Articles tagged with "hooligans"
Wanted: Seat-Destroying Hooligans
By Laurie | July 21st, 2009(Click to enlarge) See anyone you know? How about anybody who might look like somebody you know? Or anybody who, if you squint ...
Football Fans Gone Wild
By chris | June 12th, 2009[Sports Rubbish] Two videos have come to light in the last two days that display, unfortunately, just how stupid, for lack of a better term, football ...
MLS 101: Hooligans and Fan Bans. (Or: Where Did that Code of Conduct Come From?)
By Laurie | April 8th, 2009Did anybody else sit down in your seats for the first game and pick up that little flyer thing detailing your rights and responsibilities as ...
Weekend Junk Pile: Don't Tase Me, Bro! (And Ljungberg's First MLS Goal)
By Laurie | April 4th, 2009A few little items that caught my attention this week but weren't worth a whole post. To paraphrase an old joke, Why do Columbus cops ...
Hatchet Injuries (?) and Tear Gas in Paris for UEFA Cup Match
By Laurie | December 18th, 2008Yesterday over at Soccer by Ives, there was a discussion about which French club would be better for USMNT player Oguchi Onyewu -- Olympique de ...
Palmeiras Fans Leave Coach Luxemburgo with a Broken Bone
By Bruno Romani | November 17th, 2008Before boarding to Rio on Friday for the match against Flamengo, Palmeiras fans attacked coach Vanderley Luxemburgo at the airport, leaving him with an injury ...
Photo: Somebody's In Trouble...
By chris | October 3rd, 2008Darth Vader #3 chauffeurs Dinamo Zagreb fans to their holding cell before their UEFA Cup matchup against FC Timisoara. The gentleman in the middle looks ...
Serie A Trialling "Fan Passports"
By Daryl | September 22nd, 2008Italy's fight against football hooligans will be won with... plastic. The plan is to use a card - or "fan passport" - that certifies genuine ...
Daily Dose 08.26.08
By Daryl | August 26th, 2008Something to read while you reflect on the worst robbery attempt ever... Starting a new blog with some bad news (Boca Juniors Offside) Does Shevchenko Pave the ...
"Quarantine" for British fans Heading to Moscow?
By Laurie | May 8th, 2008Last month before the France-England friendly in Paris, I had the thrill of being sardined into a Metro train heading out to the stadium as ...
Beitar Jerusalem Fans Celebrate Too Soon
By Daryl | April 14th, 2008You can definitely celebrate too soon. Even if, like Beitar Jerusalem, you're the runaway leaders of the Israeli Premier division. Here's what happened: Beitar were ...
Stuff. Rumors. Items. Sheep.
By Lucas | February 15th, 2008Some items and rumors to keep you busy while you wait another week for the next Sunderland match. You could also kill time by ...
FA suspends Dennis Wise. Again. But also nominates him for Manager of the Month. Again.
By Matthew | October 30th, 2007Dennis Wise: a man of contradictions. On the one hand, charged by the FA (again) for abusive language towards a referee. On the other hand, ...
Scottish Hooliganism--A Thing of the Past?
By JT | June 20th, 2007In the spirit of Bob's post last week on the "Real Football Factories", here's the entire episode on Scottish hooligans, with a very special focus ...
The Real Football Factories: A Global Tour of Hooliganism
By Bob | June 13th, 2007You might remember a film that came out a couple of years ago based on the John King book, The Football Factory. It featured ...
She's Free to Show her Boobs at Soccer Games Again
By Bob | May 31st, 2007When you think of a hardcore hooligan banned from attending football matches and international travel, your mind naturally pictures a 47-year-old mother flashing her boobs. ...
Athens Police to go Champions League Hooligans Paintball Hunting
By Bob | May 21st, 2007The excitement is starting to build as we inch closer to Wednesday's Champions League final in Athens. Today we learn that the city's security ...
Greece Fans and Teams Brawl on the Pitch
By Bob | April 16th, 2007It was a dubious return to action this weekend in Greece with a third division match between Panetolikos and Illioupolis interrupted for half and hour ...
LA Galaxy to have hooligan-trained SWAT team on standby for Beckham matches
By Bob | March 19th, 2007It is a story that many a right-wing commentator can tell so well. Immigrants move into a neighborhood in the United States and within ...
Hooligans on Film - England's Martial Arts, lads
By Cham | February 18th, 2007This clip may be an oldie, but it certainly is a goodie. Obviously an English brand of martial arts. (Please do not play if you are ...
Hooligans on Film - Red Star Belgrade
By Cham | February 14th, 2007Since Bob gave a tip of the hat to Bocca and their fine school of hooligany, I figured I'd throw an entry in there. With ...
Boca Juniors Supporters are the Harvard of Hooligans
By Bob | February 14th, 2007It is important to know where to go to achieve the best post-graduate education. If you are a mathematician you might head to MIT. ...
Lokomotive Leipzig Players Threaten Walk Off if Hooligans Show Up
By Bob | February 13th, 2007This past weekend we were treated to the bizarre sight of watching matches in Italy played in empty stadiums. If fan violence persists in ...
River Plate Fans Kick Off Season with Gunfight
By Bob | February 12th, 2007The Argentina Clasura championship kicked off this weekend with almost as many eyes focused on the stands as on the pitch because last year's season ...
Hooligans, You Might want to Leave your Fingerprints at Home
By Bob | January 25th, 2007Technology is a grand thing. The same tools that are being used to nab those dreaded terrorist at international borders are now being used ...
Daily Dose 11.28
By Bob | November 28th, 2006Some stories to read while you come up with a better excuse for missing work..... Maybe Liverpool would have better form if their players weren't on ...
News from Romania: The not so Friendly Skies
By Bob | November 27th, 2006It is well documented how dangerous it is nowadays for football fans and players to travel through airports. Now you can add airplanes to ...
Daily Dose 11.22
By Bob | November 22nd, 2006Some stories to read while you come up with yet another reason to never leave your recliner... German police foil hooligans' plans to fight with telescopic ...
Leeds Leads the Way with Most Hooligan Banning Orders
By Bob | October 24th, 2006They might have fallen on hard times on the pitch, but Leeds has come out on top as the club in England with the most ...
Mama always said to never trust a man who wears a skirt
By Bob | October 11th, 2006Ah yes, nothing says tough guy like beating up a middle aged Scotsman who is carrying a pack and wearing a kilt. The picture ...
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