From 1998 - boy, they were fucking young - Ive taken the kids to Fire games whenever they want/can. Two now go all the time - Neice.1 and Nephew.2 - and are as tied to the team as much as I am. I dont even take them anymore - I pay for their tix, but generally they go w. frenz and stand in the Harlem Stand. I had been going w. Gf until she checked out of Fire games before checking out of the relationship, but now generally go by self, or maybe take Mayo or Chipa - this coming season Ill be able to take some of my schools kids to games.
However, they have made frenz w. the general Section 8 leadership and have hosted a pickup soccer game w. fire fans for the last three years every Thanksgiving Friday. They contacted the St. Christiana people to get permission to play on their field and spread the word out to to Fire fans. Always a good showup - it was 13 on 13 on Friday. Lovely footabll weather.
Im terrible. Shot shape. Skills rusty since not seriously played since 2000. Hazy head. Better players. Had a nice play or two, but mainly stunk. But played and enjoyed. Plans - smae as last year - are to expand it to a 7-7 tourneyment or so. They should try it, tho' headaches in organization.
Ive written it before, but they also got a tiny piece in wikipedia. Section 8 is made up odf various suports groups, and they started The South Side Scoundrels. lovely name, I know - funny to me would have been a name reminisent of the 1970's leftest groups from Europe (around this time I'd watch "On the Run", part of the trilogy of films by ..... well, whoever it was.), but they got us into wiki. check it out- there are some famous groups involved - Barn burners 1871, Fire Ultras '98, Ultras Red-Side, Mike Ditka Street Crew, Whiskey Brothers Aught Five, Sector Latino - but we are there as well.
However, they have made frenz w. the general Section 8 leadership and have hosted a pickup soccer game w. fire fans for the last three years every Thanksgiving Friday. They contacted the St. Christiana people to get permission to play on their field and spread the word out to to Fire fans. Always a good showup - it was 13 on 13 on Friday. Lovely footabll weather.
Im terrible. Shot shape. Skills rusty since not seriously played since 2000. Hazy head. Better players. Had a nice play or two, but mainly stunk. But played and enjoyed. Plans - smae as last year - are to expand it to a 7-7 tourneyment or so. They should try it, tho' headaches in organization.
Ive written it before, but they also got a tiny piece in wikipedia. Section 8 is made up odf various suports groups, and they started The South Side Scoundrels. lovely name, I know - funny to me would have been a name reminisent of the 1970's leftest groups from Europe (around this time I'd watch "On the Run", part of the trilogy of films by ..... well, whoever it was.), but they got us into wiki. check it out- there are some famous groups involved - Barn burners 1871, Fire Ultras '98, Ultras Red-Side, Mike Ditka Street Crew, Whiskey Brothers Aught Five, Sector Latino - but we are there as well.
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