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trepie it was better in the old days. seeing fighting on tv is totally different and it's blown out of all proportion.

how many times have we seen the so called england fans riot in charleroi? a plastic glass fight that lasted 20 seconds has been given 20 weeks of airtime!

was thinking exactly the same thing flames. hill 16 is safe as houses. was in the san siro last season for the game and thought it was pretty safe too but soccer in england is different. would have to go for a no to the question too tho.

italy has a far bigger hooligan problem that in the uk. as for the san siro i thought that was all seater,it was last time i went. the fans just stand on the cheap seats tho.

terracing would not bring back an increase of hooliganism. we have seats because of over zealous health and safety and the fact the authorites wanted to take the game away from the working class.

the working class don't like to sit down?

Us workers are too scared to sit down in case the boss is at the game too.

They still have standing terraces at Rugby games don't they? I don't recall too many incidents there.

I think with ticket prices increasing and the English game now a global business, there are many foreign supporters attending games that aren't interested in getting into fights.

Did I just open a can of worms?

nope! I think you need to move away from associating seating and fighting. There's absolutely nothing to stop me from turning around and punching a cheeky fecker at a game whilst I am sitting!!

As for Rugby, well globally I think it is known as a gentlemans game. You only need to look at the crowd and see supporters of different teams mingling together, the problem as far as I am aware never existed in Rugby. Ireland play England every year and the supporters sit with each other. This type of carry on would not be seen at a football game and we all remember the yobbish scene in Landsdowne the last time we played England - in a friendly football match!

For years there has always been an element of thuggish behavior at football grounds. Seating was introduced for safety reasons but then again, they do not protect the decent football supporter from the odd one or two trouble makers or a full scale riot.

I don't believe reintroducing standing at football grounds will do us any good.

Standing at Gaelic games and Rugby is a different kettle of fish altogether, yes it works but these sports never expereinced teh yob culture...although in recent years elements of it are creeping into the Gaelic football and Hurling games.

As for Cricket fans, they're the biggest trouble makers of us all! Scumbags the lot of them!!!

fans want terracing at grounds because the atmosphere is so poor these days.

but the authorities wont bring terracing back because fans will expect cheaper ticket prices.


since seating has been compulsory, ticket prices have rocketed....that's why the working class fans can no longer go to games.

to have to pay £40 to watch a game of football is robbery. how can the unemployes/students or kids afford that?

and before you go on about child tickets that are available, yes a limited number are available for kids accompanied by adults!

it's no surprise that the average age of the premiership football fan is getting older..... i think it's mid 30's now!

Hey, did you guys hear about that Luciana Berger following the S*n on twitter?

She was caught following it and then she claimed it was a "Completely absurd notion to suggest that following a nasty on twitter e.g a Tory/anti newspaper is a sign of support for them"

However, months after the ‘twitter scandal’ Luciana commented on a political blog the following: ‘’I’m delighted The S*n, the people’s paper, have raised this’’

http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac119/jmie_hesk/hm.jpg
http://order-order.com/2010/03/18/the-race-to-be-daves-downing-street-mouthpiece/

THE PEOPLE’S PAPER???!!!

She should be very aware of the ill feeling towards such rag is still very strong within the city.

I'm horrified that she thinks like this. Why would you decide to stand in Liverpool and call that filth "The People's Paper"?

I really hope she loses.

She's a Londoner right,so she either doesn't know or doesn't give a F*ck,probably blown her chances,what an idiot she must be.

removing seats will not make it cheaper - not having £237m of debt and stopping paying players in excess of £100k per week will make it cheaper