A guy I work with just said,
"I hate these threads. I hate the hankering after the good ol' days of football violence. They weren't good old days, they were sh** times when you could hardly go to a match without running into trouble that you weren't looking for... unless you were looking for it, of course, which makes you a c***. Football shouldn't be about "Taking ends", and kicking someone's head in, and anyone who thinks of those days with nostalgia and a tear in their eye probably took one punch too many or is a c***. Probably both. Mostly the latter though."
Far be it for me to agree, or disagree, with his opinion. Just thought I'd put it out there.