Lower League Football in Crisis

Daniel Ziesche is Assistant Professor at Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany.

• Chapter 1. Introduction: Football Clubs, Community and Legitimacy.- Chapter 2. Setting the Scene: Structural Differences and Theoretical Considerations.- Part I: A Threefold Dilemma of Legitimacy. Chapter 3. Economic Crisis: Number Games.- Chapter 4. Cultural Crisis: The Great Divide.- Chapter 5. Social Crisis: Building Bridges.- Part II: Ways of the Crises. Chapter 6. Case Studies from England and Germany.- Chapter 7. Economic Coping Mechanisms: Professionalisation, or: Creating Sustainable Structures.- Chapter 8. Cultural Coping Mechanisms: Communitisation, or: (Re-)Engaging with Communities.- Chapter 9. Social Coping Mechanisms: Societisation, or: Improving Credibility as Social Institutions.- Chapter 10. One Size Does Not Fit All: Comparison and Results.- Chapter 11. Conclusion: Towards Hybrid Organisations and Supermodern Football.