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History
It is possible that the earliest recorded occurrence of sports team fandom were the fans of the chariot races in ancient Rome. It was not the specific people or horses that the crowds cheered for and gambled on, it was the team the chariot belonged to that attracted the affiliation (Harris, 1972).

Fans at a Roman chariot race

In terms of publications, the first sporting magazine in the UK was published in the late 1700s, by the mid-1800s there were many sports magazines around the world but it wasn’t until the 1920’s that sports became a major focus in media, radio and film (Haridakis & Earnheardt, 2011) which gave birth to widespread sports fans.

Historically, sport fandom has been a segregated undertaking. Supporting certain teams allowed a way of identifying with a local elite or oppressed cultural group. Often this was a racial issue such as the ‘negro-leagues’ in the USA baseball scene or the British governance over Cricket in India (Spracklen, 2014). Conversely, sport is now seen as an equaliser. Throughout the world, sport is able to break down barriers and bring people together. The ability of sports teams to attract millions of fans can be used to reduce cultural resistance, and to rebuild communication between people and nations (Wiid & Cant, 2015)

Currently, in addition to the high level of coverage that (many) sports receive from the media, sports fans play sports-related games off and online, use social media to connect with other fans and express their fandom messages, and even demonstrate fandom in fantasy sports (Haridakis & Earnheardt, 2011).

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