by Dutchman » Fri Aug 28, 2009 10:46 am
You've got another problem actually, Jamie, and that's damaging your reputation far more than this West Ham - Millwall fight.
English club football has, in recent years, almost become synomynous with peaceful matches, in my opinion but also that of fellow Dutchmen. I went to an Arsenal game last year and was rather amazed how peaceful it was. Sure, it wasn't a derby (it was v Middlesborough) but still, we entered the stadium right next to the away fans which I didn't even notice until we had already walked past a couple dozen of them.
Here in the Netherlands away fans are, whenever possible, put away in the tiniest most far away corner of a stadium, behind thick safety glass and they're not able to touch a single fan of the other team. We've got huge troubles taking place during various matches and we haven't got the same laws in place like you lot do, so most of the offenders get away with a slap on the wrist or a fine at best.
The real problem lies with the English national team, wherever they go, English hooligans travel along and create havoc in other countries, severely damaging the reputation of the English footy fan. Those idiots should follow the Dutch example, we're usually praised by the organizer's of big footy events for the fun atmopshere we create and there are hardly ever any troubles.
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