History Main / FootballHooligans

* The Italian movie ''Film/EccezzziunaleVeramente'' follows the humorous hijinks of three different football fans who all support different clubs: Felice "Tirzan" la Pezza - a Juventus supporter, Franco Alfano - an Inter Milan supporter, and Donato Cavallo - an AC Milan hooligan. Tirzan decides to drive a bus all the way to Belgium to watch his team play a European Cup tie against Anderlecht, but numerous mishaps - which include his bus being stolen outside of Paris - lead him to cross ties with Franco, who himself got tricked by his friends into believing he won the lottery. Meanwhile, Donato clashes against an Inter hooligan after a Milan derby, and after watching him lose his conscience and his memory after slipping on a banana peel, is so guilt-ridden that he goes to pay him a visit in the hospital. The sequel, ''Capitolo Secondo... Me'', is set fifteen years after the original: Tirzan turns a new leaf after staying in a coma following a NoodleIncident and ends up butting heads with his new neighbor - a Napoli supporter; Donato, after staying in Ibiza for over twenty years, decides to come back home to see his old girlfriend, who surprisingly had a child with the same Inter hooligan he faced off with in the previous film; finally, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick Franco is blackmailed by a local mafia chapter to kill a person in order to clear the debt of the cafe he frequents with his fellow Inter fans.]]

* The Italian movie ''Film/EccezzziunaleVeramente'' follows the humorous hijinks of three different football fans who all support different clubs: Felice "Tirzan" la Pezza - a Juventus supporter, Franco Alfano - an Inter Milan supporter, and Donato Cavallo - an AC Milan hooligan. Tirzan decides to drive a bus to watch his team play a European Cup tie against Anderlecht, but numerous mishaps - which include his bus being stolen outside of Paris - lead him to cross ties with Franco, who himself got tricked by his friends into believing he won the lottery. Meanwhile, Donato clashes against an Inter hooligan after a Milan derby, and after watching him lose his conscience and his memory after slipping on a banana peel, is so guilt-ridden that he goes to pay him a visit in the hospital. The sequel, ''Capitolo Secondo... Me'', is set fifteen years after the original: Tirzan turns a new leaf after staying in a coma following a NoodleIncident and ends up butting heads with his new neighbor - a Napoli supporter; Donato, after staying in Ibiza for over twenty years, decides to come back home to see his old girlfriend, who surprisingly had a child with the same Inter hooligan he faced off with in the previous film; finally, [[BreadEggsMilkSquick Franco is blackmailed by a local mafia chapter to kill a person in order to clear the debt of the cafe he frequents with his fellow Inter fans.]]

* The Italian movie ''Film/EccezzziunaleVeramente'' follows the humorous hijinks of three different football fans who all support different clubs: Felice "Tirzan" la Pezza - a Juventus supporter, Franco Alfano - an Inter Milan supporter, and Donato Cavallo - an AC Milan hooligan. Tirzan decides to drive a bus to watch his team play a European Cup tie against Anderlecht, but numerous mishaps - which include his bus being stolen outside of Paris - lead him to cross ties with Franco, who himself got tricked by his friends into believing he won the lottery. Meanwhile, Donato clashes against an Inter hooligan after a Milan derby, and after watching him lose his conscience and his memory after slipping on a banana peel, is so guilt-ridden that he goes to pay him a visit in the hospital. The sequel, ''Capitolo Secondo... Me'', is set fifteen years after the original: Tirzan turns a new leaf after staying in a coma following a NoodleIncident and ends up butting heads with his new neighbor - a Napoli supporter; Donato, after staying in Ibiza for over twenty years, decides to come back home to see his old girlfriend, who surprisingly had a child with the same Inter hooligan he faced off with in the previous film; finally, Franco is blackmailed by a local mafia chapter to kill a person in order to clear the debt of the cafe he frequents with his fellow Inter fans.

