I'm not offended by by the swearing etc, I just don't see why it's necessary. You don't see it at the cricket or rugby. You can mingle with rival fans at those sort of sporting events, have beers, have strong discussions about tactics etc and yet have no aggressive or inflammatory behaviour. Why...
And as I'm ranting !!!!
I have a number of mates who've been to the front line in Afghanistan, Iraq, Bosnia and even Northern Ireland ( if there was ever a front line there ! ) and these idiots you see at football would shit their pants and piss themselves if they were in those situations yet...
I've not read the whole thread yet but had to comment on this idiotic post. I don't go to the football with my kids expecting to have to stand up for myself. I'm there to watch the football in exactly the same way I go to a cinema to watch a film or the theatre to watch a play. Strangely I never...