ISBN: 9798217270170 - this is our game: this is our game: inside the world's greatest soccer cities (11 risultati)

Condizione: New.

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. "Reminds me of why I love football - at its heart, it's a reflection of the communities that are built around it. A special book." - Jamie CarragherYou know when youre in a Football City.The murals, the billboards, the graffiti, the colours on the bars and pubs. No two football cities are the same. That cross on the club badge, commemorating a 1st century fisherman martyr (Ajax). The cemetery of graves dedicated to the clubs league rivals (Napoli). The guttural roar of fans chanting Aupa Athletic, aupa Euskal Herria! a fierce declaration of Basque pride and identity, echoing through San Mames like a battle cry (Bilbao).In a world of increasing corporate and homogenous sport, football cities preserve culture and exhibit the particular and the unique with glorious passion. Fandom in a football city is for everyone: for boys and girls, for elderly men and the infirm; for the fashionable, the outcasts and the hopeless: it gives their days meaning and clarity it can unite divided cities and divide the otherwise united.This is Our Game is a celebration of these unique fan cultures. Part travel, part social history, giving voice to distinctive local experiences, revealing the atmospheres, attitudes, fables, fashions, tensions and triumphs of twenty-two unique places and communities across all continents. It was the Russian composer (and FC Zenit fan) Dmitri Shostakovich who said: Football is the ballet of the masses. This book takes us inside the dance. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: New.

Paperback. Condizione: New.

Condizione: New.

Paperback. Condizione: New.

Taschenbuch. Condizione: Neu. Neuware - 'Reminds me of why I love football - at its heart, it's a reflection of the communities that are built around it. A special book.' - Jamie CarragherYou know when you're in a Football City.The murals, the billboards, the graffiti, the colours on the bars and pubs. No two football cities are the same. That cross on the club badge, commemorating a 1st century fisherman martyr (Ajax). The 'cemetery' of graves dedicated to the club's league rivals (Napoli). The guttural roar of fans chanting 'Aupa Athletic, aupa Euskal Herria!' - a fierce declaration of Basque pride and identity, echoing through San Mamés like a battle cry (Bilbao).In a world of increasing corporate and homogenous sport, football cities preserve culture and exhibit the particular and the unique with glorious passion. Fandom in a football city is for everyone: for boys and girls, for elderly men and the infirm; for the fashionable, the outcasts and the hopeless: it gives their days meaning and clarity - it can unite divided cities and divide the otherwise united.This is Our Game is a celebration of these unique fan cultures. Part travel, part social history, giving voice to distinctive local experiences, revealing the atmospheres, attitudes, fables, fashions, tensions and triumphs of twenty-two unique places and communities across all continents. It was the Russian composer (and FC Zenit fan) Dmitri Shostakovich who said: 'Football is the ballet of the masses.' This book takes us inside the dance.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. "Reminds me of why I love football - at its heart, it's a reflection of the communities that are built around it. A special book." - Jamie CarragherYou know when youre in a Football City.The murals, the billboards, the graffiti, the colours on the bars and pubs. No two football cities are the same. That cross on the club badge, commemorating a 1st century fisherman martyr (Ajax). The cemetery of graves dedicated to the clubs league rivals (Napoli). The guttural roar of fans chanting Aupa Athletic, aupa Euskal Herria! a fierce declaration of Basque pride and identity, echoing through San Mames like a battle cry (Bilbao).In a world of increasing corporate and homogenous sport, football cities preserve culture and exhibit the particular and the unique with glorious passion. Fandom in a football city is for everyone: for boys and girls, for elderly men and the infirm; for the fashionable, the outcasts and the hopeless: it gives their days meaning and clarity it can unite divided cities and divide the otherwise united.This is Our Game is a celebration of these unique fan cultures. Part travel, part social history, giving voice to distinctive local experiences, revealing the atmospheres, attitudes, fables, fashions, tensions and triumphs of twenty-two unique places and communities across all continents. It was the Russian composer (and FC Zenit fan) Dmitri Shostakovich who said: Football is the ballet of the masses. This book takes us inside the dance. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. "Reminds me of why I love football - at its heart, it's a reflection of the communities that are built around it. A special book." - Jamie CarragherYou know when youre in a Football City.The murals, the billboards, the graffiti, the colours on the bars and pubs. No two football cities are the same. That cross on the club badge, commemorating a 1st century fisherman martyr (Ajax). The cemetery of graves dedicated to the clubs league rivals (Napoli). The guttural roar of fans chanting Aupa Athletic, aupa Euskal Herria! a fierce declaration of Basque pride and identity, echoing through San Mames like a battle cry (Bilbao).In a world of increasing corporate and homogenous sport, football cities preserve culture and exhibit the particular and the unique with glorious passion. Fandom in a football city is for everyone: for boys and girls, for elderly men and the infirm; for the fashionable, the outcasts and the hopeless: it gives their days meaning and clarity it can unite divided cities and divide the otherwise united.This is Our Game is a celebration of these unique fan cultures. Part travel, part social history, giving voice to distinctive local experiences, revealing the atmospheres, attitudes, fables, fashions, tensions and triumphs of twenty-two unique places and communities across all continents. It was the Russian composer (and FC Zenit fan) Dmitri Shostakovich who said: Football is the ballet of the masses. This book takes us inside the dance. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condizione: New.

Paperback. Condizione: New.