- 1. From the archive ~ Mark E Smith interview: So you call yourself a football fan?
- (Stories)
- ... you had any encounters with football hooligans? It seems to me that the fascination with rough lads we’ve got now is a very middle class thing. They’re from small places, but not impoverished places either ...
- Created on 25 January 2018
- 2. WSC 363 out now
- (Stories)
- ... Jimmy Guthrie | Controversy over Brazilian signing | Polish migrant team in Essex | FIFA’s museum fails to inspire | Derby’s manager conundrum | Russian hooligans turn on BBC | Grays Athletic’s survival ...
- Created on 04 April 2017
- 3. From the archive ~ Reliving Leicester’s battle with Atlético Madrid
- (Stories)
- ... newspaper proclaimed that “2,500 hooligans are coming to town”, perhaps a reflection of the fact that an English side had not visited the city for several years – and laughable for those familiar with ...
- Created on 27 February 2017
- 4. Thirty years of Football Banning Orders have eroded fans’ freedoms
- (Stories)
- ... order was not aimed at flying pickets, but instead at football “hooligans”, who were occupying the front and back pages of newspapers all too frequently. A court now had the power, upon convicting an individual ...
- Created on 25 November 2016
- 5. WSC 358 out now
- (Stories)
- ... in decline | Hooligans on screen again | Alfreton and Buxton enjoy life in the Peaks | Mixed fortunes in Milan | The rise and rise of podcasts | Pigs on the pitch at Charlton | When the time comes to un-support ...
- Created on 08 November 2016
- 6. WSC 354 out now
- (Stories)
- ... t again Iceland in from the cold Chile retain the Copa América World Cup 1966 memorabilia The real toughest job in football Russia's copycat hooligans Availability WSC is the only nationally available in ...
- Created on 19 July 2016
- 7. Mixed response to trouble as Russians point finger
- (Stories)
- ... d for an anti-Russian chant from its fans during the Germany game. Although some boast that Russian fans can now match the most notorious hooligans, plenty have also criticised their behaviour – one ...
- Created on 16 June 2016
- 8. Police use excessive banning orders during World Cup
- (World Cup 2014)
- Stories about stopping "hooligans" exaggerated 11 June ~ With the World Cup about to begin there are likely to be plenty of reports from police on how effective their Football Banning Orders have bee ...
- Created on 11 June 2014
- 9. Weekly Howl 05-07-13
- (2013)
- ... Melville "A news report about violence involving football hooligans in Edinburgh turns into a history lesson at the end." --- Barnet promote a new kit – just not the right one. If you came t ...
- Created on 10 July 2013
- 10. Weekly Howl 28-09-12
- (2012)
- ... ies rather than soccer hooligans', which is just as well." --- A new merchandise idea from Germany – a tank in club colours. This one parks outside the referee's house on the day before he takes c ...
- Created on 03 October 2012
- 11. Loco motion
- (Fan culture)
- Alex Lawson on the role of train travel in football In the 1970s and 80s Football Specials were used to ferry fans to away games by rail in a bid to contain hooliganism. Supporters' organisations and ...
- Created on 01 May 2012
- 12. Back to the future
- (Crowd control & policing)
- ... at Italy v Serbia in Genoa. "Where are the hooligans?" the FIFA president rhetorically asked David Cameron at 10 Downing Street. Cameron's policies, however, may be jeopardising the country's hard-won s ...
- Created on 21 December 2010
- 13. Cautious ultras
- (Europe)
- ... hooligans, responsible for the violent disruption of Italy's European Championship qualifier against Serbia in Genoa on October 12. The enduring image from the night was that of the "man in black": c ...
- Created on 21 December 2010
- 14. Radio revolution
- (Media)
- ... s, sponsorship, stockbroker hooligans), offset by farcical plot-lines and a subtext that suggested a genuine nostalgia for a simpler, none-too-distant age. There were gags about Peter Marinello, Colin Viljo ...
- Created on 21 November 2010
- 15. Weekly Howl 01-04-10
- (2010)
- ... hooligans have been known to wreak havoc and even kill each other. One war, the infamous four-day Soccer War ("La Guerra del Futbol") between El Salvador and Honduras, broke out during a qualifying ...
- Created on 07 April 2010
- 16. Letters, WSC 277
- (Readers' letters)
- ... of organised hooligans. It just means people who boo. Do the “boo boys” systematically plan out who to boo or is a spontaneous thing? Is there a club? Can I join? There must be sports journalists with ...
- Created on 21 March 2010
- 17. Conflict of interest
- (South America)
- ... to eliminate violence from domestic football. Their masterplan? In essence, to help the best-behaved hooligans secure funding to travel to South Africa. The group, calling itself Hinchadas Unidas Argentinas ...
- Created on 21 February 2010
- 18. Write the good fight
- (Editorials)
- ... or the rest of it. Football hooligans come from a variety of backgrounds and they fight because they enjoy it. Much as some people enjoy writing about it – witness the delirious glee with which columnists ...
- Created on 21 October 2009
- 19. Barras boys
- (South America)
- ... Plata, well away from Platense’s stadium in the north of Buenos Aires – because of security fears surrounding the Chacarita barra brava (hooligans). They’re unlikely to be the last such measures taken. ...
- Created on 21 September 2009
- 20. Weekly Howl 28-08-09
- (2009)
- ... have noticed that their commercial breaks included a trailer for The Firm, a remake of a 1980s film about football hooligans in London. No irony alarm at Sky then." --- There's no better way ...
- Created on 02 September 2009
