TY - BOOK
T1 - Goodbye Leederville Oval
T2 - History of West Perth Cheer Squad 1984-86
AU - James, Kieran
N1 - Dr Kieran James is a Senior Lecturer in Accounting at the University of the West of Scotland, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. He was formerly Accounting Professor at University of Fiji from 2013-15. He has published scholarly articles in the following journals: Accounting Forum, Critical Perspectives on Accounting, International Journal of Critical Accounting, International Journal of Sport Management and Marketing, Musicology Australia, Pacific Accounting Review, Punk & Post Punk, and Sporting Traditions. Alongside his high-school friend Michael “Mike” Blewett, he was co-founder of the West Perth Cheer Squad (WAFL), 1984-86. He is also the founder of the WAFL Golden Era website (established 18 December 2011) which has had over 130,000 unique page-views as at 30 October 2017. Kieran is also a regular contributor to the Say NO to any AFL clubs in the WAFL Facebook group. He is presently researching Fiji Soccer History 1980-89.
PY - 2017/11/28
Y1 - 2017/11/28
N2 - This book is my memoir, and details my experiences as co-founder of West Perth Football Club’s unofficial cheer squad from 1984 to 1986. Our West Perth Football Club unofficial cheer squad (hardcore support) operated in the Western Australian Football League (WAFL) from 1984-86. The sections about the cheer squad are written by me (co-founder Kieran James) with input and support from the other co-founder Michael “Mike” Blewett. Using Marsh’s theory of the “illusion of violence”, I link the cheer squad to the academic literature on British soccer hooligans, Italian ultras, and other soccer supporter groups from around the world. The book details “traditional”, “hot” support for West Perth Football Club among teenaged supporters from middle-class and working-class backgrounds. The findings conform to Armstrong and Hughson’s idea of fluid “post-modern” “neo-tribes” where affiliations are very loose and people can easily adjust their degree of commitment to a group and / or leave the group when their personal priorities change. The book shows how, because of neo-liberal ideologies and the corporatization of football, the new national league (the “expanded VFL” / AFL) relegated the WAFL to a second-tier league in 1987. This move took place over the heads of ordinary football supporters and two WAFL club presidents. Moves to bring the game closer to the people in 1984, such as holding the best-and-fairest award count night at Perth Entertainment Centre, should be seen in this light. The book will allow supporters to relive great teams, great players, and great matches from a wonderful era in WA football.
AB - This book is my memoir, and details my experiences as co-founder of West Perth Football Club’s unofficial cheer squad from 1984 to 1986. Our West Perth Football Club unofficial cheer squad (hardcore support) operated in the Western Australian Football League (WAFL) from 1984-86. The sections about the cheer squad are written by me (co-founder Kieran James) with input and support from the other co-founder Michael “Mike” Blewett. Using Marsh’s theory of the “illusion of violence”, I link the cheer squad to the academic literature on British soccer hooligans, Italian ultras, and other soccer supporter groups from around the world. The book details “traditional”, “hot” support for West Perth Football Club among teenaged supporters from middle-class and working-class backgrounds. The findings conform to Armstrong and Hughson’s idea of fluid “post-modern” “neo-tribes” where affiliations are very loose and people can easily adjust their degree of commitment to a group and / or leave the group when their personal priorities change. The book shows how, because of neo-liberal ideologies and the corporatization of football, the new national league (the “expanded VFL” / AFL) relegated the WAFL to a second-tier league in 1987. This move took place over the heads of ordinary football supporters and two WAFL club presidents. Moves to bring the game closer to the people in 1984, such as holding the best-and-fairest award count night at Perth Entertainment Centre, should be seen in this light. The book will allow supporters to relive great teams, great players, and great matches from a wonderful era in WA football.
KW - Australian Rules Football; Marxism; Soccer Hooliganism; Sports History; West Perth Football Club; Western Australian Football; Western Australian History.
KW - Marxism
KW - Soccer hooliganism
KW - Sports history
KW - West Perth Football Club
KW - Western Australian football
KW - Western Australian history
M3 - Book
SN - 9780244323981
SN - 9780244927264
SN - 9780244624118
SN - 9780244026424
VL - 1
BT - Goodbye Leederville Oval
PB - Kieran James
CY - Paisley, Renfrewshire
ER -
