Polish_Blue_Army
Player Valuation: £2.5m
Gazprom is major ueafa sponsor. Plus probably there were never any country (for sure not in last 20-30 years) awarded a major tournament or Olympics with no dirty business behind
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Violence at the games
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Gazprom is major ueafa sponsor. Plus probably there were never any country (for sure not in last 20-30 years) awarded a major tournament or Olympics with no dirty business behind
jog on
ijjysmith
Calm
Exactly. It's the minority.
Those who tarnish all England fans the same are essentially racist.
Elong
The fire rises
*Xenophobic.
duncs pigeon
Player Valuation: £35m
To make it light hearted for a minute, can just imagine the scenes in the Square in Liile. In one corner, England Russkis and French kicking off and in the other corner Cardiff and Swansea kicking off with each other
ijjysmith
Calm
Can't spell that.
larrygobfiend
Player Valuation: £40m
It was a minority of England fans
It was a minority of Russian fans
Both are culpable for ruining the experience for decent supporters and French locals.
It was a minority of Russian fans
Both are culpable for ruining the experience for decent supporters and French locals.
Polish_Blue_Army
Player Valuation: £2.5m
Vladimir (Lokomotiv hooligan), who is married and have two children, has returned from the battleground at the European Championship finals in France, and does not care that Uefa have threatened to disqualify Russia.
– ‘Nothing will stop them’ – Many hooligans have little interest in the games and will not care if UEFA disqualifies, he added.
“I think it’s a decision that won’t influence in any way what hooligans do next,” he said. “Nothing will stop these people.”
Vladimir also told that he spent less than 48 hours in Marseille but “saw all the main events and took part to some extent”.
He estimated about 150 of Russia’s strongest hooligans flew to Marseille for the day for the England-Russia match. In total there were 500 to 600 Russian hooligans.
“It doesn’t matter which city fans come from or which team they support. It’s important that we’re all from Russia. We are going to fight the English.”
“The English always say they are the main football hooligans. We went to show that the English are girls,” Vladimir said.
He contrasted Russian hooligans with England fans — “big older men who drink a lot of beer.”
“Fans or hooligans from Russia are mainly younger, aged 20-30 and at home most of them are into sports. They do sports like boxing or all kinds of martial arts,” he said.
“The aim is to come and prove that English fans aren’t hooligans, they don’t know how to fight. A lot of Russian guys come specially with this aim.”
He stressed that while “the English use chairs and bottles (to fight), the Russian style is only fists.”
Using weapons “causes a lot of unnecessary injuries,” he said. “For us it’s like sport.”
“We don’t have a desire to kill or injure. There is a desire to show our strength.”
He also add:
“If you see a guy wearing a Russian flag or a Russian T-shirt, he’ll never be a hooligan.”
“A hooligan must dress to fit in with the crowd. I wore a shirt, trousers and leather shoes.”
Vladimir said French police were passive during the battles.
“I got the sense it was interesting for them to see the Russians to fight the English. They intervened at the last moment.”
He said he would only go back to see Russia play in the final and predicted that the other matches will be “a lot calmer.”
– ‘Nothing will stop them’ – Many hooligans have little interest in the games and will not care if UEFA disqualifies, he added.
“I think it’s a decision that won’t influence in any way what hooligans do next,” he said. “Nothing will stop these people.”
Vladimir also told that he spent less than 48 hours in Marseille but “saw all the main events and took part to some extent”.
He estimated about 150 of Russia’s strongest hooligans flew to Marseille for the day for the England-Russia match. In total there were 500 to 600 Russian hooligans.
“It doesn’t matter which city fans come from or which team they support. It’s important that we’re all from Russia. We are going to fight the English.”
“The English always say they are the main football hooligans. We went to show that the English are girls,” Vladimir said.
He contrasted Russian hooligans with England fans — “big older men who drink a lot of beer.”
“Fans or hooligans from Russia are mainly younger, aged 20-30 and at home most of them are into sports. They do sports like boxing or all kinds of martial arts,” he said.
“The aim is to come and prove that English fans aren’t hooligans, they don’t know how to fight. A lot of Russian guys come specially with this aim.”
He stressed that while “the English use chairs and bottles (to fight), the Russian style is only fists.”
Using weapons “causes a lot of unnecessary injuries,” he said. “For us it’s like sport.”
“We don’t have a desire to kill or injure. There is a desire to show our strength.”
He also add:
“If you see a guy wearing a Russian flag or a Russian T-shirt, he’ll never be a hooligan.”
“A hooligan must dress to fit in with the crowd. I wore a shirt, trousers and leather shoes.”
Vladimir said French police were passive during the battles.
“I got the sense it was interesting for them to see the Russians to fight the English. They intervened at the last moment.”
He said he would only go back to see Russia play in the final and predicted that the other matches will be “a lot calmer.”
As its Europe I would play it as a league with home and away. Not having fans staying for long periods anywhere. Too many can't behave and security concerns are too big at the moment to waste time with these biffs.
And to all the 'decent' fans. Sorry you are thick. We all know what travelling with England means so stop moaning, you have personal responsibilty for your safety as well. Who would take the kids to that?!!!
dandydan
Player Valuation: £40m
JordanianEmbassy
Player Valuation: £5m
So is that a no then?
jaycee
Player Valuation: £60m
A couple of minor problems on the Thursday night,bottles thrown then police firing tear gas
JordanianEmbassy
Player Valuation: £5m
Well thats all I've seen...... that hardly warrants us being given the same treatment (ie the threat of being banned from the tournament) as the Russians does it? Seeing as they've got squads of trained fighters out there with gum shields, weapons etc?
btw I don't condone any of the trouble at all... just wanted to know exactly what English "fans" have done that is as bad as the Russians... or the French for that matter. Can the French be banned from their own tournament?
One more problem and they are out
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