Hooliganism
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Introduction:
Hooliganism has for decades been a social problem in the UK without any clarification on what the phenomenon is really all about.
In this paper we will research football hooliganism in the UK. We will start defining a hooligan and give a brief historical review of the subculture. Then we will look in to what is actively done to prevent disorder at football matches. At last we are going to analyse the influence from the media.
As materials we chose to use web-articles, litterateur and movies. The sources are relevant to the modern UK society and will be used in an arguing way to clarify our problem statement. The web-articles are from known British medias as well as Wikipedia, which we find trustworthy. The references used on Wikipedia have been crosschecked to secure its trustworthiness.
The problem statement
What impact does hooliganism have on the modern UK society in terms of political actions, media coverage and social influence.
Introduction to hooliganism (Kristian Møller)
Hooliganism is the term used to describe the most dedicated fans and their violent behaviour at sports events. Instead of calling it hooliganism it would be more correct to call it “sports-related violence”1 or “spectator violence”. In UK hooliganism is mostly associated with football. Hooliganism has always been a part of sports since its start. But it is first in the early 1960s that hooliganism has become a common problem. It was in this decade that the social problems caused by hooliganism started to appear. In the 1980s it escalated to a new level followed by lots of deaths and disasters. One of many disasters is the Hillsborough tragedy that caused 96 deaths. Today hooliganism is still a big social problem with huge expenses following. But the efforts to stop hooliganism from escalating have succeeded more or less.
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Introduction:
Hooliganism has for decades been a social problem in the UK without any clarification on what the phenomenon is really all about.
In this paper we will research football hooliganism in the UK. We will start defining a hooligan and give a brief historical review of the subculture. Then we will look in to what is actively done to prevent disorder at football matches. At last we are going to analyse the influence from the media.
As materials we chose to use web-articles, litterateur and movies. The sources are relevant to the modern UK society and will be used in an arguing way to clarify our problem statement. The web-articles are from known British medias as well as Wikipedia, which we find trustworthy. The references used on Wikipedia have been crosschecked to secure its trustworthiness.
The problem statement
What impact does hooliganism have on the modern UK society in terms of political actions, media coverage and social influence.
Introduction to hooliganism (Kristian Møller)
Hooliganism is the term used to describe the most dedicated fans and their violent behaviour at sports events. Instead of calling it hooliganism it would be more correct to call it “sports-related violence”1 or “spectator violence”. In UK hooliganism is mostly associated with football. Hooliganism has always been a part of sports since its start. But it is first in the early 1960s that hooliganism has become a common problem. It was in this decade that the social problems caused by hooliganism started to appear. In the 1980s it escalated to a new level followed by lots of deaths and disasters. One of many disasters is the Hillsborough tragedy that caused 96 deaths. Today hooliganism is still a big social problem with huge expenses following. But the efforts to stop hooliganism from escalating have succeeded more or less.
There are many