THE GREAT THIRD PLACE FOR THE GREATEST THIRD HALF-TIME

Text topic: Tavern: That Magnificent Third Place

Text author: Душан Мојић

This paper analyzes the significance of a tavern in the organizational culture of veterans’ football clubs as well as veterans’ football in Belgrade. The role of the tavern as “The Great Third Place” (in which socializing after the game takes place – the “Third Half-Time”) is studied, as well as the hypothesis that the “Third Half-Time” itself is the most important purpose for the organization of particular clubs, as well as competitions in general. Fundamental sociological concepts of such organisations have been used as a theoretical framework for the research – the concepts of organization, organizational culture, their content and types. In this interdisciplinary endeavor, the contributions of leisure sociology and tavernology have also been considered.