Posted June 04, 2024 12:15
· last edited June 04, 2024 12:20
Just an FYI - someone copied the below Tamaki AFC manifesto (for want of a better word) and posted it up on the Port's FB page, in a less than complimentary manner ('Wtf is this shark lmao')
In my opinion the Port in response posting the right sort of reply. Just an FYI, and yeah onto matters football.
The first we have heard of this is today, it’s not our style in The Port to mix politics with football and so far no one has been in touch with us from this group.
First and foremost, The Port is for ALL Auckland FC fans. We are intentionally independent and non-political. We are all different but at the end of the day, football and Auckland unite us. We exist to support our club and to build a passionate support base for Auckland FC, that’s it.
We’re preemptively closing out the comments to prevent the opportunity for division and negativity before a ball has even been kicked.
We’re not going to stop anyone setting up their own group. If that sounds good to you, go for it, and know you’re always welcome with us too anytime.
See you at the bar and in Bay 22 UTP!
Auckland FC, Beers, the Port
Doloras
A challenger to The Port appears.
Introducing TĀMAKI AFC - Aotearoa Football's Left-Wing Ultras
A-League football's newest professional club, Auckland FC, will feature a proudly Left-wing active support group.
The "Tamāki AFC" (standing for "anti-fascist crew") will be cheering on the "Black Knights" from Bay 25 at Rarotonga Mount Smart Stadium, alongside other active support groups.
Tāmaki AFC are inspired by overseas Left-wing "ultra" groups such as Celtic FC (Scotland)'s "Green Brigade", AEK Athens (Greece)'s "Original 21", Dulwich Hamlet (England)'s "Rabble", or the infamous ultras of FC St. Pauli (Germany).
The group is first and foremost an active support group, like Wellington Phoenix's Yellow Fever. But it is explicitly and openly decolonial, anticapitalist. and antifascist. It opposes all forms of homophobia and transphobia in football - and in football fandom - as well as the dominance of big money over grassroots club culture. It supports fair pay and conditions for all those working in football, from star players to stadium cleaners and everyone in between.
No matter what form of Left-wing politics you identify with - or none at all - all football fans who agree with the group's kaupapa and want to have a good time are welcome to join in:
1. WE ARE ACTIVE SUPPORT We support Auckland FC, Manukau United and possibly other football clubs in Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland through chanting, singing, flags, banners/tifos, dancing, support outside the stadium, etc. We want to make sure our team(s) game have as big and fun an atmosphere as possible.
2. WE'RE FOR LANDBACK AND CONSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATION We acknowledge that in both so-called New Zealand and Australia we are on stolen lands under illegitimate colonial governments. We do what we can to oppose and end colonisation all over the Pacific, and the world.
3. ANTI-FASCIST, ANTI-CAPITALIST AND PRO-SOLIDARITY Our guiding principle is that FOOTBALL IS FOR ALL. We oppose racism, sexism, homophobia and transphobia, in football fandom and in wider society. We stand in solidarity with the oppressed and victims of imperialism worldwide. We also offer no political support to the billionaire owners of Auckland FC nor the capitalist A-League model - we are here for the fans, the players and the community.
4. WE ARE INTERNATIONALISTS We seek to create ties of friendship with other leftist Ultras groups in the A-league and around the world, and seek to inspire the creation of leftist ultra groups where they don't exist in the A-league.
5. WE ARE FOR PEOPLE'S CLUBS AND LEAGUES We want a club accessible to fans, with affordable ticket prices, food and drink prices, free public transport to the ground and increasing fan ownership of all clubs in the A-league. We want all staff including contractors to be on at least a living wage, pay equity between women and men's teams, and for the club to choose sustainable practices. We want safe standing areas and club genuinely connected to our diverse communities and actively contributing to grassroots football.
6. WE ARE A UNITED FRONT OF THE BROAD LEFT We are a group for all those who support this kaupapa, regardless if they be anarcho-communists, Labour Party supporters, or anywhere in between. We stand and have fun alongside fellow fans whom we have serious political differences, and discuss those differences in a comradely manner after the game (if at all).
