FootballGravity Special Report
A continuing series about the cities that give a football club its particular shape.
Where football lives
Football is never only played in a stadium. It lives in streets, cafés, trains, markets, memories and the people who make their way to the ground.
Where Football Lives uses the club as an entrance to the city around it. Each story follows a different relationship between place, matchday and belonging.
In this series
City 1 — Como
Football at the Edge of the Lake
Como 1907, the lakeside Sinigaglia and a city where a match can become part of a day by the water.
City 2 — Valencia
Before the Move
Mestalla in the daily fabric of Valencia, with a new stadium rising across the city.
City 3 — Marseille
The City Takes Its Seat
At the Vélodrome, Olympique de Marseille gathers supporters from many neighbourhoods into one shared space.
City 4 — Istanbul
The City Changes Sides
Ferries, metro lines and three distinct football addresses reveal a city whose clubs belong to different places without leaving Istanbul.
City 5 — Seville
Two Ways to Belong
Real Betis, Sevilla FC and the places their supporters call home, from Heliópolis and La Cartuja to Nervión and the city around them.
This index will be updated as further city stories are published.