Comments on: Book Review: March of the Hooligans http://www.epltalk.com/book-review-march-of-the-hooligans/1167 Daily News & Analysis of the English Premier League Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:03:19 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: David Brown http://www.epltalk.com/book-review-march-of-the-hooligans/1167#comment-3263 David Brown Fri, 21 Dec 2007 20:32:42 +0000 http://www.epltalk.com/2007/12/20/book-review-march-of-the-hooligans/#comment-3263 Gaffer, I agree that we here in North America (The United States in particular) should pay heed to books on the subject of hooliganism. Although the potential for hooliganism does exist for American soccer, American stadiums have introduced measures to curb alcoholic intake by ending alcohol sales after half-time (a catalyst for bad behavior). Our (American) soccer clubs don't have any type of "cult" following as their European counterparts, so the potential for blatant criminal misconduct is minimal. Hooliganism in The United States would more than likely be imported and not naturally occur. Our sports culture doesn't breed nor condone violent opposing fan interaction (athlete/opposing fan interaction is a completely different story). Gaffer,

I agree that we here in North America (The United States in particular) should pay heed to books on the subject of hooliganism. Although the potential for hooliganism does exist for American soccer, American stadiums have introduced measures to curb alcoholic intake by ending alcohol sales after half-time (a catalyst for bad behavior). Our (American) soccer clubs don’t have any type of “cult” following as their European counterparts, so the potential for blatant criminal misconduct is minimal. Hooliganism in The United States would more than likely be imported and not naturally occur. Our sports culture doesn’t breed nor condone violent opposing fan interaction (athlete/opposing fan interaction is a completely different story).

]]> By: The Gaffer http://www.epltalk.com/book-review-march-of-the-hooligans/1167#comment-3259 The Gaffer Fri, 21 Dec 2007 12:59:23 +0000 http://www.epltalk.com/2007/12/20/book-review-march-of-the-hooligans/#comment-3259 Joparo, The EPL Talk Podcast will resume this weekend. We took a little break to take care of launching the redesigned EPL Talk website. Cheers, The Gaffer Joparo,

The EPL Talk Podcast will resume this weekend. We took a little break to take care of launching the redesigned EPL Talk website.

Cheers,
The Gaffer

]]> By: Joparo http://www.epltalk.com/book-review-march-of-the-hooligans/1167#comment-3257 Joparo Fri, 21 Dec 2007 03:36:46 +0000 http://www.epltalk.com/2007/12/20/book-review-march-of-the-hooligans/#comment-3257 Gaffer Ive been litening to your EPL talk interviews with various footballing personalities for ages now and find some of them to be extremely interesting.Guillem Ballague was the last one a ew weeks ago will there be any more and what is the new link for the podcasts becasue they're not on the front page of your website. Cheers Joparo Gaffer

Ive been litening to your EPL talk interviews with various footballing personalities for ages now and find some of them to be extremely interesting.Guillem Ballague was the last one a ew weeks ago will there be any more and what is the new link for the podcasts becasue they’re not on the front page of your website.

Cheers Joparo

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