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Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is rooted in medieval ball games and english public school games. These influence how people relate to football in their country and how they support teams at the local, regional, national and international level. This topical book provides unprecedented analysis of footballs place in postwar and postreunification germany. The contestation of identities and communities in german football. Society, culture, and the state in germany, 18701930. A museum about soccer, and about germany the new york times.
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