Firstly, let me admit that my view is totally prejudiced by the only England away performance I have attended, about 15years ago in Vienna, when we were playing Austria in a qualifying game.
On that occasion at least 90% of the England supporters behind a goal were singing anti-German war songs, arms extended pretending to be aeroplanes whilst singing very racist words to the Dambusters theme. My explanation to my Austrian friends left me ambarrassed, and them mystified. Matters didnāt improve on the journey back to the city centre, when those same supporters thought it be great fun to put the metro system out of action by pulling escalator emergency cords, and the same on the trains.
Now we have FIFA about to charge the FA over racist chanting by our fans in St Petersburg. I know weāll be told yet again that this is a minority, and some other countries fans are just as guilty, but Iām fed up with it. So why donāt we just ban all England supporters? Drastic, yes, but how else do we get across that this is unacceptable? Rant over.
On that occasion at least 90% of the England supporters behind a goal were singing anti-German war songs, arms extended pretending to be aeroplanes whilst singing very racist words to the Dambusters theme. My explanation to my Austrian friends left me ambarrassed, and them mystified. Matters didnāt improve on the journey back to the city centre, when those same supporters thought it be great fun to put the metro system out of action by pulling escalator emergency cords, and the same on the trains.
Now we have FIFA about to charge the FA over racist chanting by our fans in St Petersburg. I know weāll be told yet again that this is a minority, and some other countries fans are just as guilty, but Iām fed up with it. So why donāt we just ban all England supporters? Drastic, yes, but how else do we get across that this is unacceptable? Rant over.