Football violence in the UK is on the rise: pitch invasions; players and coaches being attacked by fans; fighting inside and outside grounds across England and Wales. But what’s driving it? Cocaine and class-A drugs? A new generation of younger fans? Or a collective release of bottled frustrations after two years of Covid lockdowns?
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The police are cracking down with new banning orders, targeting fans supplying cocaine and other Class-A narcotics, meaning they’re not allowed back inside grounds for years.
But experts say blanket bans won’t work, that the approach needs to focus on education and identifying the next generation of troublemakers before it’s too late.
In the meantime, it’s left to the stewards, who have seen their workforce depleted after the pandemic, to deal with ripped up seats, broken bottles, abuse and anti-social behaviour.
Are we heading back to an era of violence, with echoes of the 1980s hooliganism that tarnished British football in the eyes of the world, or is there a way to restore calm in football grounds across the country?
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Nope it's just a shower of absolute bellends
Cocaine has been around at football matches for 30 odd years. 'Columbian Marching Powder' as we used to say 'back in the day'. The Guardian full of middle class Lefty liberals don't know the first thing about working class football culture. Never have and never will.
Pmsl fake report, nothing will be said if straight white maIes were being abused or Christians being att×cked. FAKE REPORT.
Many young men love to fight it’s in the DNA,especially the English.
..and that's just the women's games
how on esarth does chasnnel 4 get away with this BIAS reporting? that elder man saying :" they live in a nice areas? so what? so people who live in bad areas you think they are all bad people? and only people who live in good areas should be good people? shocking poor reporting!
drugs fuels by albaonains! OH! that means a conversation of illegal migration? is channel 4 allowed to talk about this?
Twats.
I gave up on football after witnessing first hand the 70s and 80s thuggery on the terraces…not surprised
Drugs are for mugs
Typical British analysis… Lads coked up boxing simple…
Cage men you will Create animals but these lads need to realise stop fighting each other and fight the system that is creating the madness.
Hardly football factory is it? Just a coupla kids having a hissy fit
Police arest u fir a twitter comnent ffs its a stranger on twitter get off twitter or block them its not face to face abuse police dont do grooming gangs or bulgarues
Unfortunately it's either drink, drugs or both.
They are just kids gesturing, not seen a single punch or a bottle throw in your entire film. ( apart from the old stuff of course )Over reaction if you ask me. click bait.
All hard men they shave in cold water
The last few games I've been to in England the atmosphere has been utterly grim. There just seems to be so much anger in the air, all the fans are interested in is insulting and mocking the opposition fans even more than supporting their own team, the same tired old copied and recycled chants but with maybe slightly different words but ALWAYS the same tune (do ANY fans have original chants anymore?), and a constant, bubbling undercurrent of aggression and violence. Booze, cocaine, Brexit, social media, covid……can't help but think it's all connected.
Why are these lairy lads not kicking the doors down on the illegal "guest" hotels instead? Some footsoldiers.
All we need now is unity amongst football lads, we will soon have bigger fish to fry and will need to come together..
Fk channel 4 and fk the government.
Let's take it to em.