This book tells the important story of the 30-year social movement against all-seated stadia in football in England and Wales that developed in the wake of the

This is the first book to focus on the interrelated issues of social control and disorder in football. It shows how the ‘beautiful game’ illuminates our und

While recent years have seen the emergence of a significant body of research on LGBT inclusion in sport, little is known about LGBT fans. This book provides the

This is the first book to examine football (soccer) through the lens of diaspora studies. Presenting case studies from across four continents, it considers how

This book examines the experiences of amateur players in women’s football, challenging conventional discourses that centre male, masculine, and heterosexual i