The Basque country has long held notions of their linguistic, ethnic and historical distinctiveness from the rest of Spain. For a long period, regional autonomy was guaranteed through fueros or a series of laws allowing for independent control and decision-making for the region. This system was wiped out under the constitutional reform of 1876 that...
Have you heard of the stadium where the midfield line lies exactly on the equator, or so it is believed? One of the teams defending the Northern hemisphere, while the other the Southern. Estádio Milton Corrêa, usually known as Zerão, is a multi-purpose stadium located in Macapá, Brazil and is used mostly for football matches. In 1990, the work on...
""Football started as an outlet for the working man because life was so rubbish that he had to go and do something and take his mind off his problems.That something was standing on a miserable terrace somewhere at a ground where there were absolutely no facilities whatsoever.Catching the odd glimpse of a ball in the masses of people. That was...
"" I remember it being a shilling to get into Anfield. As a teenager, it was forty pence.At that time, my dad was earning forty quid a week - fifty if he was lucky. This is one hundred times what I was paying to go the match. My dad was an average working man.Now, a ticket costs fifty pounds. The...
The first barra of Universitario was founded in 1968. A group of students from middle class and high class sectors, residents of the exclusive district San Isidrio, decided to frequent the matches of their team more regularly. They started to come together on the East Tribune of the stadium and their numbers multiplied. Soon they officially...
Portsmouth is a naval town with a proud working class tradition. Many of the hooligans were drawn from estates such as Paulsgrove, which was to take people who had lost their homes during WWII.
Today we will take you to Norway. Maybe for many of us it is a beautifull but cold country in the North of Europe, but we want to show you that people are warmhearted and very passionate about their local football.
Vernatsch is a groundhopping fanzine with a style. If you had the chance to purchase a copy, you could read about the author´s impressions of the football and fan culture in countries such as Vietnam, India, Eastern Europe or South East Asia. You get tips how to spend your time in the country when there is no football played.
A group of groundhoppers from Ukraine, who call themselves Kopankomandry will be introduced today. There are five guys, coming from different parts of the country. Some of them supports Dynamo Kyiv, others Vorskla Poltava or Metalurh Zaporizhia and there is a supporter of Mykolaiv.
1. Topic: History of the group:
Francesco Consigli, the author answers my questions on the book and the fans scene in this small seaside town in Tuscany. The book is an extraordinary collection of historical information and photographs of the ultras movement in Forte dei Marmi since 1976.
This time a different kind of fanzine will be introduced. Revista ULTRA´is a Romanian fanzine which deals with the utras scene in the country...
We will meet this time an another Polish groundhopper, who talks about his passion...
A small group from the German Regionalliga will be introduced this time.The members of the "Brigada UnitA" group will describe the fans scene in Auerbach in four topics:
Pestszentlorinc is located in the 18th district of the Hungarian capital. In 1930, it was the largest village in Hungary with 30,000 inhabitants. It took six years to seek recognition from the Ministry of the Interior so that Pestszentlorinc could become an independent town. On January 1, 1936, the effort became a reality and for 14 years it could...
A new groundhopping fanzine is on the horizon. Four travellers from Germany have decided that their advantures have to be commemorated with the aid of a booklet. The new project is called Alter Hut which in the German slang stands for something that you already know or have seen. German Groundhoppers refer to the stadiums they have already visited...
An interesting group of fans from Italy will be introduced to our readers. This country and its citizens are known for their passion for sport. Not only football is very popular in Italy, but we also have to mention basketball, volleyball, water polo, Formula 1, ice and field hockey and futsal. The Armata Giallo Blu encourages the futsal team...