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245 10 a| Football's dark sideh| [electronic resource] :b| corruption, homophobia, violence and racism in the beautiful game /c| Ellis Cashmore, Staffordshire University, UK and Jamie Cleland, Loughborough University, UK.;

260 a| Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;a| New York, NY :b| Palgrave Macmillan,c| 2014.;

300 a| v, 106 pages ;c| 23 cm.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 8 a| Machine generated contents note: -- 1. Introduction2. Corruption3. Homophobia4. Violence5. Racism6. Conclusion.;

506 a| Available only to authorized users.;

520 a| "Association football is the richest, most popular sport in history with a multicultural global following encompassing all religions. It is also riven with corruption, racism, homophobia and a violence that has for decades resisted all attempts to tame it. It is this Janus-faced quality that makes football so thrilling. Countless books have focused on the visibly glamorous, wholesome and admirable aspects of the sport. Cashmore and Cleland, by contrast, examine the unpleasant, sleazy and downright nasty aspects - football's dark side. Their approach is not to pontificate or judge, but to express the views of thousands of football fans on the game they love, but which they know has an unpleasant underside. Using their innovative topfan.co.uk research platform, Cashmore and Cleland have interviewed thousands of fans to present a matchless account of football from a new perspective. This is how fans view football's dark side. topfan.co.uk facebook.com/topfanproject @elliscashmore / @drjamiecleland "--c| Provided by publisher.;

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Football's dark side corruption, homophobia, violence and racism in the beautiful game / Ellis Cashmore, Staffordshire University, UK and Jamie Cleland, Loughborough University, UK.

Author/creator	Cashmore, Ellis
Other author	Cleland, Jamie.
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Description	v, 106 pages ; 23 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Soccer--Social aspects. Soccer fans.

Contents	Machine generated contents note: -- 1. Introduction2. Corruption3. Homophobia4. Violence5. Racism6. Conclusion.
Abstract	"Association football is the richest, most popular sport in history with a multicultural global following encompassing all religions. It is also riven with corruption, racism, homophobia and a violence that has for decades resisted all attempts to tame it. It is this Janus-faced quality that makes football so thrilling. Countless books have focused on the visibly glamorous, wholesome and admirable aspects of the sport. Cashmore and Cleland, by contrast, examine the unpleasant, sleazy and downright nasty aspects - football's dark side. Their approach is not to pontificate or judge, but to express the views of thousands of football fans on the game they love, but which they know has an unpleasant underside. Using their innovative topfan.co.uk research platform, Cashmore and Cleland have interviewed thousands of fans to present a matchless account of football from a new perspective. This is how fans view football's dark side. topfan.co.uk facebook.com/topfanproject @elliscashmore / @drjamiecleland "-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2014017185
ISBN	9781137371263 (hardback)

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