User talk:My name is Prunella/Archive 2

=The truth on Libya, Greece, Iraq and Scotland that User:Tangereens hid of the Football Hooligan page.=

Over view
The emergent casual culture that transformed the complexion of British football hooliganism in the late 1970s and early 1980s, and his work presents a new angle and a challenge to those who claim hooligans, and ex-hooligans, are without education and style.

Early history
Football and violence can be traced back to the Middle Ages in England. In 1314, Edward II banned football (which then was a violent free-for-all involving rival villages fly-hacking a pig's bladder across the local heath) because he believed the disorder surrounding matches might lead to social unrest or even treason.

The first recorded instances of football hooliganism in the modern game took place in the 1880s in England, a period when gangs of supporters would intimidate neighbourhoods, as well as attack referees and opposing supporters and players. In 1885, after Preston North End beat Aston Villa 5-0 in a friendly match, the two teams were pelted with stones; attacked with sticks, punched, kicked and spat at. One Preston player was beaten so severely that he lost consciousness. Press reports of the time described the fans as "howling roughs". The following year, Preston fans fought Queen's Park fans in a railway station; the first recorded instance of football hooliganism away from a match. In 1905, several Preston fans were tried for hooliganism, including a "drunk and disorderly" 70 year old woman, following their match against Blackburn Rovers.

Between the two world wars, there were no recorded instance of football hooliganism, but it started attracting widespread media attention in the late 1950s due to its re-emergence in Latin America. In the 1955-56 English football season, Liverpool and Everton fans were involved in a number of train-wrecking incidents. By the 1960s, an average of 25 hooligan incidents were being reported each year in England.

Libya
Eight fans died and 39 were injured as troops opened fire to stop both pro and anti Gadaffi sentiments being expressed in a Tripoli stadium during a match between Al Ahli and Al Ittihad in December 1996.

On July 9th, 1996 soccer match, Qaddafi's younest son. Saadi Qaddafi "persuaded" the referee to award a contested goal so that his team could win. Over 30 people died in the ensuing riots. Mohamed Qaddaffi is Qaddafi's eldest son and a rival of Saadi's. During the football (soccer) match in Tripoli on July 9, a number of armed guards protecting a relative of Colonel Qaddafi opened fire on fans shouting protests against a call the referee had made in favour of a team controlled by Qaddafi's sons. A stampede ensued, and there were a number of deaths.

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News leaked of a riot in Libya During a soccer game in Tripoli, Libya in February 1997, a team sponsored by a son of President Qadhafi suffered a questionable call and started a brawl.when spectators at a football match chanted slogans against a son of Muammar Qaddafi. They were fired on by bodyguards, stormed the pitch and attacked the --referee]]. Some 20 to 25 people may have died.

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Greece
On 16 April 2007 Greek police were investigating two riots at lower league football matches on Sunday, the day the government's 15-day ban on team sports ended.

The two-week shutdown followed the death on March 29 of a fan in a pre-arranged street battle in an eastern suburb of Athens. The fight involved about 500 fans of two first-division soccer rivals and neighbors, Panathinaikos Athens and Olympiakos Piraeus. The death in Greece followed the killing of a policeman by fans in Catania, Sicily, in February and violence in European club games in Nancy, France, in November; in Lens, France, in March; and in Rome and Seville at the start of April.

Rival fans clashed with each other and with riot police on Wednesday night in the northwestern city of Yiannina during and after a Greek Cup semi-final match between second-division PAS Yiannina and first-division Larissa, two traditional rivals. --My name is Prunella (talk) 18:35, 26 December 2007 (UTC) [] Kallithea's 4-2 win over Messiniakos in the second division was also overshadowed by an incident at the end of the game when about 50 fans attacked Messiniakos coach Eduardo Amorin and several of his coaching staff. A third division match between Panetolikos and Ilioupolis in Agrinio was interrupted for half an hour when players and fans clashed after Panetolikos had a goal disallowed. Two players and a coach had to go to hospital. Police were investigating whether there were enough police on duty and if they carried out their duties effectively. The two-week shutdown followed the death on March 29 of a fan in a prearranged ppstreet battle]] in an eastern suburb of Athens. The fight involved about 500 fans of two first-division soccer rivals and neighbors, Panathinaikos Athens and Olympiakos Piraeus.

Rival fans clashed with each other and with riot police on Wednesday night in the northwestern city of Yiannina during and after a Greek Cup semi-final match between second-division PAS Yiannina and first-division Larissa, two traditional rivals. -[]

Ulster
I think this age old Catholic/Protistant fude in Glasgow's local derby deserves a more indepth coverage. Derry town also had it's shair of secterianisum to.--My name is Prunella (talk) 18:35, 26 December 2007 (UTC)

Turkey
It's best to point out, that by tradition, the Turks have a long standing grudge with Italy, England, Greece and Germany.

Ivory coast
Fighting among fans at a match claimed one life on 6 May 2001 and injured 39 people.

Fighting among fans at a match claimed one life on 6 May 2001 and injured 39 people.

Scotland
While the Scotland national team's travelling supporters, the Tartan Army, are world-renowned for their friendliness and general aversion to violence, hooliganism is not unknown in Scottish football. Pre-arranged fights between firms on match days can take place away from the football grounds.

Celtic were charged in mid 2007, by Uefa over the incident in Wednesday's Champions League match against Milan when a fan ran on to the pitch and touched Milan's goalkeeper, Dida. But, as The European governing body investigated Dida's conduct after the goalkeeper – lightly brushed on the face by the fan – fell to the ground, simulated injury and left on a stretcher clutching an ice pack to his face. Celtic denied they had any major problems with football louts and disruptive behavior at matches.[] [] []

Most Scottish football fans are against this behaviour, and authorities have taken several measures to reduce football hooliganism.

While the Scotland national team's travelling supporters, the Tartan Army, are world-renowned for their friendliness and general aversion to violence, hooliganism is not unknown in Scottish football. Pre-arranged fights between firms on match days can take place away from the football grounds. Celtic were charged in mid 2007, by Uefa over the incident in Wednesday's Champions League match against Milan when a fan ran on to the pitch and touched Milan's goalkeeper, Dida. But, as The European governing body investigated Dida's conduct after the goalkeeper – lightly brushed on the face by the fan – fell to the ground, simulated injury and left on a stretcher clutching an ice pack to his face. Celtic denied they had any major problems with football louts and disruptive behavior at matches. [] [] []