Abstract / Description of output
This research explores contemporary Scottish football identities in the period between the re-opening of the Scottish parliament and the up-coming referendum vote on independence/separation . Specifically it discusses some commonly expressed attitudes and opinions of a selection of football supporters from three of Scotland’s professional clubs based in the country’s two largest cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow. The research exposes the multi-layered nature of Scottish football identity revealing a growing disdain among some non-Old Firm fans for the Old Firm clubs of Rangers and Celtic. With the established Scottish Parliament providing a degree of political autonomy and the upcoming independence referendum looming, ‘becoming a nation again’ has precipitated Scotland football fans seeking more positive expressions of identity in which to express themselves. This has resulted in ‘sectarianism’ and the Old Firm increasingly becoming a common folk devil for football fans in twenty first century Scotland.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 11 |
Pages (from-to) | 207-229 |
Journal | East Asian Sport Thoughts. The International Journal of the Sociology of Sport |
Volume | 3 |
Issue number | 1 |
Publication status | Published - Jun 2013 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- space and place