Hooliganism
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Hooliganism is the act of disruptive, obnoxious, violent or unlawful behavior such as rioting, bullying and vandalism, in connection with crowded events, such as speeches or sporting events. A hooliga
Hooligans at a football match of Spartak Moscow in November 2010
Pussy Riot performing at Lobnoye Mesto in Red Square, on 20 January 2012
Football hooliganism
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Football hooliganism, also known as football rioting, constitutes violence and other destructive behaviors perpetrated by spectators at association football events. Football hooliganism typically invo
Hooliganism
…related to sport. The words hooliganism and hooligan began to be associated with violence in sports, in particular from the 1970s in the UK with football hooliganism. The phenomenon, however, long preceded the modern term; for example, one of the earliest known instances of crowd violence at a sporting event took…
1. FC Lokomotive Leipzig fans before their team's encounter with SG Dynamo Schwerin in the East German FDGB-Pokal in 1990.
Tottenham Hotspur fans rioting following their defeat in a match against Feyenoord in 1972.
PSG Ultras before a game, using flares and tifos to generate the intended atmosphere.
Czech police suited up in riot gear in preparation for post-match disorder in Brno, April 2008