Hooliganism at Euros

S7DiscoDown said:
I find it's often a case of other countries having a pop at the English looking for a fight. The majority still basing it on us being 'hard' from the 70s-80s-90s.

You look at the traveling fanbase now and it's Dads with kids and a large number of females.

We are very much still tarnished with the past. You'll get the odd scuffle. Yet no more than you'd see in any town or city in the UK on a weekend.

I'd have no worries traveling abroad to watch England. You can spot the odd 'kn*b head's. Just leave or avoid. I'm just jealous of all these children who's mums and dad's have taken them to the euros. The furthest I went with mine was Blackpool on our family holidays 😂
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My son's first four away games I took him to were 4-0 win at Blackburn, Mark Hughes first game in charge I think, FA Cup semi final at old Trafford where we lost 1-0 to the Arsenal invincibles, Cardiff for the cup win and Eindhoven.
 
England don't have hooligans following them around like 20 years ago....I don't think there has been much trouble for years abroad apart from Russians attacking the English (20 years too late).
 
Hooliganism at Exeter.
I'm sporting a bruised nose, a dark patch under my right eye and my right cheek bone feels swollen. A **** encounter with two homeless guys in a Subway ( sandwich) in central Exeter is feeling painful at the.moment. one was giving abuse to staff and the other was quiet,, I told the abusive one to leave the staff alone , then the next thing I know I'm falling to the ground with punches raining in on my right side, thankfully I wasnt taken totally, but as I fell I instinctively dragged down with me the guy raining the punches down on me , people in the subway rushed over to to intervene, I jabbed the guy who had had been punching me from behind and i was thinking I'm going to hurt him at least with follow up.jabs, but the people around me gabbed me and stopped me, he got up and went outside and I could see him.talking to the other bloke, and being cocky, " we have done him", and they were laughing, I wanted to run out there and go for it, but the people around me, who I never met before but looked like older students said calm down, I know my jab had really hurt but my intention was to throw him to the floor and go to town on his head with my feet and i could see that he was scared that i might do that , when i moved to the door and the people around me grabbed me and said , leave him.alone.
My head is hurting , I have a swollen right cheek bone and there is a bruise under my right eye.. I know the homeless guy I have seen him.around, I'm going to think about my reaction, if I get to have a go then I really will.
 
exeterboro said:
Hooliganism at Exeter.
I'm sporting a bruised nose, a dark patch under my right eye and my right cheek bone feels swollen. A **** encounter with two homeless guys in a Subway ( sandwich) in central Exeter is feeling painful at the.moment. one was giving abuse to staff and the other was quiet,, I told the abusive one to leave the staff alone , then the next thing I know I'm falling to the ground with punches raining in on my right side, thankfully I wasnt taken totally, but as I fell I instinctively dragged down with me the guy raining the punches down on me , people in the subway rushed over to to intervene, I jabbed the guy who had had been punching me from behind and i was thinking I'm going to hurt him at least with follow up.jabs, but the people around me gabbed me and stopped me, he got up and went outside and I could see him.talking to the other bloke, and being cocky, " we have done him", and they were laughing, I wanted to run out there and go for it, but the people around me, who I never met before but looked like older students said calm down, I know my jab had really hurt but my intention was to throw him to the floor and go to town on his head with my feet and i could see that he was scared that i might do that , when i moved to the door and the people around me grabbed me and said , leave him.alone.
My head is hurting , I have a swollen right cheek bone and there is a bruise under my right eye.. I know the homeless guy I have seen him.around, I'm going to think about my reaction, if I get to have a go then I really will.
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Really sorry to hear that but….. please, let it go.
 
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exeterboro said:
Hooliganism at Exeter.
I'm sporting a bruised nose, a dark patch under my right eye and my right cheek bone feels swollen. A **** encounter with two homeless guys in a Subway ( sandwich) in central Exeter is feeling painful at the.moment. one was giving abuse to staff and the other was quiet,, I told the abusive one to leave the staff alone , then the next thing I know I'm falling to the ground with punches raining in on my right side, thankfully I wasnt taken totally, but as I fell I instinctively dragged down with me the guy raining the punches down on me , people in the subway rushed over to to intervene, I jabbed the guy who had had been punching me from behind and i was thinking I'm going to hurt him at least with follow up.jabs, but the people around me gabbed me and stopped me, he got up and went outside and I could see him.talking to the other bloke, and being cocky, " we have done him", and they were laughing, I wanted to run out there and go for it, but the people around me, who I never met before but looked like older students said calm down, I know my jab had really hurt but my intention was to throw him to the floor and go to town on his head with my feet and i could see that he was scared that i might do that , when i moved to the door and the people around me grabbed me and said , leave him.alone.
My head is hurting , I have a swollen right cheek bone and there is a bruise under my right eye.. I know the homeless guy I have seen him.around, I'm going to think about my reaction, if I get to have a go then I really will.
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am I the only one who initially started reading this with horror over what was happening but by the end of it felt they were reading the back cover of a £1.99 amazon prime crime thriller ?

