Real Football Factories

After watching the documentry "football factory's: international" i found that in argentina unlike in the UK (where hooliganism is scrutinized but also glamourised) football violance is almost accepted as being a natural order. in live football matches the camera constantly zooms to the crowd and the football hooligans in the stands. the commentators would then react to something like this and name out the hooligans and even point out which "firm" they are with. its almost like the hooligans have as big a celebrity status as the football players in argentina.the newspaper reports are just as blatent. the majority of newspapers see the hooligans as a twelth man on the field and in some ways positive. although these may be extreme case scenario's of media excetance, is our movie industry and music any different in the way they glamourise violance and football violance? surely they are the same thing.

Nath

A collective survey on the media and football violance

this is an extract from the survey asking if the majority of fans beleive the media glamorizes football violance.



SECTION F - Media Influence and involvement
Q.13 Television coverage of hooliganism glorifies the issue
Q.20 The national press reinforces the problem of hooliganism amongst supporters of English professional clubs
Q.25 Media coverage of hooliganism associated with the England national team does not glorify the issue


IIII AGREE IIIIIIIIIIIIIDISAGREE IIIIIII
IIII PREM 1ST 2ND 3RD PREM 1ST 2ND 3RD
Q.13 65% 60% 54% 73% 25% 23% 35% 23%
Q.20 40% 73% 65% 77% 30% 3% 12% 0%
Q.25 15% 33% 27% 18% 55% 60% 58% 64%
Comment: The majority of the responses across divisions agree that television coverage of hooliganism glorifies the issue, with the Third Division comparatively displaying the highest level of agreement. Supporters of First, Second and Third Division clubs agree that the national press reinforces the problem, markedly more so than Premiership supporters. The table shows that collectively, the division responses disagree that media coverage of hooliganism associated with the national team does not glorify the issue.


the startling evidence is that fans believe the media by a long way jhave and still influence it. its strange as you would think the mass media would scrutinize football violance? ive decided to look at other countries now and compare the way there media works in covering football violance.

Nath

Possible types of research

I am going to use primary and secondary research to collect information and data, this research should help me gather accurate and correct information i need to continue:

Primary research is where you conduct your own research. Good solid Examples of primary research are surveys and interviews etc.

Secondary research is research that you have looked up that has already been carried out by other people. This research can be reliable when dealing with fact based issues such as the topic I am studying "Hooliganism"



Other types of research

Ouantitative : A type of resarch, usally based on numbers, statistics or tables, that attempts to measure some kind of phenomenon and produce hard dadt. It often involves working with large groups of people.

Oualitative : Research that attempts to explain or understand something and may neccessitate much discussion and analysis of people's attitudes and other behaviour. It usually involves working with small numbers of people or focus groups.

Nath

Early football violance in the UK

Football violance has in truth been around since the early creation of the game in the 13 hundreds. Of course back then it would of been a giant street game betwen people. But organised football violance as its called has been around for only 50 or so years. Most people in the media wrongly identified it in the 1960's and around that time as a problem, which would result in certain fans being singled out as the problem. This is far from the truth as in reality every fan that goes to a match is potential trouble maker, not because they want to be but because they take the role of "reaction" to an action. The fans that start the action are the ones who are can be considered the problem.

Nath

Fans React On The Doom Of Relegation

Realising their fate of Premier Leaugue status, the fans of Birmingham City have reacted, showing their anger and depression leaving the relegated club in a hate filled atmosphere. David Gold, club owner revealed.

"Never, never in my whole time at this football club have i witnessed fans being so terribly abusive. As far as those in front of the directors' box are concerned, you could see the hatred in their eyes and in thier faces".

This whole situation has been describe as not being an expression of football passion, saying it was more an outpouring of hatred more to do with what was going through their heads rather than what was going on, on the pitch.

Why Do We Do It?

How is hooliganism provoked?, does it begin by football fans showing their aggression of their football teams no doing well?, is it provoked by our passion for the beautiful game?. Or is it just the fact that we make others life a misery, simply because their's are?.

What do you think?

OPINIONS WOULD BE GREATFUL!!!

Nath

Drama in Serie A

Sorry It's been a while. But as mentioned before, im focusing on how football violence is portrayed through the media. Recently there has been alot of attenttion in Italy, with the focus on their major football league, Serie A.

A gang named the 'Ultras' are engaged in a trial with the Italian authorities after riots in two cities last week, which was prompted by the death of a Lazio fan, shot dead by the police. As he was claimed amung with others to have ambushed a group of Juventus fans. The policeman is under investigation.

Due to this incident, as well as many other recurring incidents, certain well known football stars have threatened to leave the league if the problem doesn't resolve itself. One of them being AC Milan' KAKA.

Claiming “If I was unhappy to live in Italy and if I wasn’t content playing for Milan I would have already gone".

Nath.

RISE OF THE FOOTSOLDIER - TRAILER

The latest hooligan slash, gangsta film to be released, like we dont have enough.



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RISE OF THE FOOTSOLDIERS - Not another one!?

Yes peeps yet again the film industry cant help but glamourise the growing fascination that is Hoolignism. With film makers producing another film to be released in mid september of this year entitled, "RISE OF THE FOOTSOLDIERS".

Rise of the Footsoldier follows the inexorable rise of Carlton Leach from one of the most feared generals of the football terraces to becoming a member of a notorious gang of criminals who rampaged their way through London and Essex in the late eighties and early nineties. It is three decades of his life following him from football hooliganism, through to his burgeoning career as a bouncer, his involvement in the criminal aspects of the early 'rave' scene and subsequently to his rise to power as one of the most feared and respected criminals in the country.

from imdb (internet movie database)

Nath

Media coverage of football hooliganism

Football hooliganism can be seen as something of an easy target' for the media. With journalists present at every match across the country, the chances of a story being missed are slim. TV cameras also mean that disturbances within stadiums are caught on video. Since the 1960s, in fact, journalists have been sent to football matches to report on crowd behaviour, rather than just the game.

