Kristian Downer

Kristian Downer

The Road To Munich: Paying The Price to Follow Chelsea to the UEFA Champions League Final

The Road To Munich: Paying The Price to Follow Chelsea to the UEFA Champions League Final
By Kristian Downer on May 17, 2012

FamousCFC.com is a fan blog for Chelsea fans and we are on our way to Munich. Here is how we are preparing for our trip of the season. The Miracle of The Nou Camp When Chelsea achieved what has been …

Everton and Manchester United Thriller Overshadowed by Injury Time Controversy

By Kristian Downer on September 11, 2010

Manchester United and Everton contested one of the most entertaining games of the Premier League season so far at Goodison Park this weekend. After taking the lead only to let it slip to a two goal deficit, Everton launched a …

Non-League Football Day: One Story From a Stepping Stone to Success

By Kristian Downer on September 7, 2010

In the run up to the weekend, I wrote about the Non-League Football Day campaign that was launched to try and use the international break to encourage Premiership and Championship football fans to use their free weekend to support their …

Why It May Be Your Girlfriend’s Fault Your Team’s Star Striker Can’t Score At Home

By Kristian Downer on September 5, 2010

It seems impossible now to go more than a few weeks without a media story breaking that exposes the alleged infidelity, criminality or immorality of a Premiership footballer. Whilst in a utopian society every individual would subscribe to the narrow …

Support Your Local Non-League Club This International Break

Support Your Local Non-League Club This International Break
By Kristian Downer on September 1, 2010

The Premier League season has ground to a halt as the first international break of the season means that there will be no Premier League or Championship fixtures this weekend. Whilst only a small percentage of fans that would normally …

Why FIFA Must Tread Carefully When Merging Football With Technology

By Kristian Downer on June 29, 2010

The contrasting World Cup fortunes of Frank Lampard and Carlos Tevez have inadvertently re-opened up the debate around the use of video technology at the highest level of the game. In the space of one day of the World Cup both Frank …

World Cup South Africa 2010 – Is this the Year of the Underdog?

By Kristian Downer on June 24, 2010

As the final whistle shrieked like a gunshot into the eardrums of the Italians and sent the Slovakians into delirious celebrations in Johannesburg, the second giant killing of the tournament sent goose bumps down the spines of the millions, if …