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Originally Posted by Tin Monkey
Football grounds are safer now than they have been for decades, although I do feel that these films try to keep alive the 70s/80s image for their own ends. Many foreigners will watch these films and assume that it portrays a typical Saturday afternoon at most football grounds, which is clearly not true.
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Thanks to all for the information. It's very enlightening. I will try to get over to a match in the fall. Now, are chavs and football hooligans a separate lot?
Over here, most American sports fans are like the ultras. Team colors, songs, and flags. However, nothing even close to the intensity of your football.
The closest thing I've seen are the New York Yankee/Boston Redsox rivalry in baseball and maybe the Washington Redskins/Dallas Cowboy rivalry in American football. Then again wicked rivalries in College and High School sports.
Thanks again.
Brian