Agreed
I didnt write the article.
As I said, I agree he is using them as an excuse for the bubble, which is wrong on many levels. What he isnt doing though is linking those events to hooliganism - which is what you were accusing him of.
Sorry, it doesnt.
"We all too quickly forget the events of Hillsborough, Bradford and Stairway 13 and too readily deny the link between football violence and tragedy, as seen at Heysel. "
HTH.
Love this Steve:
"All of the likely routes into Portsmouth provide plenty of ambush points, which means a convoy of 50-odd coaches will simply be sitting ducks waiting to be fired upon with whatever the locals can gather."
I can only imaging a wagon train being forced to form a circle after an surprise Native American attack...
Dont mix Lotus Renault with Team Lotus. The latter are Tony's lot, the former is the old Benetton team.
Although Mr Fernandes does own Tune and QPR. And Tune sponsor the Prem refs I believe, which I always found interesting...
Oddly, the view of the Hammers and Spurs in my local is that Saints are a club of poncey rich fans, all "hunting set" and "picnics in the New Forest" and "yachts". hmmmm
This. The "holding hands" "Does your boyfriend" thing wont be on the Police's radar with regards to "offensive anti-gay chants" mentioned in the article. When 1 or 2 planks cross the divide between banter and bigotry, that's when the Police with step in.
You say that like treating all people equally and not based on their ethnicity, sexual orientation, place of birth or physical appearance is a bad thing...