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To better understand football, gaze upon a pig’s head


Exhibition aims to kick violence out of the game with pork products

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After spending more than a century in a restless search for its true place in culture and society, football is no nearer understanding where it fits in than when it began. Increasingly resented by the proles as they find themselves priced out of their own game, and scoffed at by the middle classes for its appalling lack of taste and refinement, it’ll soon be the Priory for football if it doesn’t sort its head out.

To help in this quest for self-knowledge, Herr Klaus Littman of Switzerland has stepped forward, with his travelling exhibition called “Passion on the Terraces”. Featuring exhibits such as a replica of the pig’s head that Barcelona fans threw at Luis Figo, the Vespa that Milan fans pushed over the edge of the

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Posted: January 21st, 2008 by Ryan Bailey

It’s FA Cup Third Round Weekend


The best sports programming this weekend

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It’s that unmistakable time of year when Christmas decorations come down and minnow clubs up and down the land build up a huge sense of false expectation. This morning’s Sun backs Southern League Division One side Chasetown with a back page and double-page spread, but will support from the country’s most-loved red top be enough to overcome Cardiff? See how they fare in Saturday’s Match of the Day, and catch

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Posted: January 4th, 2008 by Ryan Bailey