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The Shard is a broken society's towering achievement | Jonathan Jones | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
Seeded on Fri Aug 19, 2011 2:08 PM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
The Shard's lack of all proportion to its surroundings is a physical demonstration of the completely disproportionate distribution of resources and potential in our society.
The Youdan Cup - The World's First Football Trophy
Seeded on Sun May 1, 2011 1:42 PM EDT (Tumblr)
In 1867 a Sheffield theatre owner by the name of Thomas Youdan offered up a cup and some prize money so that local clubs could play what turned out to be the World's first competitive cup-tie fixtures.
Northern League Day
Seeded on Sat Apr 16, 2011 2:02 PM EDT ()
A collection of articles about the recent Northern League Day. A day to celebrate the World's second oldest football league competition.
Football Bloggers of the World Unite
Seeded on Wed Mar 30, 2011 4:23 PM EDT (Tumblr)
I read a very interesting article yesterday. It's pretty good guide on why it's a good idea to link out from your blog or site ... linking out is a great strategy. How can this help independent football bloggers?
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Seeded on Fri Mar 18, 2011 3:07 PM EDT (stumbleupon.com)
I've been using Newsvine for awhile now but have decided to stumble all my favourite football news articles & blog posts rather than seed 'em. If you come across this page and want to connect then see you over on Stumbleupon.
What has the Northern League ever done for us? #5 Sheffield United
Seeded on Wed Mar 16, 2011 2:07 PM EDT (northernleagueday.wordpress.com)
March 1889 was, in some quarters, a significant month for English football.
The Future History of the Cosmos
Seeded on Tue Feb 22, 2011 10:09 AM EST (runofplay.com)
1990* * Not the "1990" of the consensual [a] continuum.: The philosophical inquirer Francis FUKUYAMA appropriates and reconceives the defunct notional entity known variously as The New York Cosmos, The Cosmos, and Pele's Studio 54 Fantasia.
Newcastle's Shefki Kuqi on his escape from Kosovo
Seeded on Sun Feb 20, 2011 2:23 PM EST (Guardian Unlimited)
When Shefki Kuqi rumbled off the bench for Newcastle last Saturday, he was making his debut for his 13th senior club. He is almost the definition of the journeyman striker. But his is a journey more extraordinary than most, one that began in 1989, when he was 12 years old.
Surreal Football - The Futbol Series
Seeded on Sun Feb 13, 2011 4:36 PM EST (soccer-portal.org)
On the field, each country is represented by its uniform and its colors. These works present a moment in a football battle over the ball, represented by the uniforms only.
50+1: A Fans Perspective
Seeded on Sun Feb 13, 2011 12:12 PM EST (footballstryder.wordpress.com)
"50+1 muss bleiben" ("50+1 has to stay") is a message you often read on banners and posters, when you enter a Bundesliga stadium — it represents the view of almost all football supporters in Germany.
Hakoah Vienna: The triumph and the tragedy
Seeded on Fri Jan 28, 2011 7:30 AM EST (equaliserfootball.com)
Few football clubs can lay claim to a history as successful and yet ultimately tragic as that of Hakoah Vienna. An exclusively Jewish team which enjoyed global fame for a short time before being unsentimentally dissolved by Nazi invaders
Playing by the rules?
Seeded on Mon Jan 24, 2011 4:58 PM EST (footballhobo.wordpress.com)
The delay in the announcement of the Olympic Park Legacy Company's (OPLC) decision as to whether West Ham United or Tottenham Hotspur have been awarded preferred bidder status for the Olympic Stadium in Stratford is unfortunate for the two clubs concerned.
Division 5? How 25 years of automatic promotion/relegation has changed the Conference. Part 1.
Seeded on Sat Jan 22, 2011 8:51 AM EST (cruelgeography.com)
This is the 25th season since automatic promotion and relegation was introduced between Division 4 and the Conference for the 1986-87 season.
Football Supporter Map of London
Seeded on Thu Jan 13, 2011 1:31 PM EST (bigthink.com)
Fandom is a bit more complicated than mere tribalism, though. Which team you support is the result of an intricate compound of ancestral, regional, social, and sometimes even religious loyalties. And, of course, personal choice.
Sun Tzu - Football Consultant
Seeded on Thu Jan 6, 2011 2:27 PM EST (inbedwithmaradona.com)
both Splinter and Gecko knew that Sun Tzu had all the answers. But do today's football managers?
The Middle East is Rising
Seeded on Sat Jan 1, 2011 9:19 AM EST (the1steleven.com)
One glance at the registered staff of Al Ahli football club in Dubai and you should be struck by two names. The manager and the club captain should be immediately recognisable to all football fans
2010 & The Death of the Football Supporter
Seeded on Fri Dec 31, 2010 5:37 PM EST (ffwtbol.co.uk)
The way that people watch football has always reflected the society from which they are drawn. In the 1920s and 30s, huge crowds were attracted as the common man experienced public entertainment on a large scale for the first time.
My Hopes for The Cradle of Football in 2011
Seeded on Thu Dec 30, 2010 5:25 PM EST (aunitedview.blogspot.com)
20 years ago Stuart Roy Clarke started his footballing opus - The Homes of Football.
Lower leagues across the globe #1: Portugal
Seeded on Thu Dec 30, 2010 4:48 PM EST (theseventytwo.com)
In the first of what will hopefully become a fairly lengthy and comprehensive series examining lower leagues across the globe we take a look at the Portuguese equivalent of the English Football League.
In Praise Of Floodlit Football
Seeded on Sun Dec 26, 2010 8:28 AM EST (twohundredpercent.net)
until surprisingly recently football under floodlights was all but barred by the Football Association. Much as many of us feel that three o'clock on a Saturday afternoon is the "natural" home for matches, there remains something special about matches played in the evening.
10 Modest Proposals for a Greener Football
Seeded on Sun Dec 26, 2010 8:25 AM EST (thetwounfortunates.blogspot.com)
although it seem that clubs and the game's governing bodies have been remiss in paying attention to the natural world at large, it's also incumbent on fans to change their behaviour.
Sign Of The Times
Seeded on Sun Dec 19, 2010 1:40 PM EST (gregtheoharis.wordpress.com)
The week in football began with many of us shaking our heads in disbelief with the sheer flippancy and ignorance coming out of the ubiquitous Sepp Blatter's mouth yet again.
No love, no joy
Seeded on Sun Dec 19, 2010 7:31 AM EST (wsc.co.uk)
Helen Chamberlain's former sidekick has celebrated leaving Soccer AM for 6.06 with a book. Taylor Parkes wants to know why anyone – anyone – thought it was a good idea to expose the presenter's ego and prejudices across 288 smugly written pages
Break with tradition
Seeded on Sat Dec 18, 2010 2:12 PM EST (theballisround.co.uk)
Hands up who knows what footballing event happened on Saturday 3rd March 1995 in a place famous the world over for golf? It was change that has literally resulted in billions of pounds worth of revenue flowing into the game in some form or another.
I fought the law and the law won
Seeded on Sat Dec 18, 2010 12:55 PM EST (footballhobo.wordpress.com)
Start talking about legislation and most people will more than likely switch off. I realise it's not the sexiest of subjects, or even a particularly interesting word.
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