After The Match The Game Begins The True Story Of The Dundee Utility

Download or read book After The Match, The Game Begins - The True Story of The Dundee Utility written by John Robb and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2010-04-26 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dundee Utility stands apart from other football firms. Its members are drawn not from the supporters of one team, but from two - Dundee United and Dundee FC - all of whom share the same passion: their city. The two bands of fans stand united, except on derby day, of course! In this compelling book, authors Kenny McCall and John Robb present the complete inside story of the Utility from their unique positions, each supporting Dundee United and Dundee respectively.

Download or read book Football Hooliganism, Fan Behaviour and Crime written by M. Hopkins and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-05-13 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on a number of contemporary research themes and placing them within the context of palpable changes that have occurred within football in recent years, this timely collection brings together essays about football, crime and fan behaviour from leading experts in the fields of criminology, law, sociology, psychology and cultural studies.

Download or read book Football and Accelerated Culture written by Steve Redhead and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Football and Accelerated Culture, Steve Redhead offers a new and challenging theorisation of global football culture, exploring the relationship between sport and culture in a rapidly shifting world. Incorporating cutting-edge concepts, from accelerated culture and claustropolitanism to non-postmodernity, he reflects on the demise of working class football cultures and the rapid media globalisation of ‘the people’s game’. Drawing on international empirical research and a unique and ground-breaking study of football hooligan memoirs, the book delves into a wide array of disciplines, examining fascinating topics such as the relationship between music and football; hooligans and ultras; the rise of social media and anti-modern football movements; and ultra-realist criminology. Football and Accelerated Culture offers a new way of thinking about sporting cultures that expands the boundaries of physical cultural studies. As such, it is important reading for anybody with an interest in the culture of sport and leisure, social theory, communication studies, criminology or socio-legal studies.

Download or read book The Ashgate Research Companion to Fan Cultures written by Linda Duits and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-22 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fans constitute a very special kind of audience. They have been marginalized, ridiculed and stigmatized, yet at the same time they seem to represent the vanguard of new relationships with and within the media. ’Participatory culture’ has become the new normative standard. Concepts derived from early fan studies, such as transmedial storytelling and co-creation, are now the standard fare of journalism and marketing text books alike. Indeed, usage of the word fan has become ubiquitous. The Ashgate Research Companion to Fan Cultures problematizes this exaltation of fans and offers a comprehensive examination of the current state of the field. Bringing together the latest international research, it explores the conceptualization of ’the fan’ and the significance of relationships between fans and producers, with particular attention to the intersection between online spaces and offline places. The twenty-two chapters of this volume elucidate the key themes of the fan studies vernacular. As the contributing authors draw from recent empirical work around the globe, the book provides fresh insights and innovative angles on the latest developments within fan cultures, both online and offline. Because the volume is specifically set up as companion for researchers, the chapters include recommendations for the further study of fan cultures. As such, it represents an essential reference volume for researchers and scholars in the fields of cultural and media studies, communication, cultural geography and the sociology of culture.

Download or read book Ninety written by Johnny Proctor and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-04-19 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A great portrait of a seminal time for youth culture in the UK. A nostalgic must read for those who experienced it and an exciting and intriguing read for those that didn't." Dean Cavanagh - Award winning screenwriter "A punchy, authentic and recognisable trip down memory lane. Johnny Proctor captures the feeling of what it was truly like in early 90's Scotland when Acid House went toe to toe with Football hooliganism." Brad Welsh - Holyrood Gym and ex Hibs CCS "Johnny Proctor encapsulates everything that was right and wrong about football hooliganism and Acid House. It evoked memories of how it felt like to be part of two scenes that co existed" Anthony Donnelly - Founder and owner of Gio Goi Ninety, the first novel from Johnny Proctor Meet Zico. 16 years old in 1990 Scotland, still at school and preparing himself for entering the big bad world while finding himself already on the wrong side of the tracks. A teenager who despite his young years is already no stranger to the bad in life. A member of the notorious Dundee Utility Crew who wreak havoc across the country every other Saturday on match day. Then along comes a girl, Acid House and Ecstasy into his life showing him that there are other paths that can be taken. When you're on a set course of self destruction however, sometimes changing direction isn't so easy. Ninety is a tale of what happens when a teenager grows up faster than they should ever have to while finding them self pushed into a dangerous turn of events that threatens their very existence. Set against the backdrop of a pivotal and defining period of time for the British working class youth when terrace culture and Acid House collided and infectiously changed lives and attitudes accordingly.

Download or read book Among the Thugs written by Bill Buford and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2013-04-24 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They have names like Barmy Bernie, Daft Donald, and Steamin' Sammy. They like lager (in huge quantities), the Queen, football clubs (especially Manchester United), and themselves. Their dislike encompasses the rest of the known universe, and England's soccer thugs express it in ways that range from mere vandalism to riots that terrorize entire cities. Now Bill Buford, editor of the prestigious journal Granta, enters this alternate society and records both its savageries and its sinister allure with the social imagination of a George Orwell and the raw personal engagement of a Hunter Thompson.

Download or read book Modernity At Large written by Arjun Appadurai and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: