An explosive insider's journey into the extreme political gangs of world football, by an award-winning investigative writer.
A hugely visible and controversial part of the global game, their credo and aesthetic replicated in almost every league everywhere on earth, a global movement of extreme fandom and politics is also one of the largest youth movements in the world.
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An explosive insider's journey into the extreme political gangs of world football, by an award-winning investigative writer.
A hugely visible and controversial part of the global game, their credo and aesthetic replicated in almost every league everywhere on earth, a global movement of extreme fandom and politics is also one of the largest youth movements in the world.
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An explosive insider's journey into the extreme political gangs of world football, by an award-winning investigative writer.You can see them, but you don't know them.Ultras are football fans like no others. A hugely visible and controversial part of the global game, their credo and aesthetic replicated in almost every league everywhere on earth, a global movement of extreme fandom and politics is also one of the largest youth movements in the world. Yet they remain unknown- an anti-establishment force that is transforming both football and politics. In this book, James Montague goes underground to uncover the true face of this dissident force for the first time.1312- Among the Ultras tells the story of how the movement began and how it grew to become the global phenomenon that now dominates the stadiums from the Balkans and Buenos Aires. With unprecedented insider access, the book investigates how ultras have grown into a fiercely political movement, embracing extremes on both the left and right; fighting against the commercialisation of football and society - and against the attempts to control them by the authorities, who both covet and fear their power.
Critic Reviews
“Brilliant and daring”
Tobias Jones, Guardian
Utterly gripping. I couldn’t recommend it highly enough. Rory Smith, New York Times
About the Author
James Montague is an award-winning author and journalist from Chelmsford, Essex. He writes for the New York Times, the Bleacher Report, World Soccer, and Delayed Gratification and has reported from over 80 different countries and unrecognised territories. He is the author of three highly-praised football books- When Friday Comes- Football, War and Revolution in the Middle East, Thirty One Nil- On the Road With Football's Outsiders andThe Billionaires Club- The Unstoppable Rise of Football's Super-Rich Owners. @JamesPiotr
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