The Aztexan 18 November @ 08:33 PM EST
Allow me to introduce, if you don't know it already, the very worthy Free Beer Movement. The goals
and tactics of this movement are simple, but profound:
The success of soccer in the United States depends on a larger and more supportive
network of fans that attend games, watch them on TV, and spread their love and knowledge of the
game to others.
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The first time I ever heard of Bryan James was at the Superdraft in Bodymore, Murderland about 2
years ago. Dude was down there with his merry men from Philadelphia and were stuck in amongst the
rest of the supporters groups. The thing was though they didn't even have a team yet but that
didn't stop them from singing, hollering and carrying on with the rest of us zealots.
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It is meaningless drivel week (ie when people who were not born in specific countries and who don't
live there, and have never lived there, claim to "represent" said country. A bit like me
representing Costa Rica spent a nice week there, but that's about it. On the other hand I can
play a [...]
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Rates of 40-1 were being quoted before the match for Billy "The Dog" McGraw's prediction to be
true, and a fair number of the 108,000 UNTOLD ARSENAL readers decided it was worth a flutter. A
fiver on Wolverhampton W. 1 Arsenal 4, with one of those £50 extra bids free if you've never had a
bet [...]
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The line up against Wolverhampton Wibbleyous will be much as we saw against the London Street
Directory (the A to Z do try and keep up).  Carlos Vela and Armand Traore are just about ready
for action, but not quite. Denilson hasn't started training yet, but will do so while the silly
internationals are going [.
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Billy "The Dog" McGraw speaks exclusively to Untold Arsenal ahead of the vital match against the
Tiny Totts. I tell you something, we ain't got a fucking chance, darling. The defence is so over
the place we could let in six. Just make it a pint Vice-Chancellor. Call themselves defenders,
they spend half their time in the [.
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By Billy "the Dog" McGraw watching the TV in the Auld Triangle God this was awful. Arsenal didn't
have a clue.   Mine's a pint of Carlsberg. When Liverpool attacked Arsenal had no idea how to
clear the ball, and I'll smash the face in of anyone who says anything else. It can't get any
worse.
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The plight of Toronto FC and the frustration of its fans are popular fodder around the North
American soccer community these days. The moaning angst of Reds supporters can be heard down here
in the...
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As self appointed President of the 'Enjoy it' campaign and the 'This could be the year' Fellowship
I look on with a certain detachment at our new friends in the media who are climbing aboard the
Tottenham bus. Hanson, Lawrenson, even Lee Dixon and of course ex players like Lineker and Ossie
Ardiles who touchingly still refers to Spurs as 'we'.
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Here's a video of a couple of Brooklyn boys breaking one of my cardinal rules for New York
area-living: never cross two rivers in one trip. If you have to go from the BK to The Dirty Jersey
make a pit stop in the city for a drink, a meal or anything to break up the trip. I find that it
makes the journey less epic.
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This is a loooong video so you may want to clear some time in your Outlook calendar if you intend
to watch it. But since it's a clip of the Red Patch Boys creating thier outsized Danny Dichio
tribute banner it's somewaht fitting that the video is super-sized; any banner that has to be
carried by forklift desereves the director's cut.
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A few days ago I lamented the generalizing of viewpoints when it comes to the US National Team: I
called the two groups that people tend to be lumped into "Pollyannas" and "Chicken Littles".
Richard...
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A version of this piece first appeared in My Eyes Have Seen The Glory Chris Parker, loving husband,
doting father, loyal friend, died this time last year. A few weeks before his sudden passing,
family and close friends gathered in a secluded pub garden to celebrate the christening of his
first child.
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the yorkies 06 October @ 06:21 PM EST
Even though TFC will likely get about 95% season ticket renewals this year, not every Reds'
supporter will be returning to BMO in 2010. Maybe the 15% increase is too steep or maybe the
lacklustre season made you say "enough is enough". Not to fear though, you can still enjoy that BMO
South End Experience from the comfort of your living room.
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Tottenham Hotspur approach the away match against Bolton this Saturday knowing that we have an
appalling record at the Reebok. However, let history count for nothing, at least in this instance,
and ensure that we return with a victory. Since they returned to the top division, Bolton have
performed with a brusque physicality that in [.
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Match Fit USA 18 September @ 06:41 PM EST
American soccer, just like the big professional sports in the country, follows a franchise model.
This means that each club is wholly owned by an individual or group, whom are free to sell or
move...
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Ah the joys of football. A year ago, after seeing off the club curiously known as Steve Umbrella
and having won 2 and lost 1 in the EPL we were written off. A top four finish was not possible.Â
The end was nigh. Mid-table beckoned. Aston "Hold Your Head" would overtake us. And you know
what? [.
