In this papere we discussed football as a literary topic in many different aspects. Several literary texts have been analyzed with strong emphasis on focalisation, as used by Gerard Genette. Analyzed texts show a broad spectrum of characters who tell the story from their own point of view, may that be one of a football fan, male and female, or someone who is a part of football industry. Furthermore, we discussed the influence of politics on football and vice versa, and what happens when stadiums are used as a platform for articulanting any political agenda. Analyzed texts are from British, Croatian and Bosnian authors. They consist of fictional novels, short stories and newspaper commentaries. All this shows that football is a universal topic that can be used in literature in different countries, and has enetered all aspect of our lives and is not used only in fiction but also in non-fiction.