12-06-2016, 00:22
You see I remember when the Dutch fans were amongst some of the worst, yet it was the English who were being threatened with exclusion. There's always seemed to be an unfairness with the thug tag being attached to the English. I know we have a dreadful element and they should receive the harshest punishment / sanctions but I can honestly say I have been to matches all over England and only seen a couple of incidents. Snoots will have seen more because he did away matches in the 70s/80s and faced some horrendous behaviour from fans from clubs such as Leeds during that time.
Having said all this I would be wary of being in the same place as a "pride" of English fans abroad. I think I would be scared of what they could do, what others could do because ours are there, what they all could do because of expectations that something is going to happen by the media, police, governments, etc!
Having said all this I would be wary of being in the same place as a "pride" of English fans abroad. I think I would be scared of what they could do, what others could do because ours are there, what they all could do because of expectations that something is going to happen by the media, police, governments, etc!