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Originally Posted by STEED
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You continue to focus on the negative for some reason in most of your post lets look at some positives
I agree the Ikea thing is ridiculous but Englands conduct on the pitch has been exemporary despite some really bad tempered matches and provocation these lads have been good role models for the younger generation with there fair play and unselfish teamwork. Lets hope our kids try to emulate them
Gareth Southgate has been a great ambassador for England with his respect for other teams and his no criticism policy with officials and FIFA
Hooliganism was I remember much worse in the 70's and 80's with groups like the infamous
Inter City Firm and
Interchange Riot Squad there are similar undesirables in most countries including all the Quarter finalist . England and Scotland were arguably the worse in terms of numbers in the past
Thing are still improving but you will always find the Lunatic fringe where ever you go
England Three Lions making most of us proud
Hooligan origin most popular theories
may have originated from the surname of a rowdy Irish family in a music hall song of the 1890s or
from Patrick Hoolihan (or Hooligan), an Irish bouncer and thief who lived in London.