Football clubs across the world continue to embody many of the collective symbols, identifications and processes of connectivity which have long been associated with the notion of 'community'. This book brings together a range of key debates around contemporary understandings of 'community' in world football.

This book was published as a special issue of "Soccer & Society".

1 Introduction: football and community - practical and theoretical considerations Adam Brown, Tim Crabbe and Gavin MellorPolitics, theory and practice2 'The Janus-faced sport': English football, community and the legacy of the 'third way' Gavin Mellor 3 Contemporary community theory and football Tony Blackshaw 4 'Our club, our rules': fan communities at FC United of Manchester Adam Brown Nations and ethnicities5 Football, komyuniti and the Japanese ideological soccer apparatus John Horne and Wolfram Manzenreiter 6 'The nation and its fragments': football and community in India Kausik Bandyopadhyay 7 Coming in from the margins: ethnicity, community support and the rebranding of Australian soccer
James Skinner, Dwight H. Zakus and Allan EdwardsCommunity and the instrumental use of football8 Anyone for Football for Peace? The challenges of using sport in the service of co-existence in Israel John Sugden 9 Vamos, Vamos Aceirteros: soccer and the Latino community in Richmond, California Ilann S. MesseriPostmodern community and future directions10 Fishing for community: England fans at the 2006 FIFA World Cup
Tim Crabbe