Football, Europe and the Press

This book examines the construction of national, regional, and group identities in the football journalism of five European countries: England, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. Notions of the respective national stereotypes are explored in each of the countries studied.

Liz Crolley The Manchester Metropolitan University. David Hand

Chapter 1 Introduction: Football, Europe and the Press; Part 1 England; Chapter 2 The Bulldog Spirit; Chapter 3 This Green and Pleasant Land; Chapter 4 An Englishman's Home...; Part 2 France; Chapter 5 La Belle France: Winning with Style; Chapter 6 Une et indivisible: Regional Diversity in a Unitary State; Chapter 7 Ils sont fous ces Romains! The Other in French Football Writing; Part 3 Spain; Chapter 8 La Furia española: The Pride and the Passion of Spanish Football; Chapter 9 Viva la diferencia: Spain's Nationalities and Regions in its Football Writing; Chapter 10 La Liga de las estrellas: Spain and the International Brigade; Chapter 11 Conclusion: Imagined Identities?;