![]() We sat down with the award-winning author to discuss the new book, the football-politics connection, and which country has the most fervent supporters. Soon after he began writing longer-form pieces that have been featured in the New York Times, Bleacher Report, and The Athletic, in addition to writing two more books.įor his fourth foray into the world of literature, Montague dove into the controversial world of die-hard football fans and their surrounding culture for 1312: Among the Ultras. ![]() He began with a story about the International Olympic Committee banning the Yemen national team from a qualifier for taking qat, a socially acceptable drug in the region, and eventually a collection of similar stories became Montague’s first book. He began to write soccer stories that were emblematic of ongoing movements in certain countries or that reflected certain political issues. While in the Middle East, he discovered two of his interests, soccer and politics, often intersected. James Montague couldn’t find a journalism job in England, so he took the first one he could find in Dubai. We sat down for an exclusive interview with author James Montague to discuss how he infiltrated the notoriously secretive supporters’ groups, politics within the ultras scene, and the similarities and differences of supporter cultures across the globe. ![]() ![]() Recently released, 1312: Among the Ultras takes readers into the underground universe of the most extreme football supporters in the world. ![]()
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