Moments, Metaphors, Memories

Kausik Bandyopadhyay is Professor of History at West Bengal State University, Kolkata, India. Formerly a Fellow of the International Olympic Museum, Lausanne (2010) and of the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Institute of Asian Studies, Kolkata (2006-2009 & 2013-2015), he is also Deputy Executive Editor of Soccer & Society (Routledge).Souvik Naha is Assistant Professor (Research) at the Department of History, Durham University. His current research is about the role of sport in postcolonial diplomacy between Britain and India. He edits Sport in Society and Sport in History and is presently compiling two collections of essays on contemporary cricket.

• Introduction: Defining moments in the history of soccerKausik Bandyopadhyay and Souvik Naha1. Football events, memories and globalizationRichard Giulianotti2. Let the Aryanists know! Brazilian race and nation in the 1938 France World CupTiago J. Maranhão3. ‘Filip’ or flop? Managing public relations and the Latin American reaction to the 1966 FIFA World CupAlex G. Gillett and Kevin D. Tennent4. Politics, resistance and patronage: the African boycott of the 1966 World Cup and its ramificationsPaul Darby5. 1982 FIFA World Cup: from Spain’s struggle for democratic legitimacy to Italy’s rediscovery of football nationalismJuan Antonio Simón and Carlos García-Martí6. El desmadre: counter-hegemonic fervour in Carlos Monsiváis’s 1986 World Cup chroniclesPatrick Thomas Ridge7. Africa at the Football World Cup, 1934–2018: defining moments and memories on the fieldWycliffe W. Njororai Simiyu8. Lessons learned and tables turned: ‘(in)security’ and media representations in the 2018 World CupJan Andre Lee Ludvigsen9. National identity, social legacy and Qatar 2022: the cultural ramifications of FIFA’s first Arab World CupThomas Ross Griffin10. The making of modern soccer: a product of multiple interdependenciesGraham Curry11. From Mitropa Cup to UEFA Cup: the role of UEFA in the establishment of a European scale in football, 1927–1972Philippe Vonnard12. Celtic FC’s 1967 Lisbon Lions: why the European Cup victory of the first club from Britain was a defining moment for the Irish diaspora in ScotlandJohn Kelly and Joseph M Bradley13. The ‘invention’ of FIFA history: João Havelange’s election to FIFA presidency as a historic eventLuiz Guilherme Burlamaqui14. Still as divided as ever? Northern Ireland, football and identity 20 years after the Good Friday AgreementDavid Hassan and Kyle Ferguson15. Moments and memories: football and state narratives in AlgeriaYoucef Bouandel and Mahfoud Amara16. WEURO 2017 as catalyst? The narratives of two female pioneers in the Dutch women’s football media complexRens Peeters, Agnes Elling and Jacco Van Sterkenburg17. The gendering of defining moments: heroic narratives and pivotal points in footballing memoriesKath Woodward