More Than a Shirt
Book • 2025
In 'More Than a Shirt', Joey D'Urso takes readers on a global journey, using twenty-two football shirts as a lens to examine geopolitics, migration, and the business of football.
From Birmingham to Belgrade, Medellin to Mumbai, D'Urso shows how the shirts of clubs and national teams reflect everything from the war in Ukraine to China's foreign policy, sportswashing by state-owned clubs, and the French national kit as a symbol of worldwide migration.
The book is praised for its original approach, engaging storytelling, and insightful analysis, making it essential reading for football fans and anyone interested in the forces shaping the modern world.
From Birmingham to Belgrade, Medellin to Mumbai, D'Urso shows how the shirts of clubs and national teams reflect everything from the war in Ukraine to China's foreign policy, sportswashing by state-owned clubs, and the French national kit as a symbol of worldwide migration.
The book is praised for its original approach, engaging storytelling, and insightful analysis, making it essential reading for football fans and anyone interested in the forces shaping the modern world.
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