Table of Contents

Contents - 8 Acknowledgements - 12 Introduction - 16 Ch.1: Football Hooliganism: Concepts, Theories and Contexts - 24 Ch.2: Research Outline and Methodology - 69 Ch.3: Setting the Stage: On the Emergence and Development of Football Hooliganism in England, the Netherlands and Spain - 91 Ch.4: 'Them Were the Days': The Past and Present of Football Hooliganism at West Ham United - 137 Ch.5: Football Culture in SW6: Fulham FC, het 'Friendly' Club - 175 Ch.6: 'Rotterdam Hooligans!': The Origins and Evolution of Football Hooliganism at Feyenoord - 201 Ch.7: 'Decency and Tradition': Continuity and Change in Spectator Behaviour at Sparta Rotterdam - 233 Ch.8:'Orgulloso de ser perico': Politics, Violence and the Ultras of RCD Espanyol - 263 Ch.9: Cultural Heritage at Stake? The Emergence and Development of Football Hooliganism at FC Barcelona - 293 Ch.10: Club Cultures and Subcultures: Why Context Matters - 328 Ch.11: Transformations in Football Hooliganism: Formal and Informal Policies and Their Effects - 362 Ch.12: Constructing Hooligan Identities - 382 Notes - 424 Bibliography - 437 Dutch Summary - 485 Index - 494

About the Author

Ramon Spaaij is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Amsterdam and Research Fellow at the Amsterdam School for Social Science Research.