Among the colours and badges of Polish football clubs is a banner declaring, “Death to the enemies of the fatherland”.
Poland’s Catholic churches rarely want for colour, but even the gaudiest frescoes and stained-glass windows struggled to compete with the sea of striped hats and scarves on show at the 14th-century Jasna Góra Monastery, as fans of football teams from across Poland gathered there in January. This is Poland’s holiest shrine, and the crowds were here to celebrate faith, family and football.
As in other European countries, pockets of nationalist and white-supremacist football fans have long been a presence on …read more
Source: New Statesman
