Tag Archives: Newcastle

Doing it Wrong: Failing at Football Manager

Posted on January 9, 2012 by

In the year or so that I’ve been playing Football Manager, I’ve won at least two European Cups. I’ve won the Europa League and the English title with Manchester City, ditched them to win Serie A with Inter the next … Continue reading →

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Root for the Home Team, Part 1

Posted on July 22, 2011 by

A two-part feature on how we choose the teams we root for. There are books — or at least one book — on why and how fans follow sports, but our interest here is why fans follow specific teams.[1] As … Continue reading →

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The Birth and Death of a Fan

Posted on May 12, 2011 by

I’m not really a replica jersey type of person, and yet I’ve still somehow come to own two of them. The first is a blue jersey with a silver and gold chevron in the middle and a badge over the … Continue reading →

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