A new era of football violence?
Could we be on the cusp of a new age of football holliganism? Earlier this week on the programme the Chief Executive of the Professional Footballers' Association, Gordon Taylor, and the Sports Editor of The Times, Tony Evans, debated what they perceive to be the beginning of a new era of abuse leading to trouble at football...we'll explore that in the programme today and of course if you go to football regulary we want to hear from you too.
Plus we'll talk to the promising boxer from Liverpool whose career has been cut short after he was stabbed on a night out. He's called Joe Ainsough. He's 29 and despite his horrific injuries and the fact that he will never box again, he's incredibly positive.
~RS~q~RS~~RS~z~RS~47~RS~)
Comments
//Could we be on the cusp of a new age of football holliganism?//
I don't think so and I have been going to football games since the late 60s.
Of course, you can make an issue of it and then create the problem by hyping it up.
Complain about this comment
Thanks Sarnia..who do you go and see? I recall you're from Dulwich (thanks again for giving me the honey at the awayday) ..which team do you support?
Victoria
Complain about this comment
This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the House Rules.
"A new era of football violence?"
Ultimately leading to English clubs being banned from European competitions again?
Imagine if that happened - what would Radio Five Live do with themselves?
Complain about this comment
Hi Victoria - yes - you're mixing me up with Carrie (we're both stalwarts from the old The Station board btw!) although I am also from South London (but now live in Guernsey).
I am a Chelsea supporter - went to my first game at the age of 8 and was hooked from then on.
I haven't been to many games this season but have not noticed a discernable increase in hooliganism at all at the games I have been to.
Complain about this comment
Thanks for outing my place of residence Victoria.
I support the mighty, mighty Aston Villa by the way.
Sarnia and I are old 'friends' off the defunct messageboard, which is where I would be posting MORE BABY RUBBISH if I could, so have to do it on here instead.
Complain about this comment
Is there anyone with a more boring monotonal delivery than Gordon Taylor? Shudder.
The behaviour of some West Ham supporters (towards Lampard and Terry) is nothing new, I'm afraid.
If that is the example that Evans uses to prove his point that hooliganism is on the rise then it's not a good one.
Complain about this comment
Absolutely astonishing. By asking people to record and video football violence you are encouraging violence to be 'performed'. You call this journalism and public interest? Shame on you!
Mick Howell in France
Complain about this comment
I am a Charlton supporter and I agree that we don't see that much violence inside the stadia anymore.
However I feel that with the general deterioration in society coupled with the increased media hype of players on astronomical salaries, it doesn't surprise me that we are seeing more abuse of players on the pitches, whether it is rightly or wrongly given.
Complain about this comment
I cannot understand the way that Football fans continually try to justify violence against fans of opposing teams based upon the part of the ground that people watch the match. It is frankly ludicrous to accept that if an opposition supporter is standing amongst home fans that they should expect trouble. What is wrong with these people, don't they have the social skills to be able to cope with these situations!
I recently went to the Coventry Ricoh arena to watch 2 games of rugby for the semi finals of the EDF Energy Cup. The ground was full of supporters from 4 opposing teams all sitting amongst each other with no segregation. There was no trouble but there was plenty of good humoured banter. Also they served alcohol throughout he afternoon which they wouldn't be able to football fans.
The sad truth is that there are people who attend football matches that just don't know how to behave sober or otherwise and this is purely due to the examples that they are set by their piers and parents.
As a father of 2, I will not be taking them to any football matches until the idiots are gone, which is unlikely to be in my lifetime.
Complain about this comment
Lets face it footballers are over paid morons, it turns my stomach to see their antics on the pitch, all the diving the back chat to the ref etc etc, footballs never going to be voilence free if you've got these idiots to aspire to, football creates a tribe mentality in grown men or should i say big kids, there is no more or no less voilence now so stop the usual 5live hysteria.
Complain about this comment
its strange the opther day we had blears stating that she thought that we'd be having riots this summer .. in fact its almost an incitement .. and now we have the propspect of encouraging football violence with videos .
seems to me someone needs anarchy ..
Complain about this comment
So a few overpaid Chelsea Players have songs sang at them by the morons at West Ham ( anyone remember the scenes outside Upton Park when they signed Lee Bowyer just after he'd had his run in with the law - the he hates curry song ? ) and that means that the rest of Football is about to explode in an orgy of violence.
I realise that the Football world in 5Live terms is the top 10 in the Premiership with Barca and a couple of Italian Clubs thrown in but iv been an ST holder at Sheffield Wednesday for more years than i care to remember and have seen no evidence for any increase in Crowd violence. I've walked away from Grounds in Club Colours with opposition fans with no problem whatsoever, including local rivals like Barnsley and Doncaster ( mind these games dont include Man U, Liverpool or Arsenal so can't be classed as Derbies can they).
Complain about this comment
View these comments in RSS