Football stadiums are highly engineered buildings that are designed to allow huge numbers of people to flow in and out efficiently, safely and quickly. The demands on a stadium are not only practical. Many fans compare attending a football match to a religious experience, with stadiums routinely likened to cathedrals or temples. Through enormous graphic displays, choreographies, rhythmic clapping and singing, fans appropriate and subsume the stadium. The ‘Crowds’ section of our special exhibitio