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Post by tuck on Oct 20, 2008 6:27:27 GMT
soccerphile.blogspot.com/2008/10/japanese-perspective-on-football.htmlThe latest in a long line of spam from your's truly. I'd have stuck it in an already existing thread, but I don't want it to get lost, because I think it's mildly interesting to hear from a Japanese football fan on their thoughts on the world game. It's a bit of a long and dry interview (getting the Japanese to say anything really nasty is like asking the Pope to swear on the Koran) but anyway, I hope it proves mildly diverting for a minute or two.
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Post by dragoncat on Oct 21, 2008 23:06:55 GMT
As someone from another part of the world where football is not the traditionally dominant sport I found the Japanese perspective interesting, and fairly parallel. I, however, wouldn't have a problem saying anything nasty about others. The similarities had to end somewhere.
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Post by worstman on Oct 22, 2008 10:19:22 GMT
hehe.
Good read!
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Post by ares on Oct 23, 2008 19:40:40 GMT
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Post by tuck on Dec 5, 2008 1:52:40 GMT
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Post by travisbickle on Dec 5, 2008 15:01:04 GMT
;D
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Post by worstman on Dec 5, 2008 15:26:42 GMT
Nevermind. It is
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Post by tuck on Dec 29, 2008 14:26:12 GMT
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Post by tuck on Jan 14, 2009 2:54:20 GMT
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Post by mikeyuk on Jan 14, 2009 9:35:23 GMT
Leicester City has a 'grass roots' scheme, which works on kids for a fiver, dads for free basis, I think. As the eldest mini-mike is just discovering (becoming obsessed with) the wonders of the modern game, I'll probably check this out. Leicester is a cultural wilderness as far as Rugby League is concerned, and the Union's £20 + a throw, so it has to be football.
The last match I went to was at Ewood Park, to see Blackburn v Southampton in about 97/98. I lived in Preston at the time, and Blackburn had an arrangement with schools in their catchment area, whereby any spare tickets were £1 for children and accompanying adults. Consequently, my mate, his family and I were seated in the midst of thousands of children. There were still loads of empty seats, but if it wasn't for 'us', the ground would only have been about a third full. Apparently, this was the norm.
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Post by tuck on Jan 15, 2009 3:39:34 GMT
It's also a double-edged sword.
That piece was written with a certain Sydney FC firmly in mind ("why do we need community support?! We're Bling FC!" ... crowds of 8,000 in a city of 4 million immediately spring to mind) so unfortunately I couldn't delve into some of the murkier undertones of what S-Pulse mean by "local support."
Basically what "local support" means to the tottering 112 year old men that "run" the club is that they want to be cocooned from the outside world - away from the nefarious influences of hated "foreigners," free of the dirty money invested by "non-Shizuoka" sponsors and certainly never, ever conjuring a run up the standings that will propel the club into the AFC Champions League where they will have to deal with the worst kind of people of all - at least according to Shimizu S-Pulse - "Asians."
Local support in Shimizu is a euphemism for xenophobia... but that's an article for another day.
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Post by mikeyuk on Jan 15, 2009 5:43:19 GMT
Do they get a cut of TV money, presumably fueled by other teams?
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Post by tuck on Jan 16, 2009 1:18:00 GMT
I'm not sure how the TV deal is cut but the last one negotiated was woefully less than market value, and with the J. League finally starting to broadcast overseas (it's on Eurosports these days, if anyone is interested) I guess a new deal will probably be influenced by the demands of teams like Urawa Reds and Kashima Antlers next time around.
Shimizu S-Pulse wouldn't be on too many marquee TV fixtures anyway - they're one of the most popular teams in the country - but most of their fans are regional and their fixtures are usually shown on free-to-air Shizuoka Broadcasting Station anyway.
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Post by tuck on Jun 4, 2009 7:28:02 GMT
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