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2005-08-09 Europe

British soccer fans to be punished for bomb taunts

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Posted by Rafael 2005-08-09 01:34|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 5'll get ya 10 that more soccer fans are hailed into court for taunting than mullahs for the actual inciting to violence.

Posted by AzCat 2005-08-09 02:29|| 2005-08-09 02:29|| Front Page Top

#2 Good point

Posted by Rafael 2005-08-09 03:00|| 2005-08-09 03:00|| Front Page Top

#3 most swingeing [severe] manner
Yesterday whineging now this, English is evailaing quickly.

Posted by Shipman 2005-08-09 03:21|| 2005-08-09 03:21|| Front Page Top

#4 You probably have not been told the full story. I imagine QPR fans were waving bunches of twenty poundnotes at their impoverished northern cousins or calling them 'northern monkeys'.

Personally, I'm looking forward to the Leeds and Luton fixtures with a certain amount of glee. Look out for the Templar flag at Derby County games this season.

Posted by Howard UK 2005-08-09 06:35|| 2005-08-09 06:35|| Front Page Top

#5 Oh, I think the lads are just angry about this. :-)

Posted by Matt 2005-08-09 12:06|| 2005-08-09 12:06|| Front Page Top

#6 Templar flags, heh. Melike.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2005-08-09 12:23|| 2005-08-09 12:23|| Front Page Top

#7 Well, football fans in the UK aren't really known for their decorum are they?

Posted by Cheaderhead 2005-08-09 12:26|| 2005-08-09 12:26|| Front Page Top

#8 #5:

whhaaaaaat!!??

Oh dear, it could all go horribly wrong now, the US is 4th and England 6th - gawd help us!

All joking aside - this is standard fare for football fans here. The taunts are 'colourful' to say the least, and let's not even consider what happens at 'Old Firm' matches (Celtic vs Rangers). But it does seem to help let off steam...

However, if a splodeydope goes up at a football match, I think all bets will be off - and the fallout will be horrific.

Posted by Tony (UK) 2005-08-09 13:23|| 2005-08-09 13:23|| Front Page Top

#9 I bet the security due to the "regular" fans antics have put off bombers from matches. Too hard to get in, probably.

There was more security at the last college football game I attended than any train/bus I've ever seen.

Posted by Laurence of the Rats">Laurence of the Rats 2005-08-09 14:47|| http://www.punictreachery.com/]">[http://www.punictreachery.com/] 2005-08-09 14:47|| Front Page Top

#10 No surrender, No surrender, No surrender to the Muzzie slags or something like that.

Posted by Mctavish Mcpherson 2005-08-09 15:07|| 2005-08-09 15:07|| Front Page Top

#11 members taunted supporters of a rival London-based club by chanting: "You're just a town full of bombers."

How does that even work as a chant? Awful damn wordy, if you ask me.

Posted by BH 2005-08-09 17:06|| 2005-08-09 17:06|| Front Page Top

#12 Try it to "Juantanamera" (sp?) BH

You're just a town full of bombers
town full of booommmmbers,
you're just a town full of boommmmbers

Repeat till fade (or fed up)

They can be very very inventive BH.

Posted by Tony (UK) 2005-08-09 17:12|| 2005-08-09 17:12|| Front Page Top

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