The 'limits of decent partisanship' : a sociogenetic investigation of the emergence of football spectating as a social problem

This thesis attempts to document the forms of spectator disorder that have been associated with Association football since the emergence of the professional game in the 1880s. It also traces the concomitant emergence of football spectating as a recognised "social problem," analyses changes...

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Main Author: Maguire, J. A.
Published: University of Leicester 1985
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.328133