“High national emotions are permissible when a soccer team is playing precisely because they are impermissible at most other times. There aren't, simply, many other places where you can sing your national anthem until you lose your voice without causing a riot. In the context of soccer, flag-waving nationalism - even chauvinistic, anti-foreigner, flag-waving nationalism - is acceptable in Britain.” VoiceLosesEmotionTeamFootballSoccerAnalysisBritainNationalismFlagsAcceptableForeignersRiotAnthemNational AnthemSoccer TeamFlag Waving Author:Anne Applebaum
“I keep to a minimum dialect, in-jokes about football (soccer) teams and soap opera characters, so as not to lose North American readers.” CharacterLosesTeamFootballReaderJokesSoccerOperaMinimumSoapDialectSoap OperasSoccer Team Author:Peter Robinson
“In football everything is complicated by the presence of the opposite team.” TeamFootballOppositesComplicatedSoccerFootballerFootball TeamFootball GameInspirational FootballSoccer PlayerFootball MotivationFootball FanSoccer FootballInspirational SoccerMotivational SoccerSoccer MotivationSoccer TeamSoccer Is My Life Book:Theorie des ensembles pratiques Source: Theorie des ensembles pratiques