After a good start into their third season in the 6th tier, the fans were getting annoyed by only playing against opponents within the area of Berlin. Due to this fact there was no real away journey for the fans since the relegation season.

Read the full story here on Football Flight

Celtic F.C. has decided to close the 111 section where Green Brigade stand during matches. The section has been closed because of “safety reasons”. According to Celtic, some of the problems have been overcrowding section, 190 broken seats and fans refusing to sit during matches.
Read more on ultras-tifo.net

Another example of a bad communication between football club and their fans. The clubs goes the easiest way and simply close the stand to get rid of “the problem”.

Here is a very touching and sad story about Feyenoord and its fan Rooie Marck who was diagnosed to live for a week in a worse case. More on there: link

St Pauli has always been a progressive club and has never been shy of being political. Today the news sites around the world are spreading the news that St Pauli is permanently flying the rainbow flag, symbolizing  gay pride.

Read more here and here

An interesting read in the morning star about fan ownership. FCUM get a mention as well. Click here to read the article.

Here is a bit of information about a club in Belarus called Partizan Minsk. You can also read more on their website if you speak russian 🙂

“In Belarus there is a very special club. Until 2010 it was called MTZ-Ripo. The club gained international attention not so much by his sporting achievements, but also by the anti-racist commitment of its fans and an active anti-fascist fan culture that was and is unique in Eastern Europe. Today the name of the club is Partizan Minsk and it is a self-managed football club.”

Another article about Partizan Minsk is found here in Belarus Digest. FC United is also mentioned in the article 🙂