stillwaddler Wrote:But I'm seriously peed off, because of the lousy behaviour of the Glaswegian fans, the Rowdies match will now not be shown on any of the big screens in Manchester City Centre.... MLCM man, I think I would stick with your Vapors for Sunday, - The Devil You Know. Glad your poorly car is better :-)
I'm somewhat perplexed about soccer hooliganism - for some reason it seems to be the one sport that regularly incites awful behaviour, despite other, arguably more violent sports (I'm thinking rugby, ice hockey etc.) not suffering nearly the same level of off-field rowdiness.
I sometimes wonder if it's just the nature of the game - there aren't too many other sports that can leave you in agony for 90 minutes knowing that one split second can alter everything. Perhaps that kind agony is all too easily vented in antisocial ways? But I don't suppose there's a simple answer, nor an easy solution. We see it here in Australia too - soccer crowds going mad and literally rioting when it's not even a seriously major sport here. Meanwhile far more aggressive and popular sports such as Aussie Rules football and Rubgy League and Union suffer relatively little hooliganism.
One would hope someone somewhere could explain it, but it seems not.
Anyway, hope Manchester returns to normal soon. I'll be an honourary Man U fan next week just for solidarity's sake*.
And yes sw (and Sweder), I'll definitely wear the Vapors tomorrow!
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If anyone's that interested, I've actually always had a bit of a soft spot for Crystal Palace from the days when I was a little nipper and just liked the sound of them! But for tonight's FA Cup final I'm madly supporting Portsmouth, which was my Dad's team and home town.
Adelaide Marathon Campaign - Week 1 of 16
