No offence but this is a load of ****e. Liverpool are being made scapegoates becuase UEFA messed up the final in Athens. They compare Liverpool to Milan but thats impossible becuase Milan couldn't even fill their allocation. Liverpool took about 45,000 people to Athens. Platini also has a major chip on his shoulder about what Liverpool did at Heysel....he's an arrogant ****.
Pool fans are no saints but worse than Roma, Galatassaray and Lazio to name but a few of the top of my head, let alone the Eastern European countries where racism is rife. Regarding Heysel, that was another **** up by UEFA.The game was played in a ruined stadium. The Italians baited the Liverpool fans who charged at them. Charging at the opposition was a weekly ritual at all grounds in Britian at this time....it could so easily have been any other British club. BTW, in Rome the previous year, Liverpool fans including women and children were attacked by Roma Ultras.
Hillsborough was a **** up by the police. The enquiry found that the police completely lost control.
I've worked in England quite a long time. There is a very anti-scouse feeling across the country. It is related to Liverpool being a predominantly Irish catholic city. The negative stereotypes that they have for scousers are the exact same that they have for the Irish...wild,lazy,emotional,rough,criminal. In fairness, the positive stereotypes that they have for the Scousers are similar also...happy, friendly and a love of song and dance.
I think alot of younger Irish these days are heavilly influenced by the whole Man U - Liverpool rivalry. Yes by all means support an English club, but don't buy into these Scouse/Brummie/Manc/Cockney/Geordie stereotypes.
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