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Dave Bell wrote a new post, Last PCQ, on the site Sports History at Trinity College (CT)

Fri, 17 Jan 2014 15:42:43 -0500

Stages of the Global:
It’s interesting that Rowe doesn’t really make any arguments about the game of Football and only talks about how racism is in soccer. He brings this about talking about how sport and media […]

Dave Bell wrote a new post, TIFO: Hostage to Catalonia, on the site Sports History at Trinity College (CT)

Thu, 16 Jan 2014 15:33:38 -0500

Here is the article.

This article talks about the potential problems the Barcelona Football Club would have if Catalunya seceded from Spain. They note the combination of the soccer team with the nationalist […]

Dave Bell wrote a new post, PCQ: Nationalism in Soccer, on the site Sports History at Trinity College (CT)

Thu, 16 Jan 2014 15:04:35 -0500

Imagined Communities in the Global Game:
This article draws heavily on Benedict Andersons article, Imagined Communities, as a the conceptual structure for his analysis of Dutch soccer. He says that the […]

Dave Bell wrote a new post, TIFO: Senyera with the Cup, on the site Sports History at Trinity College (CT)

Wed, 15 Jan 2014 15:41:03 -0500

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahTl_MI9bS4

This video shows Puyol and Xavi, two reknowned players for Spain, celebrating their victory of the World Cup with the senyera. The senyera is the red and yellow […]

Dave Bell wrote a new post, PCQ: Except US, on the site Sports History at Trinity College (CT)

Wed, 15 Jan 2014 15:31:21 -0500

Buffington does a great job of defining national culture and its construction and does a fascinating examination of the role of soccer in the US. He describes national identity saying that:

“These assertions […]

Dave Bell wrote a new post, TIFO: Catalunya's Starting XI, on the site Sports History at Trinity College (CT)

Tue, 14 Jan 2014 13:22:48 -0500

This article shows the strength of the Catalans in soccer if they were to become an actual squad. They would be hard to beat, something that I’ve been trying to say with my commentary on the last couple of […]

Dave Bell wrote a new post, TIFO: Symbolism of difference between Catalan and Spanish identities through Soccer, on the site Sports History at Trinity College (CT)

Mon, 13 Jan 2014 13:51:58 -0500

Here’s the article.

I think the author does an interesting job of trying to show the similarities between Cataluña and Madrid, but I’m not sure if this actually is true. The Catalans prove that they are not […]

Dave Bell commented on the post, TIFO 2: Catalonia and Basque Country reignite call for independent national football identities, on the site Sports History at Trinity College (CT)

Fri, 10 Jan 2014 01:24:45 -0500

It definitely will be interesting to watch, Cataluña has been trying to become their own country for a long time (with strong movements to separate from Spain now and during the 1970s) and Barcelona FC and its […]

Dave Bell wrote a new post, PCQ 3: Fascist Football Foundations, on the site Sports History at Trinity College (CT)

Fri, 10 Jan 2014 01:10:29 -0500

Chapter 3:
It’s fascinating to see how the Fascist government used soccer to manipulate the people. The article says, “The introduction of cup competitions was Fascism’s attempt to protect both big and small […]

Dave Bell wrote a new post, TIFO 2: Catalonia and Basque Country reignite call for independent national football identities, on the site Sports History at Trinity College (CT)

Thu, 09 Jan 2014 13:02:40 -0500

Here is the article I’ve found.

I think it’s really cool to look at the perspectives at play in this article. The people of Cataluña and the Basque country want these teams to represent and be the forefront […]

Dave Bell wrote a new post, PCQ 3, on the site Sports History at Trinity College (CT)

Thu, 09 Jan 2014 05:04:31 -0500

Who Really Invented Modern Football?
This article focuses on the development of soccer as we know it today. A concise summary of this seems to be that Sheffield was the hub of a amateur, elite soccer scene, […]

Dave Bell commented on the post, Jordan Adams PCQ 2, on the site Sports History at Trinity College (CT)

Thu, 09 Jan 2014 02:06:07 -0500

I really liked your commentary on the quote of pg. 249 in the article on Brazil. I kept thinking the same thing as I was reading it, especially given how they had more time to prepare for games. However, if they […]

Dave Bell commented on the post, Eamon Bousa PCQ 2, on the site Sports History at Trinity College (CT)

Thu, 09 Jan 2014 01:47:32 -0500

In response to your analysis on of the quote on the second article, I think there could also be another way to think about the Italian identity seen through the club. I read this part thinking that the Italian’s […]

Dave Bell wrote a new post, TIFO: "More than Ever, Barca More than Club for Catalans", on the site Sports History at Trinity College (CT)

Wed, 08 Jan 2014 14:00:36 -0500

Here is the article, “More than ever, Barca more than club for Catalans.”

I chose this article because I want explore the tensions between the distinct regions of Spain, specifically Cataluña and Paìs Vasco, […]

Dave Bell wrote a new post, PCQ #2, on the site Sports History at Trinity College (CT)

Wed, 08 Jan 2014 02:52:50 -0500

Class, Ethnicity, and Color in the Making of Brazilian Football:
Lopes describes that what while football began as organized social events for the elites it ultimately became a way for Brazils highly disparate […]

Dave Bell wrote a new post, Basic Definitions PCQ, on the site Sports History at Trinity College (CT)

Wed, 08 Jan 2014 01:03:25 -0500

“Theories of Race:”
Michael Banton runs through the evolution of the idea of Race, ultimately saying that Race is an antiquated idea. The European world began to try to document the world and their place in it, […]