Methods - The Football Passions report summarises extensive sociological research across 18 nations in Europe. The aims of the study were to capture the emotions of being a football fan and also to compare the emotions, expressions and behavior of fans associated with support of their football teams. Fieldwork was conducted in six of those nations Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, and Spain involving observation, recordings of heart rates at matches, interviews and in depth discussions with fans. A pan European on-line poll of approximately 2, 000 fans was also conducted. The research revealed that while there are differences in between nations in the way fans express their emotions and behaviour, we ultimately all speak one language, the language of football.
The research, however, did unearth a series of quirks and national differences that might challenge our conventional stereotypes.
Themes of soccer Emotions analysis - Passion and feeling - soccer is related to passion, emotion, excitement and dedication across Europe.
References to extreme emotional experiences at football games characterized every aspect of discussions with fans that refer to the pure joy and exhilaration of being at football games.
Such is that the intensity of the expertise that 2 thirds of fans have cried at soccer matches largely through joy, but occasionally because of despair.
Football provides for many fans an opportunity to let themselves go emotionally to release the frustrations of every day activity.
What defines a fan - To be a true fan requires the live experience of football. Match attendance is a given, of course, but there's also a duty to engage emotionally in the lives of the team in order to impact positively on a team's performance. Attending away games is an essential ritual for fans involving a number of psychological and logistical challenges.
Away supporters ar continuously out numbered and largely out sung.
Such fans lack dedication and resilience and the detailed knowledge of team statistics, standings, players and history that's characteristic of true fans. Football fandom is seen as a rite of passage involving a process similar to apprenticeship.
That motivates the team, intimidates the opposition players and maybe even influences referees decisions. The fans really believe they must attend the game to help the team to win not just to observe the event. Rituals - Additionally to the actions performed in the stadiums throughout the match, pre- and post match rites are important in creating a feeling of community among fans. From meeting up with other fans for a drink before and after the game to the orchestrated coordination of fabric squares to make up a larger banner, rituals favor
a strong sense of happiness to the fan cluster.
What might otherwise be forgettable, every day actions become so significant and important to fans as, say, a church Mass, and generate strong bonds.
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