… seriously though hope you are ok and and eye for an eye never works …
 
exeterboro said:
Hooliganism at Exeter.
I'm sporting a bruised nose, a dark patch under my right eye and my right cheek bone feels swollen. A **** encounter with two homeless guys in a Subway ( sandwich) in central Exeter is feeling painful at the.moment. one was giving abuse to staff and the other was quiet,, I told the abusive one to leave the staff alone , then the next thing I know I'm falling to the ground with punches raining in on my right side, thankfully I wasnt taken totally, but as I fell I instinctively dragged down with me the guy raining the punches down on me , people in the subway rushed over to to intervene, I jabbed the guy who had had been punching me from behind and i was thinking I'm going to hurt him at least with follow up.jabs, but the people around me gabbed me and stopped me, he got up and went outside and I could see him.talking to the other bloke, and being cocky, " we have done him", and they were laughing, I wanted to run out there and go for it, but the people around me, who I never met before but looked like older students said calm down, I know my jab had really hurt but my intention was to throw him to the floor and go to town on his head with my feet and i could see that he was scared that i might do that , when i moved to the door and the people around me grabbed me and said , leave him.alone.
My head is hurting , I have a swollen right cheek bone and there is a bruise under my right eye.. I know the homeless guy I have seen him.around, I'm going to think about my reaction, if I get to have a go then I really will.
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Good hands fella
 
I'm alright, feeling embarrassed at myself, thinking that I need to give up drinking , I should have ignored the situation , the subway staff probably see behaviour like that all the time and they just let it pass and then crack on , so there was no need to intervene. The worst thing is my reaction I haven't felt like that for a very long time. The fact that I was willing to carry it on outside scares me a little.
 
exeterboro said:
I'm alright, feeling embarrassed at myself, thinking that I need to give up drinking , I should have ignored the situation , the subway staff probably see behaviour like that all the time and they just let it pass and then crack on , so there was no need to intervene. The worst thing is my reaction I haven't felt like that for a very long time. The fact that I was willing to carry it on outside scares me a little.
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Try not to beat yourself up about it.

I’d have absolutely done the same thing and I’d struggle to be able to contain my need to get even. Especially if I’d had a couple too!

Got to ask yourself this. What’s the worst thing that could’ve happened in that scenario? The answer will probably make you a little happier about how things did pan out.
 
exeterboro said:
I'm alright, feeling embarrassed at myself, thinking that I need to give up drinking , I should have ignored the situation , the subway staff probably see behaviour like that all the time and they just let it pass and then crack on , so there was no need to intervene. The worst thing is my reaction I haven't felt like that for a very long time. The fact that I was willing to carry it on outside scares me a little.
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That’s a great last line
Have you thought about talking to someone?
Those specialising in mental well-being could really be good for you.

Maybe start there before ‘giving up the drink’?
 
I work with a German guy who lives in dusseldorf. He attended one of the Scotland games and their locals were awash with Scotland fans and he said they were welcome back any time.

He did also mention that the England fans were also very well behaved and could visit again.

A very positive tournament for British fans.
 
exeterboro said:
Hooliganism at Exeter.
I'm sporting a bruised nose, a dark patch under my right eye and my right cheek bone feels swollen. A **** encounter with two homeless guys in a Subway ( sandwich) in central Exeter is feeling painful at the.moment. one was giving abuse to staff and the other was quiet,, I told the abusive one to leave the staff alone , then the next thing I know I'm falling to the ground with punches raining in on my right side, thankfully I wasnt taken totally, but as I fell I instinctively dragged down with me the guy raining the punches down on me , people in the subway rushed over to to intervene, I jabbed the guy who had had been punching me from behind and i was thinking I'm going to hurt him at least with follow up.jabs, but the people around me gabbed me and stopped me, he got up and went outside and I could see him.talking to the other bloke, and being cocky, " we have done him", and they were laughing, I wanted to run out there and go for it, but the people around me, who I never met before but looked like older students said calm down, I know my jab had really hurt but my intention was to throw him to the floor and go to town on his head with my feet and i could see that he was scared that i might do that , when i moved to the door and the people around me grabbed me and said , leave him.alone.
My head is hurting , I have a swollen right cheek bone and there is a bruise under my right eye.. I know the homeless guy I have seen him.around, I'm going to think about my reaction, if I get to have a go then I really will.
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very brian cockerill
 
Lads realise now that football banning orders are a great deterrent, They work because there is no way people will want a 5 year ban from all football its just simply not worth it. One thing of note as well which really ***** me off. No segregation in the stadiums all the fans in general were dotted about and sat together and you could have a beer and watch the football too. Our authorities are far too strict in this rule.
 
Archienoeyes said:
Lads realise now that football banning orders are a great deterrent, They work because there is no way people will want a 5 year ban from all football its just simply not worth it. One thing of note as well which really ***** me off. No segregation in the stadiums all the fans in general were dotted about and sat together and you could have a beer and watch the football too. Our authorities are far too strict in this rule.
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There were major issues throughout the tournament with fans of many nations pelting players with beer, so I'm not sure it's going to be a convincing argument for relaxing the rules.
 
Archienoeyes said:
Lads realise now that football banning orders are a great deterrent, They work because there is no way people will want a 5 year ban from all football its just simply not worth it. One thing of note as well which really ***** me off. No segregation in the stadiums all the fans in general were dotted about and sat together and you could have a beer and watch the football too. Our authorities are far too strict in this rule.
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We have too many moron fans who can't handle opposition fans celebrating a goal near them. There's no chance of violence from either party but for some bizarre reason they think opposition fans shouldn't be near them.
 
My son watched the final in a fanzone in Budapest, it seemed generously set up by the authorities, back to back large screens with Salish one side English the other.

There were four of them, one a woman.

A larger green one of Europeans arrived and sat behind the, trying to goad and pick a fight, my lads group
Moved away a bit in second half but a full
Glass litre bottle was thrown at them, hitting a younger kid on th head beside them.

No other English fans even got invited apart from a few shouted flick offs
 
Started off in the Fanzone in Vevey, but the beer was so poor that we retired to our favourite bar by the Lake. We squeezed in the end of a table populated by four older Brits. Next to us was a noisy bunch of 10 or 12 youngish (early 20’s) Spanish lads. We had great banter and at the end of the match handshakes were exchanged and they bought us all a consoling snifter. I’m always one to support our country, but I’m not sure that we always handle our alcohol as we should.
 
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