Lasers, Pepper Spray, and Weaponised Support: The Dark Arts of Football Fandom | FOOTNOTES Ep04

In tennis, they call for silence. In golf, they hold their breath. In football? We call it “atmosphere”. But where do we actually draw the line?This episode of FOOTNOTES looks at the dark arts of football fandom, where supporters take their role as the 12th man to the extreme. From the neon lasers of AFCON to the pepper spray of La Bombonera, this episode asks why football is the only sport where we celebrate the active destabilisation of the athletes, and how far we’re willing to take it.