Examines the causes of football hooliganism as a world phenomenon, considering the links between player violence and crowd violence, and the role of the media. It looks ahead to the 1994 World Cup in Los Angeles and asks why soccer hooliganism has not been a problem in the USA.

Foreword by Richard Faulkner, Deputy Chairman of the Football Trust 1 FOOTBALL ON TRIAL: REFLECTIONS ON THE FUTURE OF SOCCER AS A WORLD GAME 2 THE ROOTS OF PLAYER VIOLENCE IN FOOT[1]BALL IN SOCIO-HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE 3 FOOTBALL HOOLIGANISM IN BRITAIN BEFORE THE FIRST WORLD WAR 4 FOOTBALL HOOLIGANISM IN BRITAIN: 1880–1989 5 SOCCER CROWD DISORDER AND THE PRESS: PROCESSES OF AMPLIFICATION AND DE[1]AMPLIFICATION IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE 6 LIFE WITH THE KINGSLEY LADS: COMMUNITY, MASCULINITY AND FOOTBALL 7 FOOTBALL SPECTATOR BEHAVIOUR AS A EUROPEAN PROBLEM: SOME FINDINGS FROM A COLLABORATIVE CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY OF THE 1988 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS 8 WHY ARE THERE NO EQUIVALENTS OF SOCCER HOOLIGANISM IN THE UNITED STATES? 9 ENGLISH FOOTBALL AND THE HOOLIGAN CRISIS: PREVAILING POLICIES AND CONSTRUCTIVE ALTERNATIVES