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How did some City fans become aggressive defenders of a nation state’s regime? | Sean Ingle

The Manchester City case is one example of how fandom has warped beyond previous boundaries in online spaces A video of Liam Gallagher playing in a 1996 charity football match resurfaced on social media recently. Dressed in Manchester City blue and a bucket hat, in truth he appears to be in a fug of cigarettes and alcohol. But then, out of nowhere, he hits a shot into the top corner . Since last week, though, the Oasis singer has preferred to defend the honour of his club with his studs up. As t

How did some City fans become aggressive defenders of a nation state’s regime? | Sean Ingle
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The Manchester City case is one example of how fandom has warped beyond previous boundaries in online spaces A video of Liam Gallagher playing in a 1996 charity football match resurfaced on social media recently.

Dressed in Manchester City blue and a bucket hat, in truth he appears to be in a fug of cigarettes and alcohol.

But then, out of nowhere, he hits a shot into the top corner .

Since last week, though, the Oasis singer has preferred to defend the honour of his club with his studs up.

As the fallout from the biggest scandal in British football history headed into a second week, Gallagher was asked what he made of rival fans wanting City to lose all their trophies