{"id":13703,"date":"2013-12-13T10:30:17","date_gmt":"2013-12-13T10:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/?p=13703"},"modified":"2013-12-12T17:22:29","modified_gmt":"2013-12-12T17:22:29","slug":"sharing-the-dulwich-hamlet-fc-love-in-brooklyn-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.urban75.org\/blog\/sharing-the-dulwich-hamlet-fc-love-in-brooklyn-new-york\/","title":{"rendered":"Sharing the Dulwich Hamlet FC love in Brooklyn, New York"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Dulwich<\/p>\n

After my once-beloved Cardiff City FC turned into a farcical travesty of itself<\/a> courtesy of a Malaysian ego-maniac, I feared that I had lost one of the great passions in my life.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"Dulwich<\/p>\n

My last game seeing the\u00a0hideously rebranded<\/a>\u00a0Cardiff\u00a0RedBlueDragonBird<\/a>s was on\u00a0Boxing Day 2012<\/a>, and that’s when I knew the love affair was over for good.<\/p>\n

How can I support a team that shed its century old heritage so willingly in the quest for Premiership glory and all the big money crap that comes with it?<\/p>\n

Happily, my love and faith in football has been fully restored by the magnificent\u00a0Dulwich Hamlet<\/a>, a lower league team who play a short walk from my house. \u00a0Football has become fun again.<\/p>\n

We’ve got passionate, politically aware fans, proper terraces,\u00a0great song<\/a>s – and you can watch the game with a pint in your hand – like football should be seen.<\/p>\n

With my love for football fully restored, I couldn’t stop myself from sharing the love when I was in Brooklyn, New York earlier this week, proudly adorning snow-covered cars with the mighty Hamlet’s name.<\/p>\n

I’m pretty sure their owners won’t have the faintest idea what it means.<\/p>\n

\"Dulwich<\/p>\n

Every proper team should have arch rivals, and for Hamlet, the lowest of the low are Tooting and Mitcham who are, frankly, beyond contempt.<\/p>\n

Check out this match report<\/a> to see how a local derby looks like in lower league football (i.e. a lot of fun).<\/p>\n

D<\/strong>iscuss the Hamlet!<\/strong>
\nDulwich Hamlet FC 2013-2014 season \u2013 chat, rumours, reports<\/a>
\nOfficial match report<\/a>
\nDulwich Hamlet FC songbook \u2013 the great chants from Champion Hill<\/a><\/p>\n

Dulwich Hamlet info:<\/strong>
\nDulwich Hamlet Football Club<\/a>
\nChampion Hill Stadium
\nEdgar Kail Way
\nEast Dulwich
\nLONDON
\nSE22 8BD
\nTel: 020 7274 8707<\/p>\n

ADMISSION PRICES
\n\u00a310 for Adults
\n\u00a34 for Concessions (Seniors \u2013 60+, Under 18s, Unemployed (UB40, Full Time Students and Members of the Armed Forces and Blue Light Services. PLEASE present valid ID)
\nUnder 12s FREE accompanied by a paying adult.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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