English Premier League Archives - Sibling Rivalry https://siblingrivalry.halphillips.net/tag/english-premier-league/ How Mexico and the US Built the Most Contentious, Co-Dependent Feud in World Soccer Thu, 12 Mar 2026 16:48:58 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Politics of Blood & Soil Should Inform Club Allegiance, not Actual Politics https://siblingrivalry.halphillips.net/2026/02/21/https-siblingrivalry-halphillips-net-blood-and-soil-should-inform-club-allegiance/ https://siblingrivalry.halphillips.net/2026/02/21/https-siblingrivalry-halphillips-net-blood-and-soil-should-inform-club-allegiance/#respond Sat, 21 Feb 2026 14:50:03 +0000 https://siblingrivalry.halphillips.net/?p=4286 I was chatting with a business associate the other day who happens to be a Liverpool fan. When he politely asked about my own club allegiance, I told him the truth: Tottenham Hotspur. I’m well familiar with how this makes me feel: the odd-but-familiar combination of forlorn hope and idiosyncratic pride (I typically don’t get [...]

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