I guess Doloras’s group hits a conflict that exists in football world wide and I’d say more so overseas than NZ too.
Internationally more than NZ football is a working class game. In Russia teams are still called after the factories. In Britain the 19th C factory owner set the local team up to give workers something to do in their half day off.
It’s much like hip hop, everyone is insanely wealthy, but the credibility comes from the Rashfords or the Dele Allis- players who the streets remember their names. There’s a massive disconnect between the forces of capitalism and geopolitics involved, but the credibility of the game, particularly in Britain comes from Neville, Carragher, Wrighty and Keane- the working class traditions of the game.
It’s a culture conflict that is far from worked itself out imo.
Internationally more than NZ football is a working class game. In Russia teams are still called after the factories. In Britain the 19th C factory owner set the local team up to give workers something to do in their half day off.
It’s much like hip hop, everyone is insanely wealthy, but the credibility comes from the Rashfords or the Dele Allis- players who the streets remember their names. There’s a massive disconnect between the forces of capitalism and geopolitics involved, but the credibility of the game, particularly in Britain comes from Neville, Carragher, Wrighty and Keane- the working class traditions of the game.
It’s a culture conflict that is far from worked itself out imo.