Hence, in Hamburg, you have a choice between anarchists of the radical, identity politics-oriented fringe of the far left, and a grassroots-oriented democratically-run club with a big focus on youth. Democracy versus anarchism... There are a few more interesting French teams I forgot to mention before: FC Sochaux-Montbelliard - founded by a member of the Protestant Peugeot family (the car manufacturers) for the factory's workers. It was to later become the first professional club in France and one of the first in the world. Amiens SC Unicorns - by contrast, this team has resisted the urge to go professional more than any other. From 1952 until 1993 they remained staunchly amateur. I should also mention that FC Lens, mentioned in my earlier post above, were very much tied to the mining industry and was operated by mining delegates for a substantial portion of its history.
According to this book: https://books.google.com.au/books?i...c=y#v=onepage&q=fc sochaux protestant&f=false Football in Germany was very much white collar sport, whereas in England it was seen as a blue collar activity. Note it also says that, in the city of Liverpool: Everton was the Protestant team whereas Liverpool was the city's Catholic team.