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Issue 256

21 July 2008

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The Bloggers

If the mainstream media has taught us anything it's that fact and opinion can be seamlessly rolled into one.

Bloggers uphold this fine tradition and below are some of the best football blogs you can find. If there's a blog you think should be on our list let us know at the usual email address.

Football, Hooliganism & The United States

For those of us watching from the other side of the Atlantic ocean, Major League Soccer is, to say the very least, an education. English football developed into what it is today as the result of one hundred and twenty years of evolution. MLS, by comparis » READ MORE

The Daily Sweeper (July 24)

The Columbus “hooliganism” story continues to percolate in the British press; meanwhile, we look at the problems the Chicago Fire’s Sector Latino have had with security at Toyota Park, and consider the outlandish possibility of Israel a » READ MORE

A local league for local people

This season sees the first campaign for Germany's 3rd Liga, a new national division for the third tier of German Football. It's nothing new for us in England - we've had a national third division for the last fifty seasons. Indeed, since the inception of » READ MORE

Phrasenschwein Project Update

A couple of months ago I told you about an idea I had for a “Dictionary of Generic Narrative in Football”—a glossary of terms that would teach aspiring soccer fans how to talk about the game through the most widely admired and up-to-da » READ MORE

And the summer drags on

Yawn. I think the most exciting soccer-related thing I've come across recently was the head wound I picked up at my game on Monday. Seriously, y'all.Anyway, I figured it was time for another periodic update from the Great White North...Toronto FC's exten » READ MORE

do my job for me, #362 of an occasional series

I am compiling a syllabus for next semester's course on Europe in the Age of Nationalism, to cover roughly 1789-1871 (in theory it shoudl be starting in 1800ish but that's clearly daft). The students will mainly not be historians, many will never have do » READ MORE

the hilariously named, if you are 12,

John Ola Shittu, has confirmed that Yobo's brother has been realsed by the kidnappers.Strange, the lack of interest in this story. If Rooney's even uglier little brother had been kidnapped it would be in the news for weeks and weeks. » READ MORE

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