TY  - BOOK
AU  - Jones,Tobias
TI  - Ultra: the underworld of Italian football 
SN  - 9781786697370 (pbk.) :
AV  - GV943.9.S64 
U1  - 796.3340945 23
PY  - 2020///
CY  - London
PB  - Head of Zeus
KW  - Soccer
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Italy
KW  - Soccer hooliganism
KW  - Organized crime
KW  - Fascism
KW  - White supremacy movements
KW  - Sport
KW  - ukslc
N1  - Originally published: 2019; Includes bibliographical references and filmography
N2  - Italy's ultras are the most organised and violent fans in European football. Many groups have evolved into criminal gangs, involved in ticket-touting, drug-dealing and murder. A cross between the Hells Angels and hooligans, they're often the foot-soldiers of the Mafia and have been instrumental in the rise of the far-right. But the purist ultras say that they are are insurgents fighting against a police state and modern football. Only amongst the ultras, they say, can you find belonging, community and a sacred concept of sport. They champion not just their teams, they say, but their forgotten suburbs and the dispossessed. Through the prism of the ultras Jones crafts a compelling investigation into Italian society and its favourite sport
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