Facebook group at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/904892314618830
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Unknown editoredited June 04, 2024 12:20
Just an FYI - someone copied the below Tamaki AFC manifesto (for want of a better word) and posted it up on the Port's FB page, in a less than complimentary manner.
In my opinion the Port in response posting the right sort of reply. Just an FYI, and yeah onto matters football.
The first we have heard of this is today, it’s not our style in The Port to mix politics with football and so far no one has been in touch with us from this group.
First and foremost, The Port is for ALL Auckland FC fans. We are intentionally independent and non-political. We are all different but at the end of the day, football and Auckland unite us. We exist to support our club and to build a passionate support base for Auckland FC, that’s it.
We’re preemptively closing out the comments to prevent the opportunity for division and negativity before a ball has even been kicked.
We’re not going to stop anyone setting up their own group. If that sounds good to you, go for it, and know you’re always welcome with us too anytime.
See you at the bar and in Bay 22 UTP!
Auckland FC, Beers, the Port
Doloras
A challenger to The Port appears.
Introducing TĀMAKI AFC - Aotearoa Football's Left-Wing Ultras<br><br>A-League football's newest professional club, Auckland FC, will feature a proudly Left-wing active support group.<br><br>The "Tamāki AFC" (standing for "anti-fascist crew") will be cheering on the "Black Knights" from Bay 25 at Rarotonga Mount Smart Stadium, alongside other active support groups.<br><br>Tāmaki AFC are inspired by overseas Left-wing "ultra" groups such as Celtic FC (Scotland)'s "Green Brigade", AEK Athens (Greece)'s "Original 21", Dulwich Hamlet (England)'s "Rabble", or the infamous ultras of FC St. Pauli (Germany).<br><br>The group is first and foremost an active support group, like Wellington Phoenix's Yellow Fever. But it is explicitly and openly decolonial, anticapitalist. and antifascist. It opposes all forms of homophobia and transphobia in football - and in football fandom - as well as the dominance of big money over grassroots club culture. It supports fair pay and conditions for all those working in football, from star players to stadium cleaners and everyone in between.<br><br>No matter what form of Left-wing politics you identify with - or none at all - all football fans who agree with the group's kaupapa and want to have a good time are welcome to join in:<br><br>1. WE ARE ACTIVE SUPPORT<br>We support Auckland FC, Manukau United and possibly other football clubs in Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland through chanting, singing, flags, banners/tifos, dancing, support outside the stadium, etc. We want to make sure our team(s) game have as big and fun an atmosphere as possible.<br><br>2. WE'RE FOR LANDBACK AND CONSTITUTIONAL TRANSFORMATION<br>We acknowledge that in both so-called New Zealand and Australia we are on stolen lands under illegitimate colonial governments. We do what we can to oppose and end colonisation all over the Pacific, and the world.<br><br>3. ANTI-FASCIST, ANTI-CAPITALIST AND PRO-SOLIDARITY<br>Our guiding principle is that FOOTBALL IS FOR ALL. We oppose racism, sexism, homophobia and transphobia, in football fandom and in wider society. We stand in solidarity with the oppressed and victims of imperialism worldwide. We also offer no political support to the billionaire owners of Auckland FC nor the capitalist A-League model - we are here for the fans, the players and the community.<br><br>4. WE ARE INTERNATIONALISTS<br>We seek to create ties of friendship with other leftist Ultras groups in the A-league and around the world, and seek to inspire the creation of leftist ultra groups where they don't exist in the A-league.<br><br>5. WE ARE FOR PEOPLE'S CLUBS AND LEAGUES<br>We want a club accessible to fans, with affordable ticket prices, food and drink prices, free public transport to the ground and increasing fan ownership of all clubs in the A-league. We want all staff including contractors to be on at least a living wage, pay equity between women and men's teams, and for the club to choose sustainable practices. We want safe standing areas and club genuinely connected to our diverse communities and actively contributing to grassroots football.<br><br>6. WE ARE A UNITED FRONT OF THE BROAD LEFT<br>We are a group for all those who support this kaupapa, regardless if they be anarcho-communists, Labour Party supporters, or anywhere in between. We stand and have fun alongside fellow fans whom we have serious political differences, and discuss those differences in a comradely manner after the game (if at all).<br><br>Facebook group at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/904892314618830
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