![]() ![]() ![]() The nomenclature varies-ultras, hooligans, fanatics, barras bravos, torcidas-but every football culture has a class of superfans. But while we know intimate details about the lives of star strikers and the minutiae of multi-million-pound transfers, there is one facet of the world game that remains opaque. Even during a worldwide lockdown, when almost no live football was available, the game continued to occupy television screens, newspaper columns and Twitter feeds. FIFA, the governing body, likes to brag that it has more members than the United Nations every fourth year, its men's World Cup is the most-watched global television event. Among the Ultras-a journey with the world's most extreme fansįOOTBALL IS UBIQUITOUS-across every country and every inhabited continent. ![]()
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