On sports playing fields, one-to-one violence takes place regularly. Punches and kicking - are deemed to be part of the game.

The worst that can happen in the professional game is a card of some colour - and the player will be either reprimanded and/fined/banned - for a period.

At last, progress - to make 'on-pitch attacks' - illegal and accountable, is occurring. The crime is the same. Pitch, street, hotel or supermarket - or village.

In other words, football thugs can't hack it that millionaire footballers miss a goal.

I bet the owners of football clubs laugh their heads off at their gullible supporters.

I've never understood football violence (on or off the pitch).

How much is down to people's dissatisfaction with their hard lives that they invest so much of their life into following a football team.

hedda wrote:
I've never understood football violence (on or off the pitch).

How much is down to people's dissatisfaction with their hard lives that they invest so much of their life into following a football team.

Ditto.

Not forgetting pissing away thousands of pounds to follow a team whilst the players laugh to the bank.

hedda wrote:
How much is down to people's dissatisfaction with their hard lives that they invest so much of their life into following a football team.


I simply don't know hedda - I am no psychologist. But the fanaticism is absolutely mind-boggling, and the team becomes the most important thing in people's lives.

Particularly in Glasgow and the North East/West, where entire families/groups will rarely talk about anything else - even over meals and socially.

I thought you were the sport's expert on here.

Al Gershwin wrote:
hedda wrote:
How much is down to people's dissatisfaction with their hard lives that they invest so much of their life into following a football team.


I simply don't know hedda - I am no psychologist. But the fanaticism is absolutely mind-boggling, and the team becomes the most important thing in people's lives.

Particularly in Glasgow and the North East/West, where entire families/groups will rarely talk about anything else - even over meals and socially.

My late brother was football mad and I attended a few matches with him when he was visiting.

There's not a hint of violence at matches in Oz where the populace is also sports crazy (me not so much).

Perhaps it's down to the sunshine.