With unprecedented insider access, the book investigates how ultras have grown into a fiercely political movement, embracing extremes on both the left and right fighting against the commercialisation of football and society – and against the attempts to control them by the authorities, who both covet and fear their power. In this book, James Montague goes underground to uncover the true face of this dissident force for the first time.ġ312: Among the Ultras tells the story of how the movement began and how it grew to become the global phenomenon that now dominates the stadiums from the Balkans and Buenos Aires. Yet they remain unknown: an anti-establishment force that is transforming both football and politics. 52 reviews You can see us, but you dont know us.A hugely visible and controversial part of the global game, their credo and aesthetic replicated in almost every league everywhere on earth, a global movement of extreme fandom and politics is also one of the largest youth movements in the world. 1312: Among the Ultras, A journey with the worlds most extreme fans by James Montague (Goodreads Author) 4.16 And his fourth, 1312: Among the Ultras, A Journey With the World’s Most Extreme Fans, was published in March 2020.Ultras are football fans like no others. Amidst the continued debate, Euronews View spoke with James Montague, football journalist and the author of 1312: Among the Ultras, A Journey With the World’s Most Extreme Fans, about how. Montague's third book, The Billionaires Club: The Unstoppable Rise of Football's Super-Rich Owners (Bloomsbury), was published in August 2017. The book was named Football Book of the Year at the 2015 British Sports Book of the Year Awards. His second book, Thirty One Nil: On The Road With Football's Outsiders, a World Cup Odyssey, was published by Bloomsbury in May 2014. A heavily revised second edition, When Friday Comes: Football, War & Revolution in the Middle East was published in May 2013. The book won him the Best New Writer Award at the 2009 British Sports Book Awards, run by the National Sporting Club. His first book, When Friday Comes: Football in the War Zone (Mainstream), follows his travels across the Middle East, visiting some of the most difficult countries in that area and looking at the relationship between football and politics. Author of When Friday Comes (out now with EburyPublishing), 1312, The Billionaires Club & Thirty One Nil. 1312: Among the Ultras - with James Montague The Athletic Football 182K subscribers Subscribe 264 Share 9.3K views 2 years ago ultras footballfans activism Visit. 1312: Among the Ultras tells the story of. James Piotr Montague (born 28 July 1979) is a British writer.Īfter studying Politics at Exeter University, Montague discovered a love for writing. In this book, James Montague goes underground to uncover the true face of this dissident force for the first time. When Friday Comes, Thirty One Nil, The Billionaires Clubīest New Writer (2009), Football Book of the Year (2015)
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