Hi Beachcomber, I know what you mean by 'a forum similar to mudcat' for football followers. I too would like to be able to discuss football on a forum where participants are genuinely interested in all aspects of the world game and look for intelligent discussion of the issues.

I'd love a football forum which is independently run, free of commercial hype, lurid ads, pop-ups, etc, and one where the posts are vigorous without going off into puerile 'slagging off' at particular clubs and/or their fan bases, or airing of prejudices against particular players. Unfortunately I suspect that any such forum would very soon be hijacked by the usual 'flamers', 'trollers' and general 'numb-brains'in any case. These people tend to swamp the many 'football websites' I've been able to find through a google search.

Its at times like this when we who have an equal passion for other topics as well as for accoustic and folkmusic realise the beauty, nay the brilliance of the Mudcat Cafe as a concept and its relative simplicity of access and operation.

Keep up the search.

CeeJay