According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, outdoor soccer
was the second most popular organised sport for Australian children
after swimming. It far outstripped the popularity of the three
other football codes that are played in Australia- rugby league,
rugby union and Australian Rules football.
Yet the soccer participation phenomenon in Australia is matched
neither by the media coverage of the game in these countries, nor
by the academic interest in the game. With a few notable exceptions
in academic sports history, the game of soccer remains understudied
in comparison with the other football codes. And, apart from some
interest that is generated by World Cup campaigns, the media
coverage of soccer is largely marginalised, and becomes most
emphasised when reporting on aspects of ?hooligan? crowd
behaviour.
This book investigates some of the ways that soccer has been
maintained as marginal to Australian identity, and why the sport
remains vitally important to some marginalised groups within these
communities.
This book was previously published as a special issue of Sport
in Society.
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