Articles relating to: football
In praise of the beautiful game – and its legions of supporters
“I have to say I’m involved in a sport that I love and an industry that at times I don’t like.”
An accidental history of football gaming: the era of evolution
The second part of Northern Soul’s Chris Holmes‘s history of football gaming begins under a momentous shadow which revolutionised gaming.
An accidental history of football gaming: a decade of revolution
Football games have existed since the video game industry crawled from the primordial soup of late 70s coin-ops.
The Forgotten Fifteen: Bury FC and football’s worst year
James Bentley is a lifelong fan of Bury Football Club. Now he’s published a book about the team’s extraordinary 1984/85 season and the state of British football in the 1980s. He writes for Northern Soul about how it all came about.
Class of 92: Out of Their League
If like me you’re a United fan, you’ll have watched the legendary Class of 1992 reign over football for more than 20 years.
By Far The Greatest Team: a new play for footie fans
Manchester’s Monkeywood Theatre, in association with The Lowry in Salford, is staging the world premiere of By Far The Greatest Team next month, four new stories by four Manchester writers (two United and two City fans) exploring and celebrating what it means to be a football fan in the city. Martin Gibbons, co-artistic director of Monkeywood Theatre and the play’s director, writes for Northern Soul.
The state we’re in: Newcastle United by George Caulkin
On a good day – and it has to be a good day – you can still feel it, a heaviness that hangs in the air like a soupy fog.
“Nobody dies in football matches in fires. It doesn’t happen.”
Matt Stevens-Woodhead, artistic director of FYSA Theatre, writes for Northern Soul about the genesis of the verbatim play, The 56: The Bradford City Fire & Testimony.
Behind the scenes at FC United
It’s almost ten years since a group of Manchester United fans, disillusioned with the corporate greed taking over the game and, in particular, their beloved club, set up FC United of Manchester.
How To Be A Northern Sports Fan
Since the first meeting of the Rugby League in 1895 at Huddersfield’s George Hotel, it’s fair to say that the physical wars of the average match have always made its Southern competitor Union look like the soft option.
The Northern Travel & Tourism Show, February 25, 2020
The Northern Travel & Tourism Show on February 25, 2020 is the perfect place to find great ideas for future leisure visits and experiences, and enjoy the amazing Monastery host venue in Manchester.
You’ll meet over 45 exhibitors from lake and river cruises, steam railway trips and stately homes and gardens to themed Beatles heritage discovery in Liverpool, and the James Herriott All Creatures Great and Small story in the Yorkshire Dales.
There will also be tours around the wonderfully restored Pugin-designed monastery building.
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