January 2010
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USSR | Club history and statistics of football -... →
Fabulous repository of facts and figures about Soviet, Russian and ex-Soviet republics football.
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Tumblr Sports Directory →
Those lovely people at Tumblr Towers have shown Footysphere some love and added us to the sports directory. Cheers.
What's in a name? | Sgorio →
Article exploring naming conventions in German football. Eintracht, Bayern, Borussia, Hertha, what do they mean?
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British Home Championship
A selection of programme covers from games played between England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. Mainly British Home Championship games but some aren’t. Can you spot them?
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HOT BOVRIL
1950’s advert for Bovril.
Over fifty years later still a staple of the English matchday experience.
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Pompey Chimes
biffafootie:
The original words to The Chimes, as printed in the 1900/01 official handbook of Portsmouth FC, were: ‘Play up Pompey. Just one more goal! Make tracks! What ho! Hallo! Hallo!’
Slightly different tune back then. Link.
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Claudio Nicoletti's site on European statistics... →
Awesome Italian site packed full of stats on every European League and related cup competitions.
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Check out footballfilter.com →
Ladies and gentlemen allow me to introduce you to the rather excellent Football Filter. A website that gets a big thumbs up from us. With Football Filter you can keep up with all the latest football news. You’ll find news and articles from various sources: broadsheets and tabloids, magazines, blogs, podcasts, twitter and flickr streams. All presented in an easy to use dashboard style.
So...
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Play Up Notts County
A Notts County fan in the early 1920s
A rather strong visual metaphor not only for the state Notts County is in at the moment but for the financial ruin facing many clubs.
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Operation El Salvador: Community Building | Never... →
Folks please take some time to click through this link and read the report on a Peace Corp volunteer working in rural El Salvador. The football-mad community he is working with need your help. You can make an online donation through Habitat for Humanity.
Torola Community Project in El Salvador
Please reblog, Cheers.
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worldxi.com →
Archive of various select XI’s that have represented FIFA, Rest of the World, Europe, GB and others
thethreeavenues asked: Who will win the African Cup of Nations?
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Africa Cup of Nations: Nicknames
These are the nicknames of the 16 African national teams that are taking part in this years Africa Cup of Nations.
Angola - The Black Antelopes
Mali - The Eagles
Malawi - The Flames
Algeria - The Desert Foxes
Cote d’Ivoire - The Elephants
Burkina Faso - The Stallions
Ghana - Black Stars
Togo - The Sparrow Hawks
Egypt - The Pharoahs
Nigeria - Super Eagles
Mozambique - The Mamba
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Consult the Footysphere Oracle →
An oracle is a person or agency considered to be a source of wise counsel or prophetic opinion. In the ancient world many sites gained a reputation for the dispensing of oracular wisdom: they too became known as oracles.
Now here in the modern age Footysphere has acquired an oracle of our very own. Ask any football-related question and through various means such as but not limited to tracking the...
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THE WHITE ROSE : Ground Guide #8 - Sheffield... →
Lovely in depth historical article about the early years of Bramall Lane and the formation of the Sheffield United Cricket Club in 1854.
by the same author: Sheffield Grounds before Bramall Lane
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“a little obscure, but I’ve come to enjoy enormously the links to esoteric...”
– Pitch Invasion Contributors Bring the Goods: Favorites From 2009
Thanks go to Tom at Pitch Invasion for mentioning us in his year end review.
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“Footysphere” is an umbrella title for a rich range of football resources –...”
– Footysphere « More Than Mind Games
Thanks go to More Than Mind Games, purveyors of bespoke online literature, for their endorsement and recommendation. Cheers.
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Past Encounters: England vs. the United States,... →
Great in depth article about the game that England played in Los Angeles against the US national team in 1959.
For further reading be sure to check out this superb article which is a first hand account of the game from some one who was there ..
My First England Match Walter Winterbottom and company visit Los Angeles
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“3 September 2010, is the centenary of Altrincham FC’s Moss Lane ground -...”
– Altrincham FC Official Web Site (via biffafootie)
Congratulations Altrincham FC on the centenary of their ground. I remember back in the 81/82 season Sheffield United were drawn at home to Altrincham in the first round of the FA Cup. The Blades were top of the 4th division whilst Altrincham were...
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The VIII CCCF Championships 1957
A lovely first day cover of commemorative stamps issued for the VIII Central American and Caribbean Football Championships in 1957. This now defunct competition started in 1941 and ended in 1961 and was organised by the CCCF (Confederacion Centroamericana y del Caribe de Futbol). The CCCF merged with the NAFC (North American Football Confederation) in 1961 to form CONCACAF.
These 1957...
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Welsh Football Online | Gorau Chwarae Cyd Chwarae →
Lots of stats about the Welsh National Team. Matches, venues, players, managers, trivia.
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