http://www.gaelick.com/2008/09/money-in-football/749/ an irish lesbian ezine Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:44:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 http://www.gaelick.com/2008/09/money-in-football/749/comment-page-1/#comment-364 fp Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:13:51 +0000 http://www.gaelick.com/?p=749#comment-364 Not sure why anyone should have sympathy for foreign fans of globalised football having their clubs taken over by foreign billionaires. Isn't that just part of the deal? Better to follow a club in real life where you live. Then when the club becomes a plaything for some obscenely wealthy egomaniac, you can be righteously indignant. Better still, follow a members' club (of which there are plenty in Ireland). That way, it'll never happen, and you can use the word 'we' without sounding rather silly. Only a matter of time before the Arsenal buckle. Maybe the recession will give you breathing space and you can pretend it's the Seventies in British football! Not sure why anyone should have sympathy for foreign fans of globalised football having their clubs taken over by foreign billionaires. Isn’t that just part of the deal?
Better to follow a club in real life where you live. Then when the club becomes a plaything for some obscenely wealthy egomaniac, you can be righteously indignant. Better still, follow a members’ club (of which there are plenty in Ireland). That way, it’ll never happen, and you can use the word ‘we’ without sounding rather silly.
Only a matter of time before the Arsenal buckle. Maybe the recession will give you breathing space and you can pretend it’s the Seventies in British football!

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