FADA!: A Season in Marseille - **PREORDER, SIGNED COPIES AVAILABLE**
George Boxall
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From the publisher:
An inside account of Olympique de Marseille, where football, culture and conflict collide.
In Marseille, fada means mad, crazy or obsessed – a fitting description of the city’s relationship with Olympique de Marseille.
FADA! A Season in Marseille is a portrait of France’s most intense football city through one extraordinary season.
A few months after Roberto De Zerbi left Brighton for Marseille in the summer of 2024, English journalist George Boxall followed him to the city. Over the next 18 months, he plunged headfirst into a club constantly on the brink of brilliance and collapse.
From grandiose European nights to supporter unrest and political tensions, Boxall follows OM at close range while placing the club within the wider story of Marseille – a port city shaped by migration, working-class culture, rebellion and a long suspicion of central power.
Blending first-hand reporting, interviews and history with his own experience of living in Marseille, FADA! explores the mystique of OM, the loyalties it inspires and the contradictions and difficult questions that come with such devotion.
- Inside the Roberto De Zerbi era at Olympique de Marseille
- First-hand reporting from one of Europe’s most intense football clubs
- Insight into ultras culture and supporter identity
- A wider exploration of football, politics and life in Marseille
- First-hand reporting from one of Europe’s most intense football clubs
- Insight into ultras culture and supporter identity
- A wider exploration of football, politics and life in Marseille
For readers interested in European football culture, this is a close-up view of a club and a city that cannot be separated.
The author:
George Boxall is an English football journalist based in Marseille, where he covers Olympique de Marseille and the wider French game. His work has appeared in BBC Sport, The Guardian, Ligue 1's international site and Get French Football News. Since moving to France in 2019, he has developed a particular focus on supporter culture and the social context of football, writing extensively on clubs such as Red Star FC. He first arrived in Marseille in 2023 while following Brighton & Hove Albion in Europe, before returning to report on OM during the Roberto De Zerbi era.
Message from Stanchion:
Signed copies are available to preorder. They will be signed at our event with the author on Thursday 29 October 2026 and sent as soon as possible after that. Signed copies can not be sent any sooner than that.
If you preorder a signed copy with any other items, your order will be shipped once signed copies are available after the event. They will not be sent separately.
Unsigned copies will be sent as close to publication date (5 October 2026) as possible.
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Pitch Publishing
22 x 14 cm
Paperback
272 pages
October 2026
English
9781836805335