Ebook: Soccer vs. the state: tackling football and radical politics

History : truths and myths about football as a working-class sport -- Radical debates on football. Football and politics ; Football?s role as an "opiate of the masses" ; Nationalism and sectarianism ; Fan violence ; The commercialization of the game and the "new football economy" ; Bigotry in football culture -- Radical interventions in the professional game. A stage for protests ; Social justice campaigns ; Personalities ; Teams ; supporters ; Clubs as cooperatives, not as corporations -- Alternative football culture. Grassroots and underground football culture ; Football for radicals.;"Examines the effects of big money interests of television and huge stadiums and corrupt politicians on the sport. Explores a radical soccer underground that sees the soccer as "the people?s game" and tries to use it to effect fundamental change."--