ABSTRACT
In recent times, increasing literature on football fans has focused on the shifting of fan allegiance from local football to televised European football. This phenomenon, largely conceptualized as a relocation from the stadium to sports bars, is undeniable. There are multiple explanations for this situation and one of them is the arrival of transnational media. However, there are still a number of games on the continent that draw thousands of fans to African stadiums and a great number of these games involve rival African clubs. It is to this latter situation that this chapter turns to. It focuses attention on those who still watch live games at the stadium. One of the key areas of interest for the chapter is the exploration of fan discourses that revolve around ethnicity, class and race. The chapter also explores fan rituals, artifacts and songs before discussing issues of violence at some games.
