Soccer hooliganism may be a thing of the past in the UK, but Italy’s “ultras” are still going strong. We listen to the thoughts and memories of Barry Fantoni, John Foot, Tobias Jones and Tim Parks, to name but a few.

The anniversary of a tragedy is the starting point for some reflections on the colourful nature of Italian football.

Barry Fantoni, John Foot, Tobias Jones and other eloquent football fans talk about the emotional excitement of being at a big match.

In order to be a football fan you have to support a team, but why do people choose one club in particular? We asked 11 fans to give their reasons.

by Mark Worden

11 GREAT BOOKS ABOUT THE BEAUTIFUL GAME

by Mark Worden

Countless books have been written about football, or soccer, and some of them are very good. We have picked 11, which is also the number of players in a team. And we have decided to divide these books into categories. For this reason we will be playing a 4-3-3 formation. The four-man defence consists of in-depth studies of the game.

This is a podcast about football or soccer

By Mark Worden