Green_Flash":13rmrz6n said:Watch the videos of the crowd at the match there are 100s on each side more interested in taunting the opposition than supporting their team. If it is society’s problem why do no other sporting events have this issue? The very fact we have to segregate fans in the first place and we all treat this as normal and inevitable speaks volumes about football culture
From time to time there are incidents like this at rugby league matches and at boxing events as well. Not too long ago a young lad died after fighting broke out between supporters of rivals boxers at a boxing event in Walsall, quite often issues at boxing as some "firms" attach themselves to local boxers. I have seen violence break out at rugby league matches a few times as well, as I was saying on another thread you have teams from places like St. Helens and Warrington that don't have football teams so the idiots there tend to attach themselves to their local rugby league teams instead. More than a few occasions I have seen violence break out between Castleford Tigers and Wakefield Trinity fans as well(having spent a lot of time in Castleford I have always had a soft spot for the Tigers and have gone to games when I am up that way). So it really isn't just football that attracts the idiots, I guess it is just less prevalent and publicised with other sports.