Comments on: Trains and Soccer (Yes, There is a Connection)

By: Will

Will — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:13:40 +0000

I still use Arsenal station to get to the Arsenal games, they are still in the area. Good post though, match day wouldn’t be the same without the atmosphere on the tube half an hour before the game!

By: Yavuz

Yavuz — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 20:15:19 +0000

Hi, i’m a fen of railway team in Turkey; it’s called Adana Demirspor. Adana is a city of Turkey, at the south coast. Demir means rail. And also i’m interested in railway teams all over the world. If you want to send me some data, please don’t hesitate to write me. i’ll be very appreciate… yavuzy82@gmail.com Thanks…

By: Barcelona Apartments

Barcelona Apartments — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:05:09 +0000

Nice blog.
I write to you from Barcelona.
The train system here is awful.
but, to travel relaxed in Spain, I always reccommend to take a train.

By: Daily Dose 08.11.07 - World Football - The Offside - Soccer News and Opinion from leagues around the world

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:14:13 +0000

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By: ursus arctos

ursus arctos — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 12:49:25 +0000

Enjoy NJ Transit, you will find it very reminiscent of SEPTA, and the Hoboken Terminal has been the subject of a nice restoration. Take a ferry there if it is convenient.

And without in anyway wishing to engage in spamming, you might find our recent discussion of “railway clubs” at One Touch Football below to be of interest.

http://www.onetouchfootball.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=011317;p=1#000007

By: David

David — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 02:19:16 +0000

Dan – Yes, I definitely am interested in that! I had no idea and it’s fascinating. Thanks for the info.

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 23:06:20 +0000

You may (or may not) be interested to know that The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) Class B17 steam locomotives came in English soccer team flavours.

See here: http://www.lner.info/locos/B/b17.shtml

By: HeiaVincent

HeiaVincent — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 19:44:55 +0000

You are welcome to Norway any time, so that you can take the most beautiful train trip in the world and see the fjords! Great article btw, and as always a very entertaining prose.

http://www.norwaynutshell.com/default.asp

By: David

David — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 18:17:21 +0000

Alex – Thanks (really). I didn’t know that about Man U.

By: Alex

Alex — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 14:25:13 +0000

All this talk of the J-League and Korea is great, but you missed the most well known example of trains influencing the game. A club called “Newton Heath L&YR F.C.” was founded in 1878, “L&YR” stood for Lancashire and Yorkshire railways and that club went on to become Manchester United.

Thanks? Maybe not…