Football Hoolaganism

[AgnesIO]

So, obviously at the Millwall and Wigan game their were fights (embarrassingly Millwall vs Millwall). What are your thoughts on football fans and fighting?

Genuinely angers me - go and watch the ******* football, then go home - sport isn't an excuse to have a punch-up!

View some of the fighting scenes here;


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e08bK8PbmaM

The first bit of the video is dodgy (the user is clearly pressing the play button) - but it does show some of the imbeciles in action.

[mrwoooooooo]

nowhere near as bad as it used to be. anything that happens now gets blown out of proportions

[AgnesIO]

nowhere near as bad as it used to be. anything that happens now gets blown out of proportions

I would say a punch up between a fairly large number of fans is still pretty serious.

It has obviously got better, but why is it still happening?

[Ardemax]

I would say a punch up between a fairly large number of fans is still pretty serious.

It has obviously got better, but why is it still happening?

Probably a chance to get on tele, nothing more really.

Could have something to do with the actual teams, like you wouldn't see Wimbledon fans having a scrap in the stands.

[AgnesIO]

Probably a chance to get on tele, nothing more really.

Could have something to do with the actual teams, like you wouldn't see Wimbledon fans having a scrap in the stands.

Exactly.

Millwall, West Ham, Leeds and Southend are all known for being.. er rough. Oh Cardiff used to be pretty bad too.

[Ardemax]

Exactly.

Millwall, West Ham, Leeds and Southend are all known for being.. er rough. Oh Cardiff used to be pretty bad too.

The Cardiff v Swansea derby next season will certainly test the police.

[AgnesIO]

The Cardiff v Swansea derby next season will certainly test the police.

Will be interested.

When they came to our ground their fans used to have an addiction to throwing darts. That was a good 12 years ago though.

[Ardemax]

Will be interested.

When they came to our ground their fans used to have an addiction to throwing darts. That was a good 12 years ago though.

They have definitely improved in my opinion. I mean now they are semi-literate.

[Mark]

One of many reasons why I dislike football, the sectarianism as well really annoys me.

[Samantha]

Yeah, I really don't see why fans need to fight, admittedly they can get angry if their team loses, but it's not an excuse to fight.

[FlyingJesus]

There have been vast improvements in this sort of thing (in England at least) but it's still awful to see. Really brings the game down - not just the match at the time, but football as a whole

[Shockwave.2CC]

Well thats chavy Millwall for you

[azzaman1234]

I agree, not as bad as it used to be... but still.. What makes it worse is that it was at Wembley. Disgrace tbh...

[GoldenMerc]

Disgusting behavior, id like to know what they were fighting over...

[DPS]

Celtic FC have the Green Brigade Ultras but we dont really get into fights.

It's more for putting on a show with the flags and drums ect.

Millwall has a shocking history.

[CaptainAce]

I don't get why people get so irrational about a game. Isn't football supposed to be fun or something to enjoy?

[Alba]

Celtic FC have the Green Brigade Ultras but we dont really get into fights.

It's more for putting on a show with the flags and drums ect.

Millwall has a shocking history.
The Green Brigade isn't a hooligans/casuals group though...

Fights between different casual groups happen on a weekly basis up and down the UK, this only got reported due to it being inside a stadium whilst ESPN were showing the match live, guaranteed there wouldn't have been much as much a fuss kicked up about it if that wasn't the case.

[Adam]

Just one more reason why I'm falling out of love with football.

[e5]

It's pathetic and I don't know why people do it.