Just Who Is New England’s Greatest Rival? Part I

As we lead up to our second print issue of TDIF, we felt it reasonable to post some of the articles from Issue 1. In this feature article Scott McCullough takes a look at the Revolution's biggest rivals. Part 2 will be included in the second issue of TDIF Print which comes out March 8th. Join us to kick off the New England Revolution season, get your copy of TDIF Print and stick around for music from The Black Cheers and Jason Bennett and The Resistance. All of this happens at Baseball Tavern more info here

Part I - A look at some of the worst of enemies throughout the Revs’ 18-year history.

Scott McCullough

World soccer features some legendary rivalries.  In the plethora of leagues throughout the world, many of the best-known matches are local derbies, while other notable clashes are based solely on history, religion, culture, or other conflicting ideologies.  Regardless of the reasons behind various derby matches, such encounters can bring out the most passionate support from fans at the grounds to others watching on TV’s around the world.  These matches are generally considered to be amongst the most exciting fixtures each season.

TDIF Print Issue 2 Preview and Release Party

Our second issue is almost ready! The boys are hard at work putting together the next issue which will be available March 8th.

In this issue we will see the second installment of Scott McCullough's essay Just Who Is New England's Greatest Rival. Richard McLaws introduces us to the elusive Mr. W who gives us a beer drinker's guide to Rio de Janeiro in advance of the 2014 World Cup. We take a look at re-release of Adidas' Stan Smith and much more.

Join us for our release party and viewing of the New England Revolution Season opener at Baseball Tavern on March 8th. You will be able to be among the first to get your hands on the newest issue, if you missed the last one we will have limited numbers left as well. After the game stick around for sets from The Black Cheers and Jason Bennett and The Resistance!

Doors are at 7:30, free before 8:30 $5 after to support the bands. 21+ only. Facebook Event

This Issue's Cover

So you may be wondering what our cover is all about. From the start we knew we wanted our good friend Michael Hammecker (who will also be contributing to TDIF) to create the art for our very first cover. So now we present to you it's story... before you can even get your hands on the first issue!

TDIF Is Going Retro

Guttenberg may roll over in his grave if he hears this, The Drug Is Football will be launching a print edition.

Yes. A print edition.

I have been talking about doing a print edition for well over a year with some the people associated with TDIF and we're finally ready to move forward.

Initially we are planning to be on a biennial schedule with our first full color issue coming out this coming July. As stated previously I wanted to take the blog to a more magazine like site about soccer in New England, and the US with the addition of articles on life, culture, music, style etc. and this is part of that plan. We obviously have our roots in punk rock culture, and the 'zine was once a very important aspect of that, and is making a comeback and we're happy to be part of that.

I am happy to say that I have some of my favorite minds on soccer in New England on board to contribute. Content-wise we will be going big picture concepts on New England and MLS soccer with that taking the half of our magazine, and the style, art, culture, life, music element taking the other half along with some consistent columns. Expect it to be irreverent, niche and critical as this blog has always been. We have a few things up our sleeves for this and I can assure you that there will be a good party for the release of our first issue. We'll be keeping you all updated on the progress as we go along.