Launch of Quirky Football

Welcome to The Home of Quirky Football.

Fed up with boring Mainstream Media Football articles? Want an alternative opinion? Want to read something more interesting than another boring Premier League and Champions League press waffle? This is the place for you.

Quirky football will showcase:
-  articles on Cult Football Heroes and Clubs
- alternative opinions to stories that are spoonfed to us by Robot Journalists and Television Pundits across the mainstream media
- How we the people can start taking back control of the sport that we love. The Journey Begins Today.

Non-Mainstream Fan Powered Football Media has Launched.

Updates soon to be posted via @QuirkyFootball on Twitter .

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