Hand-to-hand combat between rival groups or attacks on public officials like referees and police.
While the term is broad, it is most synonymous with .
Many historians believe the word is derived from the Irish surname Houlihan . It was popularized in London music hall songs and comic strips that depicted a rowdy, fictional Irish family of that name.
Being drunken, loud, and generally disruptive to the peace.
By the 1890s, the London press began using "The Hooligan Boys" as shorthand for violent street gangs of young men. Football Hooliganism
Hand-to-hand combat between rival groups or attacks on public officials like referees and police.
While the term is broad, it is most synonymous with .
Many historians believe the word is derived from the Irish surname Houlihan . It was popularized in London music hall songs and comic strips that depicted a rowdy, fictional Irish family of that name.
Being drunken, loud, and generally disruptive to the peace.
By the 1890s, the London press began using "The Hooligan Boys" as shorthand for violent street gangs of young men. Football Hooliganism