Safe standing: a view from the North
Is safe standing the answer to any atmosphere-related woes?
PREVIEW / VILLA / AWAY
We told you so. Dogma’s matchday preview, Aston Villa away, May ‘23.
PREVIEW / MAN CITY / HOME
With a dream in my heart, with a love of my own / Bring on the champions
Looking ahead to this evening’s home fixture with Dogma contributors Ed Woodhouse and Tom Hylands.
What if I were to tell you that one of the finest film directors on the scene is a Brighton fan? He hates P****e, loves De Zerbi and remembers the dark days.
What if I were to tell you that one of the finest film directors on the scene is a Brighton fan? He hates P****e, loves De Zerbi and remembers the dark days.
‘Hipsterball’ or how our culture is being co-opted by those who now think it’s cool.
Over the last ten years or so football has become cool. Those who previously scoffed at the brashness or perceived unsubtlety of the football culture we were steeped in have decided it’s now for them.
The WSL: a missed opportunity to get it right
It's June 2005 and a solitary column in the inside back cover of The Times informs readers that the English women's team will take no further part in their home tournament. The Albion are about to embark on their sixth season at The Withdean.
PREVIEW // BOURNEMOUTH // HOME
Managing expectations and displaying artefacts in the Brighton Museum & Art Gallery: Dogma’s matchday preview of this weekend’s fixture against Bournemouth.
Buona Notte
It’s 11pm on the 31st of January 2023… Tom Hylands shares his thoughts as the transfer window gently closes.
Bored Ape Football Clubs
Ok, so you might be thinking by now, isn’t the crypto infestation into football very much yesterday’s problem? After all, the crypto universe famously crashed down to earth in May. Doesn’t everyone know by now to steer clear of a sector awash with hacking, bankruptcies and get-rich-quick hucksters? But there’s the rub, we’ve been here before.
CHARLTON (AWAY)
‘why you should always be suspicious of someone who isn’t a fan… purchasing your football club’
A trip to The Valley in the week before Christmas to play our friends at Charlton in the League Cup… what’s not to like (what could possibly go wrong)? Charlton away matchday preview, with a contribution from Charlton ‘zine My Only Desire.
‘POPPY DAY’
'The personal, discreet and sombre notion of wearing a poppy on a lapel, honouring the fallen, replaced by bloated and undignified pageantry'
James William on ‘football's manipulated relationship with nationalism' from Dogma Issue 5 (December 2021)
BRIGHTON 4 CHELSEA 1
Special afternoon, special football club. Post-match thoughts and feeling from three of our contributors.
CHELSEA (HOME)
Thoughts and feelings ahead of this weekend’s matchday, from JBD, Rich / @common_ruin, Jem Stone / @JemStone, Tom Hylands / @tomhylands, Mess / @messageismyname and Parker.
Images: Andrew Forsyth / @AforsythTWP
CALCIO EUROPEO vs CALCIO ITALIANO
‘What this bold approach will demand of us, his new congregation, is unquestionable belief and commitment. For He will lead, and we must follow’
ROBERTO DE ZERBI: UN ALTRO LIVELLO
Getting to know Roberto De Zerbi, with Italian football disciple Marcello Goussot. From Napoli, to Monza, to Foggia to Darfo Boario: to understand Roberto, first we must understand his journey, and the teams and clubs that have shaped his approach to football.
GLASS CEILING
It is highly unlikely that Wu-Tang legend Method Man penned those famous bars about the Premier League way back in 1993, but nearly thirty years later, they ring loud and true. Propped up by billionaires, consortiums and eye watering television deals, the Premier League has become a commercial juggernaut.
AU REVOIR, LE PETIT SHITHOUSE, ET MERCI POUR LES MOMENTS.
‘a decent Premier League football player... an exceptional one, on his day, if the stars are aligned & he doesn’t have time to contemplate the consequences of failure before striking the ball’
MANCHESTER UNITED 1 BRIGHTON 2
'faces that we often see, names that we never know, and conversations that we never have. Football really is a community'
Re-live Sunday's superb victory with JBD
MANCHESTER UNITED (AWAY)
‘The Graham Potter era commenced on a sunny August afternoon at Vicarage Road back in 2019. But this is 2022 and the club of incremental season-on-season growth, Tony Bloom’s Maschine Fußballclub, now require a bigger grander stage when making their announcements.’