Re: from what i've gathered...Posted by Jamtart on August 02, 2002 at 01:50:07: In Reply to: from what i've gathered... posted by batistuta9 on August 01, 2002 at 18:21:18: 'We have seen that the media has played a large part in the shaping of the present day view of football hooligans in England. It is interesting, therefore, to consider the example of Scottish fans and their transformation, in the public's eyes, from British hooligans' to Scottish fans'. Since 1981 the Scottish Tartan Army' has consciously sought to acquire an international reputation for boisterous friendliness to the host nation and opposing fans through carnivalesque' behaviour. The media has played a very important role in this. By organising themselves into very large groups at matches abroad, the Scottish fans attract a great deal of media attention, but by displaying themselves as nothing more than friendly, albeit drunken, fans their press coverage is predominantly positive. The Scottish media has been behind this transformation, namely by representing English fans as hooligans and by underplaying any trouble which has occurred involving Scottish fans.' Like say, when the first trouble and arrests at World Cup 98 were Scots...and you never heard a thing about it...pure dead sneaky, so we are...;o)
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