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Hell for leather: mystery surrounds the first ever World Cup final ball

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Eighty-eight years on, people are still confused about which football was used in the first ever World Cup final after an argument erupted between Argentina and Uruguay

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“There won’t be Nazis at Eintracht Frankfurt” – German club ban far-right voters

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A move by club present Peter Fischer to stop neo-nazis attending Eintracht Frankfurt matches has prompted a wider debate about political neutrality in German football

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How “they won” became “we won” – the rise of the partisan football fanatic

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In the game’s early days matches were mostly watched by curious observers but, as crowds increased, clubs started to provide their followers with a sense of belonging

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The beautiful game: Pelé, Didi and the origins of football’s most tiresome cliche

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Examining how the phrase came to be so commonplace tells us a lot about the way in which the sport developed and spread around the world

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Savage Enthusiasm: A history of football fans by Paul Brown

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Goal Post, £12.99
Reviewed by Simon Tindall
From WSC 367, September 2017
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