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THE BEAUTIFUL GAME: Barnaby Rostant on the positive role football can play in our lives

From friendly football banter to friendships forged across cultures, Barnaby Rostant reflects on the power of the beautiful game to bring people together in an increasingly divided world.

Seemingly, the world has never been more divided. Every day provides something else to split opinion and sever us even more.
So, at face value you can say football slots in perfectly to the sorry state of affairs the world finds itself in at this moment in time.

Words like tribalism and partiality are words associated with football fandom yet the same could be said for supporters of political parties.
However, there is so much more to the people’s game as its tribalistic depiction differs so much from that of a political faction.
‘Once you’re in, you’re in’
Having attended a large all-boys...

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