Just read a question with someone squealing, ending with 'and we think our fans are bad' - can remember a few years ago, when British books about footy hooliganism came out...and as usual, authors who we had never heard of jumped on the bandwagon - with some of these books being turned into films, which many went to see (I suspect students going there to observe the 'sociological set-up' of the main characters thereof were few). Noticed something about football fans over the years...even from my native Norwich - they can kick rear in the easy countries, where governments and peoples are fair and less chippy, but come Germany - and yes, even Italy...they meet their match (polizia, rather than fans), and when they get sore heads and thrown into cells, they return home eager to run to The Sun and tell us how 'paranoid and violent' the authorities were.
That's summat the rear-kicking authors didn't tell them about!
2007-02-02 20:11:56 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Football ➔ Italian Football
That's for sure, Man U...for most Brits will see it that way (it's our turn to snarl), but I'm somewhat concerned at what manner of hypocrisy we will indeed employ over the next few days.
2007-02-02 20:20:17 · update #1
Andrew...just wondering why we're becoming justified in delivering sneering deliverers of 'verdicts' - and how long it'll be before we become even more embarrassing by our usual hypocrisy when incidents like this happen. Buenas dias...
2007-02-02 20:31:54 · update #2
Whoops - sorry, Andrew - the reply was meant for Baldbast, but Andrew - if you're wary of taking your wee bairn then the 'fans' in the UK (I'm presuming you are in the UK) still hold fear for many.
2007-02-02 20:38:37 · update #3
Woolfie...it's a bit like mainland Britain, is it not, but upside down - 'London' is Milan, rich and gold-plated and 'Newcastle-upon-Tyne' is Messina, hard and rough? Or is it something to do with the mafioso aura that still haunts Sicily. Perhaps I know nothing about the sociological set up, but more eager to ask how us British will see it.
2007-02-04 09:59:44 · update #4
Gavin...only one police officer was killed - unless the News of The World added abother half a dozen to its story! And yes...the people in England who assisted in the death (of football fans) were police in Sheffield, who put 'security' before safety...with a couple of CCTV cameras where the worst suffering was not working.
2007-02-04 10:02:40 · update #5
Whne it happened in uk we didnt kill police officers make home amde pertol bombs to throw on ppl
2007-02-04 07:07:59 · answer #1 · answered by Gavin C 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋
ciao a tutti, i'm italian and i agreed with you, because here in italy is happening what few years ago happened with the hooligans!!! but i think that even if hooligans made a lot of wrong things, the government made lot of laws to make this thing end!!!! here in italy those things happen almost at every soccer match, but only when someone dies people get angry and so on... but let me tell you that even this time nothing will change, everything will remain the same!!! so i think that is fair, nobody can judge anything, but in your country things work, here is difficult even to make people respect the simplest laws!!!!!
WOLFIE IS right!!!!!! unfortunately there are so many differences between northern and southern italy, but if your not italian you can hardy see them!!!!! is not a question of racialism, but of culture and ways of life!!!!
2007-02-04 12:00:46 · answer #2 · answered by Piuma 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
soccer violence is everywhere people not just in italy and england. you british will always be top of soccer hooliganism no matter how far u think you are from it. Italian football has had a few setbacks but will prevail in the end. just watch the champions league boys Inter Milan to take it all vs. Man U !!!!!!!! There is no doubt that what happened in catania was completely unbelieveable i think we all should try and stop these riots from ruining soccer the most beautiful game around.
2007-02-03 20:18:02 · answer #3 · answered by Massimo D 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I can see your point arry but fairs fair they should be brought to account for their actions as they have repeatedly flouted the laws on the game , christ even the authorities show a complete disregard for the rules of the game ie the game fixing farce last season , Ihate football hooliganism it spoils the game and prevents me from taking my 5 year old to matches !!
2007-02-03 04:21:27 · answer #4 · answered by Andrew1968 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
it is a sad day for football yet again but maybe now the other countrys will realise that the uk is not the worst for footy viloence we get a bad name over here for it and we are the least to blame my respect and sorrow go out to the policeman may he rest in peace and those who did what they did get what they deserve and spend life in prison
2007-02-03 06:39:16 · answer #5 · answered by justhell75 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
think your quite right,im not condoning any violence at football but i think the brit team fans like to take the spotlight off themselves for being the thugs that they are<(not all r thugs)and not even half of the hooligan stories here are publicised
2007-02-03 11:31:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
so that is still not an accuse for what happen lately just can't image what the man family might be going through.
2007-02-03 21:59:22 · answer #7 · answered by celi 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You people need to learn to understand the differences beetween Northern and Southern Italy.
2007-02-04 13:51:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
Corruption + hooliganism = Italian football is over.
2007-02-03 16:56:21 · answer #9 · answered by Molly L 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Well, I thought they were a lil extreme.
2007-02-04 03:03:56 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