Archive for the ‘Football Issues’ Category

The English Premier League and Progress: A US perspective

November 3rd, 2011

Last week TFT editor Gary Andrews wrote about his disillusionment with football, especially the Premier League. But what of football fans in other countries, the ones that the Premier League is targeting. We asked Jason Davis from Read More

Losing my religion: Why I’m close to giving up on football

October 24th, 2011

Yesterday’s Manchester derby was one of the most pulsating games of the season complete with a shock scoreline. It was a great advert for the Premier League. And let me strangely unmoved and semi-disinterested on the consequences of what…Read More

The sudden threat to Supporters Direct’s future

June 13th, 2011

It is a grim irony that one of fan ownership’s greatest moments in football could, through no fault of its own, end up severely crippling the movement that helped create it. When then Supporters Direct Chief Executive Dave Boyle…Read More

How pressure has damaged managerial class in football

May 2nd, 2011

It’s win or die in top-level football, and Suhail Seedat believes that the pressures and media scrutiny of management has a detrimental effect on the game. Do managers behave with less class than they used to as they become…Read More

Why the 3pm blackout should stay

March 28th, 2011

It’s rare that lower league football should find itself in direct competition with a television match at 3pm on a Saturday afternoon, but that’s exactly what happened when England kicked off against Wales in the Millennium Stadium last weekend.

To…Read More

Football Supporters’ Federation launches Safe Standing petition

March 23rd, 2011

Our friends at the Football Supporters’ Federation have launched their Safe Standing petition. I’m sure the TFT team, and certainly its readers, are split on standing at football in England. While most of us accept that there was…Read More