Football

There's a great blog on Football 365 that attempts to throw all of Pisti's Plastic melt arguments out of the window.

It's balanced, and well written. I would even go so far as to say it should be teh nu rulez

Full article : http://www.football365.com/story/0,17033,13320_6742098,00.html

A nice extract:

Lots of clubs, especially in the lower divisions, have great links to their immediate communities, but is that the only way it should be? It strikes me that supporting one's local team is about manifesting one's local identity, but there are many other identities that can be manifested by following a football team. It might be through wanting to retain family links and thereby identifying oneself as a son or daughter. It might be through national identity that a South Korean supporter initially started following Wolves. It might be racial identity or it might just be wanting to identify with flair and exuberance.

Whatever it is, football ceased to be a local game for local people a long time ago. You might support your local team, but who really cares?