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Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of The Soccer Tribe. Oct 10, Owlseyes marked it as to-read Shelves: soccer , futebol , tribal-roots , tribal-ritual , tribal-heroes , tribal-trappings , tribal-elders , tribal-tongues , slogans-and-songs , coaches-referees. I just want to understand the Ronaldo mess case. Will he get back to Vegas View all 6 comments. Jul 06, Ted Feder rated it it was amazing. In times of World Cup, an anthropological analysis of soccert - we are all members of a tribe.
Mar 25, Eric rated it really liked it Shelves: football-casual-hoolie-stuff , football. This is one of the most interesting books on footy I've come across.
It was published in and is a kind of anthropological study of Football fans as a "tribe. This seems hard to track down I found it at the library but it is very cool and well worth your time! Aug 28, adam rated it it was ok. I thought I would really enjoy this book. The content was interesting but not what I had in mind. Some interesting info and some funny pictures.
Aug 19, Tariq Mahmood rated it liked it Shelves: sports , british. This is a scientific study of the game of football where the game is compared to a tribe. Most of the examples are from the English football leagues.
The book has plenty of pictures to illustrate authors various arguments. Bennion Kearny publishes more than 30 books for coaches.
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