This essay seeks to analyse the evolution and nature of the pub as new venue for football spectatorship. The discussion in this essay might suggest that the nature of the sport spectating experience should be reconsidered. It would seem that sports spectators’ need for proximity is not for proximity to the event, but to others sharing in the experience of watching the event.
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