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oldironside

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3. UEFA never should have given them the tournament.

Reply to tabatha (Original post)

Mon May 28, 2012, 11:04 PM

May 2012

There is still time to shift the games to other countries. Germany, England and Italy all have the stadia and other facilities to host games at short notice.

The single worst event in Poland's history is the Nazi invasion and subsequent occupation, and yet you can still see these arseholes raising their right arms. Those who forget history...

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BBC Panorama - Euro 2012 - Stadiums Of Hate (WTF?) [View all] tabatha May 2012 OP

scary... I knew soccer had violent fans... didnt know about racist side of things lunasun May 2012 #1

I watched a special on this on one of the Discovery channels last year....... NavyDavy May 2012 #2

UEFA never should have given them the tournament. oldironside May 2012 #3

That reminds me of an article I read recently about an anti-semitic Polish couple Art_from_Ark May 2012 #4

No, no time left. SwissTony May 2012 #12

I'm shocked. The authorities allow it. limpyhobbler May 2012 #5

Dangerous territory that dipsydoodle May 2012 #6

That's not to say there wasn't racism. oldironside May 2012 #7

I still find it sad dipsydoodle May 2012 #8

"got adopted and misused by right wing hooligans" oldironside May 2012 #10

From memory dipsydoodle May 2012 #11

The Tea Party goes to soccer matches? marble falls May 2012 #9

The body language of the Colonel from Kharkiv Police just screams denial. SwissTony May 2012 #13

Get your facts straight Karpaty Chelsea May 2012 #14

They are all isolated events. KLimer May 2012 #15

These guys are idiots Confusious May 2012 #16

Sensationalist report Pavlovs_Dog May 2012 #17

Bad Journalism by BBC confirmed by CNN KLimer Jun 2012 #18

Glad to hear that it was biased. tabatha Jun 2012 #19

Real life wishes to disagree... SwissTony Jun 2012 #20

I'll be rooting for Spain, Italy, Sweden and Ireland. MichaelMcGuire Jun 2012 #21