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Book Review: March of the Hooligans

Started by The Gaffer · 10 months ago

It’s not a stretch to say that hundreds have died as a direct result of football hooliganism. We’ve seen recent problems with football-related violence in Italy, Croatia and England just to name a few places.  Some pundits claim that the violence has less to do wi ... Continue reading »

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  • Gaffer

    Ive been litening to your EPL talk interviews with various footballing personalities for ages now and find some of them to be extremely interesting.Guillem Ballague was the last one a ew weeks ago will there be any more and what is the new link for the podcasts becasue they're not on the front page of your website.

    Cheers Joparo
  • Joparo,

    The EPL Talk Podcast will resume this weekend. We took a little break to take care of launching the redesigned EPL Talk website.

    Cheers,
    The Gaffer
  • Gaffer,

    I agree that we here in North America (The United States in particular) should pay heed to books on the subject of hooliganism. Although the potential for hooliganism does exist for American soccer, American stadiums have introduced measures to curb alcoholic intake by ending alcohol sales after half-time (a catalyst for bad behavior). Our (American) soccer clubs don't have any type of "cult" following as their European counterparts, so the potential for blatant criminal misconduct is minimal. Hooliganism in The United States would more than likely be imported and not naturally occur. Our sports culture doesn't breed nor condone violent opposing fan interaction (athlete/opposing fan interaction is a completely different story).

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