Blazeyrobins Posted June 5, 2019 Report Share Posted June 5, 2019 Hope not to serious, stay safe City fans https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/england-fans-clash-with-portuguese-riot-police-in-porto-ahead-of-nations-league-game-a4160551.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
!james Posted June 5, 2019 Report Share Posted June 5, 2019 National embarrassments Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BS4 on Tour... Posted June 5, 2019 Report Share Posted June 5, 2019 Well it is the 40th anniversary of this absolute classic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie Hitler Posted June 5, 2019 Report Share Posted June 5, 2019 Nations League? This is a low key bit of fun to add interest to a year without a world or european cup. It really doesn't matter. There is no reason for getting so worked up about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judda Posted June 5, 2019 Report Share Posted June 5, 2019 Idiots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted June 5, 2019 Report Share Posted June 5, 2019 Apparently last night they were singing about IRA and German bombers. Absolute morons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judda Posted June 5, 2019 Report Share Posted June 5, 2019 7 minutes ago, BS4 on Tour... said: Well it is the 40th anniversary of this absolute classic... Quality Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid in the Riot Posted June 5, 2019 Report Share Posted June 5, 2019 Looks like double embarrassment for England fans in Porto this evening. First they start launching drinks at the locals in front of them who are celebrating Portugal's opening goal. Then the police show up and they shit themselves and leg it. Quite pathetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porto Red Posted June 5, 2019 Report Share Posted June 5, 2019 9 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said: Looks like double embarrassment for England fans in Porto this evening. First they start launching drinks at the locals in front of them who are celebrating Portugal's opening goal. Then the police show up and they shit themselves and leg it. Quite pathetic. Trust me, when the Portuguese police turn up in baton-swinging mood, shit yourself and leg it is the appropriate response. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natchfever Posted June 5, 2019 Report Share Posted June 5, 2019 11 minutes ago, Kid in the Riot said: Looks like double embarrassment for England fans in Porto this evening. First they start launching drinks at the locals in front of them who are celebrating Portugal's opening goal. Then the police show up and they shit themselves and leg it. Quite pathetic. Demographics of fans changed old boy. Been like that for over 30 years i'd say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted June 5, 2019 Admin Report Share Posted June 5, 2019 Ironic this is on the back of the fa new scheme to try to calm this sort of thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted June 5, 2019 Admin Report Share Posted June 5, 2019 36 minutes ago, Blazeyrobins said: Hope not to serious, stay safe City fans https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/england-fans-clash-with-portuguese-riot-police-in-porto-ahead-of-nations-league-game-a4160551.html Another thing to remember there are 12000 with tickets for tomorrow and even more for Sunday. You're talking about less than 1% of our support. But as usual the press will jump all over it. Except places like Blackpool get these kind of shenanigans on a weekly basis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrumpylegs Posted June 5, 2019 Report Share Posted June 5, 2019 18 minutes ago, phantom said: Another thing to remember there are 12000 with tickets for tomorrow and even more for Sunday. You're talking about less than 1% of our support. But as usual the press will jump all over it. Except places like Blackpool get these kind of shenanigans on a weekly basis You're not wrong there. Blackpool is full of nob heads too! Would take issue with the 1% thing though. I've been to England away games and would say that about 33% are pretty much as described above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sticks 1969 Posted June 5, 2019 Report Share Posted June 5, 2019 33 % is still better then 30 years ago. 10% went purely for trouble and the other 89% were more then happy to get involved when it all kicked off but still not good and reckon tomorrow night might get lively Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steviestevieneville Posted June 5, 2019 Report Share Posted June 5, 2019 On the 75th anniversary of D day when proper men landed on the beaches of Normandy to help save our country . We have these morons giving us yet another bad name in Europe . Ban them for ten years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shelts Posted June 5, 2019 Report Share Posted June 5, 2019 Hardly back to the old days by looking at it. Pathetic . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingswood Robin Posted June 5, 2019 Report Share Posted June 5, 2019 and central Porto is such a nice place to be. Chill out down by the river and behave yourselves Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Red Posted June 5, 2019 Report Share Posted June 5, 2019 Awaits the deflection, denial and condonance from the usual suspects... