Why Oh Why?

[piggynose]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-10110865/Man-City-fan-63-fighting-life-attacked-cowardly-Club-Brugge-fans.html?ito=push-notification&ci=5ZlrC_58EN&;cri=JFEV7YMbnW&si=46585797&;xi=d0074f85-dfff-4572-a71f-3257bab43b1e&ai=10110865

[davebro]

It's because there are (a minority) of violent thugs amongst most teams' supporters & one of the reasons why I never have & never will attend a football match.

[barry1010]

I lived next to a football ground in the 70s and the shops and houses would board their windows up some match days. I saw a lot of violence from my bedroom window.

[anneasquith]

Simple answer alas……….. football thugs .

[Mozz71]

As Davebro says, it's a minority. It only takes one drunken thug to belittle the name and reputation of an entire club.

[youngmafbog]

Pack mentality attracts the savages in the community. In days of yore fighting for you pack was a good thing, men are still programmed that way whether you like it or not. Some more than others.

At least it wasnt British hooligans this time.

[jourdain2]

Football, isn't it. It seems to attract a certain sort. I have disliked the game intensely since the 1970s when I saw the effect it had on some of the boys in school. I'd ban any club for a year if any of their supporters did things like this.

[ichkeria]

It isn’t just football.

It’s tribal. Football happens to be a likely place for this sadly as it’s a global game.

[Mozz71]

5 people arrested for the attack in Belgium.