EL GLOSICO

Up and down the country, lower-league football has become Britain's go-to fix for indulging our national obsession, and letting off steam in the age of neverending austerity. We travel to the West Country for a grudge match like no other - and discover the ‘strange and ferocious’ things happening in the beautiful game's less beautiful enclaves

CLIVE MARTIN

Strolling through the genteel spa town of Cheltenham, watching giletclad ladies called Jackie and Jill run their Saturday errands while young couples tuck into the lunchtime deals at Franco Manca, you wouldn’t imagine that a pyrotechnic-charged display of local football aggro was about to go down. But that’s exactly what happened on April 22,2023 - and it’s happening more and more, at some of the game’s most unlikely flashpoints. As we arrived that morning, positions were already being taken up. After making our way through the pristine regency-era town centre towards the Completeiy-Suzuki Stadium, we turn a corner and come across a scene that sits somewhere between a fashion editorial and a grainy Panorama documentary. Outside a pub named The Feathered Fish stirred a few hundred young lads decked out…

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Dazed & Confused (Digital) - 1 Issue, Summer 2023

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