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Football is the worlds most popular sport and its greatest means of cultural expression.

By combining on-the-ground reporting around the globe with investigative journalism and analysis, Joey DUrso explains the modern world through one of its few universal symbols - the football shirt.

More Than A Shirt: Football Shirts That Explain The Modern World examines some of the biggest stories of our time; states in the middle east navigating the end of oil, Chinas rise as a world power, Putins wars, global migration, the boom and bust in cryptocurrencies, deindustrialisation in the left-behind-West, and the decline of democracy. It is a journey that will take readers from Barnsley to Berlin, Miami to Milan, and Goa to Rio de Janeiro.

Football shirts and their sponsors provide a window through which we can understand not just the world of football but the world in general and the currents of money, people and ideas which flow between continents and through the globes most popular sport.

For fans of Prisoners of Geography, The Peoples Game and Expected Goals, this is an accessible voyage through politics and history, using the lens of football to explain our modern world.

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This colourful book is a treat for anyone interested in both football and politics. Patrick Maguire, The Times

One of the most original and innovative football books in some time, a "Parts Unknown" for the game. Miguel Delaney, Independent

A meticulously researched book that reveals plenty about football and even more about the modern world. Adam Crafton, The Athletic

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Twenty-Two Football Shirts that explain the world, geopolitics and the biggest stories of our time

Football is the worlds most popular sport, and the shirts worn by teams and their supporters are its greatest means of cultural expression. Every year clubs launch new kits with increasingly extravagant marketing campaigns and convoluted explanations of how their designs reflect their history and local community. But football shirts are much more than just a symbol of which club we support. A seemingly innocuous combination of colours, sponsor logos and materials can all reflect the social values, financial struggles and political ideologies of the day, as geopolitical issues increasingly seep into every aspect of the game.

Investigative journalist Joey DUrso has travelled across the globe, combining on-the-ground reporting with unparalleled analysis to collate a list of the twenty-two football shirts that best explain the modern world.? More Than A Shirt?will take fans on a journey from Birmingham to Belgrade and onto Medellin and Mumbai, outlining how we can see the war in Ukraine in the shirt of Schalke in Germany or Chinas foreign policy in West Bromwich Albions; how the shirts of state-owned clubs are used for sportswashing; and why the French national kit embodies worldwide migration patterns.

A compelling and eye-opening exploration, More Than A Shirt?is essential reading for any football fan and will change the way you think about the beautiful games most universal symbol.

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This colourful book is a treat for anyone interested in both football and politics. Patrick Maguire, The Times

One of the most original and innovative football books in some time, a "Parts Unknown" for the game. Miguel Delaney, Independent

A meticulously researched book that reveals plenty about football and even more about the modern world. Adam Crafton, The Athletic

Smart, warm and original... it will make politics nerds think differently about football, and football fans think differently about the world. Matt Chorley, BBC Radio 5 Live

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Twenty-Two Football Shirts that explain the world, geopolitics and the biggest stories of our time

A compelling and eye-opening exploration, More Than A Shirt?is essential reading for any football fan and will change the way you think about the beautiful games most universal symbol.

...(*_*)9781399622837_

Extensively researched and wonderfully written, Joeys book deserves to be read by all. Martin ONeill

This colourful book is a treat for anyone interested in both football and politics. Patrick Maguire, The Times

One of the most original and innovative football books in some time, a "Parts Unknown" for the game. Miguel Delaney, Independent

Smart, warm and original... it will make politics nerds think differently about football, and football fans think differently about the world. Matt Chorley, BBC Radio 5 Live

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Twenty-Two Football Shirts that explain the world, geopolitics and the biggest stories of our time

A compelling and eye-opening exploration, More Than A Shirt?is essential reading for any football fan and will change the way you think about the beautiful games most universal symbol.

...(*_*)9781399622837_

Extensively researched and wonderfully written, Joeys book deserves to be read by all Martin ONeill

Theres more to every aspect of football than meets the eye, and thats brilliantly captured here Adrian Chiles

Intelligent, thoughtful and brilliant Chris Mason, BBC News

Colourful... a treat for anyone interested in football and politics Patrick Maguire, The Times

Original and innovative... a "Parts Unknown" for the game Miguel Delaney, Independent

Smart, warm and original Matt Chorley, BBC Radio 5 Live

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Twenty-Two Football Shirts that explain the world, geopolitics and the biggest stories of our time

A compelling and eye-opening exploration, More Than A Shirt?is essential reading for any football fan and will change the way you think about the beautiful games most universal symbol.

...(*_*)9781399622837_

This is a marvellous football book, although it is much more than that. The Times

Extensively researched and wonderfully written, Joeys book deserves to be read by all Martin ONeill

Theres more to every aspect of football than meets the eye, and thats brilliantly captured here Adrian Chiles

Intelligent, thoughtful and brilliant Chris Mason, BBC News

______________________________

Twenty-Two Football Shirts that explain the world, geopolitics and the biggest stories of our time

A compelling and eye-opening exploration, More Than A Shirt?is essential reading for any football fan and will change the way you think about the beautiful games most universal symbol.

______________________________

Colourful... a treat for anyone interested in football and politics Patrick Maguire, The Times

Original and innovative... a "Parts Unknown" for the game Miguel Delaney, Independent

Smart, warm and original Matt Chorley, BBC Radio 5 Live

...(*_*)9781399622837_

This is a marvellous football book, although it is much more than that. The Times

Extensively researched and wonderfully written, Joeys book deserves to be read by all Martin ONeill

Theres more to every aspect of football than meets the eye, and thats brilliantly captured here Adrian Chiles

Intelligent, thoughtful and brilliant Chris Mason

______________________________

Twenty-Two Football Shirts that explain the world, geopolitics and the biggest stories of our time

A compelling and eye-opening exploration, More Than A Shirt?is essential reading for any football fan and will change the way you think about the beautiful games most universal symbol.

______________________________

Thoroughly resourceful and revealing Jon Spurling, FourFourTwo

Colourful... a treat for anyone interested in football and politics Patrick Maguire, The Times

Original and innovative... a "Parts Unknown" for the game Miguel Delaney, Independent

Smart, warm and original Matt Chorley, BBC Radio 5 Live

...(*_*)9781399622837_

This is a marvellous football book, although it is much more than that. The Times

More Than A Shirt shows why geopolitics keeps invading the pitch. The Economist

Extensively researched and wonderfully written, Joeys book deserves to be read by all Martin ONeill

Intelligent, thoughtful and brilliant Chris Mason

______________________________

Twenty-Two Football Shirts that explain the world, geopolitics and the biggest stories of our time

A compelling and eye-opening exploration, More Than A Shirt?is essential reading for any football fan and will change the way you think about the beautiful games most universal symbol.

______________________________

Thoroughly resourceful and revealing Jon Spurling, FourFourTwo

Colourful... a treat for anyone interested in football and politics Patrick Maguire, The Times

Original and innovative... a "Parts Unknown" for the game Miguel Delaney, Independent

Smart, warm and original Matt Chorley, BBC Radio 5 Live

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