Because Ireland don't have any club sides of note, and instead jump on the coat tails of English clubs like Man UTD and Liverpool, they haven't built up the hooligan element to their game. Had they had big club sides who had travelled around Europe, they would have idiot groups of hooligans just as England do, and have rivals across Europe just as England do. It's the same with all the small country's, they don't have any known groups of hooligans, as their are no clubs of any note in these country's.
It is a bit hard when you are stuck between Russian gangs on one side and tear gas firing froggie cozzers on the other.
Then go in and do them proper instead of running away. The British media are the ones pushing the bad brit line funny enough, over here it's the Russians getting the rap. There's a crowd of Anglos out for a scrap but they couldn't beat their way out a paper bag. 99% Anglos want to watch the footie and enjoy themselves.
Aye but the Irish are known for fighting, not just at a ****ing sporting event. Don't tell me there's no Anglos out there for a ruck.
Not doubting there are plenty of English out there looking for a ruck, just the same as any of the other big country's like Germany, Italy, Russia, Poland, France etc etc who have a big hooligan part to their game. Ireland barely even have a league, all the Irish support Man UTD, Liverpool, Celtic and Rangers. There are no known hooligan groups in Ireland, as you don't have any clubs of note to have that side to you're game. I'm not saying it's right but it's part of the territory when a country has big footballing sides, there are going to be idiots who attach themselves to these sides to cause violence. And the likes of Lingfield and Shamrock Rovers are hardly likely to have rivalrys with other clubs from other country's.
You talk some ****e mate in fairness. **** has that got to do with anything? Club sides or not we go and enjoy ourselves although as I said above the Anglos seem to be targeted. Yous used to be hard
We are targeted because our club sides have had disputes with other club sides from other country's. Something Irish clubs would know nothing about, as they rarely venture out of Ireland. Though you wouldn't know anything about Irish football, seeing as you're a Celtic supporter
Yeah yet we fought your ****e army to a standstill because we smoked your capital city with no dead. Ask any of your squaddie mates how to organise a riot old timer. We'd have them Russians ran into the med. If we wanted. We don't though cos it's a ****ing sporting event.
You are targeted because you act like ****s and you attract other ****s. Unfortunately for your lot of ****s the continental **** is organised and efficient so your ****s take a kicking. English ****s being English think this is entirely unfair. The continental ****s should be pished, flip flop wearing,bottle chucking fannies the same as them. So when they get handed their arse they bleat like ****. It's very amusing.
There is footage all over the net of English fans acting the ****, but in the most part then getting their heads kicked in for it, which is why you're all pointing the finger elsewhere. "...It was the French Police, they turned up and fired tear gas for no reason. All we did was throw bottles and have a mini riot, then the Russians came along and beat **** out of us. We also fought them and threw more bottles, and chairs, but really, us English are victims..."
