Posted in Fan Experience, Season Review on May 29th, 2024
I’ve stated many times on this forum that I prefer my football live. In doing so I’m very conscious of my privilege in being able to attend matches, home and away. Many readers of this blog cannot get to games, either because they live overseas or far away, find the expenditure of time and money […]
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Posted in Fan Experience, Interlull on Jan 15th, 2024
One of the great blessings of being part of a community is that you get a chance to meet a variety of people. At Goonerholics Forever we have been lucky to acquire some new regular posters from all over the world, all with very interesting and important life experiences and all with a deep shared […]
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Posted in Fan Experience, Match Report on Dec 2nd, 2023
What constitutes a perfect football day? I often ask myself this, particularly as I’ve had a lot of excellent outings over the past few years since I engaged with the Goonerholic fraternity. Even if you aren’t a particularly sociable person (and most Holics I’ve encountered seem to be very sociable) there is something very enjoyable about breaking […]
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Embed from Getty Images One of the cliches that is regularly trotted out on sports media programmes is that ‘Football is a game of opinions.’ Cliché it may be but the reality is that the debate and discussion between fans, which after all is one of the main reasons that the original Goonerholic blog was created, […]
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There’s an oft-spoken pleasure about supporting a football team that delights people from all parts of the globe. It’s not the wins and losses, it’s not the great goals or the heartbreaking injuries that cement the bond between the supporter and the team. It’s the connections made around those things that the team does, with […]
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