Interact And Connect With Hooligans And Other Fans

Football fans took violence to new levels creating a culture of football hooliganism through the 70's and 80's, using weapons such as knives, bats and even firearms. The UK may have been the breeding ground for football violence as some fans took football hooliganism to new heights. It was only after some tragic disasters that the government stepped in to help turn the tide of a - somewhat labeled by mainland Europe - “British Disease”.

A quick trip to Wikipedia, Football Hooliganism, will show that the UK is far away from being the worst in the world, and certainly not alone. ‘La guerra del fútbol’, of 1969 between El Salvador and Honduras is a good example of how politics intermingled with football violence, can even cause wars.

Football hooliganism has changed in the UK significantly since the Taylor Report of 1990. The number of arrests has fallen throughout the years and most games pass without incident. With the introduction of Closed Circuit Television, All-seater stadiums, and general ‘Police Intelligence'; incidents of violence inside football grounds have become rare.

Football is a passionate game, which display levels of emotions not usually witnessed in any other factors of life. It is no wonder that some overzealous fans; when grouped together; form a sea of writhing hormones and adrenalin, can easily over-react to the usual provocation of bad refereeing, chants from the opposite fans, and misbehaving players.

For years it’s been said that football hooligans are only a select few, and fortunately that tends to be the case. When a game is over many fans can quite easily travel home with the opposite teams fans. Many fans have family members or friends who are fans of other teams or even fans of their team’s closest rivals - so maybe common sense prevails. While it may not be wise to show your colours, wave your flag and sing out the latest terrace hymn, many fans of opposite teams manage to mix extremely well together after a game.

As such, most supporters from different clubs hobnob together perfectly well outside the realms of a football stadium. Epicaricacy, though is never far away and fervent banter hits the web chat rooms. The football social network site Upredictum with over 7,000 teams has many occurrences of how well opposing fans can interact together. Provocation can be easily resolved in the website’s Prediction Competitions, as fans, players; managers prove their football knowhow with skillful predictions.

It is chat room sites, and Football Social Network Sites like Upredictum that now bring a whole new level to football rivalry and banter. New soccer seasons, the competitions, World Cups, Leagues, FIFA news, corruptions, etc ensure The 7,000 Upredictum chat rooms and prediction competitions remain lively.

By: Trevor Adrian

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