Is Cocaine use really so common in London? I saw a bit when I lived there (early 2000s), but never where it's most people in any setting.
Don't most of these guys get in by bribing the stewards? They're being paid maybe £100 for the shift? How much is a match ticket on the market? £500? If you slip two guys in for £300, 'everyone' wins.
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It's exceptionally common. The idea of it as an upper middle class drug is a stereotype 15/20 years out of date. In reality it's been effectively decriminalised.Lemoentjie wrote: ↑Thu Jul 15, 2021 8:41 am Is Cocaine use really so common in London? I saw a bit when I lived there (early 2000s), but never where it's most people in any setting.
Don't most of these guys get in by bribing the stewards? They're being paid maybe £100 for the shift? How much is a match ticket on the market? £500? If you slip two guys in for £300, 'everyone' wins.
There were three lots of breakers in, those who bribed their way in, those who tailgated through the automatic turnstiles, and the group who broke through the disabled entrance.
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No, It's the reverse. Allowing football to duck any responsibility by blaming society is blinding oneself to a key issue i.e. there are conditions at football that encourage a higher concentration of these types of people. Your argument is a bit like saying nothing needs be done about the November 9th Society because society created the racists and the fact that N9C has 100% racist membership and encourages their behaviours is incidental.Biffer wrote: ↑Mon Jul 12, 2021 8:35 amIt’s society, not football. Football is just a focus point. Portraying it as just a football problem is an easy way to pretend that it’s not a problem that all of us have to act on.Torquemada 1420 wrote: ↑Mon Jul 12, 2021 6:29 am 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱
A far better run than the doomsayers at outset and something to build upon. The majority enjoying something positive.
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Despite all the practising, England still poor at penalties.
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Racist abuse towards players who missed pens.
9 police officers injured.
Break in to Wembley.
Lunatic on the pitch during the game.
Laser into the Danish keeper's eyes/face.
The mass booing/whistling drowning the German anthem.
Football needs to get its house in order.