Brazil - it’s just like watching Brazil
Posted in Barnsley, Family, Football, Parenting, Yorkshire, tagged Barnsley FC, Barnsley Liverpool 2008, Brian Howard Anfield, embourgoisement of football, Gary Willard, hope and reality, household delirium, it's just like watching Ryhill, Life at the Top, Liverpool 0-1 Barnsley 1997, Liverpool FC, Mark Hodkinson, mist-clad Pennines. it's just like watching Brazil, tag fest on February 16, 2008 | 7 Comments »
In 1982, an army of 17,000 was mobilized over the mist-clad Pennine mountains to be deployed in Anfield, home of the mighty Liverpool Football Club. The fans of Barnsley FC were rewarded with a gutsy 0-0 draw.
Fifteen years later, Barnsley had reached the top level of English football for the first time in their history. [...]
