*Faded Footballers is a documentary project, led by Adam Labno, looking at the lives of professional footballers and how they finish their careers. The footballers studied are those who have often had spectacular exists and downfalls: blowing their cash due to drug ...
*This article was originally published on Kunci’s website, here, in June, 2013.
Footy is geographical. Footy relates to space. A space that is personal, local and national. Footy occupies the space of its consumer. One watches the game enshrouded by a ...
I first saw Kate Birrell‘s paintings on The Footy Almanac‘s website. Her painting was of Luke Hodge, in one of his classic postures: his right arm raised for balance, the other guiding the ball perfectly on to his left boot. ...
Football fashion in Indonesia mixes global styles with local identity. The small, independently run boutiques seek to capitalise on support for local teams, while at the same time, appropriating the casual style from England and Italy. These are fans who are defiantly ...
*by A. Widya Syadzwina (trans.Andy Fuller). @widyasyadzwina **An Indonesian version of this article first appeared at Fandom.id
(photos by Erick Didu of Cakrawala newspaper, Makassar)
This article focuses on one of the inter-kampung competitions in Indonesia. A.Widya Syadzwina explores football ...
It is mid-morning in an outer suburb of The Hague. HVV Haaglandia is the site for a gathering of supporters of ADO Den Haag, Legia Warsaw, Juventus, Club Brugge and Sparta Rotterdam. I have come to the event with Neal McClimon, an ...
*by Fajar Junaedi and Andy Fuller
**an earlier version of this article was published on Football Fandom Indonesia.
***photos by Husin Ghozali
Resistance towards injustice can appear anywhere. The resistance to the political forces that have sought to kill off the ...
Gelora Bung Karno Stadium is one of the great Sukarno-era monuments of Jakarta. It is the home of Persija football club and also the offices of the PSSI – The Indonesian Football Federation. (Official page is here, Persija, and fans page, ...
*Guest post by Fajar Junaedi of Muhamadiyah University, Yogyakarta
**This article is a translation of Kapitalism Semu dan Kegagalan Swastanisasi Sepak Bola Indonesia.
There is a missing link in professional football in Indonesia. The combination of the Association clubs with those ...