The best cities for watching football

River Plate fans cheer on their team and bang drums during a Superclásico against Boca Juniors in February 2024.
River Plate fans cheer on their team and bang drums during a Superclásico against Boca Juniors in February 2024. (Image credit: Getty Images)

Football is a global game. When compared to other sports, it is always ahead in terms of popularity across the world.

While still to take off completely in North America, football is growing in the United States and Canada. And pretty much everywhere else, it is huge.

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Ben Hayward
Weekend editor

Ben Hayward is the Weekend Editor of FourFourTwo. A European football writer and Tottenham Hotspur fan with over 15 years’ experience, he has covered games all over the world - including three World Cups, several Champions League finals, Euros, Copa America - and has spent much of that time in Spain. Ben speaks English and Spanish, currently dividing his time between Barcelona and London, covering all the big talking points of the weekend on FFT: he’s also written several list features and interviewed Guglielmo Vicario for the magazine.