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BLUE BRAZIL, n. Also Blue Brazilians, Cowdenbeath Football Club.Sc. 1992 Herald 4 May 8:
The atmosphere at Central Park has changed over the past few weeks as the charge of the self-styled "blue Brazilians" has caught the imagination. The locals have decided that there is a football team in Cowdenbeath, and at Alloa they were joined by a large number of fans from England who have adopted the Fife team. The blue Brazil, you see, really do have an international support.Sc. 1998 Glasgow South and Eastwood Extra 26 Mar :
This victory for the Spiders was sweet revenge as the 'Blue Brazilians' had driven Spiders' fans nuts when they inflicted one of the Southside club's most humiliating defeats earlier in the season.Sc. 1998 Herald 29 May 23:
... how about Nike International sponsoring the Blue Brazil as well as the Brazilian international team?
You haven't heard of the Blue Brazil? It's the cool nickname of Cowdenbeath Football Club, which plays in the Scottish third division. ... Unlike the Brazilian world-champion players, many of whom earn sums in the region of £25,000 a week, the young Blue Brazilians, with upwardly mobile dreams but no mobile phones, take home £25 per week plus expenses (bus fares).Sc. 1999 Sunday Mail 18 Apr 72:
The Blue Brazilians are bottom of the Third Division and are fighting to get above Montrose with just four games remaining.Sc. 2000 Sun 27 Nov :
He tells Ewan Smith who is the Blue Brazilians' own Pele, why he would buy THOUSANDS of players if he had Dick Advocaat's millions — and why he avoids the chairman's son like the plague.Sc. 2002 Herald 2 Aug 33:
Wright added that while his role is part-time, he has been working virtually full-time to ensure that "The Blue Brazilians" are in the best possible shape, pointing out that, in addition to the first team, he also has a duty to oversee the development of the reserve and under-18 sidesSc. 2002 Sunday Mail 15 Dec 63:
Former Cowden keeper, Ross Godfrey came back to haunt his old club with three first class second half saves and then in the closing seconds another former Blue Brazilian, Mark Bradley struck to give Berwick all three points and leave the Fifers stranded at the foot of the Division.Sc. 2003 Mirror 15 Nov 64:
Shire had gone in front in the 63rd minute thanks to an own goal from Innes Ritchie but the Blue Brazil levelled after 67 minutes with a great individual strike from Shields.Sc. 2004 Daily Record 10 May 2:
Never mind Cowdenbeath players, this guy was a real blue Brazilian.Sc. 2004 Press and Journal 11 Sep 116:
Elgin City travel to Cowdenbeath today to face the Blue Brazil well placed to take advantage of the Balmoor meeting between the division's top two teams Peterhead and Gretna.
