And finally…Turkey’s flare side

Posted on 16th March 2012

This is a story from the FSF archive – the FSF and SD merged to become the FSA in 2019.

Turkish Super Lig club Eskişehirspor aren’t one of their country’s most successful sides but they do have some of its most passionate supporters. When the Turkish FA banned flares the club’s fans responded by unfurling a giant, hole-ridden, banner under which supporters lit their flares with impunity and anonymity. Watch the simultaneously impressive and scary sight below.

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And finally… scorchio!

Posted on 28th September 2018

Villareal stuffed Athletic Bilbao 3-0 this week and took the lead via Pablo Fornals’s thunderous volley. His looping drive leaving Athletic’s goalie Unai Simón looking rather sheepish…

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And finally… Wrong-Robert

Posted on 5th October 2018

Stuttgart’s goalie Ron-Robert Zieler had a moment to forget in last weekend’s fixture against Werder Bremen, which his side fortunately went on to win 2-1. Shades of Peter Enckelman in the Birmingham derby…

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And finally… Bohemian like you

Posted on 12th October 2018

Not much backstory to this one – just an old-fashioned rocket from Bohemians defender Ian Morris against Cork City in the semi-final of the FAI Cup this week.

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And finally… Fransly Amazing

Posted on 19th October 2018

At last it’s a positive example of goalkeeping from And finally… this week. Too often we’re quick to poke fun at the men between the sticks, but here KRC Gent’s Kevin Frans steps up with a 94th minute acrobatic effort to save his side a point in the Belgian fourth tier.

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And finally…Turkey’s flare side

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