On the northern bank of the Meuse, a schoolboy carries, in a builder’s wheelbarrow, some of the materials he needs in order to build a…
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Before the era of football’s commodified “gentrification” at the end of the twentieth century, the intellectual world almost refused to speak about the sport. In…
The economics of football do not only concern its commercialisation; it is the way one perceives and analyses it as a phenomenon, setting aside the…
Picture a scene: a crowd of people, of various ages, visibly drawn from different classes, composed of different genders, nationalities, and perhaps with differing levels…
On the afternoon of Wednesday, 25 November 1953, 150,000 spectators left Wembley having just witnessed one of the most influential matches in the evolution of…
The northern hemisphere is deep in summer. Football has been on hold for months. The leagues and European competitions of the past season feel like…
There is a reason why football is not merely a popular sport, but something far broader than that definition suggests. The analysis of tactics and…
The countdown is on for the 21st edition of the FIFA Club World Cup, which will take place in an entirely new format in the…
The hours of Sunday pass by, the sun has already crossed its zenith and is now on its way to the oceans, leaving the Mediterranean…
In every field of human activity and inquiry, there are certain special reference points — human creations that stand out as exceptional within their broader…