It’s carnival time with Tisdale the Redeemer
August 12th 2009 01:15
QPR - League Cup 1st Round
11/07/09
With Paul Tisdale backing The Trust’s initiative to smash the 3,000 mark City fans can not only looked forward to success on and off the pitch but play an active role in it.
There maybe an absence of sugar daddies looking to plough funds into our club but we have the opportunity to shape City’s future as well as getting first in line for tickets for all the mouth watering fixtures on the horizon.
The idea of clubs being run by a membership scheme is nothing new over here in Latin America with the majority following the socio method in place at Spain’s top clubs.
Rio de Janeiro boasts 12 professional football teams which all have their own rich history and distinctive features to provide year long banter between fans.
Flamengo is the most popular team in the city and packs out the 90,000 Maracanã for big games. O Mais Querido has 65,000 members and this number is only exceeded in Brazil by Corinthians in São Paulo.
Current president Marcio Braga is serving his in his fourth spell as president of Flamengo after his re-election by members in 2004. His first stint in the hot seat came back when the likes of Tony Kellow, John Delve and Dave Pullar were turning out for City.
A strong feeling of brotherhood exists between Flamengo fans and the saying goes that when you meet one you make a friend. One story which is retold when fans of Mengão are on the recruitment drive is the one about the burglar who had his van packed after clearing out the downstairs of a house.
The thief went back in for a quick look upstairs and on finding a red and black stripped shirt in the wardrobe he restored all the items from his van back to their rightful position.
Another trademark of the Flamengo support is the loud, colourful and blatantly boastful manner with which they celebrate victory.
This gloating never fails to rub fans of Fluminense up the wrong way. Fluzão also use the Maracanã for big games but that is where similarities between them and Flamengo fans end.
Historically Fluminense are the team of the social elite and pressure is still put on their players to uphold a strict moral code on and off the pitch.
Tricolor carioca’s rules for membership read like the entry requirements of a country club in British Raj. Among those ineligible for membership are criminals, people with contagious diseases and the handicapped, except those injured fighting for club or country.
A clear hierarchy exists between members of Fluminense with some exclusive events remaining out of bounds to lower level members and employees, including players.
It was at Fluminense’s Laranjeiras ground that City played Brazil back in 1914.
Vasco de Gama traditionally draws its support from A Cidade Maravilhosa’s masses of Portuguese migrants and their Brazilian-born descendants. The club have benefitted as these families continue to invest their wealth in the club.
Again a pecking order is in place at Vasco de Gama with 2,000 proprietários holding more valuable shares than the remaining 60,000 members.
Maintaining its role in the community Gigante da Colina hosts a Saturday night disco which attracts 5,000. A further 700 members can be spotted every weekend in Rio participating in amateur sport in Vasco’s colours.
Up the City!
Tim Sturtridge
Really Long Link
11/07/09
With Paul Tisdale backing The Trust’s initiative to smash the 3,000 mark City fans can not only looked forward to success on and off the pitch but play an active role in it.
There maybe an absence of sugar daddies looking to plough funds into our club but we have the opportunity to shape City’s future as well as getting first in line for tickets for all the mouth watering fixtures on the horizon.
The idea of clubs being run by a membership scheme is nothing new over here in Latin America with the majority following the socio method in place at Spain’s top clubs.
Rio de Janeiro boasts 12 professional football teams which all have their own rich history and distinctive features to provide year long banter between fans.
Flamengo is the most popular team in the city and packs out the 90,000 Maracanã for big games. O Mais Querido has 65,000 members and this number is only exceeded in Brazil by Corinthians in São Paulo.
Current president Marcio Braga is serving his in his fourth spell as president of Flamengo after his re-election by members in 2004. His first stint in the hot seat came back when the likes of Tony Kellow, John Delve and Dave Pullar were turning out for City.
A strong feeling of brotherhood exists between Flamengo fans and the saying goes that when you meet one you make a friend. One story which is retold when fans of Mengão are on the recruitment drive is the one about the burglar who had his van packed after clearing out the downstairs of a house.
The thief went back in for a quick look upstairs and on finding a red and black stripped shirt in the wardrobe he restored all the items from his van back to their rightful position.
Another trademark of the Flamengo support is the loud, colourful and blatantly boastful manner with which they celebrate victory.
This gloating never fails to rub fans of Fluminense up the wrong way. Fluzão also use the Maracanã for big games but that is where similarities between them and Flamengo fans end.
Historically Fluminense are the team of the social elite and pressure is still put on their players to uphold a strict moral code on and off the pitch.
Tricolor carioca’s rules for membership read like the entry requirements of a country club in British Raj. Among those ineligible for membership are criminals, people with contagious diseases and the handicapped, except those injured fighting for club or country.
A clear hierarchy exists between members of Fluminense with some exclusive events remaining out of bounds to lower level members and employees, including players.
It was at Fluminense’s Laranjeiras ground that City played Brazil back in 1914.
Vasco de Gama traditionally draws its support from A Cidade Maravilhosa’s masses of Portuguese migrants and their Brazilian-born descendants. The club have benefitted as these families continue to invest their wealth in the club.
Again a pecking order is in place at Vasco de Gama with 2,000 proprietários holding more valuable shares than the remaining 60,000 members.
Maintaining its role in the community Gigante da Colina hosts a Saturday night disco which attracts 5,000. A further 700 members can be spotted every weekend in Rio participating in amateur sport in Vasco’s colours.
Up the City!
Tim Sturtridge
Really Long Link
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