No Longer Worlds Apart? British Influences and Norwegian Football

Goksøyr, Matti; Hognestad, Hans

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“…In France, Olympique de Marseille (OM) is a very popular football team . OM has enjoyed a "long distance" fascination that echoes the geographically diverse support enjoyed by English and Scottish football clubs, which has been documented by other authors (Ben-Porat 2000, Giulianotti 1995, Giulianotti and Robertson 2007, Goksoyr and Hognestad 1999, Hognestad 2003, Hognestad 2006, Nash 2000. The victory of the club against AC Milan at the European Cup Final of the Champions' League in 1993 means a lot.…”

Section: Research Methods and Contextmentioning

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Entering into, staying, and being active in a group of football supporters: a procedural analysis of engagement. The case of supporters of a French football club

Lestrelin

2012

International Review of Sociology

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In football (or soccer) stadiums, one of the ends (virages in French, or curve in Italian) brings together the most organized and ardent fans who support their team manu et voce. This article aims to define the dynamics leading individuals to become a part of a group of supporters, an engagement conceived of according to a sequential process. Through a qualitative inquiry, results show the importance of the relational networks in the process of engagement in this type of organization. Moreover, friendly interaction and the levels of sociability encountered over the course of action as part of supporting make up as much incentive to activism as may be understood in the condition of being set back in the general framework of the supporters' careers. The article ends with a discussion on the use of the sociology of collective action and mobilization in order to study the world of football supporters.

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Section: Research Methods and Contextmentioning

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Entering into, staying, and being active in a group of football supporters: a procedural analysis of engagement. The case of supporters of a French football club

Lestrelin

2012

International Review of Sociology

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“…Football has never served as a prime vehicle for expressing hegemonic national narratives in the way skiing has in Norway (Goksøyr and Hognestad 1999). But then again, Bergen has a reputation for being something of a city-state in its own right, with an often-strained relationship to the nation-state and its political and economic centre, Oslo.…”

Section: The Match: Brann Stadium Bergenmentioning

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“…In Norway, the long-distance support for English and Scottish teams is well known and researched (Goksøyr and Hognestad 1999;Hognestad 1995). While the support for English club teams tends to operate on a parallel level with the support for a local Norwegian team, the contrasting worlds of local vs. long-distance support did collide when Brann surprisingly reached the quarterfinals of the European Cup Winners Cup in March 1997.…”

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“…In contrast to the world-wide emphases on rivalry and conflict, Norwegian football has been more influenced by the ideals of unification and consensus. Positive support rather than dynamic negativity has dominated supporter practices (Goksøyr and Hognestad 1999) and the limited legitimisation given to the passive spectator is exemplified by the fact that the Norwegian language contains no equivalent for the word "fan" or "supporter." The more general term, "patriot," is sometimes applied, but the most common word is the neutral "tilhenger," which literally means "trailer" and suggests a passive spectatorism.…”

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"We're Not From Norway": Football and Civic Pride in Bergen, Norway

Armstrong

Hognestad

2003

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“…At the time being Norway has around fifty supporters' clubs for all sorts of clubs, from Manchester United to Macclesfield. 65 Also players on the highest level seem to have been affected by a mentality of willing subordination, to a degree that some journalists found embarrassing. Particularly one episode has stuck with the story of the national team of the pre-1990ies.…”

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Close Strangers or Strange Friends? The London Olympics and Anglo-Norwegian Sports Relations in a Historical Perspective

Goksøyr¹

2013

The International Journal of the History of Sport

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This file was dowloaded from the institutional repository Brage NIH -brage.bibsys.no/nih Goksøyr, M. (2013 1908 and 1948, and the overall historical sports relations between England, 'land of sport' and a small country like Norway, who generally has been on the receiving end of these interchanges. Such asymmetric relationships invites to a critical use of perspectives like cultural imperialism and post-colonialism. The article discusses whether such perspectives can be fruitful also when one discusses matters between so-called 1.World nations. As the title of the article indicates, Norway and England are both close, politically and culturally, while also being strangers to one another, e.g. in parts of the sports culture. The 2012 Olympics seemed to reinforce this impression. Keywords:Olympic Games, history, London, Norway, sports, geopolitics Introduction:When it comes to Olympic Games, Norway is a winter sports nation. Together with Austria and Lichtenstein, it is the only country with a better medal record from the Winter Games than from the Summer Games. 1 -It is perhaps one of those slightly ironic cases of history then, that the only 'winter' event that has been presented at any London Games; the ice skating of 1908, happened without Norwegian participation. Yet, Norway's relations to the three London Olympic (Summer) Games and to the English sport in general, provides special cases of cultural and geopolitical links between two politically and culturally close, albeit very different sporting nations. In 1908 the difference came out on the ice; the English favoured figure skating, which was the Olympic event, while the Norwegians preferred speed skating and stayed home. In 2012 the Norwegians dominated (women's) team handball, while the English fancied other ball games. Behind it all is the Norwegian anglofilia; the uncritical idolisation of English football, and the distinction between Englishmen playing cricket and Norwegians who like skiing. This article will attempt to analyse similarities and disparities between the two nations England and Norway as they could be observed historically and during the London 2012 Olympics, and discuss them in the perspective of geopolitical and sportive relations. Did the London Olympics of 2012 present new forms of relationships between the two geographical neighbours? The main perspective will be the bilateral relations -'the bridge over the North Sea' 2 -as seen and experienced from Norway. The article is based upon primary and secondary literature and recent media observations. Theoretical and methodical perspectives on an uneven relationshipIn the history of sport, England has been the recognised epicentre for centuries. England was the 'land of sport'; the inventor of modern sports and the governing body of many sports. The British sports club became a model for organizing local level sports in several countries, if not all. In sport Britain was the nation to look up to, to admire, to emulate, to be recognised by, and eventually to challenge and demand some respe...

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No Longer Worlds Apart? British Influences and Norwegian Football

Cited by 22 publications

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Entering into, staying, and being active in a group of football supporters: a procedural analysis of engagement. The case of supporters of a French football club

Entering into, staying, and being active in a group of football supporters: a procedural analysis of engagement. The case of supporters of a French football club

"We're Not From Norway": Football and Civic Pride in Bergen, Norway

Close Strangers or Strange Friends? The London Olympics and Anglo-Norwegian Sports Relations in a Historical Perspective

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