Whereas fanatic is usually a pejorative word, a Fan is someone who has roots somewhere.
Other than sports, only war and catastrophe can create this sort of national unity. - Simon Kuper
Other than sports, only war and catastrophe can create this sort of national unity.
- Simon Kuper
Football is not merely a small business, it's also a bad one. Anyone who spends any time inside football soon discovers that just as oil is part of t… - Simon Kuper
Football is not merely a small business, it's also a bad one. Anyone who spends any time inside football soon discovers that just as oil is part of t…
It seems that soccer tournaments create those relationships: people gathered together in pubs and living rooms, a whole country suddenly caring about… - Simon Kuper
It seems that soccer tournaments create those relationships: people gathered together in pubs and living rooms, a whole country suddenly caring about…
You'd never last in South America. Fans take their radios to the stadium so they can think what the commentators think. - Simon Kuper
You'd never last in South America. Fans take their radios to the stadium so they can think what the commentators think.
Chelsea's players, coaches and agents are now football's wealthiest millionaires. Surely the billions taken from the Russian people by an oligarch in… - Simon Kuper
Chelsea's players, coaches and agents are now football's wealthiest millionaires. Surely the billions taken from the Russian people by an oligarch in…
I remember World Cups in 1982 and 1986 when we weren't there and we'd support Belgium or Denmark, .. They had some players who played in Holland and … - Simon Kuper
I remember World Cups in 1982 and 1986 when we weren't there and we'd support Belgium or Denmark, .. They had some players who played in Holland and …
Whereas fanatic is usually a pejorative word, a Fan is someone who has roots somewhere. - Simon Kuper
Even before 2007, this half of a small island was the richest football country on earth. In 2005-2006 the Premiership's total revenue was about £1.4b… - Simon Kuper
Even before 2007, this half of a small island was the richest football country on earth. In 2005-2006 the Premiership's total revenue was about £1.4b…
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