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This research examines the phenomenon of new-found football fans, those who were not fans before the FIFA World Cup was hosted in South Africa, but who embraced the spirit of the tournament, and who became, for a period of two months, fans of both the game and the country that hosted the tournament. The paper explores conceptual notions of fandom and of national identity among a group of unlikely short-term football fans.
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Durden, E. (2014). New-found Football Fans. In: Chari, T., Mhiripiri, N.A. (eds) African Football, Identity Politics and Global Media Narratives. Global Culture and Sport Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137392237_6
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