At least the Poles are finally saying what we have been saying for 3 years now

[volgaG68]

Anyone else watching the European Soccer Tourney? Very interesting news footage of pro-Russian soccer fan mob descending on Polish stadium. Riot polizei called in to squelch trouble with dogs and batons. From a student of WWII history I find it very interesting how much animosity still exists between the Russians and the Poles;no doubt for pretty good reason.

[soggycrow]

First of all nobody watches soccer in the US. But isn't rioting part of the soccer crowd culture?

[trevpr1]

First of all nobody watches soccer in the US. But isn't rioting part of the soccer crowd culture?

They used to call it "The English Disease" on the continent.

I always say that if the sport were any good they'd watch it rather than trying to biff each other.

[Martin Mayers]

They used to call it "The English Disease" on the continent.

I always say that if the sport were any good they'd watch it rather than trying to biff each other.

What percentage of football fans, at the absolute height of problems in the 1980s, would have been involved in hooliganism ?
It would probably be as legitimate to say that ASL is a game populated by cheats and thieves.
Just saying (as a member of the football fans union)