[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"football-site-config":3,"world-cup-status-en":27,"news-detail-bohemians-1905-to-enter-fan-c-team-9th-tier-next-season":61,"news-related-bohemians-1905-to-enter-fan-c-team-9th-tier-next-season-en":97,"news-related-match-bohemians-1905-to-enter-fan-c-team-9th-tier-next-season-en":26},{"adSlots":4,"affiliateMode":5,"brandName":6,"contentStrategy":7,"currency":8,"friendLinks":9,"homepageLayoutKey":10,"leagueFocus":11,"locale":12,"planVisibility":13,"seoDescription":14,"seoTitleTemplate":15,"siteCode":10,"siteName":6,"siteType":10,"subscriptionMode":5,"timezone":16,"id":17,"tenantID":18,"primaryDomain":19,"countryCode":20,"logoUrl":21,"faviconUrl":21,"theme":22,"seoKeywords":24,"status":25,"ads":4,"focusLeagues":26,"affiliatePolicies":26},[],"shared","Football Prediction Platform","scores_predictions","USD",[],"main",[],"en-US",[],"Football fixtures, results, free predictions, subscriptions, and clearly labeled partner links.","{page} | Football Prediction Platform","America\u002FNew_York",323900000000000000,1,"football.easytestdev.online","US","",{"primaryColor":23},"#1677ff","football predictions, football fixtures, football results","active",null,{"active":28,"leagueId":29,"leagueName":30,"leagueImagePath":31,"seasonId":32,"seasonName":33,"startingAt":34,"endingAt":35,"daysToStart":36,"daysToEnd":37,"phase":38,"includeQualifying":39,"hostCities":40},true,"326135624916537344","World Cup","https:\u002F\u002Fmedia.api-sports.io\u002Ffootball\u002Fleagues\u002F1.png","326255613308833792","2026\u002F2027","2026-06-11","2026-06-28",-38,-21,"finished_recent",false,[41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59,60],"Atlanta","Boston","Dallas","East Rutherford","Guadalajara","Houston","Kansas City","Los Angeles","Mexico City","Miami","Monterrey","New-York","New York New Jersey","Philadelphia","San-Francisco","San Francisco Bay Area","Seattle","Toronto","Vancouver","Zapopan",{"article":62},{"awayTeamId":-1,"awayTeamName":-1,"body":63,"category":64,"excerpt":65,"homeTeamId":-1,"homeTeamName":-1,"id":66,"leagueId":67,"leagueName":68,"matchId":69,"matchName":21,"publishedAt":70,"slug":71,"sourceName":72,"sourceURL":73,"teamId":74,"teamName":75,"teamIds":76,"teamNames":86,"title":96},"In a move that blurs the line between spectator and player, Czech top-flight club Bohemians 1905 have unveiled plans to field a C team comprised entirely of fans in the national league system. Starting next season, the Prague-based outfit will enter a supporter-driven side into the ninth tier of Czech football, offering ordinary followers a rare chance to pull on the famous green and white stripes for competitive matches.\n\nThe kangaroo that adorns Bohemka's badge is no empty mascot—it traces back to a 1927 tour of Australia, when the visiting Czechoslovak side were gifted two live kangaroos to take home. Since then, the marsupial has become an indelible part of the club's identity. Now, fans who sign up for the C team will wear that same badge on their shirts, transforming from terrace chants to on-field contributors.\n\nA club statement clarified that the project's motivation is not promotion but participation. \"The goal of this unique project won't be to advance as high as possible, but to offer Bohemians fans the joy of football and the pride of wearing the kangaroo on their chest,\" it read. This emphasis on experience over ambition marks the C team as a pure expression of fan culture, rather than a conventional development squad.\n\nThe initiative carries deep emotional resonance because of the club's near-death experience in 2005. Then bankrupt and staring at dissolution, Bohemians 1905 were rescued by an extraordinary fundraising drive from supporters. That lifeline not only saved the club but also sparked a revival that has kept them in the Czech First League continuously since 2013. The C team is, in many ways, a repayment of that debt—allowing those who saved the club to now represent it.\n\nThe club's honorary president is Antonin Panenka, the former Czechoslovakia midfielder whose name is synonymous with the chipped penalty kick. His association reinforces Bohemka's stature as a club with a distinctive footballing legacy. The C team project, while operating far down the pyramid, aligns with that legacy of originality and defiance of convention.\n\nCzech football's league system extends deep into amateur levels, with the ninth tier being the domain of local village and suburban clubs where players balance day jobs with weekend matches. The gap to the professional Fortuna Liga is vast. In fact, only teams from the top four divisions are eligible for the Czech Cup, meaning the fan-run C team will almost certainly never face Bohemians 1905's first team in an official match. This structural separation ensures the project remains a standalone feel-good story rather than a competitive complication.\n\nMeanwhile, the club is in the midst of a major crowdfunding campaign to rebuild its Ďolíček stadium. The project is budgeted at 350 million Czech Koruna—approximately £12.4 million—and once again calls on supporter generosity. The juxtaposition of fans financing a new stadium while also being invited to play for a symbolic team reinforces a powerful narrative of mutual loyalty uncommon in the modern game.\n\nBy granting fans official player status, Bohemka are redefining what supporter engagement can mean. In an industry often criticised for treating fans as customers, the C team offers a tangible stake: a chance to step inside the white lines and affect a match result, even if only at the grassroots level. This could set a precedent for other clubs seeking creative ways to honour their communities.