Football — A shared sense of belonging?

Author/s of the text : Dr Chris Stone

Title of journal / publication : furd

URL or WEB ADDRESS : http://www.furd.org/resources/Final%20Research%20Report-%20low%20res.pdf

Main idea : Creating longlasting bonds, memories and hope. Football unites the whole world

Supporting details :

1. Friendships develop over time and football provides the motivation for people to meet regularly. Whether training, playing, going to matches or watching on television, there is a timetable that for many refugees and asylum seekers may be absent in the rest of their lives.
2. The development of friendships, or friendly relationships with interconnecting networks of acquaintances, is part of the communality attached to belonging