Shame that England lost?
No, it's the shameful way that English football fans and stewards at Wembley acted before, during and after the final between Italy (who won) and England.
See this clip showing idiotic fans trying to break into Wembley and the thuggish stewards and volunteers trying to stop them.
Who are worse?
What's wrong with these idiots? Sure they haven't won an international tournament since 1966 so might feel a bit disgruntled but, really?
A lot of the rage by the typical white football fan is due to their sense of loss. Loss of empire. Decline of values. Immigration weakening their once dominant status. Confusion over Brexit. Covid-19 and loss of freedom. A whole lot of things beyond their control for which they don't have the maturity or coping mechanisms to enable them to handle things like intelligent adults. Oh, yeah, most of them are just stupid fucking morons.
They will take their rage to the streets, their workplaces, the pubs and then to home where wives, partners and children will bear the brunt of it.
"...incidents of domestic abuse rose by 38% when the England team lost and increased by 26% where England won or drew, compared with days when there was no England match"
I'm pleased that Italy won and only wish that they had won more convincingly to prove to the English thugs that the sport can be played properly without cheating - stars faking injury and pulling 'Hollywoods', fans shining lasers into the eyes of opposition goalkeepers -etc.
Oh well. I don't follow 'the beautiful game' anyway so it doesn't really matter to me.
5 comments:
Ciao! Great post (of the new TC shorter variety).
Italia campione d'Europa!
Gosh!
I forgot to tell you what we are having for dinner.
I've prepared stuffed potatoes (garlic, spring onion, spinach and cheese filling) whi ch I will bake later and we will have the second half of the rhubarb and apple crumble with custard.
"Great to see you can rant as easily at English soccer fans as the Holy Catholic Church."
Oh, does the Holy Catholic Church rant at English soccer fans as well?
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