From Guardian Unlimited Football: http://football.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,9753,1160712,00.html
I basically agree with 655321 - with one qualification. I have to give the author credit for getting an essay, however slight, out of such a mundane occurance like going to a bar and encountering an idiot. I mean... that happens just about every time I go into one, and I never would've thought of writing an essay about such an ordinary event.
This article definitely fails the old 7th grade writing standard....thesis, supporting paragraphs, conclusion. At the end I wasn't really sure what the point was, except maybe to name drop Billy Bragg so he could look cool....I guess.
heh... maybe he should have gone to Atlanta, GA and watched a NASCAR race at a seedy little roadside bar to see how bad we really can be.
i found the story about billy bragg and the ira rather funny. there's bars like that back home too, and i'm sure it could have happened just as easily in boston. it's too bad that euros think that the only type of soccer fans in the us are either obnoxious, obsessive-compulsive types or ex-pats. i'm neither, ******** 'em.
Ok, I can figure out what f*****g is, and I'm pretty sure I know what w**k is, but what exactly is s*****g, and what is b*****s, used in a singular context?
I care that a british writer is writing an article that makes american fans sound like jerks and i let him know that.
Not sure if this is a dig at Atlanta or not. If so, tsk tsk....especially since I know very well that Frederick, Maryland isn't exactly redneck free.
you won't find many seedy redneck nascar bars in atlanta. have you ever been to atlanta? try the no name bar in willacoochee. you'll find some characters there for sure.
Silly isn't it? The only thing that would have made this story remotely interesting, would have been for the IRA types to have kicked the snot out of him and have the story dictated from NY general.
Hell, I would've settled for him nut-punching soccerphile "just to watch him writhe on the ground for a bit." Instead, the author winds up sounding like a weenie of similar magnitude himself. Or as 655321 said: "zzzzzzzz."