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Man Utd Fan Stabbed
- Thread starter Ecosse Exile
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patchamalbion
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where are these stories comming from? nothing on sky/bbc news?
Wienergull
Geht in Ordnung
I went to the Roma-Liverpool European Cup final in Rome in 1984 (wife is a Liverpool supporter). I can remember a Liverpool supporter going down injured when we left the ground. Not sure whether it was a missile or a punch, but the attack was completely at random. Have to say that I have never been as scared as I was going back to the centre of Rome on a bus full of disgruntled Roma supporters. And I went to the play-off semi-final at the old Den in 1991!
That said, a not insignificant minority of Liverpool supporters thought that it was great fun before the match to have a go at the line of riot police between us and the Roma supporters. Needless to say, they got pretty sore heads, but it was a foretaste of what was to come the following year at Heysel. Up until then I'd always (probably naively) thought of Liverpool supporters as fair-minded, but I was surprised at the amount of bigotry and xenophobia on display even amongst the fans who were not involved in the violence.
That said, a not insignificant minority of Liverpool supporters thought that it was great fun before the match to have a go at the line of riot police between us and the Roma supporters. Needless to say, they got pretty sore heads, but it was a foretaste of what was to come the following year at Heysel. Up until then I'd always (probably naively) thought of Liverpool supporters as fair-minded, but I was surprised at the amount of bigotry and xenophobia on display even amongst the fans who were not involved in the violence.
Wienergull
Geht in Ordnung
I quite like this quote from the BBC report:
Ian Stirling, of the Independent Manchester United Supporters Association, said: "Rome is so accessible, there's lots of different ways of getting here.
"There's people driving over in horse boxes, there's people going to airports all over England and flying to anywhere in Italy to get into a car. Basically, all roads lead to Rome."
Roy Keane clearly had it right about the prawn sandwich brigade!
Ian Stirling, of the Independent Manchester United Supporters Association, said: "Rome is so accessible, there's lots of different ways of getting here.
"There's people driving over in horse boxes, there's people going to airports all over England and flying to anywhere in Italy to get into a car. Basically, all roads lead to Rome."
Roy Keane clearly had it right about the prawn sandwich brigade!
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Sorry, I don't quite get it?
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wozza was pretty pompously asking where you got your information from, and you gave the perfect reply " newswires
, im a journalist ", really no comeback to that is there ?
Well I do try. I must learn to have less journalistic paranoia, I assumed you were laughing at me!
Albaman
Equatorial Splitter
UEFA are more worried about stopping English teams winning the competition than fan's safety - complete utter twats they are
keaton
Big heart, hot blood and balls. Big balls
- Nov 18, 2004
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I'd say to keep on getting stabbed is a problem?
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that didnt stop your questions being pompous though , you were probably lining him up for an " im a journalist" line. im a futures broker, why ? whats the relevance ?
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
*pulls up chair*
sten_super
Brain Surgeon
Easy 10
Brain dead MUG SHEEP
No thanks.
Got any Doritos ?
Got any Doritos ?
beorhthelm
A. Virgo, Football Genius
- Jul 21, 2003
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thats the long and short of it. In fact Italy in general should get its house in order with regards to ith hooligan problems, if stories are to be believed the police have no effective control on matchday in some cities. time they where barred from Europe for a couple of seasons (not that they get anywhere...).
Yeah, because I always bang on about what I do...
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i'll ask again , whats the relevance to my job ?
TWOCHOICEStom
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Oooh Ta, I'll go grab the dip from the fridge...