Curva
Curva
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In football, ‘curva’ refers to the stand where the most passionate and vocal supporters, often ultras groups, are situated, usually on the banked end of a stadium. It's a focal point of a club's support, often seen as the heart of the team's fan base.This project explores how football can be a vehicle for social change, asking whether the sense of community and belonging we have within the game can be harnessed for wider collective [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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The podcast focuses on topics such as the role of football in social justice, democratic engagement in the sport, and community building through football. Notable episodes feature discussions with figures like Jeremy Corbyn on the lack of democracy in professional football and the essential need for resource rebalancing within the football pyramid.
In football, ‘curva’ refers to the stand where the most passionate and vocal supporters, often ultras groups, are situated, usually on the banked end of a stadium. It’s a focal point of a club’s support, often seen as the heart of the team’s fan base.
This project explores how football can be a vehicle for social change, asking whether the sense of community and belonging we have within the game can be harnessed for wider collective action.
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Joe Simpson is with us to talk about football’s relationship with mental health, opening up about how the sport has helped him process grief following the death of his father. We get into the positives and negatives of the emotional state that is football fandom and discuss how the landscape around mental wellbeing has changed over the last 10 years.
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