STAND UP PINNOCHIO (Hooliganism - the real sport behind football?)

Name: Jon V

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Product:	Hooliganism - the real sport behind football?
Date:	10/01/02 (67 review reads)
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Advantages: Passionate Fans Acceptable

Disadvantages: Hooligans not, but know the difference

I'm sick of the constant rhetoric being trotted out about football hooligans and since this has resurfaced follwoing what happened at Cardiff last weekend and at Chelsea last night,I want everyone to shut up and pay attention to this.

For a start, people who have never been to a football match and who are serving up strong opinions on changing rules and regs have no valid opinion on the matter. I doubt many of these people have experienced the atmosphere of live football.

Here is the difference: The fans who came onto the pitch at the end of the game at Ninian Park and mobbed the players were FANS. The people who came on the pitch at Villa Park on Sunday and carried David Beckham are FANS. Are you people really that stupid? People have been mobbing their idols in public for years and once the match is over who says they don't have a right to do so? They keep the clubs going and considering the amount they have to pay this is some justification for their actions.

The HOOLIGANS (in bold letters for the tabloid readers as to appear more threatening) at Cardiff were controlled by a police barrier and this went no further than the usual array of taunts and missiles. But then again, because of the oppressive nature of our media most of you wouldn't have grapsed that.

Stop believing everything that you read, see or hear. Experience things first hand and then you'll find the truth. Football is and always has been a working man's game and it's going to attract people from this background. If this offends you, find something where there is less passion, but it's more acceptable to you.

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