AlterEgo
Veteran Member
A very charitable take from north of the border!It's only a game of Football !!
If you win great, if not at least you made it to the Final and gave yourselves a fighting chance.
A very charitable take from north of the border!It's only a game of Football !!
If you win great, if not at least you made it to the Final and gave yourselves a fighting chance.
I’m already nervous about Sunday. I feel sick thinking about it!
Not sure about "a slap on the wrist", but the fine imposed on the English FA amounted to 30,000 euros, for the various behaviour offences committed by the England supporters.They'll get a slap on the wrist and a fine.
Wow, they probably spend more than that on lunch.Not sure about "a slap on the wrist", but the fine imposed on the English FA amounted to 30,000 euros, for the various behaviour offences committed by the England supporters.
But it was not the English FA who committed the offences, but the England supporters. Could not UEFA have also imposed draconian strictures that would have an effect on the England supporters by cutting the numbers of them allowed inside the stadium to watch the match?Wow, they probably spend more than that on lunch.
But it was not the English FA who committed the offences, but the England supporters. Could not UEFA have also imposed draconian strictures that would have an effect on the England supporters by cutting the numbers of them allowed inside the stadium to watch the match?
It needs something as draconian as this to make all of them realise that a group punishment is one way to punish the wrongdoers. This is why Britain gives the impression as being "soft" on wrongdoers.A bit unfair to punish the vast, vast majority of supporters who did nothing wrong.
It needs something as draconian as this to make all of them realise that a group punishment is one way to punish the wrongdoers.
It will be at that point when England will face a ban in participating from events such as this.The perpetrators won't care about that. They'll do it again.
Have Bulgaria been banned from any tournaments following their racial abuse of England players in the last few years? That was far worse than anything England supporters have done in quite some time, and was not taken seriously by that nation's governing body nor their government.It will be at that point when England will face a ban in participating from events such as this.
Have Bulgaria been banned from any tournaments following their racial abuse of England players in the last few years? That was far worse than anything England supporters have done in quite some time, and was not taken seriously by that nation's governing body nor their government.
Booing a national anthem is crass, and ultimately will only encourage the opposing team to raise their game... but it certainly isn't something that causes any actual harm. All this pearl-clutching over it is frankly pathetic.
But it was not the English FA who committed the offences, but the England supporters. Could not UEFA have also imposed draconian strictures that would have an effect on the England supporters by cutting the numbers of them allowed inside the stadium to watch the match?
No 3rd vs 4th place "bronze medal" decider tonight?
No 3rd vs 4th place "bronze medal" decider tonight?
Hasn't happened in the Euros since 1980. Thank goodness.
Quite! As was the case in the World Cup in Russia.A completely meaningless game played by two sides who probably just want to go home.
Whoever remembers the team that came "third"?
Who was it who decided where the final was to be played in this particular competition, which is being played a year later than scheduled?Well no, that would affect income for UEFA and that just wouldn't work for them.
That's quite the false equivalency there. Kudos.I'm not having a go at anybody here so as to make things clear, but did English clubs get barred from participating in the European club tournaments for five years after the Heysel Disaster in 1985 caused by an element of Liverpool hooligans?
A very charitable take from north of the border!
Don't mention it.
The FA or Football Association is the original hence it needs no Country Identifier unlike all the others -Scottish Football Association et al.
It's time you claimed another Trophy to go with your World Cup, for surely as the pioneers it is your birthright.
A completely meaningless game played by two sides who probably just want to go home.
Whoever remembers the team that came "third"?
In recent times, have either FIFA or UEFA ever imposed any type of strictures on any national team football associations or the national team themselves specifically over the matter of racism?Have Bulgaria been banned from any tournaments following their racial abuse of England players in the last few years? That was far worse than anything England supporters have done in quite some time, and was not taken seriously by that nation's governing body nor their government.
Just relatively small fines (which are more symbolic than punitive) and being forced to play behind closed doors (a punishment that was somewhat hollow for the last 15 months). No bans or suspensions, though as Bulgaria are pretty rubbish, such a punishment would be equally pointless in this instance. They've fallen a long way since the days of Hristo Stoichkov.In recent times, have either FIFA or UEFA ever imposed any type of strictures on any national team football associations or the national team themselves specifically over the matter of racism?
Hungary a couple of days ago. 3 match ban for supporters.In recent times, have either FIFA or UEFA ever imposed any type of strictures on any national team football associations or the national team themselves specifically over the matter of racism?