Football and memory: Why the past lives in the stadium!

Football and memory: Why the past lives in the stadium!

Stoke-on-Trent, England - in today's football, social media have become indispensable and their dark sides are difficult to overlook. Columnist Andreas Herzog, who writes for the "crown", recently warned of the challenges that players expect on the net. "If you are not so good, then be criticized properly," said Herzog at "Sport and Talk from the Hangar-7" on ServusTV. This view shows that not only fame, but also the fear of public criticism is a constant companion of the stars. The former rival of the superstar Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, on the other hand, is described as the quieter type that does not polarize so much. This difference in public perception shows how important a strong, self -confident occurrence in today's football culture is.

The culture of memory in football

In addition to the modern pressure through social media, there is also a deeper dimension of football that has been largely unnoticed - the culture of remembrance. In a newly published anthology by Markwart Herzog, it is examined how footballers and fans cultivate and solidify memories. The band deals with places, rituals and practices that play a role in football. The various forms of collective memory, which crosses several generations, find special attention. "All of these memories are crucial for the fact that a collective identity in football has formed and has become part of the cultural memory," said Herzog.

The focus here is not only on celebrations and successes, but also on the mourning cultures that are set up for deceased in football, such as the memorial stones that offer British clubs. These practices illustrate the connection between individual grief and collective memory and how they shape the football experience. The discussion about the memorial culture also shows that forgetting plays a crucial role and that the way, as is the case with the memory of the deceased, conclusions about the social framework in which sport exists.