Bad Blue Boys
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Bad Blue Boys are an Ultras group who support the Croatian football club NK Dinamo Zagreb.
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[edit] History
Bad Blue Boys (BBB) were originally founded on 17 March 1986 in Split (Croatia),[citation needed] with members from different areas of Zagreb. The name of the group is said to have been inspired by the 1983 film starring Sean Penn, Bad Boys.[1]
There are two groups within Bad Blue Boys - Udruga navijača Dinama (Dinamo Supporters Union) and Klub navijača Bad Blue Boys (Bad Blue Boys Supporters Club). Their mascot is a bulldog and their official anthem is "Dinamo ja volim" ("I love Dinamo"), by the Croatian pop rock band Pips, Chips & Videoclips. BBB also publish a fanzine about the club and the ultras subculture. The original fanzine was Ajmo plavi (Go Blues) which was replaced in 2006 by Dinamov sjever (Dinamo's North).[citation needed]
At home matches in Dinamo Zagreb's Maksimir Stadium, the Bad Blue Boys are located behind one goal in the North Stand.[2]
Zagreb journalist Andrej Krickovič argued that Bad Blue Boys were at the forefront of the national movement in the country in 1990 and that they had offered their support to Franjo Tuđman (who became the the first president of Croatia in the 1990s) in Croatia's first elections. And Sasa Podgorelec, a Zagreb film director who made a documentary about the Bad Blue Boys stated that they were, " conscious enough of their own identity and brave enough to express their wishes for Croatian independence... when others were too frightened to say so.[3]
In 2008 the group were involved in a controversy over graffiti daubed on the walls of the Zagrebački električni tramvaj building at Remiza, saying, "Death to Journalists, BBB ZG", which appeared on 21 March 2008. The graffiti appeared folloing the death of a BBB member after a brawl in in Ribnjak park. BBB denied any involvement in either the graffiti or other incidents which had occurred, criticising reporters for "agitation and prejudgement" for stating that Dinamo fans were behind the entire matter. Zagreb's mayor Milan Bandić also offered his support to the Bad Blue Boys, claiming that they were wrongly accused and that the entire story was false.[4] In November 2008 BBB fans were praised by the English media for their support at White Hart Lane in London at a UEFA Cup match against Tottenham Hotspur for continuing to loudly support their team, even when they were losing 4-0.[5]
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 Bad Blue Boys fireworks display at a NK Dinamo Zagreb vs NK Rijeka match in 2001 |
[edit] References
- ^ "The history of Bad Blue Boys". NK Dinamo Zagreb. 2007. http://www.nk-dinamo.hr/bbb/en/default.aspx. Retrieved on 2009-02-25.
- ^ "DINAMO ZAGREB - NK ZAGREB". footballderbies.com. 2009. http://www.footballderbies.com/fans/index.php?id=104. Retrieved on 2009-02-25.
- ^ Bellamy, Alex (4 December 2003). The Formation of Croatian National Identity: A Centuries-old Dream? (New Approaches to Conflict Analysis). Manchester University Press. pp. 117. ISBN 071906502X. http://books.google.com/books?id=T3PqrrnrE5EC&pg=PA117&lpg=PA117&dq=bad+blue+boys&source=bl&ots=VJ_r0U2pGk&sig=f_iXufeU6kiMfAn4P7lr2K_Sgs&hl=en&ei=2qmkSZXMPJC0jAeZ5u3DBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=5&ct=result. Retrieved on 25 February 2009.
- ^ "Bad Blue Boys Threaten: Death To Journalists". Javno. 21 March 2008. http://www.javno.com/en/croatia/clanak.php?id=134042. Retrieved on 2009-02-25.
- ^ Deželić, Vanja (7 November 2008). "English Fans On Bad Blue Boys: Respect!". Javno. http://www.javno.com/en-sports/english-fans-on-bad-blue-boys--respect_201373. Retrieved on 2009-02-25.
[edit] External links
- Udruga navijača Dinama website (Croatian)
- Klub navijača Bad Blue website (Croatian)
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