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The legend of ROBIN FRIDAY

This isn’t about Robin Friday, the man who died 20 years ago, and what he did to and for us. This is about the legend that has arisen since then, about what we did to and for him. Robin Friday is now a more powerful figure in the imaginations of Reading fans, Cardiff fans and football followers nationally than he was either in his lifetime or at his death.

This phenomenon begs two questions. How has this happened? And what does it tell us about how we view the world of football (and culture and celebrity) today? There’s a third point to this piece as well; to further embellish the legend by bringing together the

A fan’s tribute poster – thanks to whoever did it