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This is a qualitative exploratory study of the Green Brigade ultras of Celtic Football Club. Using
mixed methods of semi-structured interviews, participant observation and desk-based research, it
examines the group's activities, political culture, and experiences of policing. This study aims to
provide a broad overview of the group, while also exploring areas such as policing and political
culture in more detail. All interviews were audio recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analysed to
uncover a variety of themes, amongst them key activities, policing, political education, anti-fascism,
attitudes to sexism, and the influence of Irish Republicanism. The thesis draws upon theories of
culture, subculture, social movements, radical pedagogy, ethnographies and studies of ultras, gender
and football research, as well as studies of the Irish immigrant experience in Scotland, and
specifically the role of Celtic as an expression of Irish identity.
The Findings show a group with diverse ...
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