Republic of Ireland vs England - Friendly

[SunderlandBohs]

I'm not sure where this myth that the English hooligans have improved has arised from but people seem to be swallowing it. At the last world cup they destroyed cities, attacked normal football fans (men, women and children) and were a complete disgrace in general. Only because it isn't all over the news every minute of the day, it doesn't mean they're reformed. Ask your average German what they were like.

And comparing a few Shamrock Rovers/Bohs etc toe-rags to England is just wrong.

When did this happen at the World Cup? I was there in the early part of the group stages though I wasn't at any of the cities that England were in but the ones I met at the fan parks seemed ok to me. The hooligan problem in English football ins't gone but it's not as bad as it was in the 70's & 80's. We all know about the trouble with Roma v Man U & Liverpool in Athens. What about the the 3,500 Sunderland fans that travelled over here during the summer? They were applauded by the councils of Dublin, Cork & Galway. Oh, and you mustn't have been at many Bohs v Rovers matches in your time?

[tetsujin1979]

When did this happen at the World Cup? I was there in the early part of the group stages though I wasn't at any of the cities that England were in but the ones I met at the fan parks seemed ok to me.

did you not see the Panorama special on hooligans at the World Cup? A friend of mine was around the corner from where they filmed people chanting "no surrender" on steps, and was advised to move on because one of the other lads he was with was wearing an Ireland jersey

[carloz]

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x43...ny-world_sport

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUcKWBP94ok

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzYhGK9x4W8

A few videos about the Englsih hooligans at the 2006 world cup. It didnt receive much attention(for example it didnt receive as much attention as Euro 2000) as the police did a good job on the controlling them. However they were the worst fans at the tournament by quite a distance. i dont see what can be acheived by playing England at the moment. Both teams are in the doldrums at the moment and we both need to sort ourselves out. When we play England i would like it to be when we are both at the top of our game

[Torn-Ado]

When did this happen at the World Cup? I was there in the early part of the group stages though I wasn't at any of the cities that England were in but the ones I met at the fan parks seemed ok to me. The hooligan problem in English football ins't gone but it's not as bad as it was in the 70's & 80's. We all know about the trouble with Roma v Man U & Liverpool in Athens. What about the the 3,500 Sunderland fans that travelled over here during the summer? They were applauded by the councils of Dublin, Cork & Galway. Oh, and you mustn't have been at many Bohs v Rovers matches in your time?

The two posts by the guys above reinforces my point that comparing Rovers/Bohs hooligans to England hooligans is quite ridiculous.

[Shedender81]

In fairness to the English fans they have improved over the years. And its not like we don't have any hoolies of our own over here. Every country, every club from here to Sydney have a bad element of 'supporters'. I've been to Ireland games were I've heard a very small section of our support use racsits comments towards players on both teams! And anyone on here says that we don't have a small group of trouble makers is lying. I say lets play England again. Don't let the scum win.

I totally agree 100%