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FOOTBALL HOOLIGANS A
Century of Passion and Fashion
Raymond
Royce
Forthcoming Football hooliganism first made headlines after the
1909 Scottish Cup Final was abandoned as Celtic and Rangers supporters
fought running battles on the pitch and in the street. By the late
1960s, violence at football matches had become ingrained as part of
British youth culture, and quickly spread across Europe as young,
working-class men sought to escape the drudgery of their daily
existence and gain respect among their peers. Throughout the following
decades the cult of the football hooligan developed and diversified
across the world, with pitched battles fought everywhere from
Birmingham to Buenos Aries. The global media reported on, and in some
cases fuelled, this growing anti-social phenomenon, which reached its
inevitable nadir as 39 people died on the crumbling terraces of
Brussels’ Heysel Stadium before the 1985 European Cup Final between
Juventus (Turin) and Liverpool. Using a wealth of images that detail
landmark hooligan outbreaks and the diverse and unique fashions of the
combatants, Hooligans explores the development of this violent and compelling
phenomenon. 128 pages / 150 b+w photos / 260 x 190mm
ISBN 0 85965 407 9 ISBN 13: 978 0 85965 407 4
Paperback / UK £14.99 / US $19.95 |