Football Fans, Rivalry And Cooperation (Routledge Research In Sport, Culture And Society) - 9781138210455

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- 1 Introduction: rivalry and cooperation in football -- 2 The pacts, the death of the Pope and boycotts: the modes of cooperation in Polish football fandom -- 3 Divided in colours, united in course? Rivalry and solidarity of supporting fans in Germany -- 4 Building a supporters' culture and 'growing the game': cooperation between soccer supporters' groups in North America -- 5 Rivalry, passion and cooperation between Argentinean club supporters -- 6 Brazil's organised football supporter clubs and the construction of their public arenas through FTORJ and ANATORG -- 7 The criminalization of Mexican football fans and the emergence of the 'Movement of United Mexican Supporters' -- 8 Torcida and Bad Blue Boys: from hatred to cooperation and back -- 9 Never the twain shall meet? The lack of united effort between Scottish fans against the Offensive Behaviour Act 2012 -- 10 Zimbabwe United? Exploring cooperation and contestations in the context of national football team fandom in Zimbabwe -- 11 Istanbul United: a short-lived experience of agonistic pluralism -- 12 The unlikely alliance of Ukrainian football ultras -- 13 Final remarks -- Index

• | Author: Christian Brandt, Fabian Hertel, Sean Huddleston
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: Apr 24, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 198 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1138210455
• | ISBN-13: 9781138210455