Hate Crime in FootballImran AwanLabel: Bristol University PressDescription: Rates of hate crime within football have been increasing despite the visibility of anti-racist actions such as ‘taking the knee’. With a unique collection of testimonies this book shows that hostility is a daily occurrence for some professional football players ranging from online threats to physical intimidation and violence at football matches.Bringing a range of perspectives to this widespread problem leading academics practitioners and policy makers shed light on the best strategies to tackle racism homophobia transphobia and misogyny in football.
