| London's Left-Wing Utopian Non-League Ultras Are Reclaiming Football 12:40 - Jan 6 with 7277 views | gueRRilla |
On a Saturday afternoon just before Christmas, as Manchester City's diamond encrusted side carved out another seemingly inevitable win, I was at Champion Hill in South London, where 800 Dulwich Hamlet fans are in full voice. "We're the famous Dulwich Hamlet and we look like Tuscany!" they shouted. The Pink 'n' Blues were taking on Witham Town FC in an Isthmian League Premier division clash — it would take three promotions from here to reach the football league and six to reach the Premiership.
As fan alienation with the upper echelons of football grows, many are turning to non-league clubs to watch the sport — and Dulwich Hamlet is one of the most popular. In this part of South London, you're within easy reach of a game further up the football pyramid, so why do hundreds bother with such seemingly inconsequential football? After all, Dulwich are leagues below teams that can be seen as a by-word for lower league insignificance — Accrington Stanley, Dagenham and Redbridge and Morecambe, for instance, are all three leagues above.
For one thing, money. Football ticket prices are increasing at twice the cost of living. At Dulwich I paid £4 at the turnstile, £2 for the match programme and £3 on a locally brewed Hamlet lager. That's another attraction — you can drink and smoke on the terraces. If you plan ahead, you can even sneak in a stock of cheap tinnies from the nearby Sainsbury's for an even more economical experience. Compare this to Arsenal's £97 on the gate and £4.40 for a Carlsberg.
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http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/dulwich-hamlet-non-league-football-109/ [Post edited 6 Jan 2015 12:41]
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| London's Left-Wing Utopian Non-League Ultras Are Reclaiming Football on 13:10 - Jan 6 with 7174 views | bob566 |
a good read. You can see why more people are turning to that. |  | | |
| London's Left-Wing Utopian Non-League Ultras Are Reclaiming Football on 13:21 - Jan 6 with 7127 views | TheBlob |
They've always had a following like that since the seventies lots of medical students from King's College round the corner.Middle class revolutionaries,good banter there though. |  |
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| London's Left-Wing Utopian Non-League Ultras Are Reclaiming Football on 13:29 - Jan 6 with 7091 views | Metallica_Hoop |
Saw them on non-league day, they seemed like a fun bunch.
Going to the home goal singing heartily away the captains switched, there was a little sigh followed by more singing as they walked back around to the other end.
It made me smile. |  |
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| London's Left-Wing Utopian Non-League Ultras Are Reclaiming Football on 13:33 - Jan 6 with 7077 views | robith |
My mates and I used to go a lot back around 2006/7 as a pal is a big non league fan and lived nearby. We used to follow them through the FA Trophy, then whoever beat them all the way to the final. we used to get called "the students" on their messageboard. Cracking place to watch footie at Champion Hill.
Chap I used to work with was on the supporter's trust there - glad to see them thriving for him. He always used to rave about this Turkish lad they had - he's gone to Peterborough now, saw him score a ripper of a free kick on the football league show
Our own Rio Ferdinand is also quite involved with Hamlet - did a lot of shirt raffles etc to keep them going during their darker times. |  | | |
| London's Left-Wing Utopian Non-League Ultras Are Reclaiming Football on 13:37 - Jan 6 with 7056 views | TheBlob |
The first place I remember where supporters would break into a spontaneous round of applause for no apparent reason.Also comments like ..."Come on Dulwich,only eight minutes to the last thirteen!"
"we don't want to got to wembleee,we don't want to win the league,and we'll really shake them up when we stayyyy up...."
Well I thought it was funny at the time. | |
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| London's Left-Wing Utopian Non-League Ultras Are Reclaiming Football on 21:04 - Jan 6 with 6790 views | SterlingArcher |
99% of their 'supporters' are R Soles. Bandwagoneers who parasite from one shite
Club to another. Left wingers/communists etc ? Ferk off to Russia or North Korea.
They'll get bored soon enough. Crystal Palace equivelants. Watch out Fisher Athletic !! |  | | |
| London's Left-Wing Utopian Non-League Ultras Are Reclaiming Football on 22:39 - Jan 6 with 6666 views | TheBlob |
| London's Left-Wing Utopian Non-League Ultras Are Reclaiming Football on 21:04 - Jan 6 by SterlingArcher |
99% of their 'supporters' are R Soles. Bandwagoneers who parasite from one shite
Club to another. Left wingers/communists etc ? Ferk off to Russia or North Korea.
They'll get bored soon enough. Crystal Palace equivelants. Watch out Fisher Athletic !! |
Fisher?
Dogan Arif and his mob - nice kunts. | |
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| London's Left-Wing Utopian Non-League Ultras Are Reclaiming Football on 03:29 - Jan 7 with 6577 views | DylanP |
Good article. Thanks for posting. |  |
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| London's Left-Wing Utopian Non-League Ultras Are Reclaiming Football on 12:38 - Jan 7 with 6424 views | SydneyRs |
The he fell down the stairs song is a classic! | | | |
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