British football fans have a well-deserved bad reputation for hooliganism and violence.

In this episode, we explore where this comes from, why British football stadiums have historically been violent places, and why things have started to change.

A scene at a football riot
The British claim to have invented football
12th-century versions of “football”
When the king banned football
The term “kick off”
Early hooliganism with Preston North End supporters
Why do football fans fight each other?
Glasgow: Rangers vs. Celtic
The post-war growth of hooliganism
Organised hooliganism in the 1970s
The names of the most famous football hooligan groups
The British Disease spreads to Europe
The birth of the “football casual”
Hooliganism & the National Front
The Heysel & Hillsborough disasters
Crackdown on football hooliganism
Football hooliganism today

Full interactive transcript, subtitles and key vocabulary available on the website: https://www.leonardoenglish.com/podcasts/british-football-hooliganism

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#336 | “The British Disease” | A Short History of Football Hooliganism in the UK