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Till I Die

Why Football Means Everything (even when it shouldn’t)
By Damien Pearse
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You can change where you live, your hairstyle, the kind of music you listen to, your job, your spouse. But you can’t ever really change which team you support. * Dr Damien Pearse is a level-headed man. A clinical psychologist, he spends his days encouraging patients... Read More
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A psychologist and die-hard fan excavates the ecstasy, anguish, and unshakable loyalty that make football more than a game

A psychologist and die-hard fan excavates the ecstasy, anguish, and unshakable loyalty that make football more than a game

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You can change where you live, your hairstyle, the kind of music you listen to, your job, your spouse. But you can’t ever really change which team you support. *

Dr Damien Pearse is a level-headed man. A clinical psychologist, he spends his days encouraging patients to adopt a calmer, more grounded approach to life. And yet on match days all this unravels. He becomes anxious, panicked, sometimes belligerent, and if things go well for Wolves, manically ecstatic. And he is not alone – wander through any British town centre on a Saturday night and watch as the aftershocks of wins and losses spill out into the real world. Football means so much to so many.

Pearse meets with superfans, scientists, players and trolls, uncovering what drives our unwavering obsession with football. Examining ideas of identity, belonging, shame, modern masculinity and the most extreme acts of football fanaticism, Till I Die offers a poignant reappraisal of an enduring national pastime and passion.

*Unless you can stomach being branded a traitor for the rest of your life.

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ISBN: 9781836432630

Publisher: Oneworld Publications

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 03 September 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Oneworld Publications

Audience: General / adult

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Spine width: 34.0mm

Width: 135.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 400

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About the Author

Dr Damien Pearse is a senior registered psychologist specialising in trauma. Before training as a psychologist, Damien was one of the Press Association’s youngest specialist reporters, working as their crime correspondent. During his time there he covered football hooliganism at the 1998 World Cup and 2000 Euro Championships. He then went on to work for the Guardian and Sky News. Despite living in Hastings, he is a lifelong Wolves supporter.

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