What are the social and economic factors that may contribute to football hooliganism?

Jun 7, 2018 ... Confessions of a Football Hooligan: The emotional hurt of supporting England and other acts of violence. Nov 30, 2021 ... Professional football matches explain 1 percent of all violent assaults, and generate social costs of roughly 295 million euros. Football hooligans and/or ultras are frequently linked to incidents of hate speech, intolerance and abusive chants (2) — but also to explicit extremism. In ... Feb 20, 2025 ... The “English disease”, as football hooliganism is known, is flaring up again. As prime minister, Margaret Thatcher was troubled by football thuggery. Football hooliganism normally involves conflict between gangs formed for the specific purpose of intimidating and physically attacking supporters of other ... “Hooliganism” is the term used broadly to describe disorderly, aggressive and often violent behaviour perpetrated by spectators at sporting events. Abstract. The importance of the contribution made by Eric Dunning and his colleagues at the University of Leicester to the study of football hooliganism is well ... Mar 3, 2008 ... The purpose of this study is to focus upon the inter-war period, examining the theories proposed that explain the apparent calm amongst the spectators of ... Jun 15, 2016 ... The French government is urging all host cities to ban the sale of alcohol in "sensitive areas" near Euro 2016 venues on match days and the eves of match days. Apr 6, 2017 ... In this book, the authors argue that the latest development of how society deals with “hooliganism” has great impact on both civil and human rights.