Soccer and Disaster: International

This book looks at soccer disasters from across the globe. From the loss of talented young players in air crashes in Munich and Zambia to fatal overcrowding in Moscow, Lima, and Hillsborough, to the fans and players who have been the victims of negligence, complacency, and misfortune. The causes, consequences, and legacies of these and other disasters are explored here in a book that reveals frightening parallels and important lessons.

Notes on the Contributors

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Foreword

ix

INTRODUCTION Football Disasters: A Conceptual Frame

PAUL DARBY, MARTIN JOHNES, GAVIN MELLOR

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(9)

1 'Heads in the Sand': Football, Politics and Crowd Disasters in Twentieth-Century Britain

MARTIN JOHNES

10

(18)

2 'The Day was an Ugly One': Wembley, 28th April 1923

JEFFREY HILL

28

(17)

3 The Ibrox Stadium Disaster of 1971

GRAHAM WALKER

45

(14)

4 Death on the Terraces: The Contexts and Injustices of the 1989 Hillsborough Disaster

PHIL SCRATON

59

(18)

5 'The Cursed Cup': Italian Responses to the 1985 Heysel Disaster

FABIO CHISARI

77

(18)

6 Not Just A Game: The Kayseri vs. Sivas Football Disaster

YIGIT AKIN

95

(14)

7 'Like Cows Driven to a Dip': The 2001 Ellis Park Stadium Disaster in South Africa

PETER ALEGI

109

(15)

8 A Context of Vulnerability: The Zambian Air Disaster, 1993

PAUL DARBY

124

(17)

9 'The Flowers of Manchester': The Munich Disaster and the Discursive Creation of Manchester United Football Club

GAVIN MELLOR

141

(20)

10 Political and Social Fantasies in Peruvian Football: The Tragedy of Alianza Lima in 1987

ALDO PANFICHI AND VICTOR VICH

161

(13)

11 The Superga Disaster and the Death of the 'great Torino'

PAUL DIETSCHY

174

(13)

Index

187

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