Monday night saw a trip to Halmstad to watch AIK play away. It was a strange little stadium, a sort of park within a park. You had to pay to get into the park and then again to enter the stadium and watch the game. The whole thing had a very non-league feel with a clubhouse where you could buy coffee and sarnies, and half the folks working the ( Read more... )

Just got back from AIK's defeat away at Malmö in the Allsvenskan. AIK have a new Scottish coach who seems to have put the fear of God into the team. However, with little talent up front his plan seemed to run a flat back four, five across the middle and hope to feed something to the lone striker. Though they pushed forward a little more in the ( Read more... )

So tomorrow I'm going to the footie! My first trip to a match in the Allsvenskan.

Malmö play AIK at home, and I'm going with my AIK-obsessed boss, to stand with the away fans while my guv'nor throws abuse in a Stockholm dialect at the locals. Who knows, I may learn the Swedish for 'who's the bastard in the black!'

Should be a grin.

Congratulations to King Billy's men for winning last night. Hurrah for the land that gave us, uh... marching Orangemen and the Orange Free State.

It would be awesome if there was a Holland/Germany final on Sunday. That would be one of the greatest grudge matches ever. The Dutch and the German fans just *hate* each other.

Interesting. Just been checking on prices for Malmö FF matches. Seems like the most expensive seats are around £24 and average prices are closer to £14. And they have a standing section--terraces! I'm going to try and catch at least one game next month.

After all, I'm allowed to support an Allsvenskan club in addition to Spurs.

Great Confed cup final. Gutsy work from the Yanks in the first half and a classy Brazil in overdrive in the second. Great goals and a good scoreline.

There's an interesting article on the 1969 'Football War' in this month's When Saturday Comes magazine. Though the emphasis here is on the football, in particular the three matches leading up to the war ( Read more... )

I'm rather looking forward to Dave's arrival tomorrow. I've become rather stuck at home of late and it's not healthy. I suspect Moto and Kei will appreciate company other than moody old me ( Read more... )

A friend of mine was at a Leyton Orient game the other day, playing Leeds. Apparently the Orient crowd began to chant 'There's Only One Brian Clough'.

Tee hee.

An oldie but a goodie. In all the welter of Downfall videos I'd missed this one on Sheffield's relegation two years ago.

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