Show notes: Podcast 308

Sound of Football Podcast 308 - Homage to Catalonia

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Should football and politics be separated? Can it even? Last weekend, Barcelona played their home match against Las Palmas behind closed doors after La Liga refused a postponement due to the civil unrest surrounding the government breaking up an independence referendum.

With Graham Sibley, Jan Bilton and Terry Duffelen.

Duration: 35.01 | Filesize: 40.3MB (MP3)

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Links

• BBC: Catalan referendum: How FC Barcelona found themselves at centre of issue
• Guardian: Barcelona could leave La Liga if Catalonia gains independence, admits club president
• BBC: Fifa to lift ban on displaying poppies after talks with UK football associations
• CNN: NFL anthem protests continue with raised fists, T-shirt slogans

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