Section 8
Off to KC
By: irish_steve |
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What a difference a week makes! A brilliant win by the Fire last week and now on to Kansas City this weekend. Its 6:36 am in Chicago and as soon as I post this I will be jumping in a bus for a 9 hour trip to KC to watch the game. Section 8 is [...]
Section 8 in 2008 for 208
By: Tom | 1 Comment
Thanks to the hardwork of the Section 8 ISA, and hopefully also due to the willingness of the new owners to help grow the club’s most vibrant supporters section, prices have been cut to stand and cheer with Section 8.
It’ll be just $208 for a full season ticket. To me, that’s an amazing deal: last [...]
Category: Section 8Fire Front Office and Section 8
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Jamie Trecker, guest-blogging for Luis’ on the Trib’s Red Card blog, has an interesting post about the Fire’s continual problems with Section 8, their loyal and loud supporters’ group.
In fact, the only two groups that MLS hasn’t tried to attract are the ones that actually have showed up to see the games from day one: [...]
Category: Section 8Calen Carr, Good Guy
By: Tom | 5 Comments
Calen Carr has taken a bit of heat on this blog from time to time, particularly in the comments. As I’ve mentioned, it’s tough to blame a guy when he’s clearly trying hard, but he can be frustrating to watch: sometimes, he’s like a devilish whippet with the ball, yet at other times, a [...]
Section 8 Fans to Wear Black
By: Tom | No Comments
It’ll be a Black Thursday on national television for the Fire’s Section 8 supporters this week. The reason is a bit convoluted but suffice to say they are fed-up with their treatment by Toyota Park stadium management.
Ben Burton, Chairman of Section 8 Chicago, had this to say in a letter sent to [...]
Chicago 1-1 Toronto, photos
By: Tom | 8 Comments
The Fire drew with Toronto last night, Chad Barrett’s 70th minute penalty cancelled out by a goal from Maurice Edu minutes later. Both teams had chances to win it in the dying minutes, but a share of the points was probably a fair result. 13,080 people were at the game, with a large [...]
“Bring it on”: Section 8 Plan to Expand, GM approves
By: Tom | 5 Comments
The Fire’s Section 8 may be one of the largest and most respected supporter’s groups in MLS, but this has been a tough season for them so far. There was the debacle of the threatened selective security searches of Section 8 ticketholders that the Fire backed down from, the theft of their Full Power banner [...]
Someone stole the Fire’s Full Power
By: Tom | 6 Comments
No, I’m not talking about the sudden disappearance of the Fire’s form on the field. I mean someone stole the huge and brilliant banner below after last night’s game:
That banner cost a lot of money to make, and it’s one of the many extensive efforts by Section 8 that give Fire games a unique [...]
Category: Section 8English-speaking peoples of the world unite!
By: Tom | 8 Comments
I’ve more thoughts about and pictures from my trip to the Chicago Fire-Toronto FC game on my other blog, for anyone interested. Toronto fans fuming over my attempts to poke fun at their team in recent posts might be pleased to learn (if they care!) that I thoroughly enjoyed my trip to Canada – [...]
Where to watch this weekend’s Fire game
By: Tom | 1 Comment
It’s pretty obvious, really, if you’re in or around Chicago:
Sunday, May 6th
The Hidden Shamrock
Fire@New England Watch Party
Back room opens at 6pm
Kickoff 7pm (Comcast Sports Net)
Free Raffle
Drink specials,
Section 8 Merchandise on sale
The Hidden Shamrock
2723 N Halsted (Halsted/Diversey)
Chicago, IL
773 883 0304
[Organized by the Section 8 Chicago ISA]
I’ll be there, and if anyone wants to say hello to [...]
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