#336 | “The British Disease” | A Short History of Football Hooliganism in the UK

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British football fans have a well-deserved bad reputation for
hooliganism and violence. 


In this episode, we explore where this comes from, why British
football stadiums have historically been violent places, and why
things have started to change. 


A scene at a football riot

The British claim to have invented football

12th-century versions of “football”

When the king banned football

The term “kick off”

Early hooliganism with Preston North End supporters

Why do football fans fight each other?

Glasgow: Rangers vs. Celtic

The post-war growth of hooliganism

Organised hooliganism in the 1970s

The names of the most famous football hooligan groups

The British Disease spreads to Europe

The birth of the “football casual”

Hooliganism & the National Front

The Heysel & Hillsborough disasters

Crackdown on football hooliganism

Football hooliganism today




 Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary
available on the website:
https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/british-football-hooliganism


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