‘Surf’s up!’: A call to take English soccer fan interactions on the Internet more seriously

Soccer fandom practices in England have been significantly impacted by globalization. The creation of the Premier League in 1992, and the way in which satellite television company BSkyB dominated coverage of this, together with other developments, have led to changes in how fans consume top‐level English soccer. Whilst such global transformations are well documented in the sociology of soccer literature, the implications of the rise of the most...