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why be proud to be a hooligan ?

posted 16 years ago by lee-357
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Now that most hooligans have grown up, are you proud of what you did??
The destroying of hard working people’s property, people living in fear of the 2 gangs meeting on a Saturday afternoon close to peoples houses,

Just wondered what you thought about it now looking back? Are you glad you did it, regret it?

Had a few mates who did it posing as Leeds 'fans' but these guys are still losers sat in a pub all the time drinking, with no job and living off benefits.

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[–] gary-444 16 years ago

There is a tendency to produce an "airbrushed retrospective" of English football hooliganism.

The reality was mindlesss destruction and cowardice on a mass scale.

To be fair this film tries to reach beyond the hooligansism, but actually skates over some pretty seamy stuff as well.

[–] bleachgreenie 16 years ago

probly not but hes done it gimp

[–] hepp316 15 years ago

Cowardly thugs who would beat up any footy fan that supports another side whether it's one on one or 50 one one.

And in the end what does it or did it achieve?

[–] gavin-264 15 years ago

Inless you were there you will never understand the thrill we used to get out of it,the buzz of knowing that every saturday home match you and your mates would be outside the ground in your best gear up for it with anybody you could, I still remember what I used to get up to in the 80s & I loved every bit of it, and yes I am proud of what I did.

Most of you would have loved to be up for it boys like we were or why else would you watch the film, so lets shut up the bull *beep* that comes from your mouth and accept that if you had the bottle you would have doing the same as we did

[–] Hendon_Loyal 15 years ago

What a load of tosh gavin-264. Half of those hooligans never had 'bottle' most of them were just cowards acting like big men because they were deep. Most of them would'nt say boo to a butterfly if they were standing on their jacks. There are exceptions, but the majority of them are sad little men with nothing else going on in their lives.

[–] Viltrumite 14 years ago

If it could be guarunteed that only hooligans get hurt in their mindless skirmishes, then I say let them go for it. Unfortunately, innocent people get hurt.

[–] theaceofknaves 14 years ago

REAL members of football firms didn't touch normal supporters. Only the posers and wannabes did because they were trying to prove themselves to the real members. But 9 times out of 10, the real members thought they were a bunch of pricks.

[–] Viltrumite 14 years ago

That's admirable of them, but I'm sure to the people who got hurt, they were all the same. What I want to know is in a great big scrap, how the hell can they keep track of who's on whose side if they aren't wearing their kits?

[–] Little_Korean 13 years ago

In the Cass, it was more the sense of belonging to something and being respected for what he was good at (i.e. fighting) than the fighting itself or even the football. Probably a lot of football hooligans were/are like that.

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