Tag: José Garriga Zucal
Soccer & Society, Volume 25, 2024, Issue 4–6 | Why Fans Matter? Fans and Identities in the Soccer World
Soccer, a.k.a (association) football is the most popular mass spectator sport in the world. Soccer & Society is the first international journal devoted to the game of soccer, and aims to focus on the game in the context of a more global world. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Beyond ‘good’ and ‘bad’ fans: exploring the mechanisms enabling football fans’ position as a stakeholder in the management of circulations by Jan Andre Lee Ludvigsen (open access).
Original take on football fandom makes a relevant contribution
Focussing on supporter activism and cooperation, Christian Brandt, Fabian Hertel and Sean Huddleston have gathered contributions for their edited volume Football Fans, Rivalry and Cooperation (Routledge). It represents a refreshing approach to the phenomenon of football fandom, according to Lise Joern, and a welcome addition to the literature in this field.