Football and Globalisation
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| The Offside found this 10/13/2007 on pitchinvasion.net [flag] |
I’d simply like to juxtapose a couple of recent pieces of commentary about football today.
Eric Hobsbawm, left-wing historian:
Neither the local nor the national identification is what defines the economy of football today.
What defines it is that since globalisation it’s been possible for a consortium of wealthy clubs in a particular set of Western European countries to build ...
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Daily Dose 10.13.07
Published 10/13/2007 by Daryl at The Offside
... ) Abramovich versus Hobsbawm ( Pitch Invasion ) Liverpool read to unveil Harry Kewell all over again ( ...
Carlito’s Link Dump
Published 10/19/2007 by Dave at Dave's Football Blog
... Football going global has its disadvantages. (Pitch Invasion) ...
