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Introduction the game of nations. Section 1: Football Nations Within the State. 2. UK 4 FIFA 0: the result of football's early development. 3. Storming the Castile footballing nations of Spain. 4. Playing in the right language: football in Belgium. 5. Playing across the border football frontiers. Section 2: Football as an Extension of the State. 6. Read Star Dynamo Lokomotiv Torpedo FC: football in Eastern Europe. 7. Don't shoot me. I'm presidente football and politics in Argentina. 8. Ultra-political: football culture in Italy. 9. Women can't play, it's a male ball: her story in football. References. Index.
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