TY - BOOK AU - Brown,Sean TI - Football fans around the world : from supporters to fanatics SN - 9780415495646 U1 - 36 CY - London : Routledge, 2008 N2 - This volume investigates the way in which football supporters around the world express themselves as followers of teams, whether they be professional, amateur or national. The diverse geographical and cultural array of contributions to this volume highlights not only the variety of how fans express themselves, but their commonalities as well. The collection brings together scholars of North and South America, Europe, Asia and Africa to present a global picture of fan culture ER -