage
wrote 2 months ago: Robbie Savage. Don't say anything about his mum. Eternally annoying footballer Robbie Savage was … more →
The Curse of Hooliganism
wrote 2 months ago: A black mark was permanently stained into Bosnia and Herzegovina’s history books on Sunday with the … more →
The Firm - Review (Film)
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wrote 3 months ago: Being a Millwall fan brings it’s own prejudices with regard to hooligans and that whole footba … more →
Conflict on the Airwaves
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wrote 4 months ago: During the past two weeks, as you know, I’ve been working at the hospital and during those two … more →
Football Violence
wrote 4 months ago: In scenes reminiscent of those I’ve seen on video from the 1970’s (i was too young to se … more →
Away days
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wrote 7 months ago: Finding myself in Glasgow on Friday afternoon with a couple of hours to kill I opted for a trip to t … more →
Champions’ League Final - A gladiatorial contest, on and off the pitch
wrote 7 months ago: Unless you are completely disinterested in football or have been living under a rock with really poo … more →
Is that blood, or kebab sauce?
wrote 7 months ago: Only in Glasgow on the morning after a football match could it seem like a normal question, but on m … more →
Ten Reasons To Watch The Stanley Cup Playoffs
wrote 7 months ago: 1. Hockey is played on ice skates 2. Hockey is a contact sport 3. Hockey is the only team sport othe … more →
Four Shot At Football Match As Thousands Run For Their Lives: Jamaica? Guyana? No... Barbados!!!
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wrote 1 year ago: Welcome To Your New Island The Barbados Advocate and the Nation call the shootings an “inciden … more →
24 November 1908
wrote 1 year ago: Violence on the football field is not a new phenomonen as evidenced by the following report that app … more →
Qype: Stal Rzeszow speedway in Rzeszów
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wrote 1 year ago: Rzeszow I remember watching the lead up to England playing Poland in the world cup in 2006. Every ne … more →
Football Fans Brought Hand Grenades
wrote 1 year ago: Some fans of the 1. FC Brno football club have a very strange idea on how to show the team spirit. O … more →
Some reading matter
wrote 1 year ago: My latest piece for Pitch Invasion looks back on the black weekend Argentine football has just exper … more →
When will this end?
wrote 1 year ago: The day after Vélez Sársfield fan Emanuel Alvarez was shot dead on his way to see his team play a ga … more →
Black Saturday
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wrote 1 year ago: Two matches have been postponed on Saturday in the Primera A, after a Vélez Sársfield fan was killed … more →
Los Borrachos are at it again
wrote 1 year ago: Sadly familiar scenes in Retiro. Two hours before Wednesday night’s Copa Libertadores match be … more →
