ABSTRACT
This study, based on government records, newspaper articles and fanzines, explores the complex interaction between politicians, police and the perpetrators of football violence. Bebber looks at how successive governments tried to impose law and order on football ‘hooligans’, whilst inadvertently escalating the violence.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|49 pages
Violence and Politics in British Football
part 2|77 pages
The Total Policy of Containment
part 3|84 pages
Racism and Cultural Conflict In British Football