2007-06-27 08:40:25 · 18 answers · asked by oldgit1973 2 in Sports ➔ Football ➔ Other - Football
streotypes. people can't just get over this.
2007-06-28 05:14:44 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree - Europe now is where we were in the 70's and early 80's.
There have been big problems in Holland , Germany , Greece , Turkey.
But there even bigger problems in countries like Poland , Czech Republic ,Bulgaria.
I have followed Chelsea away in Europe over the last 15 years and apart from problems in Belgium and Spain ( where the police were the animals and over acted by hitting women and kids ) in general there has always been a strong Police presence and no problems with other supporters.
In the champions league especially fans from both clubs want to see their team from their country do the best they can, and the excitement and the build up for each match gives a brilliant atmosphere to the games.
Because of our past , especially when supporting England the rest of Europe sees us as the major threat and if they deal with us harshly then the rest might not be as bad ( Idiots from uefa havnt a clue )
2007-06-28 13:15:19 · answer #2 · answered by scottie322 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I agree with the previous answer that it is a reputation you acquired during the 80s and it stuck even though the situation has changed. The same thing happens with regard to allegations of racism in the United States where I'm from.
Incidentally, we don't seem to have football (soccer) hooliganism here. Other kinds of hoodlums certainly, but not really the soccer kind. Here, it is mostly a middle class sport and the fans tend to be well behaved.
2007-06-27 16:34:23 · answer #3 · answered by jeffrcal 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Football hooliganism is more rife in other countries when English clubs are playing there.
2007-06-27 16:06:07 · answer #4 · answered by shane c 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's because you never got over winning it with a 2-2 draw back in 1966.
the rest of the world gets a reminder every other time someone from England talks about football they only take about 2-3 minutes to mention it.
Bet you can't guess I'm from Scotland
2007-06-27 16:05:24 · answer #5 · answered by john m 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So we don't end up seeing scenes in English football like those seen in the Man U Vs. Lille match, the Man U Vs. As Roma match and the Spurs Vs. Sevilla match in UEFA Cup and Champions League...
2007-07-05 09:23:42 · answer #6 · answered by Beva 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because our press (and everyone else) make a big issue about it, in the rest of Europe they regard hooliganism as an embarrassment so give it as little publicity as possible. Plus they do not want us to win anything
2007-06-27 15:55:40 · answer #7 · answered by Alan F 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its a mixture of double standards and cultural differences.an example would be on the Continent the brutish behaviour by police against fans is accepted as normal but to the British fan it could be forgiven to appear provocative due to the fact Brit police are more passive.you get a reaction from the Brit fans and another slating of uefa!!??
dont get me started on double standards!!
2007-06-28 02:48:28 · answer #8 · answered by slashdog2003 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
as eufa now admit, we are judged on our past behaviour, and even though we are more stringent now with policing football matches, sadly the rest of the world are not!!
personally i partly blame our government for not backing the English fa and not heeding the advice from our premier teams own security, they bow down to whatever Europe says and that's not just in football!!!
2007-06-27 15:46:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Reputation, everyone wnats to take on the inventors and prove they are the best, or that they had the english and thats including the police
2007-07-03 13:18:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because not only did we invent hooligans, Our football games are shown all over Europe,
2007-06-27 15:56:20 · answer #11 · answered by denis9705 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