The British tabloid press in particular have an enthusiastic' approach to the reporting of soccer violence, with sensationalist headlines such as "Smash These Thugs!", "Murder on a Soccer Train!" (Sun), "Mindless Morons" and "Savages! Animals!" (Daily Mirror).

Whilst open condemnation of hooligans is the norm across the media, it has been argued that this sensationalist style of reporting presents football violence as far more of a concern than it actually is, elevating it to a major social problem'. The problem of press sensationalism was recognised in the 1978 Report on Public Disorder and Sporting Events, carried out by the Sports Council and Social Science Research Council.

It observed that:

"It must be considered remarkable, given the problems of contemporary Britain, that football hooliganism has received so much attention from the Press. The events are certainly dramatic, and frightening for the bystander, but the outcome in terms of people arrested and convicted, people hurt, or property destroyed is negligible compared with the number of people potentially involved."

Furthermore, some critics argue that media coverage of hooliganism has actually contributed to the problem . More recently, the popular press has been criticised for it's pre-match reporting during the 1996 European Championships.

Click link

Nath

Armchair hooligans get their chance

Hooligans on a video game, what is happening.


A computer game that gives players the chance to become the most notorious football hooligans in Europe looks set to be released later this year despite calls for it to be banned.

Hooligans has the backing of the software makers' industry body, which said people should remember that it was just a game intended to entertain.

Source: BBC

Hooligans on the NET!!!!!!!!!

Claims that soccer hooligans use the Internet to organise violence have been attacked by the National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS), the Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) and other organisations, all of which claim the issue is being blown out of proportion by the media.

Nath

More Panorama

After watching the whole documentary, here is a six minute clip on what actually happened on England travels to Germany.

Before watching this clip, i advise that there is alot of foul language and some racial slurs and remakes.



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Panorama Continued

By what the BBC has done, filming football hooligans in the act. I believe that even though they are showing the nation that there is a problem with voilence in football. By them recording it, i feel that the media in some way is glamourising it not to strongly, but enough to make people belive that its a cool thing to be apart of. Showning that some hooligans getting involved as a way of showning there pride for their country.

Panorama

During the 2006 World Cup in Germany, Panorama carried out an undercover investigation into the hooligan violence created by England supportors. The investigation follows England fans and infiltrates groups of troublemakers on their travels from Frankfurt to Gelsenkirchen.

Nath

Football firms hit the film circuit

The Football Factory, the first of four forthcoming films dramatising soccer violence in the UK.

The film's makers have courted controversy by playing it to invited audiences of hardcore hooligans at several private screenings across the country.

'Hooliganism is being glorified by the media yet again, and we are not pleased'

Vince Alm
Cardiff City Supporters Club chairman

This article shows that even professional club owners, are aware of the affect the media is having on football violence and showing their surport to the fact that the media is glamourising violence in football.

Source: BBC Entertainment
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The Media's Coverage Of Football Hooliganism

The issue of the media's coverage of football hooliganism is very important as it is the media that help construct the public’s understanding and view of the phenomenon.

Within Britain the tabloid press in particular have found hooliganism to be an easy target for the kind of sensationalist reporting that boosts their circulation. This sensationalist style of reporting often relies on powerful headlines grounded in violent imagery and war metaphors whilst articles are regularly 'edited for impact'.

This style of reporting has developed over the past50 years sparked by the moral panic of the 1950's at the rise of juvenile crime and delinquency. To many, the tabloids’ style of reporting, such as the publishing of league tables of hooligan notoriety (Daily Mirror 1974) serve to encourage hooligans and place them in the limelight.

Nath

My Views

Does the media glamourise football violence?, I think in some way it does. Even though violence in football has been around for many years, I feel more and more people are starting to recognise the violence through the beautiful game which is football. In recent years the film industry has started to produce films that focus on hooliganism, such as 'Football Factory' and 'Green Street'. With myself, living in East London, where the film 'Green Street' is based, I feel that the title hyped up the film even more than it being a film based on Hooligans. Living in East London, so close to the area, made it for me worthwhile seeing.

I believe the media encourages football violence.

What do you think?

Yours opinons would be greatful.

Thanks

Nath

REAL FOOTBALL FACTORIES

Researching into football violence, i recently began to watch a programme that looks especially at football hooligans. Danny Dyer, a main character from one of the most recent hooligan films, 'Football Factory' presents the show. The programme shows the in depth life of football hooligans and firms. the programme show his views, experience and what actually happens.

Here is a clip from the first ever episode.

Research Methods

There are two different sources of research Quantitative and Qualitative:

Quantitative - Where the research is based on numbers, statistics and data from large groups of people.

Qualitative - A type of research that attemps to explain or understand something, by usually discussing and analysising a series of data, which normally envolves small groups of people.

These then branch off into two types of research:

Primary Research

Audience reception research (focus groups, work experience, interviews, industry visits);
candidates’ own textual analysis and own critical responses/theses.

Secondary Research

Use of books/study guides and other library resources, such as newspapers, magazines, journals, video/DVD/television resources, existing research studies;
industry, academic and other related web sites etc.

So looking ahead , i feel that gathering primary research will help me notice the opinions of others towards the topic i tend to research. Whereas Secondary will also help me get other peoples views and helpful facts which will enable me to answer my hypothesis.