Jack Brindelli examines the historical relationship between the beautiful game and politics and rebutts the claim that soccer is simply a ‘bourgeois distraction’
Jack Brindelli examines the historical relationship between the beautiful game and politics. In a video covering Bill Shankly, Alan Hansen, Paolo Di Canio, Luis Suarez, Anton Zingarevich, Celtic, Barcelona, General Franco and the state of traffic outside Norwich City, Jack considers the often overlooked topic of radicalism within football, and rebutts the claim that soccer is simply a “bourgeois distraction”.
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