\n\nThe practicalities remain sketchy for now—interested fans are asked to email the club, and selections will likely follow. Fitness standards, logistical commitments, and competitive expectations will be low-key, as the club has explicitly removed the pressure of chasing promotion. Instead, the focus is squarely on the shared experience of representing Bohemka on a real pitch.\n\nThis C team may never grace a televised stage or face its parent club's stars, but its symbolism is profound. It embodies a truth often forgotten: football clubs are at heart community associations, and the people in the stands are as much a part of the story as the players on the pitch. As the club aptly put it, \"Thanks to the fans, Bohemka continues to play football. Now it's time for Bohemka to enable the same for its fans.\"\n\nBased on reporting from BBC Sport.","news","Bohemians 1905 will enter a fan C team in Czech ninth tier next season, letting supporters play competitively in the kangaroo badge, a unique project.","333319207863193601","326135628607524864","Football League","0","2026-05-22T16:49:28Z","bohemians-1905-to-enter-fan-c-team-9th-tier-next-season","BBC Sport","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.bbc.com\u002Fsport\u002Ffootball\u002Farticles\u002Fce8pwgzy8dko?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss","326257702781063168","Bohemians 1905",[74,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84,85],"326222711976103936","326257672636600320","326222707169431552","326257545754710016","326257554411753472","326257556324356096","326257565635710976","326222713142120448","326257546392244224",[75,87,88,89,90,91,92,93,94,95],"Australia","Bohemians","Anderlecht","Newcastle","Newcastle Jets","Newells Old Boys","Getafe","Canada","Nottingham Forest","Bohemians 1905 to Enter Fan C Team: 9th Tier Next Season",[98,136,143,146],{"awayTeamId":85,"awayTeamName":95,"body":-1,"category":64,"excerpt":99,"homeTeamId":100,"homeTeamName":101,"id":102,"leagueId":67,"leagueName":68,"matchId":103,"matchName":104,"publishedAt":105,"slug":106,"sourceName":107,"sourceURL":108,"teamId":109,"teamName":110,"teamIds":111,"teamNames":123,"title":135},"David Sullivan's chronic mismanagement and over £200m wasted on transfers left West Ham in ruins, culminating in a shambolic relegation to the Championship.","326257545712766976","Manchester United","334391699230953473","327054566501650432","Manchester United vs Nottingham Forest","2026-05-25T07:00:19Z","why-west-ham-were-relegated-sullivan-s-200m-failures","The Guardian","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theguardian.com\u002Ffootball\u002F2026\u002Fmay\u002F25\u002Fblame-for-west-ham-relegation-sits-at-the-feet-of-david-sullivan","326257546153168896","West Ham",[109,100,85,112,113,114,115,116,80,117,118,119,120,121,122],"326257545968619520","326257537965887488","326257545792458752","326255039347691520","326257546459353088","326257546094448640","326257546220277760","326257545830207488","326255048646463488","326257546325135360","326257546358689792",[110,101,95,124,125,126,127,128,90,129,130,131,132,133,134],"Arsenal","GIL Vicente","Bournemouth","Fiorentina","Sunderland","Tottenham","Chelsea","Fulham","Flamengo","Brentford","Leeds","Why West Ham Were Relegated: Sullivan's £200m+ Failures",{"awayTeamId":85,"awayTeamName":95,"body":-1,"category":64,"excerpt":137,"homeTeamId":100,"homeTeamName":101,"id":138,"leagueId":67,"leagueName":68,"matchId":103,"matchName":104,"publishedAt":105,"slug":139,"sourceName":107,"sourceURL":108,"teamId":109,"teamName":110,"teamIds":140,"teamNames":141,"title":142},"Wasted £105m from Declan Rice sale, poor signings, and constant manager turmoil sealed West Ham's relegation under owner David Sullivan.","334260640375902209","why-west-ham-s-relegation-is-down-to-david-sullivan",[109,100,85,112,113,114,115,116,80,117,119,118,120],[110,101,95,124,125,126,127,128,90,129,131,130,132],"Why West Ham's Relegation Is Down to David Sullivan",{"awayTeamId":-1,"awayTeamName":-1,"body":-1,"category":64,"excerpt":65,"homeTeamId":-1,"homeTeamName":-1,"id":66,"leagueId":67,"leagueName":68,"matchId":69,"matchName":21,"publishedAt":70,"slug":71,"sourceName":72,"sourceURL":73,"teamId":74,"teamName":75,"teamIds":144,"teamNames":145,"title":96},[74,77,78,79,80,81,82,83,84,85],[75,87,88,89,90,91,92,93,94,95],{"awayTeamId":147,"awayTeamName":148,"body":-1,"category":64,"excerpt":149,"homeTeamId":114,"homeTeamName":126,"id":150,"leagueId":67,"leagueName":68,"matchId":151,"matchName":152,"publishedAt":153,"slug":154,"sourceName":107,"sourceURL":155,"teamId":156,"teamName":157,"teamIds":158,"teamNames":164,"title":170},"326257546258026496","Manchester City","Aston Villa's Europa parade complicates Sunday's Manchester City trip, putting Champions League spot at risk for rivals.","332978159886536705","327054822589075456","Bournemouth vs Manchester City","2026-05-21T16:38:54Z","villa-s-parade-test-recovering-for-city-after-europa-win","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.theguardian.com\u002Ffootball\u002F2026\u002Fmay\u002F21\u002Faston-villa-europa-league-final-victory-parade-toughest-test","326257546425798656","Aston Villa",[156,114,147,159,160,161,162,163],"326257808251031552","326257807630274560","326257807814823936","326257808125202432","326257808339111936",[157,126,148,165,166,167,168,169],"Middlesbrough","Southampton","Birmingham","Hull City","Rotherham","Villa's Parade Test: Recovering for City After Europa Win"]