Long distance love : a passion for football / Grant Farred.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Farred, Grant.

Series:

Sporting (Philadelphia, Pa.)

Sporting

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soccer fans.

Soccer--Social aspects.

Soccer.

Liverpool Football Club.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Since he was a young adult, Grant Farred has wandered the world. Born in South Africa, his own personal growth was fueled by dreams of English football, as a player, and then, when age and reality set in, as a fan. Coming to the United States at a still young age, Farred still loved football -- especially Liverpool -- and watched it from afar. Writing about his experience, Farred shares with the reader his experience growing up colored in South Africa, moving to England, and finally to the US, and how his passion for football kept company with his many moves. Along the way, he talks about

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: A Talk, Drinks, and Dinner with God; Long Distance Love: Growing Up a Liverpool Football Club Fan; Los Desaparecidos y la Copa Mundial; Som Més que un Club, però Menys que una Nació: More than a Club, but Less than a Nation; Careless Whispers: The Doubleness of Spanish Love; At Home, Out of Place; God's Team: The Painful Pleasure of the Miracle on the Bosphorus; The Gerrard Final; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-198) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-38306-6

1-59213-375-4

9786611383060

OCLC:

437208951