tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3038469189580052948.post1742451405253337154..comments2023-06-29T13:35:04.205+01:00Comments on As A Dodo: The People's Game 1863-2007GPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03278044925902870638noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3038469189580052948.post-12610647178172079072007-02-11T14:25:00.000+00:002007-02-11T14:25:00.000+00:00Try non-league. Real people supporting real player...Try non-league. Real people supporting real players who play for real clubs.<BR/><BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.margate-fc.com" REL="nofollow">Da 'Gate</A>Jeremy Jacobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02014279463894807064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3038469189580052948.post-35990674735157144482007-02-11T02:13:00.000+00:002007-02-11T02:13:00.000+00:00Very little is sacred to the great god excess of i...Very little is sacred to the great god excess of investable income and not enough places to put it with either an emotional link or a chance it might turn a bob. Here in Australia there is a great deal of jingoistic rubbish being spun around the sell off of the Flying Kangaroo to some of those private equity funds.Colin Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14991363859883869289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3038469189580052948.post-31126207573495887202007-02-08T07:46:00.000+00:002007-02-08T07:46:00.000+00:00Beautiful post. Great tragedy. R.I.P.Beautiful post. Great tragedy. R.I.P.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3038469189580052948.post-29226542532461233522007-02-07T11:53:00.000+00:002007-02-07T11:53:00.000+00:00garethc - just for you here's the paragraph we omi...garethc - just for you here's the paragraph we omitted for reasons of space ...<br /><i>The depth of the unity founded on a mere ninety-minutes of on-pitch "action" (a footballing term which, by tradition, applies just as much to a nine-goal stunner as to a rain-affected nil-nil draw) could be seen not merely by the fact that so many thousands were willing to face the prospect of half-time pies whose contents bore only dubious relation to the innards of any recognised food animal but also by the willingness of those same thousands to band together in the hours after the match, merrily wandering from public house to public house, doling out cheery kickings to any opposing team member who might happen across their path.</i>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3038469189580052948.post-23219296276810802042007-02-07T11:41:00.000+00:002007-02-07T11:41:00.000+00:00I agree to you to a point - but you seem to have o...I agree to you to a point - but you seem to have omitted about 3 decades from the 60's to the 80's when hooliganism was rife, where organized crews would travel up and down the country for pre-arranged fights - not to mention such incidents as Heysel & Hillsborough. The list goes on. We've gone too far now, but I think it's a shame your rose tinted specs seem to make you think we've moved straight from "jumpers for goalposts" to the "prawn sandwich brigade" - there is plenty of history in between!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com