Manfred Zeller is a researcher at the Research Centre for East European Studies at Bremen University, Germany. He completed his PhD at the University of the Federal Armed Forces, Hamburg and has contributed to English and German edited collections and peer-reviewed journals (including the prestigious Kritika).

Creates a good sense of how football fans relate to the Soviet past and how their identities are shaped and have changed over time. This intense focus on football fan culture, gleaned from years of scrupulous archival work and in-depth interviewing makes this book an extremely valuable and original contribution to research on the history and culture of Soviet sport after Stalin.

• Introduction: Football fandom and Soviet History 2 Cops and Robbers: Spartak, Dinamo, and CDKA fan communities in Moscow, 1930s-1950s.3Beat these Monsters: Stadium violence, state authorities, and media, 1950s-1960s4Soviet Couch Potatoes: Football fans and the television, 1960s-1980s5Our own ‘Internationale’: Transnational patriotism around Dinamo Kiev, 1960s-1970s6Fan Movement: Organized fan culture and Soviet authority, 1970s-1980sConclusion: Football Fever, Authority, Society

Manfred Zeller is a researcher at the Research Centre for East European Studies at Bremen University, Germany. He completed his PhD at the University of the Federal Armed Forces, Hamburg and has contributed to English and German edited collections and peer-reviewed journals (including the prestigious Kritika).

Creates a good sense of how football fans relate to the Soviet past and how their identities are shaped and have changed over time. This intense focus on football fan culture, gleaned from years of scrupulous archival work and in-depth interviewing makes this book an extremely valuable and original contribution to research on the history and culture of Soviet sport after Stalin.

• Introduction: Football fandom and Soviet History 2 Cops and Robbers: Spartak, Dinamo, and CDKA fan communities in Moscow, 1930s-1950s.3Beat these Monsters: Stadium violence, state authorities, and media, 1950s-1960s4Soviet Couch Potatoes: Football fans and the television, 1960s-1980s5Our own ‘Internationale’: Transnational patriotism around Dinamo Kiev, 1960s-1970s6Fan Movement: Organized fan culture and Soviet authority, 1970s-1980sConclusion: Football Fever, Authority, Society

Manfred Zeller is a researcher at the Research Centre for East European Studies at Bremen University, Germany. He completed his PhD at the University of the Federal Armed Forces, Hamburg and has contributed to English and German edited collections and peer-reviewed journals (including the prestigious Kritika).

Creates a good sense of how football fans relate to the Soviet past and how their identities are shaped and have changed over time. This intense focus on football fan culture, gleaned from years of scrupulous archival work and in-depth interviewing makes this book an extremely valuable and original contribution to research on the history and culture of Soviet sport after Stalin.

• Introduction: Football fandom and Soviet History 2 Cops and Robbers: Spartak, Dinamo, and CDKA fan communities in Moscow, 1930s-1950s.3Beat these Monsters: Stadium violence, state authorities, and media, 1950s-1960s4Soviet Couch Potatoes: Football fans and the television, 1960s-1980s5Our own ‘Internationale’: Transnational patriotism around Dinamo Kiev, 1960s-1970s6Fan Movement: Organized fan culture and Soviet authority, 1970s-1980sConclusion: Football Fever, Authority, Society