Fresh Fighting Today Before The Match

[trt]

England haven't kicked a ball yet, so what's going to happen when they lose a match?

2 videos below.

http://news.sky.com/story/1710452/england-fans-in-fresh-clashes-with-police

[mikey4444]

Its not all the English fans fault it would seem ::

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36509843

[naomi24]

//You can't just 'walk away' from someone who is attacking you. //

I wouldn't walk - I'd run!

[ummmm]

Sometimes you don't have a chance to run.

[Eve]

If I was under attack, my priority would be to get away and, if necessary, get the authorities involved.

There are often alcohol bans in some shops in the city centre in Manchester when certain football matches are on. Sad they have to resort to that.

[ichkeria]

UEFA to open disciplinary proceedings against Russia football union.
No action to be taken against England.
Sounds about right.

[zebo]

England fans are an easy target, they have a poor reputation. Hopefully the press will be slower to jump on the hooligan, does any other country have a press so keen to vilify its own citizens without waiting for the facts to emerge? The DM sounds almost disappointed that the Russians have been judged at fault.

[zebo]

whoops, hooligan bandwagon. I have a sticky keyboard that randomly misses keystrokes.

[Togo]

Not only the press zebo. Note the usual suspects on this site who were out of the blocks as quickly as possible, but half cocked in their eagerness to gloat and condemn.

[Togo]

I see that UEFA now threaten to throw out the England team in the advent of any further violent scenes. The spineless English FA should tell them that if there are any more unprovoked attacks on the English fans, that we will be withdrawing from the tournament to preserve the safety of the fans who have travelled to France.

[tonyav]

They have also threatened to boot Russia out.

http://www.msn.com/en-gb/sport/uefa-euro-2016/uefa-threatens-to-throw-england-and-russia-out-of-euro-2016-after-violence/ar-AAgWyzP?li=BBoPWjQ

[anneasquith]

Just a little observation. Wales played yesterday, any trouble ? Northern Ireland playing at the moment, any trouble pre match ? Just saying.

[ChillDoubt]

The spineless English FA should tell them that if there are any more unprovoked attacks on the English fans, that we will be withdrawing from the tournament to preserve the safety of the fans who have travelled to France.
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Sadly, the real fans would suffer. The hooligan element would undoubtedly remain as long as possible and ally themselves with any other group in order to gorge on further violence, wherever they can find it.
It's diabolical that 80,000 opposing fans could attend a rugby match without the merest hint of even an altercation, yet any football match is an excuse for a tiny almost insignificant gang of vermin to engage in tribal skirmishes.
I stopped attending Premier League matches some 12 years ago. Always felt safe at Anfield, Goodison and Old Trafford, even in my shirt. Maine Road was dicey on occasion while Filbert St was a very scary place that I vowed I'd never return to.

[Togo]

I take it that you are a football fan and avid attender or watcher of the game anneas?

[jourdain2]

So how come that football is the only (as far as I can ascertain) 'sport' that attracts such primeval behaviour? In Rugby, you can even see people enjoying a glass of beer in the stands - no trouble results. Athletics -the same. I could go on.

No, there is something very nasty at the heart of football - I will be called to order by Talbot :). I would like it to be severely restricted - if not banned for a year to let everyone catch their breaths and start again.

My grandson (6) announced to me that he liked football. He was a bit taken aback when I told him not to worry and that with a bit of luck he'd grow out of it.

[anneasquith]

Togo. I do like international football.

[Togo]

Any particular team Anne?

[anneasquith]

Not at the moment :-)

[-Talbot-]

anneasquith
Just a little observation. Wales played yesterday, any trouble ? Northern Ireland playing at the moment, any trouble pre match ? Just saying.


Have you observed the Germans and Ukrainians battling?
Just saying.

[ichkeria]

There was trouble in Nice when both N Iteland and Poland fans were attacked by locals, just as happened to England fans in Marseille.
UEFA have threatened to disqualify England but it isn't going to happen. They probably had to include both countries in the statement. Sadly there's *** all chance of them disqualifying Russia too

[anneasquith]

Talbot. Was concentrating on British games.