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Brigadistas in Paradise – The Green Brigade and left wing football fan culture
Von Eoin O’Ceallaigh
The following is an abridged summary of a qualitative study undertaken as part of the Masters in Community Education, Equality and Social Activism at the National University of Ireland Maynooth. The thesis drew upon theories of culture, subculture, social movements, radical pedagogy, ethnographies and studies of ultras, gender and football research, as well as studies of the Irish immigrant experience in Scotland, and specifically the role of Celtic FC as an expression of Irish identity.
The Green Brigade of Glasgow Celtic Football Club were founded in 2006 as an explicitly anti-sectarian, anti-racist and anti-fascist group of ultras, who would celebrate Irish Republicanism, oppose the commercialisation of football, and act as an alternative to apolitical fans groups who were perceived as being too close to the management of the club.
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Aston Villa fans group Brigada 1874: Meet the Villa Park ultras trying to make football fun and fend off fascism
Von Mat Kendrick
‘If you look at the old pictures of the Holte with flags, banners, two-sticks and fans screaming their lungs out, that’s what we want for the club.’
Brigada 1874 are a group of around 30 ultras who are growing increasingly prominent in the lower Holte End at Villa Park.
Initially misunderstood by fellow Aston Villa fans and the club itself, Brigada are gradually winning over those who viewed them with suspicion.
Formed almost half a decade ago the group of various ages are responsible for creating a vibrant, colourful corner of Villa Park.
There is still an air of mystery surrounding Brigada and that is underlined by their preference to conduct this interview using pseudonyms.
But Brigada 1874 were keen to talk to the Birmingham Mail to clear up any misconceptions about their motives and outline their beliefs.
“Hillsborough, 25 Jahre voller Lügen … Gerechtigkeit für die 96!”
22. März 2015: Banner beim Spiel AS St. Etienne gegen Lille OSC
Der damals verantwortliche Bulle im Rahmen einer neuen, seit Sommer laufenden Untersuchung “Jeder kannte die Wahrheit. Die Fans und die Polizei kannten die Wahrheit, dass wir die Tore geöffnet haben”.
Rassismus-Skandal. PSG-Fans lassen Terry am Bahnsteig stehen
Vor drei Wochen sorgten Chelsea-Fans für einen Rassismus-Skandal. Nach dem Aus der Londoner in der Champions League schlagen die Anhänger aus Paris mit einem eigenen Video zurück – und zeigen viel Humor.
https://youtu.be/NmrmHJQuwz4
Der Humor schlägt zurück: Nachdem vor drei Wochen einige Fans des englischen Klubs FC Chelsea nach der Champions-League-Partie bei Paris St. Germain einen Dunkelhäutigen nicht in die Metro einsteigen lassen haben und lautstark „Wir sind Rassisten“ skandierten, haben die Anhänger des französischen Spitzenvereins nun mit Ironie und Schlagfertigkeit geantwortet.
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The English Far-Right’s War On Anti-Fascist Football Ultras
Von James Poulter
he past few seasons have seen the emergence of the UK’s football ultras scene. Across the country, fans are reacting to the anaemic, sanitised and expensive “match day experiences” on offer by getting behind their teams in as rowdy a manner as they can get away with, and exerting their collective power to protest against the commercialisation of the game.
Ultras culture is mainly associated with Italy, emerging while the country was gripped in the major social upheaval of the “Hot Autumn”, where millions of workers supported strikes and occupations as a violent conflict raged between forces of the extreme left, extreme right and the Italian state. As such, ultras are often known for their political leanings as much as their fanatical support.
An increasing number of people are going to non-league clubs where you can pay less than a tenner to watch football, drink larger tins and smoke by the pitch, and you may be able to get away with letting off some flares. The culture has worked its way into the Premier League, too, most famously with Crystal Palace’s Holmsdale Fanatics who chant relentlessly during games. They can’t really be placed in terms of a left/right political spectrum, but they’ve done a lot of campaigning over ticket prices. They also forced a Sky Sports news presenter to abandon his live reporting on transfer deadline-day last year, setting off flares and chanting, “Sky Sports, we fucking hate Sky Sports” at him.
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The Ultras: Non-league nonconformists
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Von Jack Peat
Fanatically ‘anti’ fans are making non-league clubs in London increasingly political.
London is no stranger to the inexplicable mix of politics and football. Class warfare, religious differences, industrial disputes; the terraces of London’s football clubs are the people’s benches of Westminster. But of late, the once concealed relationship between football and politics has come to the fore in the shape of left-leaning Ultra fans.