![]() ![]() But in 1312, Montague, an English journalist, expands the field of. Other writers, such as Bill Buford in Among the Thugs (1992) and Tim Parks in A Season with Verona (2002), have immersed themselves in a particular country's football fan culture. They create the atmosphere that helps to mal e football such compelling viewing, but, as James Montague writes in 1312: Among the Ultras, "we know virtually nothing about these groups of football fans who fill the stadiums with smoke". ![]() The nomenclature varies-ultras, hooligans, fanatics, barras bravos, torcidas-but every football culture has a class of superfans. ![]() But while we know intimate details about the lives of star strikers and the minutiae of multi-million-pound transfers, there is one facet of the world game that remains opaque. Even during a worldwide lockdown, when almost no live football was available, the game continued to occupy television screens, newspaper columns and Twitter feeds. Editions for 1312: Among the Ultras, A journey with the worlds most extreme fans: 1785039172 (Paperback published in 2020), (Kindle Edition published in. ![]() FIFA, the governing body, likes to brag that it has more members than the United Nations every fourth year, its men's World Cup is the most-watched global television event. Among the Ultras-a journey with the world's most extreme fansįOOTBALL IS UBIQUITOUS-across every country and every inhabited continent. ![]()
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