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« Reply #3405 on: Thursday, April 5, 2018, 15:18:07 »

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43630062

We would probably get demoted three divisions if we did this.....

To be fair though, there are some Sad Sacks out there that would just create a twitter account to claim they are that guy. It adds uncertainty straight away with the start of the tweet "ngl I only got a twitter because I made it onto BBCSport..."

Could be a fake account. Still seems odd that Biggleswade were ignorant to the suggested players whereabouts. We all know that ignorance to the law is not an excuse. #SmyteThemDown  Pint
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« Reply #3406 on: Friday, April 6, 2018, 12:57:19 »

The football league writing to the Accrington owner after he said he gives the team £200 to buy a McDonald’s when they win....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43617974

Who'd have thunk it...Good news everyone!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43669872
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« Reply #3407 on: Friday, April 6, 2018, 13:26:19 »

Who'd have thunk it...Good news everyone!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43669872

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« Reply #3408 on: Thursday, April 19, 2018, 21:15:13 »

Did anyone see this from German football

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/german-football-fan-arrested-for-12131214.amp?b=&__twitter_impression=true

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« Reply #3409 on: Thursday, April 19, 2018, 22:04:46 »

I see the Turkish cup game between Fenerbahce and Besiktas was abandoned as the Besiktas manager was hit by a seat thrown by the Fenerbahce fans.
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« Reply #3410 on: Friday, April 20, 2018, 09:14:24 »

I don't think I've ever enjoyed a game of football quite *that* much
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« Reply #3411 on: Friday, April 20, 2018, 10:11:39 »

tbf, Schalke moved up to second in the League.

Wonder if Audrey might commit to doing this if STFC ever does the same?
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« Reply #3412 on: Friday, April 20, 2018, 18:42:26 »


We've all done it.
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« Reply #3413 on: Friday, April 20, 2018, 21:28:42 »

tbf, Schalke moved up to second in the League.

Wonder if Audrey might commit to doing this if STFC ever does the same?
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« Reply #3414 on: Tuesday, April 24, 2018, 15:11:20 »

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/apr/24/russia-neo-nazi-football-hooligans-world-cup

A disturbing read, not just for those thinking of going to this summer's World Cup, but also in terms of the broader implications for their potential use as "deniable" tools in Russia's ever-growing strategy of provoking tensions with it's neighbours etc. There's a long and unpleasant tradition of hooligan gangs being used as political proxies in the region going back to the Balkan Wars of the 90s when the hooligan gangs were used by both Serb and Croat extremists both to provoke much of the initial tensions and then to provide the recruits for some of the more extreme militias.
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« Reply #3415 on: Tuesday, April 24, 2018, 20:58:30 »

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/apr/24/russia-neo-nazi-football-hooligans-world-cup

A disturbing read, not just for those thinking of going to this summer's World Cup, but also in terms of the broader implications for their potential use as "deniable" tools in Russia's ever-growing strategy of provoking tensions with it's neighbours etc. There's a long and unpleasant tradition of hooligan gangs being used as political proxies in the region going back to the Balkan Wars of the 90s when the hooligan gangs were used by both Serb and Croat extremists both to provoke much of the initial tensions and then to provide the recruits for some of the more extreme militias.

Where did you get the stuff about the balkans from, out of interest? I know Red Star's firm were involved in overthrowing Milosevic, but that was later after the national bombing of Kosovo and goes somewhat against them being at the behest of the state. Not that they couldn't have changed sides of course.

Neo-nazis in Russia goes way beyond football in my opinion, and in much the same way as there was a focus in this country on the far-right influence on the terraces, its perhaps missing the point that they are more a reflection of society at large.

Besides, the police are almost always the largest crew in any town or city, and the first call when it comes to stamping out dissent.
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« Reply #3416 on: Wednesday, April 25, 2018, 08:51:28 »

As hooliganism seems to be mostly a thing of the past in the UK, it seems to be getting worse overseas.
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« Reply #3417 on: Wednesday, April 25, 2018, 09:09:24 »

Where did you get the stuff about the balkans from, out of interest? I know Red Star's firm were involved in overthrowing Milosevic, but that was later after the national bombing of Kosovo and goes somewhat against them being at the behest of the state. Not that they couldn't have changed sides of course.
Arkan's "Tigers" one of the most murderous and brutal of the Serb militias came directly from Red Star's hooligans:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/jan/16/balkans3

There were other hooligan-related/evolved Serb miltias, albeit less notorious and less of a direct one-to-one relationship and there were parallel examples on the Croat side e.g Dinamo's "Bad Blue Boys"

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/76141-a-real-football-war-the-croatian-patriotic-war

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Neo-nazis in Russia goes way beyond football in my opinion, and in much the same way as there was a focus in this country on the far-right influence on the terraces, its perhaps missing the point that they are more a reflection of society at large.
Actually the article makes precisely that point. The far right have always used football as a recruiting tool here and on the continent, from the NF in the 70s through to the EDL and "Football Lads' Alliance" of today. The same direct use of football and hooliganism as a recruiting tool for far right political street muscle as outlined in the article is also happening much more blatantly in Poland and Ukraine.
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« Reply #3418 on: Wednesday, April 25, 2018, 09:10:57 »

As hooliganism seems to be mostly a thing of the past in the UK, it seems to be getting worse overseas.

Seems the guy attacked in Liverpool last night is still not doing great, although appears the suggestions all over Twitter that he had been stabbed were wide of the mark.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-43883201
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« Reply #3419 on: Wednesday, April 25, 2018, 10:57:44 »

Arkan's "Tigers" one of the most murderous and brutal of the Serb militias came directly from Red Star's hooligans:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2000/jan/16/balkans3

There were other hooligan-related/evolved Serb miltias, albeit less notorious and less of a direct one-to-one relationship and there were parallel examples on the Croat side e.g Dinamo's "Bad Blue Boys"

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/76141-a-real-football-war-the-croatian-patriotic-war

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