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Mad for it: From Blackpool to Barcelona: Football’s Greatest Rivalries

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Mad for it: From Blackpool to Barcelona: Football’s Greatest Rivalries
Andy Mitten

A celebration of the classic football derby matches. From the Celtic–Rangers rivalry and Tyneside derby to the biggest global clashes from Barcelona to Buenos Aires, journalist Andy Mitten uses the fans' own words and stories to illuminate the conflicts, tensions, histories and culture behind these fascinating games.From Belfast to Barcelona, Buenos Aires to Bogotá, these are football matches that are far more than a game.Often a microcosm of life in a city, there are countless rivalries between clubs which are steeped in a historical enmity based on class, religion, politics, envy or philosophy. Some of the games, like Rangers v Celtic, are renowned for their vocal sectarianism, others like Tenerife v Las Palmas for their eclectic fan base, while little or nothing is known about the derbies in Cairo and Calcutta which attracts twice as many fans as any Old Firm clash.Andy Mitten journeys across the UK and the far-flung regions of planet football, talking to a host of passionate fans – from the vividly ordinary, working-class supporters to the corporate box brigade who think nothing of hopping on a plane for their weekend jaunt to the exotic cities of Madrid, Barcelona or Milan – and gets to share their highs and lows. This in turn provides a fresh and revealing insight into the people who make these matches matter – the fans – using their own words and stories to illuminate the conflicts, tension and histories behind the games. He also interviews players, managers, politicians, local journalists and agents drawing out differing opinions and perspectives on the beautiful game.Among the highlights:Celtic v Rangers, Man Utd v Liverpool, Cliftonville v Linfield, Sunderland v Newcastle, Preston v Blackpool, Barcelona v Real Madrid, Roma v Lazio, Boca Juniors v River Plate, Fenerbache v Galatasaray, Ajax v Feyenoord, the Faroe Islands derby, the Calcutta Derby, and the worst derby on the planet, alongside many more.

Mad For It

From Blackpool To Barcelona Football’s Greatest Rivalries

Andy Mitten

HarperSport An Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers

This book is dedicated to the people I met along the way and their incredible passion for a game called football. And to my dad Charlie, who lit the spark by taking me to watch him play in the Irlam v Urmston cup derby in 1984.

‘By the 1980s, the rivalry had become vicious, with United’s Scouse manager Ron Atkinson describing a trip to Anfield as like going into Vietnam. Big Ron’s experience fighting the Viet Cong has not been fully substantiated, but he can be forgiven for exaggerating – he had just been tear gassed.’ Liverpool v Manchester United

‘Ian Ramsey began supporting The Shire “to be different from my mates. I wanted to support the least fashionable club.” He didn’t have to look far…to a club that gave 32-year-old Alex Ferguson his first managerial job in 1974. There were only eight registered players when Ferguson arrived. “They were the worst senior club in the country,” Ferguson later wrote.’ Elgin City v East Stirlingshire

‘Tyres are set ablaze, telephone booths vandalised, windows smashed, and anti-regime chants are heard across Tehran and Iran’s other cities…in a country where boys and girls fear holding hands in case the special morality police take them in or, worse, send them to a moral correction unit, football may not be enough to contain their passions.’ Iran v Iraq

Table of Contents

Cover Page (#u596cfeeb-9865-5e7d-8fef-0204c016ff0c)

Title Page (#ubd004dd3-3200-5562-8d2b-0cec64c0063b)

Dedication (#u112870d2-cb4d-576e-835f-41257dc92823)

Excerpt (#uae41589b-dce2-5209-940b-8a6c1b8a0591)

Introduction (#u250f5c8d-2653-519c-bce3-5bd244446492)

Seeing Red (#ud2b0b510-8cd6-54ff-81d4-82253e1a9f9d)

‘Get Ready for a War’ (#u87818a47-3b1a-51e2-8610-8d3fffc66be5)

The Ultimate Showdown (#u01f02864-7d16-5235-b2e6-db9a1c26fdf2)

Tomorrow La Scala (#ud24df2f4-aa7e-5f10-a862-0bdeeff6eb58)

The Mother of All Battles (#u1274e7c7-420a-5807-a39d-87130be699b4)

The One That Got Away (#ub20964be-ef04-5787-a7a1-b28bc6dd2eca)

‘Getting on with the Neighbours?’ (#u0a9abd3a-83f2-5d3d-a9c4-cd5671a35382)

More Than a Game (#litres_trial_promo)

The Clasico (#litres_trial_promo)

The Rivalry That Time Forgot (#litres_trial_promo)

Battle of the Bosphorus (#litres_trial_promo)

Unholy War (#litres_trial_promo)

Pride of North London (#litres_trial_promo)

On the Frontline (#litres_trial_promo)

The Coldest Derby in the World (#litres_trial_promo)

Love Island (#litres_trial_promo)

Boys from the Black Country (#litres_trial_promo)

Love and Hate (#litres_trial_promo)

Birds of a Feather (#litres_trial_promo)

The Colombian Connection (#litres_trial_promo)

Dutch Courage (#litres_trial_promo)

It’s Just Not Cricket (#litres_trial_promo)

‘You’re Not Very Good’ (#litres_trial_promo)

Sheep Shaggers v Donkey Lashers (#litres_trial_promo)

The Eternal War (#litres_trial_promo)

Two Languages, Two Peoples…and Two Countries? (#litres_trial_promo)

A Question of Ships and Coal (#litres_trial_promo)

Life in the Glasgow Bubble (#litres_trial_promo)

Acknowledgments (#litres_trial_promo)

The Contributors (#litres_trial_promo)

Copyright (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Publisher (#litres_trial_promo)

Introduction (#ulink_bc6c2cea-7949-5df1-92fa-f4e63cc25c7f)

It was not a day too soon. When Manchester United took on Manchester City away in October 1986, I pestered my dad to take me. I was 12 years old. Dad wasn’t a lover of watching football, always preferring to play, but he finally relented and acquired three tickets for the main stand at Maine Road.
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