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• Arsenal/Diósgyor Till I Die
• A Comparison of English and Hungarian
  Football Fan Culture Based on
• Nick Hornbys Fever Pitch and Anthropological
  Fieldwork

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• Subjects of the analysis
• Comparison of the football fan culture of England
  and Hungary in general, and the features of the
  supporters of Arsenal FC and Diósgyori VTK based
  on Fever Pitch written by Nick Hornby and on own
  fieldwork done with fan groups of DVTK
• The examination of the identifying practices and
  culture-specific characteristics of the two
  groups
• Analysis of the effect of hooligans and ultras on
  the atmosphere surrounding football matches

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Similarities between the two clubs

• Social features of the district of Highbury and
  region of Miskolc
• History and present form of the football teams
• Social features and enthusiasm of the supporters
• Status inside their own country

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• Methods of the research
• qualitative and quantitative academic research
  tehniques
• Participant observation, structured and
  semi-structured interviews with supporters
• Social movements
• ultra groups
• hooligan groups
• England is the home of this subcultural movement
• The two movements cannot be separated in the case
  of Hungarian football supporters

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General features of Arsenal and English
supporters between 1968 and 1992

• football hooliganism isextremely popular
• they usually form groups and theseare called
  firms
• chant fan songs and show their scarves as an
  identifying practice
• they prefer punk music and wear leatherjackets

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General features of DVTK and Hungarian supporters

• hooligan and ultra groups are not separated but
  clashes are not so common
• creating flags and hangings, planning
  choreographies are really popular
• fan groups usually call themselves brigades
• fan groups organize the jitter, supporters from
  other sectors follow them

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Spatial situation insidethe stadiumsArsenal

• North Bank covered terrace, no seats
• East Stand
• no seats
• mainly younger supporters, moredangerous
• Clock End
• usually away fans, who had frequentlybeen
  attacked by fans from East Stand
• West Stand
• not seated

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Spatial situation insidethe stadiumsDVTK
A-J Sunny Side The most socially
heterogeneous sector Tribune elder season-ticket
holders X,Y,Z stands Y used to be the sector of
fan groups U, V, W stands sector of children and
senior citizens N, O, P stands sectors of away
teams K, L, M former Bosch sector I, J, J1
new Bosch sector
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Football hooliganism

• Golden years in England 1970s and 1980s
• Major catastrophes related to English fans
• Heysel Stadium, Brussels, Belgium in 1985
• Hillsborough Stadium, Sheffield, Great Britain in
  1989
• Hungarian football hooliganism
• Biggest clashes from the early 1990s to 2004,2005
• Famous attacks of Diósgyor fans
• FTC, 2011
• Újpest, 2012

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Against modern football

• supporters think football has been commercialized
  and has lost its traditions
• the purpose of the safety measurements is just
  about making this game more profitable
• they think associations and authorities are
  against football supporters

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