• DOI:10.1080/1466097042000235173
Corpus ID: 153999309

1 ‘Heads in the Sand’: Football, Politics and Crowd Disasters in Twentieth‐Century Britain1

@article{Johnes20041I,
  title={1 ‘Heads in the Sand’: Football, Politics and Crowd Disasters in Twentieth‐Century Britain1},
  author={M. Johnes},
  journal={Soccer & Society},
  year={2004},
  volume={5},
  pages={134 - 151}
}

M. Johnes

Published 2004

Economics

Soccer & Society

Over the course of the twentieth century, 276 people lost their lives in disasters at UK football grounds.2Yet it is surprising that such tragedies did not occur more frequently. The rapid speed with which the game's popularity developed in the late nineteenth century meant that football grounds were built quickly and crudely. Any profits that clubs made were usually invested in players rather than spectators' facilities. Eager to see their teams succeed on the pitch, fans were usually happy… CONTINUE READING

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