It's widely thought of as a [[BritishMediaTropes very British trope]], but [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_hooliganism hooliganism in football]] (and other sports) is prevalent around the world (even [[SoccerHatingAmericans in the United States]]) -- and as far as football is concerned, there are some very wild Es/{{Ultras}} in Spain, Italy and most Eastern European countries. That said, football hooliganism has been a scourge on British public life for generations, and it remains a defining British characteristic for foreigners (particularly Americans). The specific British tropes related to the phenomenon are the LondonGangster and TheYardies, groups which can overlap with hooligan populations. Scotland adds another dimension with the ViolentGlaswegian being part of the particularly violent Celtic-Rangers firm.

** The city of UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}} is notorious for having some of the nation's most vicious fans in any sport, but its football team, the Eagles, has probably the worst of the bunch. The basement of the old Veterans Stadium had a fully-functional branch of the Philadelphia Municipal Court (known unofficially as "Eagles Court"),[[note]]The Municipal Court judge responsible for Eagles Court, Seamus P. [=McCaffery=], successfully rode his reputation as "the Eagles judge" through several elections to become a Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. He eventually was caught sharing porn with other judiciary employees and several employees of the state Attorney General's office via official state email; he resigned in disgrace in 2014. His story is one of several that Pennsylvania lawyers opposed to the continued election of judges like to trot out in favor of switching to another system.[[/note]] where brawlers could be charged right away. The worst of them congregated in the Vet's "700 Level", which Wiki/TheOtherWiki describes as being known for "hostile taunting, fighting, public urination, and [[QuirkyTown general strangeness]]." Steven Wells, writing for ''The Guardian'', called Philadelphia [[https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2005/dec/07/ussport.football "the NFL's equivalent of Millwall."]] The most infamous incident is when the fans [[http://www.snopes.com/holidays/christmas/santa/philadelphia.asp booed Santa and threw snowballs at him]] -- although this happened in TheSixties, [[NeverLiveItDown it's still brought up when unruly Philly fans are mentioned.]] And it came to a head in 2018, when the Eagles finally won the UsefulNotes/SuperBowl and the fans [[https://deadspin.com/things-philadelphians-did-1822724326 promptly lost their shit]], to the point where the city preemptively covered every lightpole in the city with grease [[GenreSavvy in anticipation of people trying to climb them]]. (Didn't stop 'em.) [[http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-november-2-2009/clash-of-the-cretins This clip]] from ''Series/TheDailyShow'' makes fun of Philly's general reputation.

* Boxing, despite the inherent violence in watching a couple of guys pummel the hell out of each other, [[{{irony}} has usually been contained]]. But every so often, a riot will be touched off because of irate fans protesting the referee's call. In [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riddick_Bowe_vs._Andrew_Golota one infamous 1996 fight]], a riot was begun by Riddick Bowe's security detail pushing rival boxer Andrew Golota, who responded, naturally, with punches; another security guy hit Golota on the head [[ImprovisedWeapon with his walkie-talkie]]. A huge melee ensued between irate fans and the boxer's entourages, with Creator/{{HBO}}'s ringside boxing commentators caught in the thick of it; HBO's cameras ensured the brawl [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV8A7jCf4Cg was caught on live national TV]]. Boxing legend George Foreman, part of HBO's team, attempted to get the enraged fans to knock it off, but they didn't listen, so he instead helped his fellow commentators escape unharmed. The aftermath saw 10 arrested and 17 injured.

* In ''Series/{{Elementary}}'', M's alibi for the murder of [[spoiler:Irene Adler]] is that he was doing time for a BarBrawl over the relative merits of Arsenal (his team) and Manchester United. Also, when Sherlock finally meets him, he sees M watching Arsenal and tells him that he now has one more reason to hate him.

