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Alex Hess is a freelance culture and sport writer. His articles have appeared in The Guardian, Vice, The Blizzard and numerous other outlets.
Tonight in the Champions League, a Gulf dictatorship takes on a sports drink company for a place in the final. It’s a symbol of a game that is losing all connection to the communities that built it.
In the north-west of England, the most successful businesses in world football grow ever richer – while long-established community clubs from Bury to Bolton and Wigan slowly die in their shadows.