Stop the carnival

[Mrs Ten Names]

Ah, the good old days. You have turned nasty lately though.

Circling their wagons. They think they're under attack.

 

[Mrs Ten Names]

But a matchday without fans is like reading through a motty thread: a pointless, joyless experience you'll never get back.

They could ban any alcohol in and around the grounds. That would reduce the injuries associated with drunken football hooligans.

Excessive alcohol consumption by match-going supporters has potential repercussions for public safety (violence, antisocial behavior, potential fan injuries) and public health (high-risk consumption, binge drinking).

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09687637.2023.2219370#d1e224

Although it appears that drugs are replacing alcohol in creating violence among football supporters.

• A sample of 1486 British football fans completed an online survey.
• More fans reported using cocaine than the national average.
• Around 1% of fans reported cocaine use in stadia, but 30% had seen others use it.
• Identity fusion, an intense form of bonding, predicted aggression toward rivals.
• Cocaine use and identity fusion significantly interacted to predict aggression.

High and highly bonded: Fused football fans who use cocaine are most likely to be aggressive toward rivals

Cocaine use among British football fans has yet to be quantified, despite its association with football-related aggression by the media. Identity fusion, a potent form of social bonding, is a well-established predictor of fan violence, which has never ...

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

I'm sure that some restrictions on alcohol sales during the Notting Hill Carnival might be supported, but it would mean dome loss of spending during the Carnival, and thud loss of income for London, in general.

 

[Brigadier]

They could ban any alcohol in and around the grounds. That would reduce the injuries associated with drunken football hooligans.

The proper hooligans do their "business" away from the grounds.

It's a coordinated exercise: not some spontaneous, drunken punch-up.

 

[Mrs Ten Names]

The proper hooligans do their "business" away from the grounds.

It's a coordinated exercise: not some spontaneous, drunken punch-up.

I'll bow to your experience of hooliganism.

 

[Mottie]

The proper hooligans do their "business" away from the grounds.

Ah, well under @ellal rules, being outside the designated 'footprint', that wouldn’t count as football hooliganism unless he needed it to for an argument.

 

[carmanmemoranda]

Ah, well under @ellal rules, being outside the designated 'footprint', that wouldn’t count as football hooliganism unless he needed it to for an argument.

Hours after the match has a bearing on it too

 

[noseall]

Over half a million views in my 'what are you doing today' thread
200k in notable obituaries
250k in what have you bought today.
Plus many more over 100k
All of which you’ve enjoyed and added to. Glad to have been of service. I’ll be sorry to lose you.

Long term catchy threads. Needy people love em.

I think I surpassed yours in a six week (abortion) thread, lol.

 

[carmanmemoranda]

Long term catchy threads. Needy people love em.

I think I surpassed yours in a six week (abortion) thread, lol.

Not everybody cares or even wants to know what somebody else had for breakfast or dinner.

That's what Facebook and similar is for

 

[Mottie]

Long term catchy threads. Needy people love em.

I give the people what they need.

 

[Nwgs2]

The proper hooligans do their "business" away from the grounds.

It's a coordinated exercise: not some spontaneous, drunken punch-up.

Serious question. Can you describe a “Proper Hooligan” please.

It’s always seemed like a ****ty myth for me.

Silly fckrs trying to be hard!

 

[ReganAndCarter]

 

[Mrs Ten Names]

Reaganandcarter attracted to the racist known as Katy Hopkins.
Who'd have thunk it.

She probably gives him all her ideas, he has none himself.
He's just a relic of his parent's downbringing.


(yes, I know it's not a word, I just invented it.)