The intoxicating allure of port-side football clubs, where shady nights give way to hop... - 0 views
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[pop-up] urbain on 11 Jan 19"Identity in port realms isn't something that's been formed as much as it has forged. These places, through subsequent generations, have collected stories, myths and behaviours to shape their identity. Often, as a microcosm of larger society, the make-up of a club's various ultras groups will also cross the political divide. They are reflective of larger societal ideas. Part of the strength of football clubs is that there is still a genuinely active resistant voice bellowing from the terraces. It's not only the game itself that unites both sides, but the idea of fandom. Football clubs have come to embody the last stand, heels-in-the-dirt spirit. Despite the outside changes, fans refuse to be launched into a new milieu of social identity. "