What happens when you send more than 5 000 English football fans to Amsterdam for a Friday night ‘friendly’? Of course it doesn’t end well.
Football might be dubbed ‘the beautiful game’, but there’s no doubting that the violence of many who follow it is anything but.
Honestly, Cesc Fabregas is so good looking that I wouldn’t mind if he… Oh sorry. I’m back from that. Watch as Cesc misbehaves a bit in his Tuesday game.
They should really do some research into why this happens so much after football games, and hardly any other sport. It could have some interesting (beer driven?) results.
On Saturday, the second leg of a qualifying match for the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations took place between the Ivory Coast and Senegal in Dakar. But the game had to be abandoned before the end due to violent riots by Senegalese fans.
I once saw soccer hooligans throw a scooter onto the pitch. This, however, takes it to a shocking new level! A live explosive was thrown onto the pitch yesterday during an Asian Champions League quarterfinal match in Iran. This footage shows midfielder, Adel Kolahkaj, spot the object during a break in play. Without realising it is about to explode, he picks it up and tosses it to the side of the field. Watch what happens next, inside.
There is growing concern amongst British police about an emerging generation of young football hooligans. Almost half of the incidents across England, Wales and Northern Ireland last season involved youths. The BBC has spoken to two upstanding, young squires who give an honest exposition of the lives of these ‘right geezers’.