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Being an English Premier League soccer fan in Philly used to be a lonely endeavor when your favorite team and fan club are more than 4,000 miles away. That’s why when Philadelphians find fellow team supporters, these groups become more than just fandom.
“I have met some of my best friends through this group,” said Chris Wirtalla, founder of the Newcastle United supporters club in Philadelphia. “Folks have gone out to concerts with each other, we go over each other’s houses for dinners — some of these folks were actually invited to my wedding. The most surprising aspect of it is that there are all these people with different ages and interests.
These dozen or so tight-knit clubs of Premier League fans, like Wirtalla’s, have been growing in Philadelphia since the mid-2000s when soccer’s popularity began to rise with Premier League and the U.S. Major League Soccer leagues starting in the ‘90s, according to founders of local supporter clubs. For them, to finally see these two worlds colliding — English soccer and Philly sports fandom — will culminate with the biggest weekend in their clubs’ existence.
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