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Without passion, you're a fashion
How long can you fake it?
A few choice lyrics from "Lien On Your Dreams" by Black
Rebel Motorcycle Club which I would like to dedicate to any Euro-centric soccer fans out there in
America who tonight feel the need to start an "English-style" supporters club for their local side.
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Just how dedicated are you to supporting a football club, or simply a sport you truly love? Would
you wake up at 5:30am and drive another hour to see a match? Would you skip a university exam or
sneak out of work at 1:00pm just to catch your club take on Levski Sofia in the [...]
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This is what separated U.S. fans from Mexican fans in the Azteca parking lot. With this kind of
police protection you would have thought Obama, the Pope, and the Dali Lama were all in the house.
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On a day when that wonderful organ, your soaraway Sun, which apparently has reporters who are all
nine feet six tall is reporting (and its amazing, I've never heard this before) that Barca are
mounting a bid for Cesc (and indeed and here I quote Arsenal are "sweating on the deal") it [...]
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First, in the interest of full disclosure, let me admit that I may have written something extremely
similar to this the last time the USMNT headed to a hostile environment to face off against an...
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the yorkies 06 August @ 08:30 PM EST
To brand Friday night's friendly against Real Madrid as a negative would be an ignorant thing to
do. To imagine that MLSE brought the Nu-Galacticos here to further the "beautiful game" in Toronto
would be a far more ignorant line of thought. The fact that our local squad, comparable in stature
with a second division European club, gets to test their skills against the reserves of one of the
world's Top 5 clubs is great in theory.
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David Beckham has been fined $1000 for his run in with a Galaxy supporter at halftime of Sunday's
Home Depot Center friend with AC Milan. Commissioner Don Garber's statement: "We support our...
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I am about to leave for a holiday for a couple of weeks out of the rain of Northamptonshire to the
sun of Italy. During this time I am leaving the site open so that comments can be posted by those
who have posted before. However anyone new posting, or [...]
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And you thought New York had beef with Beckham last week? Please. Hatred from the opposing fans is
one thing, but hatred from the home supporters who feel a bit like a woman scorned is some whole
other sh*t. After enduring more than a little stick from the Riot Squad during last night's
friendly versus AC Milan, Becks apparently lost the plot for a minute and challenged a fan to take
it outside --or take it to the field as it were since they were already outside.
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The scene: I'm in my final year in the sixth form at a boys grammar school in Dorset, hoping to
take the musical world by storm any time now. I get to maybe three or four Arsenal games a year
with my dad it holds us together as I do my sixties teenager [...]
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Were the Last Four Years the Worst in Arsenal's History? by "LRV" Arsenal joined the old Football
League Division 1 (the top flight in English football) in the 1919/20 season. Since then, Arsenal
Fans have witnessed the good, not-so-good, poor, not-so-poor, Very good, not-so-bad, bad seasons.
In all of these, one thing remains a [.
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Some things just don't mix well: ketchup and strawberries, weed and motivation, tequila and
chastity are all examples of bad combos. Add signal flares and paper products to the list of things
that play poorly together; I can think of no better way to burn down a supporters section and any
goodwill it has with the FO.
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After last months riots when one of their own supporters was killed, there was always going to be
trouble after Huracan lost 1-0 to Velez Sarsfield in Sunday's title decider, especially after the
referee admitted afterwards that he made a few mistakes!
Hundreds of Huracan fans demonstrated outside Argentine Football Association headquarters on
Wednesday to demand life bans for referee Gabriel Brazenas and linesman Ricardo Casas to be
suspended.
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Gooner Talk 16 June @ 03:01 PM EST
The ever-professional that is Bacary Sagna released a statement on Arsenal.com earlier saying that
he's 100 percent committed to the Gunners' cause. After rumours linking Sagna with a move to Real
Madrid in the French press, he immediately refuted them by issuing the following: "This is a great
Club and I'm proud to wear the [.
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Gooner Talk 10 June @ 10:17 AM EST
Football manager Arsène Wenger has given his backing to the Council of Europe's 47-country
campaign against racism and discrimination. Wenger said: "I support the Council of Europe in its
campaign against discrimination. I believe everybody who loves football should just enjoy how great
the players are and nothing else.
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Check out The Don to the right of Sunil with his leg up snapping pics on his camera phone. I wonder
if they'll end up on his Facebook. Probably not since that is soooo 2007. They'll probably end up
as a background on his Twitter page (I hear it's very popular right now).
[H/T to my dudes at The Original Winger]
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