Barneyballbags":fe60y7p8 said:Tempers run high at rugby matches too, yet fans from both sides can (and do) more than happily sit together before, during and after the match.
unkleGsif":2ehbzd34 said:One (small) stand, in one (small) stadium, of one (small) club, does not not break the rule
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1210tech":8iynvbh3 said:And its not just event management that is to blame, the Police at football matches are still programmed to treat football fans like mindless hooligans
1210tech":zz2ao1ww said:unkleGsif":zz2ao1ww said:One (small) stand, in one (small) stadium, of one (small) club, does not not break the rule
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Agreed, but its a model that could be learned from, the 80's are long gone and my stance is that if you're treated like a hooligan you will react like one, no-one likes to be pushed into a corner, the majority will come out fighting, its not big and its not right but its a fact of life.
And its not just event management that is to blame, the Police at football matches are still programmed to treat football fans like mindless hooligans
1210tech":rstztf0j said:Agreed, but its a model that could be learned from, the 80's are long gone and my stance is that if you're treated like a hooligan you will react like one, no-one likes to be pushed into a corner, the majority will come out fighting, its not big and its not right but its a fact of life.
And its not just event management that is to blame, the Police at football matches are still programmed to treat football fans like mindless hooligans
konatime":m0xvbs3b said:Your not far wrong there fella...i forget the professors name who when asked about the root cause of football hooliganism he replied..'we're talking about a class of people more than willing to travel 6000 miles for a fight to the death with somebody they've never met before....it's what they're bred to do'.
Robbied196":7q1ref61 said:Welcome to the premiership, 2012 style.