Curva
Curva
Podcast Description
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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Music and features journalist Aneesa Ahmed is with us to talk all things football and community.
We get into the lack of South Asian representation within the sport, the uneasy relationship with patriotism as people of colour, and the importance of organisations such as Baes FC & Football For Foodbanks. All this an much more.
@fc.curva
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