Marc Leonard: The Radar
It could be forgiven if Marc Leonard has passed under your radar. But around Sixfields, he is the radar.
The heart and the balls Серце і яйця
The heart and the balls, looking back on Roberto De Zerbi’s tenure as Shakhtar Donetsk boss.
With Mess and European football expert Kamil Rogolski.
"You don’t go there for the football"
What is the relationship between our glorious beautiful football club and the city it resides in? Is Brighton a ‘football city’, what does that mean? Was Brian Clough’s above statement correct? And should we really care?
Below, fanzine founders/co-founders Dan Tester (Scars and Stripes), Sam Swaffield (The Seagull Love Review) and Parker (Dogma) share their contrasting thoughts and feelings - pragmatic, dogmatic, and reflective - on Brighton & Hove’s relationship with the Albion.
Safe standing: a view from the North
Is safe standing the answer to any atmosphere-related woes?
What if I were to tell you that one of the finest film directors on the scene is a Brighton fan? He hates P****e, loves De Zerbi and remembers the dark days.
What if I were to tell you that one of the finest film directors on the scene is a Brighton fan? He hates P****e, loves De Zerbi and remembers the dark days.
‘Hipsterball’ or how our culture is being co-opted by those who now think it’s cool.
Over the last ten years or so football has become cool. Those who previously scoffed at the brashness or perceived unsubtlety of the football culture we were steeped in have decided it’s now for them.
The WSL: a missed opportunity to get it right
It's June 2005 and a solitary column in the inside back cover of The Times informs readers that the English women's team will take no further part in their home tournament. The Albion are about to embark on their sixth season at The Withdean.
Bored Ape Football Clubs
Ok, so you might be thinking by now, isn’t the crypto infestation into football very much yesterday’s problem? After all, the crypto universe famously crashed down to earth in May. Doesn’t everyone know by now to steer clear of a sector awash with hacking, bankruptcies and get-rich-quick hucksters? But there’s the rub, we’ve been here before.
‘POPPY DAY’
'The personal, discreet and sombre notion of wearing a poppy on a lapel, honouring the fallen, replaced by bloated and undignified pageantry'
James William on ‘football's manipulated relationship with nationalism' from Dogma Issue 5 (December 2021)
ROBERT SANCHEZ: CLOSER TO GOD
“I saw him, yeah” we’ll boast in pubs in 20 years or when he lifts the World Cup with Spain or wins the Champions League. This guy Sanchez. He’s just that little bit closer to god.
‘LIES, DAMNED LIES, AND STATISTICS’ - A POSITION ON THE IRRELEVANCE OF STATISTICS IN FOOTBALL
The cold hearted, emotionless prevalence of statistics permeates every aspect of our post-truth lives. Where nothing means anything unless it's quantifiable. .
ESTEBAN ALZATE
We love Steven Alzate, we always have.
And to prove it we dug into the Dogma archive for some (slightly updated) words, first published in Issue 2, on our Colombian-Camdenian starlet