HEADHUNTERS

Hooliganism in sport One of the earliest known instances of crowd violence at a sporting

event took place in ancient Constantinople. Two chariot racing factions, the Blues and the Greens, were involved in the Nika riots

Hooliganism refers to: Unruly, destructive, aggressive and bullying behavior, associated

with sports fans, particularly football. The term can also apply to general rowdy behavior and vandalism, often under the influence of alcohol and or drugs.

Donal MacIntyreHe is an investigative journalist, specializing in hard hitting

investigations.Headhunters were infiltrated by him for a documentary

screened on BBC, in which MacIntyre posed as a wannabe-member of the Chelsea Headhunters.

Jason Marriner, “nightmare” a member of the Chelsea Headhunters was sentenced to six years in prison, based on evidence captured by Donal MacIntyre and his team. MacIntyre was placed under Police protection.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ_Lr5MlEbM

Crowd psychology is a branch of social psychology.

• Ordinary people can typically gain direct power by acting collectively. • The main idea of Sigmund Freud's crowd behavior theory is that

people who are in a crowd act differently, the minds of the group would merge to form a way of thinking. Each member's enthusiasm would be increased as a result.

• Theories:1.- Contagion Theory 2.- Convergence Theory 3.- Emergent-Norm Theory In a crow roles may be vague and

changing.

• There are a collection of books of headhunters and hooliganism: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dyi_0u-htl8&feature=related

Chelsea hooligans logo

Headhunters aesthetic

FILM : “The Football Factory”Drug, violence, swearing words

Old Chelsea Headhunters never die They just have to take their kids to the family stand on the

weekends.