The Changing Face of Football

Racism, Multiculturalism and Identity in the English Game

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by Les Back, Tim Crabbe and John Solomos

Berg Publishers

Due/Published August 2001, 224 pages, paper

ISBN 1859734839

The game of football has undergone massive changes in the past decades. One area that has attracted increasing interest in the media and amongst the pages of football magazines is the issue of race and racism in football. This book provides a systematic and empirically grounded account of the role of race, nation and identity within contemporary football cultures. Focused around the four clubs on which the authors did their research, the book shows how different clubs understand and experience race in different ways. Looking at football at a national level, the authors trace the history of racism and hooliganism, and their impact on the contemporary game. The emphasis throughout is on the changing role of racial and ethnic identity in football over the years.