Why I'm Long Division 5 European Football Teams
Bernard Arnault's Paris F.C. Means Community Is Luxury
In the past 5 or so years there has been a stunning trend of Americans buying into little known European soccer teams. The most famous of course is Wrexham.
Rob McElhenney of Always Sunny in Philadelphia fame teamed up with Ryan Reynolds to revitalize a Welsh soccer team that was once in the Premier League but had fallen on hard times and dropped 6 divisions — so far they were no longer in the official professional leagues (Europe has a promotion and relegation structure foreign to the U.S.).
Over three seasons the series documented Wrexham’s attempts at promotion back into the upper divisions but also stories in the local community — a group of fans that has a rock band, a disabled super fan, the people who work at the club, etc…
If you’ve enjoyed this article and want to find another, admittedly non-athletic, way of being part of something cool . . .
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David, Kyle & Joelle
I like it. I was just in Spain and went to a cafe that was an FC Seville fan bar. I expected it to be a sports bar but there were no TVs there and it was rather fancy — it was just a place for Seville fans to relax together. The community transcending the game on the field
Hadn’t heard about the Paris fc acquisition that’s very interesting