‘Sivasspor’ Archives
Rant about footy on ‘Guardian football weekly’
It's little things like this that make it all worth while, I'm telling you. Barry Glendenning and Sivasspor, obviously This blog which I started mere weeks ago was mentioned on the ever excellent Guardian football weekly podcast on Monday. Click here to download the excerpt (1 minute only). The majestically balding podmeister James [...]
Istanbul derby ends goalless
Galatasaray 0 - 0 Fenerbahçe Players from Istanbul's two biggest teams, Galatasary and Fenerbahce, had a massive scrap in the final minutes of this epic derby match which ended in a 0-0 draw. Games between archrivals Galatasaray and Fenerbahçe are usually tense, but on Sunday both sides needed to win in order to remain in the race for [...]
Turkish weekend
internet advertising Well, if Fenerbahçe are resisting all opportunities to win the league this season, Galatasaray aren't doing much better. A home loss to lowly Eskişehirspor ('ancient city sport') last night coming hot on the tails of Tin Pot humiliation against Hamburg has made this a really shitty week for Cimbom. The good news is that [...]
The curious case of Sivasspor
Look out Istanbul, there’s a new team in town. Originally formed in 1932 as the marvelously named ‘Sivas Gençlik’ (literally ‘the Sivas Youth’), Sivasspor kicked around somewhat aimlessly in Turkish regional competitions until 1967. In ‘67, Turkish football’s year of reckoning when the league was revamped and massively expanded, [...]
