A Dog in the Fight
William Davies: Am I a fan?, 18 May 2023
A Fan’s Life: The Agony of Victory and the Thrill of Defeat
by Paul Campos.
Chicago, 176 pp., £15, September 2022,978 0 226 82348 5 Show More
by Paul Campos.
Chicago, 176 pp., £15, September 2022,
“... culture in general, stopped being perceived as a threat. Tempany emphasises the importance of the Taylor Report into Hillsborough, published in 1990, which led to all-seater stadiums and made football a safer, more ‘family-friendly’ experience. But the broader ideological terrain had already been set by Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan: socialism and ... ”