The Sociology of Football: A Research Agenda for the 1990s

Duke, Vic

doi:10.1111/j.1467-954x.1991.tb00870.x

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“…More recently a general recognition of the narrowness of 'hooligan' discussions has been combined with a greater awareness of important changes in fan culture (Turner 1990;Duke 1991;Jary, Horne and Bucke 1991;Haynes 1995) and the emergence of a new wave of football writers. These writers have helped to broaden the focus of attention during the last few years, both academically (Williams and Wagg 1991;Taylor 1992;Giulianotti and Williams 1994;Sugden and Tomlinson 1994;Wagg 1984;Haynes 1995), journalistically and biographically (Davies 1990;Lansdown and Spillius 1990;Bull 1992Bull , 1994Hornby 1992Hornby , 1993Fynn and Guest 1994;Kuper 1994;Horton 1995;Taylor et al 1995).…”

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Beyond the racist/hooligan couplet: race, social theory and football culture

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Solomos

1999

British Journal of Sociology

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This paper draws on recent research to explore the changing cultures of racism in English football. Starting from a critical analysis of key themes in the literature on football it seeks to show that existing analytical frameworks need to be reworked if they are going to adequately account for the complex forms through which racism is expressed in contemporary football cultures. In the course of this analysis we question some of the ways in which the issue of racism in football is collapsed into broader accounts of 'hooliganism' and other forms of violence among football fans. From this starting point the paper draws on some elements of our empirical research in order to outline an alternative way of framing the issues of racism and multiculturalism in football.KEYWORDS: Football; racism; social theory CUP FINAL DAY, MAY 1997 The rituals of Englishness are on display as the nation settles to watch the biggest event in the sporting calendar. The Guard's Band leads Cliff Richard and the capacity crowd through Abide with Me and the national anthem: but this nal between Chelsea and Middlesbrough seemed different. Chelsea, managed by the black Dutch international Ruud Gullit, eventually triumph 2-0 over a cosmopolitan Middlesbrough side that included the Italian Fabrizio Ravanelli and the famed Brazilians, Juninho and Emerson. The Middlesbrough fans performance of the unlikely phenomenon of a 'Teeside Samba' at Wembley signalled that local football culture, even in England's North East, has assimilated new rhythms and textures. The match marked something more than a new beginning for the victorious West London club. It captured in microcosm the changing face of English football.As Chelsea's 'cheeky cockney' Denis Wise lifted the cup for Chelsea for the rst time in 26 years the television coverage cut to the jubilant Chelsea fans. Two young black men appear in club colours singing 'Chelsea,

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Beyond the racist/hooligan couplet: race, social theory and football culture

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Solomos

1999

British Journal of Sociology

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“…In other words, sociological research into football should give hooliganism its proper position as only one of a number of important issues surrounding football (cf. Duke, 1991;Moorhouse, 1991).…”

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Understanding Football Hooliganism : A comparison of Six Western European Football Clubs

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2006

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“…Finnegan (1996), Chamberlayne (2000), andMacDonald (2001, p. 200) all argued that documentary sources (e.g., diaries) are good data sources for self-identity sociological research because they represent personal narratives that reflect personal and social changes. Indeed, Duke (1991) argued that fanzines "provide a rich archaeology of texts that are representative of the collective identities of traditional football fans" (p. 637; echoed in Giulianotti, 1999, pp. 61-63;Redhead, 1991, pp.…”

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“…Hence, Duke (1991) and Jary, Horne, and Bucke (1991) have pointed out that fanzines are quite literally independent "fan magazines" that are made by fans and reflect the current sporting and other issues in a humorous way. Haynes (1995) further elaborated that such publications are mostly club specific, while also noting that a minority of fanzines talk about football more generally.…”

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The Rebirth of the Football Fanzine

Millward

2008

Journal of Sport and Social Issues

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This article presents e-zines as both a legitimate data source and a basis of investigation for sociologists of popular culture. To do this, the article describes and evaluates the rise of the "fanzine" in the 1970s and 1980s along with its decline in the final years of the 20th century and parallels this with the emergence of the Internet as an "everyday" commodity. The unfolding argument is that e-zines provide a site for both the construction of (collective and individual) identities and "information age" sports fan democracy.S ince the latter part of the last century, a new cultural movement among football supporters-the e-zine-has been growing. E-zines, as online fanzines that contain interactive fan message boards, offer (usually) unofficial channels in which supporters can air their views and publicly debate subjectively important issues. As such, there may be two areas of social scientific interests in e-zines: first, the concern with e-zines as an example of cultural contestation, whereby the roots of the movement and motivations of e-zines producers are investigated. In many ways, this type of research echoes Haynes's (1995) on fanzines more than 10 years ago. Second, an appeal may be methodological, insofar as e-zines offer a rich but relatively untapped domain for sociologists of popular culture to use to tackle broader social issues that emerge in the prism of sport. The aim of this article is to open the door to both of these issues by first tracing the history of the e-zine back to the fanzine movement and exemplifying the continued links and juxtapositions of the two cultural artifacts before, second, moving on to show how e-zine discourse can, and should, be more widely used as a data source by cultural sociologists. The article begins by looking to the history of fanzines, which are argued to be the forerunner movement to e-zines.

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The Sociology of Football: A Research Agenda for the 1990s

Cited by 26 publications

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Beyond the racist/hooligan couplet: race, social theory and football culture

Beyond the racist/hooligan couplet: race, social theory and football culture

Understanding Football Hooliganism : A comparison of Six Western European Football Clubs

The Rebirth of the Football Fanzine

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