football
Football comic art launch at Cardiff’s Andrew Buchan bar – exhibition runs till Feb 2016
On Saturday, I was up in Cardiff for the launch of an exhibition showing original artwork from the Bluebird Jones football comic I was involved with from 1993-1995. 0
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Bluebird Jones football comic exhibition opens in Cardiff, 17th Oct – 1st Feb 2016
I’m chuffed to be able to announce that an exhibition of original artwork from the Bluebird Jones football comics will be opening this Saturday, 17th October in Cardiff. The exhibition …
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Fair Play for Palestine – activists protest ahead of Wales vs Israel UEFA Championship match, 6th Sept, 2015
A march and rally is taking place in Cardiff this afternoon in protest at Israel playing in the UEFA Championship. The team face Wales in the Cardiff City stadium at …
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The latest Cardiff City FC crest rebrand now features a weird red ferret/dragon thing
Readers of this blog will know that some time ago, I finally threw in the towel on my lifelong support of Cardiff City after one corporate rebrand too many. Happily, I found …
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Newport County sweep aside Plymouth Argyle on a dark and miserable Boxing Day afternoon
With the rebranded and corporatised Cardiff City no longer on my sporting agenda, we travelled to Newport on a wet and cold Boxing Day afternoon to watch the home team take on Plymouth …
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The hand-painted and hand made signs of Harrow Borough FC, north London
In line with the fan-run, no-budget, slightly ramshackle ethos, there’s often plenty of home-made and hand painted signs to be found around the grounds of lower league football teams. At …
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Ghostly football – players hunt the ball in the swirling mists of Surrey
Yesterday, I travelled to Surrey to watch Dulwich Hamlet take on the Metropolitan Police FC at their East Molesey ground. The game wasn’t that great – Hamlet lost 2-0 – but there were some dramatic scenes …
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Football fans to march to Premier League and Football League HQs to demand Affordable Football for All 14th Aug
Next month, the Football Supporters’ Federation (FSF) has organised a march to the Premier League and Football League headquarters to demand ‘Affordable Football for All.’ 0
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FIFA and the World Cup is brilliantly torn to shreds by John Oliver on American TV
Ahead of the World Cup in Brazil, this fantastic monologue from John Oliver tears into the hugely dubious practices of FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association), the international governing body of association …
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Keep Cardiff Blue: Cardiff City FC fans march for their heritage and tradition, March 22nd 2014
Cardiff City fans still rightfully angered by the whimsical rebranding of the club by meddling billionaire owner Vincent Tan have planned a ‘Blue March’ to take place before the …
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