All posts tagged Hull City

I blame Barcelona. Barcelona and Bill Shankly. ‘Mes que un club?’ But what if that club isn’t more than a club? What if they aren’t a great bastion of Catalan nationalism, the collective klaxon of an embattled inner city working class, a cultural front against Francoism, a buzzing wave of souls embodying a Socialist ideal? What if they’re just Watford? Or Newport County? Or Hull? It doesn’t matter any more. Nowadays, we’re all more than a club. And better than a club while we’re at it. When did this start, this holier than thou collectivism? This aggressive takeover of football…