Soccor Bloodsport

[Del]

"Okay bro, I'm off. I got my Kelvar jacket, M-16, 4 fragment grenades, and the skill and training to use them. An army of one."

- "Off to the gulf?"

"Naw, football."

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2005/soccer/04/12/champions.tuesday/index.html?cnn=yes

Serious tho, this flare attack was so well equipped, planned, and executed, it would humble your average SEAL. I still prefer robotics gladiator competitions tho.

 

[Bagpuss]

Flares are nothing, when football hooliganism was at its hight it was not uncommon (and still isn't at some matches) for darts, bottles, coins, metal bars, clubs, etc to be throw or used as weapons. Coins are still common as you can't really frisk for or confiscate them.

 

[jonesy]

Serious tho, this flare attack was so well equipped, planned, and executed, it would humble your average SEAL.

Based on what? I've seen plenty of matches where people throw flares onto the field. This time there were just a lot of them at the same time and one happened to hit someone.

 

[Del]

This time there were just a lot of them at the same time and one happened to hit someone.

And your previous viewed matches didn't. Correct.

 

[jonesy]

So it could have been just the laws of probability at work, not malicious intent.

 

[glass]

Flares are nothing, when football hooliganism was at its hight it was not uncommon (and still isn't at some matches) for darts, bottles, coins, metal bars, clubs, etc to be throw or used as weapons. Coins are still common as you can't really frisk for or confiscate them.

Or even nastier weapons. One particularly nasty example involved two (or more) razor blades set a couple of milimetres apart attached to some kind of handle. Creates wounds that can't be stiched.

Of course, it's probably not a lot of use for throwing, but at the height of the hooligan era the primary target was opposing fans rather than players.

Thankfully, football matches in the UK are now very well policed, so you hardly ever see any trouble.


glass.

 

[jonesy]

Thankfully, football matches in the UK are now very well policed, so you hardly ever see any trouble.

And it would take a miracle to get Finnish fans that excited. The only game that seems to get the blood pumping here is icehockey.

 

[glass]

Thankfully, football matches in the UK are now very well policed, so you hardly ever see any trouble.

And it would take a miracle to get Finnish fans that excited. The only game that seems to get the blood pumping here is icehockey.

Well, I should have said, you hardly ever see any trouble in the stands or around the grounds. On the pitch is sometimes a different matter: just ask Mr Bowyer & Mr Dyer.


glass.