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Why We Follow Teams We’ll Never Play For: Football, Identity, and the Psychology of Belonging - Softcover
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Why do we commit so deeply to teams we’ll never play for — and never stop following, even when they give us nothing back?
From childhood loyalties to inherited allegiances, football attachment runs deeper than results, trophies, or logic. In Why We Follow Teams We’ll Never Play For, Thomas Calder explores the powerful psychological forces that turn clubs into identities and matchdays into rituals of belonging.
This is not a book about tactics, managers, or modern football culture. It is a calm, thoughtful examination of why football loyalty feels personal — why wins feel like validation, losses feel like grief, and leaving a club can feel like a kind of loss no one else quite understands. Drawing on psychology, social identity theory, memory, and shared experience, this book explains why football binds people together across generations, cities, and lives.
Book 1 of the Football, Identity & Belonging series, this opening volume lays the foundation: how identity forms before choice, how loyalty is inherited, and why belonging often matters more than success. The books that follow will go deeper — into rivalry, modern disconnection, and what happens when football changes faster than the identities built around it.
If you’ve ever struggled to explain why football matters to you — or why it still does after years of disappointment — this book puts words to something you’ve always felt but never fully articulated.
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Why do we commit so deeply to teams we'll never play for - and never stop following, even when they give us nothing back?From childhood loyalties to inherited allegiances, football attachment runs deeper than results, trophies, or logic. In Why We Follow Teams We'll Never Play For, Thomas Calder explores the powerful psychological forces that turn clubs into identities and matchdays into rituals of belonging.This is not a book about tactics, managers, or modern football culture. It is a calm, thoughtful examination of why football loyalty feels personal - why wins feel like validation, losses feel like grief, and leaving a club can feel like a kind of loss no one else quite understands. Drawing on psychology, social identity theory, memory, and shared experience, this book explains why football binds people together across generations, cities, and lives.Book 1 of the Football, Identity & Belonging series, this opening volume lays the foundation: how identity forms before choice, how loyalty is inherited, and why belonging often matters more than success. The books that follow will go deeper - into rivalry, modern disconnection, and what happens when football changes faster than the identities built around it.If you've ever struggled to explain why football matters to you - or why it still does after years of disappointment - this book puts words to something you've always felt but never fully articulated. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9798244537697
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Why do we commit so deeply to teams we'll never play for - and never stop following, even when they give us nothing back?From childhood loyalties to inherited allegiances, football attachment runs deeper than results, trophies, or logic. In Why We Follow Teams We'll Never Play For, Thomas Calder explores the powerful psychological forces that turn clubs into identities and matchdays into rituals of belonging.This is not a book about tactics, managers, or modern football culture. It is a calm, thoughtful examination of why football loyalty feels personal - why wins feel like validation, losses feel like grief, and leaving a club can feel like a kind of loss no one else quite understands. Drawing on psychology, social identity theory, memory, and shared experience, this book explains why football binds people together across generations, cities, and lives.Book 1 of the Football, Identity & Belonging series, this opening volume lays the foundation: how identity forms before choice, how loyalty is inherited, and why belonging often matters more than success. The books that follow will go deeper - into rivalry, modern disconnection, and what happens when football changes faster than the identities built around it.If you've ever struggled to explain why football matters to you - or why it still does after years of disappointment - this book puts words to something you've always felt but never fully articulated. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9798244537697
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