There’s a lot more than just longevity to recommend a visit to Craven Cottage, the riverside home of Fulham Football Club since 1896. Although I lived a long way from London, Fulham were the first team from the higher divisions I ‘supported’. They had some fine players then – even though they seemed to yoyo between the top two divisions. Johnny Haynes, Tony Macedo, Tosh Chamberlain, George Cohen – all great players; Haynes one of the greatest ever. Since then, some wonderful players also turned out for the Cottagers at …
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Hull City Football Club – Quadruple Blow For Tigers
It’s been a bad day at the office for Hull City Football Club with the counting cost of two home defeats inside four days, bringing yet more woe to the club. Getting you up to speed with all that is happening in around the club since the damaging defeat to Portsmouth on Saturday, it is time to make a round up of the latest news emanating from the Circle… Hull City Football Club have landed themselves in a whole heap of injury trouble following the disappointing 1-2 home loss sustained …
Transfer Rumours in January 2011 Predicted to Make Headline News
The forthcoming January 2011 Premier League football transfers are expected to make news with clubs like Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea looking for big name signings in order to compete with the likes of Barcelona and Real Madrid in the Champions League and of course to get their hands on the Premier League title. Transfer rumours get football fans talking like nothing else with gossip, speculation and in lots of cases, total nonsense. Premier League managers keep their cards tight to their chest regarding players they are looking to snap …
A Guide to the RCD Espanyol Football Club
RCD Espanyol or the Reial Club Deportiu Espanyol de Barcelona is a Catalan football club, which was formed in 1900; it boasts an incredible record in the Spanish La Liga over the past few decades. RCD Espanyol’s strengths have been in the youth academy and the club is extremely popular for spotting and nurturing young Spanish talent. The team is based in Barcelona and their home ground is Estadi Cornellà-El Prat, which has a capacity of seating 40,000. The team has won the Spanish league three times and was considered …
The Oldest Football Club In Wales
Wales oldest football team are the Cefn Druids Football Club, originally known as Plasmadoc Football Club they are believed to have been formed in 1869, which makes them the oldest football team in the World outside of England. A few years after they formed, Plasmadoc were renamed as ‘The Druids’, as several of the local mining and quarry teams from the North Wales area, were amalgamated into one team. Six players from the Druids were selected to play for the Wales national team in their first ever international match when …
Collecting Football Club Badges
Football fans posses a number of badges relating to their favourite team. Not everyone wants to wear football shirts in public. Badges are seen as a discreet way to wear your team’s colours and show your support for them. There are many different kinds of football badges although most feature the clubs crest or team shirt colours in some way. Because of the huge number in existence, it is no surprise that fans have started collecting football club badges. Badges are sold outside the stadiums, in the club shop or …
Hull City Football Club – City Independent Fanzine Review
City Independent is a website and fanzine solely devoted to Hull City Football Club. Established back in the 1990s as an original printed format style of fanzine, CI continues to grow and develop in the modern era and boasts the largest independent internet community for City fans from all around the world, while maintaining its traditional roots with a periodic magazine during the football season. Unsurprisingly, it is little wonder that when Hull City fans want an up to date and irreverent read about their football club, they continually turn …