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Title: Rivalry in Maltese football : taking the Birkirkara-Valletta rivalry as prime example
Authors: Vigar, Sean (2002)
Keywords: Soccer teams -- Malta
Birkirkara F.C.
Valletta F.C.
Sports rivalries -- Malta
Issue Date: 2002
Citation: Vigar, S. (2002). Rivalry in Maltese football: taking the Birkirkara-Valletta rivalry as prime example (Bachelor's dissertation).
Abstract: Football fandom in the Maltese islands and the notions and behaviour associated with it, is the topic of my dissertation. I cannot say that my interest in this particular topic is something which was cultivated recently as for years l have been interested in the attitudes and behaviour of fans supporting different teams. Football is by far the most followed sport in Malta. Given how much conversation is generated all over the island by football, how much importance is given to it in the media, how many people are involved in some way or another in the football sphere and how much money is invested annually by the main clubs, one can conclude that football is an important sphere of Maltese society and culture. My main case-study for this dissertation was the "Valletta FC vs Birkirkara FC" rivalry which has developed in local football over the recent years and which is considered presently as the antigonistic clash par excellence in local football. For the historical part of my research I carried out interviews with Mr. Carmel Baldacchino and Mr. Louis Portelli, two of the most published football historians on the island as well as Mr. John Busutill one of the most influential and informed football journalists locally. Such interviews provided of material which had never been included in their publications and which has ultimately given me a more wholesome view of things than I would have got by simply consulting their publications.
Description: B.A.(HONS)ANTHROPOLOGY
URI: https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/79133
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