Did somebody just try to buy the British government?

Re:Did somebody just try to buy the British government? by pragmatic on Wednesday November 03, 2010 @11:56AM (#1865203)

Right, just Americans. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_hooliganism

I think all nationalities can go a little crazy over sportball.

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Re:Did somebody just try to buy the British government? by jamii on Wednesday November 03, 2010 @12:10PM (#1865256)

I would think that flag-waving nationalism is almost entirely unrelated to tearing up the stadium and eating the seats.

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Re:Did somebody just try to buy the British government? by mhd on Wednesday November 03, 2010 @02:00PM (#1865728)

The poster above mentioned that US sports spectators get patriotic, not crazy. I've watched people watch Baseball. You'd have to add 1000s of them together to get the calorie burn of one Dutch/English/German hooligan. Calorie intake on the other hand…

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Re:Did somebody just try to buy the British government? by DanI-S on Wednesday November 03, 2010 @12:18PM (#1865293)

I'm afraid you may have missed my point...

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Re:Did somebody just try to buy the British government? by wyclif on Wednesday November 03, 2010 @12:11PM (#1865267)

Voted you up, since it seems apparent to me that every Western country has sportsball fanaticism.

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