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Rebellion Dougie Brimson

Rebellion By Dougie Brimson

Rebellion by Dougie Brimson


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One of the great joys of football fandom is that it provides the perfect opportunity to complain and make a point. Using anecdotes and interviews with the people at the heart of the movements, as well as ordinary fans, this work examines many of the well-known protests and looks at how and why certain groups of fans succeeded in their battle.

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Rebellion: The Growth of Football's Protest Movement by Dougie Brimson

One of the great joys of football fandom is that it provides the perfect opportunity to complain and make a point. For example, the referee was biased, the overpaid strikers hopeless, attendance poor, the tea weak and the pies inedible. That, for many fans, is a part of the attraction which football holds for them. Yet every so often, a situation will arise at a club where passive complaint is simply not enough - occasions where big business or individual greed set out to exploit those who walk through the turnstiles, where freedoms are curtailed or where incompetent management is ruining a proud legacy. Against these indignations, there comes a point when it is action and not words that are required. "Rebellion" is about those situations. Using anecdotes and interviews with the people at the heart of the movements, as well as ordinary fans, it examines many of the well-known protests and looks at how and why certain groups of fans succeeded in their particular battle. Just as importantly, it also looks at why other campaigns failed and how, all too often, those protests simply degenerated into ugly violence, hooliganism and intimidation. From the stratosphere of the Premiership to the lowest reaches of the national league, the author examines the greatest outcries of British football and investigates the tense, and at times, violent atmosphere behind each one: a gripping expose of organised dissent and disorganised ruckus.

About Dougie Brimson

Dougie Brimson is the bestselling author of a number of football books. He is close to many of his subjects and is able to write with unparalleled insight into the realms of protest, hooliganism and fans' involvement in the football world on and off the pitch. His previous works include Derby Days: Local Football Rivalries and Feuds, The Crew, Top Dog, Barmy Army: The Changing Face of Football Hooliganism and The Geezer's Guide to Football.

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GOR001198851
9781844542888
1844542882
Rebellion: The Growth of Football's Protest Movement by Dougie Brimson
Used - Very Good
Hardback
John Blake Publishing Ltd
2006-09-29
288
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