Abstract
This paper draws on qualitative interviews with a sample of English football fans to explore their relationship with one enduring site for fandom practice, the pub. In doing so, the work discusses the significance of structuration processes as a means of explaining the transcendent nature of this relationship across time and space. The findings complement existing ethnographic observations to illustrate that a progressive and multifaceted relationship exists between the institution (the pub) and its customers (football fans), based on historical reference to fan culture, emotive connection to the pub as a football space, associated sociability and the perception of cultural stability.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 382-399 |
Number of pages | 18 |
Journal | International Review for the Sociology of Sport |
Volume | 49 |
Issue number | 3/4 |
Early online date | 18 Nov 2013 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jun 2014 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- The pub
- football
- fandom culture
- compulsion of proximity
- live spectatorship