
Originally Posted by
hattonthehammer

Originally Posted by
Nameless
Then,if it happens, let me know, we'll be two to get the evil eye all around

football is the one sole sport that regales fans with such passion that more than often it does spill out onto the streets and crowd violence is all too common in our beloved game.
I could be seen anywhere in the world wearing a west ham tshirt and nobody would but flutter an eyelid. However if i were to wear it in areas of south london such as bermondsey/lewisham etc i would run the risk of someone smashing a bottle over my head.
West ham and millwalls rivalrly is one of the if not the most violent sporting conflict known. Violence erupts whenever the 2 sides meet, it goes right back to the days of the dockers and has continued ever since.
As ive already said i deplore the scum chucking bottles and bricks into random crowds not knowing whether or not it`ll hit a pregnant woman or an innocent bystander.
But if 2 sets of fans driven by hatred arrange an organised meet where they can get their frustrations out on eachother rather than innocent people i see no problem with football violence!
Personally, I disagree even with it: PEoples can get killed or as bad, permanently injured and believe me, you don't want somebody with a cranial trauma. Some of the kids involved into these "riots" are very young and easy to influence, they shouldn't not be there and are often "manipulated" by the crowd or their surrounding and would that happen a few years later, they wouldn't probably participate into such things.
Also, don't forget that the guy that dies or get injured seriously into such thing belongs to a family, by peoples that do love him. How would you feel if your son or your daughter would get killed/mangled into such thing? Personally, I would be devastated that a "stupid game" could generate enough hate to destroy a life and a family.
Thus said, what is the exact rivalry history of West Ham and Milwall? I understand that it is a dockers thing but could you tell me more?
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