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the sordid history of AFL barracking

  • Written by Matthew Klugman, Australian Research Council DECRA Fellow, Institute of Sport, Exercise and Active Living, Victoria University
the sordid history of AFL barrackingThe AFL quickly retreated on its deployment of Behavioural Awareness Officers to monitor unruly fans. But who should be making sure spectators don't get out of control?Rob Blakers/AAP

In 1890, a columnist for the Queenscliff Sentinel, an early Victorian newspaper, sardonically announced that the raucous noise of barrackers at footy matches was one...

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