Football violence reared its ugly head during last week's Champions League semi-finals in Italy.
Inter Milan fans forced their game against rivals AC Milan to be abandoned after the launched missiles and flares onto the pitch at San Siro.
Juventus and Liverpool were also involved in clashes during their tie.
But World Football has discovered that the problem does not just exist in Italy.
Italian Ultras - barred from stadia in their own country - are now heading to London where they know they can take part in fights.
Fans from all over Europe are travelling to different countries to get involved in trouble outside grounds before and after kick-off.
Authorities in England believe they have cracked down hard on hooliganism.
But football violence has become more sophisticated, so much so that 'Marco', a lawyer in his mid-thirties from Milan, flies into Millwall Football Club to fight at the weekend.
"I take a flight from Bergamo, Brescia or Verona, then I arrive at Stansted and I get to Millwall and I spend the day there," 'Marco' said.
"I only go to 'hot' matches where I know there will be some violence and some opposing fans looking for the same thing as me, but that's obvious anyway.
"I go when I know for sure from various sources that there's going to be some trouble at the match, then I book my flight and head out there.
I think that sports violence is ridiculous. Hooliganism(and yes, that's a real word haha) has always been a problem in the football world. It's sad that it's gotten to the point where the police fail to recognize the seriousness of competition between most clubs. Tragedies like Heysel in 1985, and even the Hillsborough Disaster of 1989 should be reminders enough.
is this an ages old article? The Champions League semifinals could only have been played in Manchester, London, or Barcelona? And this years final was in Rome. Football hooliganism exist everywhere. Even the Canadians are trying to be hooligans, its hilarious. Mexico has it bad, all the Caribbean countries, a team in Brazil was even attacked by its supporters for losing 8 games in a row. Argentina has crazy hooliganism fights between Boca Juniors/River Plate. Spain has huge rivalries like Real Madrid-Barcelona. Italy is ugly because there's Inter and AC Milan hate each others guts. And then when countries like Serbia and Croatia/Bosnia play its practically war for those two teams.
In England hooliganism is pretty bad. Each team has a firm (basically a supporters group gang) and just look for the other teams firm to fight. Millwall is notoriously dangerous for its firm even though they play in the third tier of English football. Watch the movies Green Street Hooligans, the Football Factory for evidence of hooliganism.
In my opinion. its freaking awesome. I wish I could join a firm haha, pick fights with other teams for zero reason. Its all about respect and your rep. Football Hooliganism will always exist, these people are born into their teams and worship them like gods. It's sad to read about people dying and stuff, but I personally think hooliganism is awesome. Cracking down on them doesn't do anything. It justs add to their legend imo.
I don't understand violence in sports, people lose track of what they really got into sports for, and they seem to lose their passion for it all. It's disgusting.
is this an ages old article? The Champions League semifinals could only have been played in Manchester, London, or Barcelona? And this years final was in Rome. Football hooliganism exist everywhere. Even the Canadians are trying to be hooligans, its hilarious. Mexico has it bad, all the Caribbean countries, a team in Brazil was even attacked by its supporters for losing 8 games in a row. Argentina has crazy hooliganism fights between Boca Juniors/River Plate. Spain has huge rivalries like Real Madrid-Barcelona. Italy is ugly because there's Inter and AC Milan hate each others guts. And then when countries like Serbia and Croatia/Bosnia play its practically war for those two teams.
In England hooliganism is pretty bad. Each team has a firm (basically a supporters group gang) and just look for the other teams firm to fight. Millwall is notoriously dangerous for its firm even though they play in the third tier of English football. Watch the movies Green Street Hooligans, the Football Factory for evidence of hooliganism.
In my opinion. its freaking awesome. I wish I could join a firm haha, pick fights with other teams for zero reason. Its all about respect and your rep. Football Hooliganism will always exist, these people are born into their teams and worship them like gods. It's sad to read about people dying and stuff, but I personally think hooliganism is awesome. Cracking down on them doesn't do anything. It justs add to their legend imo.
Have you read Fever Pitch? Sounds like it would be right up your alley (by Nick Hornsby, the same guy who wrote About a Boy and High Fidelity BEFORE they were movies :) ) - the movie version, if you've seen it, is about baseball, but the book is British and is about football. :)
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is this an ages old article? The Champions League semifinals could only have been played in Manchester, London, or Barcelona? And this years final was in Rome. Football hooliganism exist everywhere. Even the Canadians are trying to be hooligans, its hilarious. Mexico has it bad, all the Caribbean countries, a team in Brazil was even attacked by its supporters for losing 8 games in a row. Argentina has crazy hooliganism fights between Boca Juniors/River Plate. Spain has huge rivalries like Real Madrid-Barcelona. Italy is ugly because there's Inter and AC Milan hate each others guts. And then when countries like Serbia and Croatia/Bosnia play its practically war for those two teams.
In England hooliganism is pretty bad. Each team has a firm (basically a supporters group gang) and just look for the other teams firm to fight. Millwall is notoriously dangerous for its firm even though they play in the third tier of English football. Watch the movies Green Street Hooligans, the Football Factory for evidence of hooliganism.
In my opinion. its freaking awesome. I wish I could join a firm haha, pick fights with other teams for zero reason. Its all about respect and your rep. Football Hooliganism will always exist, these people are born into their teams and worship them like gods. It's sad to read about people dying and stuff, but I personally think hooliganism is awesome. Cracking down on them doesn't do anything. It justs add to their legend imo.
Have you read Fever Pitch? Sounds like it would be right up your alley (by Nick Hornsby, the same guy who wrote About a Boy and High Fidelity BEFORE they were movies :) ) - the movie version, if you've seen it, is about baseball, but the book is British and is about football. :)
have not read it, seems interesting but I'm not much of a fan of Arsenal fc. Sounds like something I need to read, after of course Larry Wilmore's book.
