Stephen Wrench on being an unlikely fan of an unlikely team. “This isn’t football,” shouted one fan at my umpteenth match at Whitehawk FC, “it’s conceptual art.” He wasn’t wrong.
If you imagine football to be super- macho, super-homophobic and frankly a bit nasty, think again. Whitehawk FC, Brighton’s alternative football team that’s currently flying high in all the glamour of the Isthmian League South East Division, is none of these.