"More Than A Shirt"

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Twenty-Two Football Shirts that explain the world, geopolitics
and the biggest stories of our timeFootball is the world's most
popular sport, and the shirts worn by teams and their supporters
are its greatest means of cultural expression. Every year clubs
launch new kits with increasingly extravagant marketing campaigns
and convoluted explanations of how their designs reflect their
history and local community. But football shirts are much more
than just a symbol of which club we support. A seemingly
innocuous combination of colours, sponsor logos and materials can
all reflect the social values, financial struggles and political
ideologies of the day, as geopolitical issues increasingly seep
into every aspect of the game.Investigative journalist Joey
D'Urso has travelled across the globe, combining on-the-ground
reporting with unparalleled analysis to collate a list of the
twenty-two football shirts that best explain the modern world. 
More Than A Shirt will take fans on a journey from Birmingham to
Belgrade and onto Medellin and Mumbai, outlining how we can see
the war in Ukraine in the shirt of Schalke in Germany or China's
foreign policy in West Bromwich Albion's; how the shirts of
state-owned clubs are used for sportswashing; and why the French
national kit embodies worldwide migration patterns.A compelling
and eye-opening exploration, More Than A Shirt is essential
reading for any football fan and will change the way you think
about the beautiful game's most universal symbol