Introduction This paper discusses the development of football violence and hooliganism in Europe and other parts of the world. It will later address the causes of hooliganism and the effect of soccer hooliganism to the football sport and the public at large. It will finalize by looking at ways of curbing this menace and highlighting the research methodology to adopt in this research. Development of football hooliganism Soccer violence and hooliganism can be traced way back to the19th century albeit not under the name “football hooliganism”, (Gibbons, et al, 2008). However, the causes of football violence and hooliganism have not been unilaterally agreed upon by the academicians. According to Gibbons et al, (2008) much of hooliganism activities started gaining academic attention in 1960s especially in Britain where the sport was most popular