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Book SynopsisRates of hate crime within football have been increasing, despite the visibility of anti-racist actions such as ‘taking the knee’. With a unique collection of testimonies, this book shows that hostility is a daily occurrence for some professional football players, ranging from online threats to physical intimidation and violence at football matches. Bringing a range of perspectives to this widespread problem, leading academics, practitioners and policy makers shed light on the best strategies to tackle racism, homophobia, transphobia and misogyny in football.
Table of ContentsIntroduction - Imran Awan and Irene Zempi Chapter 1: Englishness and Football Cultures: Belonging, Race and the Nation - John Solomos Chapter 2: Antisemitism in Football - Emma Poulton Chapter 3: Spot Kick on Racism: Marcus Rashford and Criminally Damaging Penalty Shoot Outs - Matt Long and Catherine Armstrong Chapter 4: “England Till I Die”: Memoirs of a South Asian Football Fan - Amjid Khazir Chapter 5: Racism in Football: Perspectives From Two Sides of the Atlantic - Christos Kassimeris Chapter 6: A Critical Analysis of Past and Present Campaigns To Challenge Online Racism in English Professional Football - Daniel Kilvington, Jack Black, Mark Doidge, Thomas Fletcher, Colm Kearns, Katie Liston, Theo Lynn, Gary Sinclair, and Pierangelo Rosati Chapter 7: Homophobia, Hate Crime and Men’s Professional Football - Connor Humphries and Rory Magrath Chapter 8: Women Footballers in the UK: Feminism, Misogynoir and Hate Crimes - Jayne Caudwell, Jane Healy and Aarti Ratna Chapter 9: Trans Exclusion in Football - Ben Colliver Chapter 10: Tackling Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia in Football: What (if Anything) Works? - Liz Crolley and Jon Garland Chapter 11: Prosecuting Hate Crime in Football - Nick Hawkins
