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The Power And The Passion

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David Goldblatt travels to the English Premiership’s beleaguered Newcastle United.

David Goldblatt embarks on four very different adventures into the meaning and madness of a game that unites us all: football.

With the 2010 World Cup underway, many football fans around the world will be avidly debating and agonising over the fate of their nations in the tournament. However it is often at the domestic club level that the game finds its most passionate support.

David Goldblatt, embarks on an assortment of adventures into the meaning and madness of the game. He travels to four very different football games in Italy, Egypt, Ghana and the UK, to experience the build-up and pitch action from the perspective of the fans.

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