The Naughty Nineties
Football's Coming Home
Nonfiction, Sports, Football (Soccer), Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology
| Author: | Martin King, Martin Knight | ISBN: | 9781780573885 |
| Publisher: | Mainstream Publishing | Publication: | November 18, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Mainstream Digital | Language: | English |
| Author: | Martin King, Martin Knight |
| ISBN: | 9781780573885 |
| Publisher: | Mainstream Publishing |
| Publication: | November 18, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Mainstream Digital |
| Language: | English |
Football has reinvented itself. As television money has poured into the game, the traditional working-class fans have poured out - not by choice, but by economic necessity. According to those in charge of the game the football hooligan has at last been eliminated from the landscape. But how true is this much-vaunted claim? Martin King, author of Hoolifan, brings his story up to date in The Naughty Nineties. Ironically, he finds that football hooligans now really are in the minority but they are far more dangerous and committed than ever before.
Football has reinvented itself. As television money has poured into the game, the traditional working-class fans have poured out - not by choice, but by economic necessity. According to those in charge of the game the football hooligan has at last been eliminated from the landscape. But how true is this much-vaunted claim? Martin King, author of Hoolifan, brings his story up to date in The Naughty Nineties. Ironically, he finds that football hooligans now really are in the minority but they are far more dangerous and committed than ever before.
