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More hooliganism problems in Turkey
BillieTheBot
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After going through on away goals, the Swiss team were pelted with objects from the stands as they ran down the tunnel.#
Obviously if it had been England it would have been a terrible thing, and we'd have got kicked out of the World Cup.
I wonder if Turkey will ever be punished for the disgraceful behaviour of their murdering fans?
Obviously if it had been England it would have been a terrible thing, and we'd have got kicked out of the World Cup.
I wonder if Turkey will ever be punished for the disgraceful behaviour of their murdering fans?
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England always seem to get made an example of.
What serious sanction have England ever received for fan violence?
English teams were not allowed to compete in UEFA club competitions for nearly ten years after Heysel.
Oddly enough, the Italian league never faced such sanctions after what had happened in Rome the year before. Or for throwing flares at players in 2004.
It may not have been one sided, but the Turks have a long history of it. The whole "welcome to hell" thing with ManYoo and Chelsea, the trouble after the Latvia game, the rampage in Stockholm at the 2000 UEFA Cup final against those world-reknowned hooligans Arsenal, and then there's the Leeds murders (although the two men who died were crew, were being provocative, and were probably due a beating).
Won't see me moaning mind you, can't stand them.
Yes but nothing has actually been done has it so saying that England are 'made an example of' is in fact incorrect.......
England have had trouble with fans, Turkey have had trouble with fans nothing has ever been done to punish either to the best of my knowledge.
Now its against Swiss and Sepp Blatter is Swiss something might be done about it, but should it take the turks coming up against Sepp Blatters nation to finally get something done against the scum??
Also from the footage I saw of the incident, the tunnel brawl was started with a Swiss player running past and booting the back of a turk coaches leg, then alpay flew in but kicked the wrong guy then a scuffle broke out. So I think the player brawl was mainly caused by the Swiss. BUT this doesn't get away from the fact that all the players had objects constantly thrown at them by the turk fans when heading for the tunnel.
The supposed trouble caused by England abroad is always blown out of proportion. The last time they kicked off seriously was France '98 against local arabs as far as I can remember.
Also, when the infamous plastic-chair riot was going on, the belgians and turks were having it bigtime. Yet guess what the press chose to report...:rolleyes:
It's not just the English press. The slightest bit of trouble and people are mouthing off about bans all over the continent. "This could be England's last tournament before they're banned" blah blah blah.