An embarrassment. These are grown adults lacking like this.
England fans in Amsterdam
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Gary Baldi
Level: Paul Moody
(197 Apps, 75 Gls)
We didn't send our best did we?
Anyone arrested should have their passport confiscated for 10 years. explain that to your missus when she wants 2 weeks in Benidorm.
They will get ripped to pieces by the Russians. The Russian ultras have been in training for it since France
It may be a crass generalisation but England fans in general seem more moronic than club fans. I’d happily have a chat with an opposition supporter before a game and wish them well for the season afterwards, however that seems beyond the capabilities of England fans.
Drinking, singing, a bit of revelry is fine – throwing other people’s property in the canals, soaking tourists and locals in beer. If there wasn’t a game on, would there be any sort of tolerance of this? It’s dim-witted.
Seeing England fans head to Wembley seems to be down to three demographics for me – kids with dads, 40-50 year old fat men and an ever decreasing group of spotty, skinny late teen/early twenties Stone Island clad ‘lads’. You just don’t see the generation that grew up on Fantasy Football and got hooked on England at Euro ’96 at games anymore. Who can blame them when the good humour that surrounded England has been replaced by the yobbish behaviour, '10 German bombers' songs and slurs against Muslims seen in Amsterdam?
Drinking, singing, a bit of revelry is fine – throwing other people’s property in the canals, soaking tourists and locals in beer. If there wasn’t a game on, would there be any sort of tolerance of this? It’s dim-witted.
Seeing England fans head to Wembley seems to be down to three demographics for me – kids with dads, 40-50 year old fat men and an ever decreasing group of spotty, skinny late teen/early twenties Stone Island clad ‘lads’. You just don’t see the generation that grew up on Fantasy Football and got hooked on England at Euro ’96 at games anymore. Who can blame them when the good humour that surrounded England has been replaced by the yobbish behaviour, '10 German bombers' songs and slurs against Muslims seen in Amsterdam?
saw that on TV ...complete with post practice fighting sauna and crayfish bonding sessions
Marked Ox
Level: Mickey Lewis
(351 Apps, 7 Gls)
Morons, as simple as that.
TailsWeWin
Level: Dave Roberts
(176 Apps, 8 Gls)
Pea-brains. Hope the Russians rip their little willies off.
Manorlounger
Level: Phil Whitehead
(238 Apps)
When I lived abroad I used to feel ashamed when the so called Engurland fans were in town. All it takes is a few brain dead bottom feeders to start and the whole nation gets blamed.
The Russians, both police and "ultras" will tear them to pieces and then lock them up in their finest establishments.
I wouldn't go if you paid me. Not that the world cup should be taking place in Russia anyway.
The Russians, both police and "ultras" will tear them to pieces and then lock them up in their finest establishments.
I wouldn't go if you paid me. Not that the world cup should be taking place in Russia anyway.
Get on Russian's nerves and it turns into a gas, so I've heard
Gary Baldi
Level: Paul Moody
(197 Apps, 75 Gls)
The jolly boys day out mentality. These idiots would be the first to complain if one of their own had beer poured over them and kick off royally at whoever did it.
makv
Level: Dave Roberts
(176 Apps, 8 Gls)
Get on Russian's nerves and it turns into a gas, so I've heard
It actually turns off the gas
Ah the honourable England fan, who would never attack an innocent or 'shirter'.
It's this knobhead behaviour that makes all England fans seem fair game to the Russians.
It's this knobhead behaviour that makes all England fans seem fair game to the Russians.
bazzer9461
Level: Joey Beauchamp
(428 Apps, 79 Gls)
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Complete tossers
No doubt to some of them it'll be 'just a bit of banter'
Who says the boat wasn’t full of English fans, you load of whiter than whites should look back.
Gary Baldi
Level: Paul Moody
(197 Apps, 75 Gls)
100 fans arrested in Amsterdam. Clearly they can't take their booze or travelling abroad. Morons
makv
Level: Dave Roberts
(176 Apps, 8 Gls)
Because we live in England. And if that were my son/dad/mate on the telly I’d be seriously embarrassed. “High jinx” my a**e.
dannyc
Level: Jamie Brooks
(53 Apps, 13 Gls)
yes i agree point im making does the media in other countries like russia italy etc cover their fans behavior like ours i doubt it .
makv
Level: Dave Roberts
(176 Apps, 8 Gls)
That wasn’t the point you were making though. You asked “why such a big deal?”
I can’t say for certain but I’m pretty sure they do. Croatia recently had to play a qualifier behind closed doors due to fan misbehaviour. I’d be surprised if they didn’t cover their fans behaviour as part of the wider discussion about that game.
The point of my post was not a compare-and-contrast with other nations. It was criticism of utterly obnoxious, disrespectful, moronic behaviour by a select group of England fans who seem to think that soaking tourists in beer and throwing other peoples’ property into canals is in some way acceptable. What other countries do is beside the point here.
