This book draws upon a relational sociological paradigm to explore the processes of
collective action in football fandom across Europe and the UK. Through a range of case …

Football violence has been a global problem for decades. A new way to approach the
phenomenon comes from the theory of identity fusion, an extreme form of social bonding …

All the hot, sweaty bodies collapsed domino-like onto the searing heat of the concrete stand.
The home team, Livorno, had just scored against Pisa, their hated local rivals. The joy …

With the men's World Cup becoming a distant memory and the Club competitions in full
swing, it is convenient to think that these competitions are distinct and separate. As the …

Although one can observe the increasing acceptance for different forms of masculinities and
the decreasing discrimination towards homosexuals, the football stadiums in Poland …

Processes of group formation and social identity are key to understanding human behaviour
in social domains. In football,'ultras' groups are currently considered the most visible style of …

How has football hooliganism in England, largely, been successfully managed or displaced
over the past 30 years, while violence and disorder caused by sections of the ultras …

Objectives Violence among soccer supporters continues to pose a significant public health
concern in many parts of the world. In Switzerland, hooliganism is largely uninvestigated …

This paper offers a new perspective on the policing of football fans by exploring the
recruitment and use of 'informants', or 'Covert Human Intelligence Sources'(CHIS), in this …

This paper quantifies how much of violent crime in society can be attributed to football-
related violence. Exploiting rich crime register data, we study the universe of professional …