When the Circus Leaves Town: What Happens When Football Leaves Home

When the Circus Leaves Town: What Happens When Football Leaves Home looks at what happens when clubs and supporters wave goodbye to their traditional homes. Dave Proudlove visits towns and cities across the country and talks to those involved with the uprooting of football clubs to complete the story of what happens when football leaves home.

"A book I recently read and loved is... When the Circus Leaves Town by David Proudlove, a travelogue about the closure of traditional football grounds in England and Wales. Underneath the ostensible subject it''s a wonderfully intricate and humane history of the last 30 years of so of British civic life, which puts to shame a thousand journalistic commentaries on the "Red Wall", "Brexit Britain", etc."

What happens when a football club ups sticks and leaves its traditional home for pastures new? What replaces the terraces, stands and floodlights that tower above old town centres and terraced streets? How does football relate to the new landscapes that the clubs head to? What happens when football leaves home? When the Circus Leaves Town: What Happens When Football Leaves Home explores the impact of the ruptures created when clubs and supporters wave goodbye to their homes. It examines disruption to matchday routines, erasure of geographic memories and the difficulties in repairing these, and considers whether such moves have been for better or worse. Writer Dave Proudlove walks the streets of towns and cities across the country visiting housing estates, retail parks and shiny new stadiums. He talks to those involved with the relocation of football clubs - club officials, developers, politicians, fans - to understand the reasons behind the upheaval, and to bring us the full story of what happens when football leaves home.

• | Author: David Proudlove
• | Publisher: Pitch Publishing Ltd
• | Publication Date: Sep 19, 2022
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781801501736
• | ISBN-10: 1801501734