7 hours agoThis football club from London becomes viral in Spain.
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)An amateur football team east of London has won a huge amount of fans in Spain with 60 thousand sales pounds after bringing up new fans to commemorate the end of the Spanish Civil War, writes Periscope. The club is called Clapton Community FC and plays 12th League. [...]
An amateur football team east of London has won a huge amount of fans in Spain with 60 thousand sales pounds after bringing up new fans to commemorate the end of the Spanish Civil War, writes Periscope.
The club is called the Clapton Community FC and is playing in the 12th English football league this month. It's been blowing fans to mark the last 80th anniversary of the Spanish Civil War.
The club said the fans were to honour the International Brigades, the paramilitary units that wanted to help the Republican issue, which were organised by the Communist International and prepared by volunteers across Europe, including some from the United Kingdom.
It says behind the fanes the slogan “will not go past”, phrase used during World War I and was later taken by those fighting the evil General, Francisco Franco.
Even British leader Jeremy Corby has expressed his admiration for the gesture in question, saying he likes teams that are led by fans. Corby had earlier expressed his love for Arsenal, but the blame for the club's failures was seen on the club board and not on legendary coach Arsene Wenger, as part of the fans. /Periscopi
