[Joyeux mon anniversaire]

/Have I mentioned that I published a book?/

More information on Foreign Players and Football supporters published by Manchester University Press on http://www.amazon.co.uk/Foreign-Players-Football-Supporters-Saint-Germain/dp/0719086124

'Mercenaries', 'cheats', 'destroying the soul of (English) football', 'destroying the link between football clubs and their supporters': foreign football players have been accused of being at the origin of all the ills of contemporary football. How true is this? Foreign players and football supporters: The Old Firm, Arsenal, Paris Saint-Germain is the first academic book to look at supporters' reactions to the increase in the number of foreign players in the very clubs they support week in week out. It shows that football supporters identify with their club through a variety of means, which may change or be replaced with others, and provides the most comprehensive view on football supporters' attachment to their club in the European Union, following the increase in European legislation. Divided into three case studies on Glasgow (Celtic and Rangers), Paris Saint-Germain and Arsenal in London, the book adopts a multidisciplinary approach to chart the evolution of the link between supporters and club between 1995 and today. It is based on extensive research through the press of three nations, as well as interviews with officials and supporters. It provides an excellent read for students and researchers in Sports Studies, Politics, European Studies, French Studies and other Social Sciences, or to anyone interested in one of the most original institutions of contemporary western societies: mass spectator sports.

/Saint David's Day/

/Oops I did it again/

/Oops! I forgot to upload a picture for today... It will come up later (tonight?). Meanwhile, here is the design of the business card, finally finalised. I knew you could not wait! (Well, I know you could wait but *I, on the other hand* couldn't. Notice the use of the fantastic Parisine Office Std from Porchez Typofonderie (Jean-François Porchez designed, among others a series of fonts for Le Monde and Parisine, a font used by the RATP in the Paris metro). The images/dingbats come from Allumi PTF and you too can download them for free from Jean-François's website. /

[En avant-première, la carte de visite que j'ai dessinée avec le magnifique Parisine Office, dessiné par Jean-François Porchez de Porchez Typofonderie, mélangé à des images / dingbats (gratuits !) provenant de l'Allumi PTF.]

[Et voici les images choisies (en tout petit, je sais, hélas!)]
/The images on the card./