Phillips, who has turned his life around and worked in the West Ham academy for 15 years, recalled a moment he and his ICF pals - including a notorious West Ham hooligan called Ca ...

A new report says football hooliganism in the Western Balkans is closely linked to organised crime and drug dealing, especially in Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Hardcore fans of Serbia’s Partizan ...

A violent troublemaker whose behavior is associated with or motivated by their support of a soccer team. The groups of young men — known as firms — who brawled in town squares and on terraces, fueled ...

A former Bradford City hooligan thought he was going to be killed by a firm he says 'you probably haven't heard about'. During the 1980s and beyond, when hooliganism and violence was rife in English ...

A spate of recent violent incidents by football hooligans in Colombia has highlighted a new government approach to the problem - Copyright AFP SAUL LOEB A spate of ...

It is a culture that has spawned books, films and documentaries, but what exactly is it? Goal takes a look at the phenomenon Football is a sport that has a global appeal and it plays a prominent role ...

The timing could not have been worse for Maccabi Tel Aviv. Days before UK authorities had appeared set to lift a ban on their fans attending their Europa League game at Aston Villa, their derby ...

MOSCOW (AP) A Russian lawmaker has proposed an unorthodox solution to the country's problems with soccer hooliganism ahead of next year's World Cup - legalize it and make it a spectator sport.

Johnny Rotten revelled in his days as a football hooligan. The Sex Pistols frontman and die-hard Arsenal supporter - whose real name is John Lydon - has claimed the police were "murderous" when ...

“Ultra-violent” and “ultra-rapid.” That’s how a French prosecutor described the hardcore Russian hooligans identified as being behind much of the violence at the Euro 2016 football championships. They ...