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North London Red Posted June 5, 2019 Report Share Posted June 5, 2019 1 hour ago, phantom said: Ironic this is on the back of the fa new scheme to try to calm this sort of thing The FA can only control who gets tickets through our official allocation - and for most away games (qualifiers, friendlies) it’s generally only the members, who are vetted before being allowed into the supporters club, who get tickets. The FA can’t control who else decides to travel to a city England are playing in, or who else decided to buy tickets through UEFA for tomorrow’s game - they were still on sale through the UEFA website yesterday. At some recent away games in ‘easier to get to’ places (Amsterdam, Seville) there have been large groups of mostly younger blokes who’ve travelled and caused problems - I couldn’t tell you if they’re members of the supporters club (if they are, they’ll soon end up getting banned). In Volgograd, Samara and Podgorica, no such issues as it tends to be only the diehards who travel to such places. As for the comment above about 33% of England fans fitting this description - sorry, can’t agree with that at all. Tomorrow will be my 174th England game. To say 33% of fans behave like that is miles wide of the mark in my humble view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cidered abroad Posted June 5, 2019 Report Share Posted June 5, 2019 1 hour ago, Blazeyrobins said: Hope not to serious, stay safe City fans https://www.standard.co.uk/news/world/england-fans-clash-with-portuguese-riot-police-in-porto-ahead-of-nations-league-game-a4160551.html Well that's a big surprise isn't it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Akira Posted June 5, 2019 Report Share Posted June 5, 2019 Am I the only one who can't see much in that video, apart from police with batons out and a few people running away? If there has been disorder/fighting, then they should be banned. But I'm not going to say England fans are a disgrace based on that video. We've got a hideous past, one that most of us would like to forget, but that video is hardly a flashback to the olden days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olé Posted June 5, 2019 Report Share Posted June 5, 2019 Going to stick my neck above the parapet here as I fully expect to be considered a stooge for Portuguese opinion, but here goes, might even surprise some people. On train up from Lisbon to Porto today had loads of England, 5-6 "lads" in particular, early to mid 20s, separated as didn't have tickets together in carriage, quite loud, and... wait for it. Couldn't have been more polite. Moved about 3 times for local Portuguese passengers. Summoned up untold levels of wifi alchemy to make sure they had their tickets for the inspector. Helped old ladies with their bags in Porto. And trust me, hear them speak they were on a proper England away jolly. But very well behaved and great ambassadors. At Porto station a lot of England songs not from those lads but other older ones.. but you get that at away games. If does scare locals but to be honest as someone who travels away, singing in train stations is a useful filter for all of us of who to avoid. It is boisterous but ultimately harmless. Main point, for me, stigmatising England away is daft. It's the same as anything, you have all levels of behaviour, not just what the media jumps all over. Lots will find a popular bar in a town but it's no different to the average holiday in Newquay, Ibiza or Faliraki. It's nice to see people you know and have a drink with them. Judging by my Facebook feed lots of people have been all over Porto today. It's a minority that are inclined to hole up somewhere and act to locals like they're taking over. With all this said, am not surprised that a few morons saw fit to react to Portugal scoring goals today by throwing bottles, goading locals is an age old minority sport practised by the most introverted away fans but nothing new, when Portugal lost their opener to Greece in 2004 I had a morbidly obese West Ham fan the day before the England France game follow me and wind me up, desperate to goad me into a fight about the result, thinking I was a local. I was with a load of England fans so really wasn't that bothered. Seen it so many times but it is a minority, the same lot that pick the worst bar/pub in any town on then main square and pay tourist prices all day, I don't hate them I feel sorry for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin-hugh-blind Posted June 5, 2019 Report Share Posted June 5, 2019 Anyone else think this is down to poor planning. Pissed up Brits abroad are anti social. Especially if 90% male. No FA plan will ever change that fact, anti English cops with an attitude and a batton fetish only ever going to end up in a punch up. A fanzone with a good atmos and perhaps a buckin' bronko ride with that lass from the champions League final would probably do the trick. IMO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin1988 Posted June 6, 2019 Report Share Posted June 6, 2019 Odd that the media are the bad guys here for reporting on England fans behaving so childishly they get chased by police? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Cyril Posted June 6, 2019 Report Share Posted June 6, 2019 7 hours ago, North London Red said: Tomorrow will be my 174th England game. One hundred and seventy bloody forth!!!??!! Move over Stirling with your pathetic 50.... the captain's armband needs to go to @North London Red Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TV Tom Posted June 6, 2019 Report Share Posted June 6, 2019 A reminder why i’ve stopped going to England games since France ‘98 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Posted June 6, 2019 Report Share Posted June 6, 2019 Even more embarrassing when you take into account what day it is today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin phantom Posted June 6, 2019 Admin Report Share Posted June 6, 2019 8 hours ago, Robin1988 said: Odd that the media are the bad guys here for reporting on England fans behaving so childishly they get chased by police? My point was why they still report on a handful of pissed up blokes causing a nuisance. Like watching ANY sport, there are drunken idiots, Lords had plenty two weeks ago, Twickenham had the same last Saturday - it's just lazy journalism looking for that big headline No focus on any of the good things our fans are doing out there !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YorkshireSection Posted June 6, 2019 Report Share Posted June 6, 2019 I wonder how many England fans got lost down the backstreets of the "Ce" district in Porto, there's enough down there to keep the most boisterous of fans quiet!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daored Posted June 6, 2019 Report Share Posted June 6, 2019 21 minutes ago, Super said: Even more embarrassing when you take into account what day it is today. Completely agree , today is a celebration of true hero’s. Unfortunately, I think reports of this nature will be a common theme over the next couple of hours and days. A few WKD Blue and marching powder and the village idiots return Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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