Not So Sweet and Tender Hooligans
Violence among sports fans is hardly unknown in the U.S., but it pales in comparison to the carnage associated with European soccer. And while street battles between rival fans are endemic at large matches in Italy, Spain, Russia, Germany, Holland, France and Turkey, none have captured global audiences' imagination as has the English soccer hooligan. Nevertheless, only two films have attempted to enter the world of the hooligan: Alan Clarke's The Firm and Phillip Davis' I.D.
hooligans
• gary oldman
• soccer
• european soccer
• football