The Great Escape Archives - Sibling Rivalry https://siblingrivalry.halphillips.net/tag/the-great-escape/ How Mexico and the US Built the Most Contentious, Co-Dependent Feud in World Soccer Thu, 12 Mar 2026 19:06:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Stamford Bridge 1985: Standing With Away Fans & Other Mistakes https://siblingrivalry.halphillips.net/2023/03/09/stamford-bridge-1985-standing-with-away-fans-other-mistakes/ https://siblingrivalry.halphillips.net/2023/03/09/stamford-bridge-1985-standing-with-away-fans-other-mistakes/#respond Thu, 09 Mar 2023 16:31:12 +0000 https://genzero.halphillips.net/?p=3706 Today, thanks to the stewardship of oligarchs both Russian and American, Stamford Bridge has been transformed into something of an all-seater jewel. I’ve heard older, more hidebound Chelsea FC fans deride it as a “bleedin’ galleria”. Back in the winter of 1985, when attending my first proper English match there, it was no such [...]

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