# Football Tourists

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Podcast: [The Football Heritage Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-football-heritage-podcast-6385677)
Published: 2026-03-09T00:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/footyheritage/episodes/Football-Tourists-e3fg68r
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## Resource

104. Football Tourists We're joined by Hijab Shah, a PhD student from the University of St. Andrews, to talk about the 'issue' of 'football tourists' and the connotations behind using those two words. Though it may seem and be innocent, anger often directed at so-called 'football tourists' is a facade for racism and xenophobia. We unpack all the issues surrounding problematic terminology such as this and how it is impacted by the erosion of our connection to our football clubs. We do this through the lens of Hijab's experiences of supporting Manchester United while growing up in Pakistan. Subscribe to The Footbal Heritage Extra on Patreon for £3 per month and get an extra podcast every week. https://www.patreon.com/cw/FootyHeritage About Us Website footballheritage.co.uk Email hello@footballheritage.co.uk X @_footyheritage BlueSky @footballheritage.bsky.social Instagram @_footyheritage YouTube @FootballHeritageFH About Our Guest Hijab Shah Hijab Shah is a PhD candidate at the University of St Andrews, studying the role of sports in radicalisation and counter-radicalisation. Although her current academic interests lie in the intersection of sport and politics, Hijab has over a decade’s experience as a defence research analyst in the academic, think tank, and the multinational sectors. She is a diehard Aston Villa fan.

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