We knew the vast majority weren't thugs, but that wasn't Thatcher's agenda, or that of her pet press like the S*n. And between them they've eventually engendered a mind-set among some fans that they really only feel safe if the bloke sitting next to them has been checked and verified by the club...
Shame they let unidentified people on it without them being members, or registered, or with compulsory photo IDs then. Bus company needs to up its game, subjecting passengers to contact with complete strangers with no sort of checks at all ......................
OK, football fans are violent thugs. Mrs. Thatcher certainly thought so, and made sure large swathes of the population thought that too. It is what it is, I suppose..........
.....amd forgive me, don't partisan followers chanting their allegiance share public transport to and from the ground on...
Do you never use public transport? Bit risky if the train/bus operators haven't got the bank details, addresses, D.O.B.s, phone numbers, photo ID and inside leg measurement of everybody who might come near you on a train or a bus, isn't it? Or in the cinema for that matter.
I bet you must have...
Disgraceful! Tickets going to people aren't registered with the club, who haven't paid to become members, who just want to watch the match. That's not how proper football clubs work, surely?
Next thing they'll be allowing bottletops in the ground ...............................