1312: Among the Ultras: A Journey With the World's Most Extreme Fans
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 commercialization of football and society – and against the attempts to control them by the authorities, who both covet and fear their power.
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1312: Among the Ultras: A Journey With the World's Most Extreme Fans
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 commercialization of football and society – and against the attempts to control them by the authorities, who both covet and fear their power.
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1312: Among the Ultras: A Journey With the World's Most Extreme Fans

1312: Among the Ultras: A Journey With the World's Most Extreme Fans

by James Montague
1312: Among the Ultras: A Journey With the World's Most Extreme Fans

1312: Among the Ultras: A Journey With the World's Most Extreme Fans

by James Montague

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Overview

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 commercialization of football and society – and against the attempts to control them by the authorities, who both covet and fear their power.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781785039188
Publisher: Penguin Random House UK
Publication date: 06/01/2021
Pages: 416
Product dimensions: 5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 1.10(d)

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 unrecognized 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 and The Billionaires Club: The Unstoppable Rise of Football’s Super-Rich Owners.

Table of Contents

Author's Note ix

Introduction xi

Croatia xiii

Part 1 Los Primeros Hinchas 1

1 Uruguay 3

2 Argentina 18

3 Brazil 43

Part 2 No Face, No Name 55

4 Italy 57

5 Serbia 93

6 Greece and Macedonia 119

7 Albania and Kosovo 139

Part 3 Against Modern Football 165

8 Ukraine 167

9 Germany 201

10 Sweden 229

Part 4 The New Old World 257

11 Turkey 259

12 Egypt and North Africa 289

13 United States 309

14 Indonesia 323

Endnotes 361

Acknowledgements 391

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