Tag: Ronny Blaschke

Ronny Blaschke’s Power Players: Football in Propaganda, War and Revolution (Pitch Publishing) exposes the political abuse of football. Dictators present themselves in stadiums as representatives of the people. But 'ultras' defy them and fight in revolutions on the front line. Historian Mats Greiff is in two minds about the book – with its geographical breadth and wealth of data it's immensely instructive, but Blaschke fails to tie up the loose ends with an overarching analysis of it all.