Once upon a time there was a popular sport called football, carried by enthusiastic fans, by their chants and flags, by passion and imagination. But in the meantime, the air has run out. Managers and officials shaped the sport of ordinary people into an aseptic glossy product, pumped up with TV billions, made up for a global audience. Where have the emotions gone, where has the real enthusiasm gone? Philipp Köster has written an eloquent, rousing polemic that speaks from the soul of football fans. He tells of the legendary years of football, of enthusiastic fan stands and victory-drunk away trips - and he describes how greedy profiteers ruined the sport and buried it. Is there a way for fans to get real football back? Yes. Not in all areas, but where it counts.