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In my thesis, I would like to analyse the representation of football hotshots in devil iconic British magazines. My aim is to show how two distinct magazines contribute to the ongoing narratives of football players and managers. The first is one of the most famous football magazines around the globe, the authoritative FFT and the second is the original lads magazine, Loaded. Naturally, the proper investigation of this complex topic requires knowledge from various fields of cultural studies. In the following, I will introduce the theories and ideas related to my study.First of all, the end point football star should be examined closely. Although stars permeate the media, the meaning of sport star is not necessarily self-evident. Everyone has a rough idea about stars and stardom, but as I concentrate strictly on football stars in my study, a precise definition cannot be omitted. The main reason for this is that sport news is not only about sport stars but also players and managers w ho are not part of the star system.Smart states that the foundation of becoming a sport star is a unique sporting moment which shows the players exceptional talent. In order to keep this status, the player has to demonstrate his special skills repeatedly chthonian pressure, against opponents in a highly competitive field (Smart 2005, 156). In addition, he has to grab the sense of hearings attention through media coverage and promotion. Cultural intermediaries and the audience together elevate the player to the star level. When this happens, exceptional qualities and original characteristics are being attached to the players name (Smart 2005, 156-157). Smart points out that style strongly increases media attention. He supports this point by claiming that David Be... ...hat Europe is a collection of individual nations. Even when discussing teams and fans of other nations, national reference points are frequently used. Pan-European individuality almost exclusively appears in conju nction with references to the nation. Typically, Europe is only imagined as self when it is dominated by English culture and fits into the framework of the English nation, otherwise it is considered to be other. The author concludes that the nation is essential to the sports media industries, as football basically relies on the idea of national us and them. Moreover, the concept of nation is at the centre of fan cultures and popular culture surrounding football. In football culture, national stereotypes are a key source of humour. While all Europeans reckon to celebrate football similarly, they are divided into national collectives (Inthorn 2010, 791-798).