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Welcome to Hell? - In Search of the Real Turkish Football (Hardcover)
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Welcome to Hell? - In Search of the Real Turkish Football (Hardcover)
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Ask a British football fan what they know about Turkish football,
and they are unlikely to describe scenes of camaraderie,
hospitality and humour. They are more likely to mention banners
proclaiming 'Welcome to hell'. Or Leeds United supporters stabbed
to death on an Istanbul street. Frustrated by the game's distorted
image back home, John McManus set out to show the Turkish football
that he knew - the rich, funny, obsessive, fan culture that he had
encountered on the terraces. But he hadn't accounted for the
politics. His voyage began at the start of one of the darkest
periods in Turkey's modern history, marred by bombings, armed
conflict and an attempted coup d'etat. Football, he would soon
discover, could not help but get dragged in. Travelling from the
elite training facilities of Istanbul to dusty pitches on the
Syrian border, taking in visits to far-flung clubs, encounters with
characterful players and experiences at riotous matches along the
way, Welcome to Hell? offers a unique perspective on an alluring
yet troubled football culture, at once both familiar and miles
apart from the game in Britain.
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