The first groups of ‘ultras’, football supporters between the ages of 15 and 25 who clearly differed from the classic model of the adult football spectator, appeared in Italy around the end of the ’sixties and early ’seventies. Gathered in the cheaper sectors of stadiums, attracted by clubs through special reduced price subscription campaigns, the ultras immediately displayed a series of unique characteristics totally new to Italian football. These ranged from a marked sense of identification with their own particular “territory”, meaning a sector of terrace marked out by banners with the group’s name or symbol, to a paramilitary look taken from the one in vogue with a number of extremist political organizations of the time: parka, Dr. Martens boots, camouflage combat suits and jackets worn under scarves with the colors of their clubs.
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A history of the ultra movement
Monday, April 19th, 2010The ultra movement and the political influences
Monday, April 19th, 2010Here in Italy the situation is becoming very hard. I am fed up with hearing insults from our rivals every Sunday and, as time goes by, the situation worsens”
Abedi Pele, footballer from Ghana, in April 1996.
Facing the problem of racism in Italian stadiums means going over the history of curve support (the “ultra” support based on the terraces), to understand both the dynamics that enabled racism and right-wing extremism to spread and the intervention strategies necessary to combat it.
Sampdoria - Genoa
Monday, April 12th, 2010
A Pictured Story of the Italian Ultras Phenomenon
Monday, March 8th, 2010At the end of the 70’s, when the concept of “ultras” began to spread, the image of supporters radically changed. New resources and ways of encouraging the team – less known in that period – emerged on the stadiums.
In contrast to the other spectators, the first groups of the Italian ultras used to stand up at the games they attended and permanently sustained their team during 90 minutes by strong shoutings, rhythmical hand claps and also by using the drums.
Firenze 1975
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Protest in Bologna against the supporter’s cards.
Tuesday, September 29th, 2009At a rally organized by students against the Italy’s Interior Minister, Roberto Maroni, in Bologna, some ultras elements showed up to protest against the supporter’s card (tessera del tifoso).
During the protest some incidets occured, 2 policemen injured, 1 ultras arrested but for only a couple of minutes:
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