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Reached at his home in England noted author and former hooligan Dougie Brimson had this to say to MLSR regarding the incidents in Columbus at the friendly vs West Ham:
"Whilst incredibly unfortunate, to be honest, news of this incident hardly comes as a shock. English fans on pre-season tours abroad have a history of becoming involved in trouble and when you have a club with a sizable travelling support, it is inevitable that there will be those amongst their number looking to kick off some kind of confrontation. Be it inside or outside the stadium.
That sadly, is the nature of the hooligan beast as the MLS is continuing to discover.
However, whilst it is easy to get distracted by trying to apportion blame, of greater concern to me is the simple truth that a group of visiting fans were able to move around the stadium seemingly quite freely. Given the fact the English fans in particular have a reputation for never backing down once provoked, this does seem to indicate that either security at the stadium were either unaware of this kind of behaviour and the reasons for it, or were simply ill prepared to deal with it.
Either way, although it's sad that they have had to learn this lesson the hard way, one can only hope that they will be better prepared should there ever be a repeat."
At this hour the story has gone round the world as we've seen it on the top of the Sky Sports News broadcast.
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Monday, July 21, 2008
COMMENTARY: Dougie Brimson Weighs In On Columbus/West Ham Brawl
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Reports I've seen from people at the stadium is that the majority of the WHU fans were in fact, Americans, NOT English. Some wannabe thugs that have seen Green Street Hooligans one too many times.
Sky Sports News has it out for the Crew! They always have!
Slander I say!
I am glad that someone else has seen that the security in the section is the a major problem. If security would have seen this in the first place, I don't believe any fights would have occurred.
Here's your famous, here's your famous, here's your famous Hudson Street!!!
Honestly I think that this "brawl" would barely be considered a news item if it were for American Football in the US or if it were for any two European teams. 30 people fighting at an Auburn/Alabama college football game would be considered waiting in line to take a piss, and in Europe 30 people hitting it off is not that impressive either. Of course, when talking about 30 people at a Crew international friendly you are talking about 40% of the attendance, so I guess proportionally this is a big thing.
Columbus till they cry, columbus till they cry
Two things are going to come of this little brawl:
1 Columbus will continue to be a MASSIVE club.
2 Everyone who is not a Crew fan will continue to root for small clubs.
Congratulations Crew, you're officially MASSSSSSSIVE!!!!
a massive pant load
LOL, you called Brimson over that "fight". This is hilarious.
The University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA) has done extensive research, pouring all sorts of money into its work. All of it designed to answer the question "Can hooliganism exist in the USA?" After years of research, and close to a million dollars spent they came to a conclusion, their report had a single sentence.
No, because cops carry guns here.
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