* In UsefulNotes/{{Israel}}, the most notorious hooligans are supporters of Beitar Jerusalem. Beitar's hardcore fans (known as [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast la Familia]]) are particularly known not just for hooliganism, but also for [[AbsoluteXenophobe hardcore xenophobia]] and LowerClassLout behavior. The large majority of Beitar's fanbase are descendants of Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews who were expelled from North Africa and Arab countries after 1948, who had historically been economically and socially disadvantaged in Israel; that may explain their extreme hatred of Muslims (reflected in some of their more charming chants as "Death to the Arabs", "May your village burn down" and "Muhammad is a fag son of a whore"). Beitar doesn't so much have one particular rival team as they abuse every other team mercilessly. Other teams in Israel have passionate supporters, but their behavior is usually pretty civilized. Even the most intense rivalry, the Tel Aviv derby ([[=HaPoel=]] Tel Aviv and Maccabi Tel Aviv), rarely gets more intense than the usual trash talk between fans and the occasional fist fight.

* UsefulNotes/{{Scotland}} has its own share of hooligans; the most infamous cross over with the ViolentGlaswegian archetype in the form of the "Old Firm", the rivalry between Glasgow clubs Celtic and Rangers. It's particularly notorious for its political and religious overtones in relation to UsefulNotes/TheTroubles (Celtic being the Catholic/Republican team and Rangers being the Protestant/Unionist team). It got to the point where [[Creator/TheBBC BBC]] war correspondent Kate Adie, who was covering sectarian protests, noted that you could tell when they were going to start by looking at the football schedule. Scottish hooligans gained a global reputation when Rangers fans started rioting in Manchester at the 2008 UEFA Cup Final contested against Zenit Saint Petersburg (another team that gained infamy for their questionable supporters), when a screen showing the match in Piccadilly Gardens failed.

* WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls are challenged to a football game by the Rowdyruff Boys in "Anything Boys Can Do, Squirrels Can Do Better" (the Rowdyruffs' comic book debut, from ''Cartoon Network Action Pack'' #1). Bubbles gets knocked out and filling in is Twitchy, the squirrel from the very first PPG issue in that series.

* A song in ''Series/RutlandWeekendTelevision'' called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dzH0z1_-hY "Football"]] has some UpToEleven lyrics describing the phenomenon:

* "The Firm" by Music/FunkerVogt is about hooliganism. The video is of a firm getting together to fight their rivals.
* "The Few" by Music/BillyBragg is a disgusted attack on the far-right-wing hooligan element among England's national football supporters.

* Mentioned in several ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' sourcebooks, mostly that rioting football crowds are a very convenient way for runners to cover up other crimes.

* ''Hooligans: Storm over Europe'', which is a tactical RTS specifically about hooligans -- from the hooligans' point of view.

* In the ''Street Fighter'' series, the English fighter Cammy White is stoic, proper (if slightly icy) young lady, befitting her role as an [=MI6=] agent, but so engrained is this trope that one of her command throw attacks is named “Hooligan Combination”.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hurricanes}}'': [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Stavros Garkos]], owner of [[OpposingSportsTeam the Garkos Gorgons]], hires some youngsters to act as hooligans to make the World Soccer Association close the Hurricanes' stadium.
* ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBeavers'': In "Soccer? I Hardly Know 'Er!", Daggett turns out to be able to channel his bad temper into being a skilled soccer goalie. However, he gets so into the game he acts like a hooligan (complete with bad accent), ranting on about how it doesn't matter how the game itself plays out, because there will always a fight afterward.

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* The third volume of ''ComicBook/{{Stumptown}}'' features the Timbers Army, the ''spirited'' fans of the Portland Timbers. Scenes set at the opening Portland-Seattle game have Timbers chants as a wall of words that take up a fair amount of the background of every scene, advocating burning down Seattle in its entirety. And then a Timbers fan gets assaulted after the game. The league are terrified by this, as they tolerate aggressive chanting but know that any hint of real European- or Latin American-style violent hooliganism will probably destroy the sport again in the US for a generation.

* WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls are challenged to a football game by the Rowdyruff Boys in "Anything Boys Can Do, Squirrels Can Do Better" (the Rowdyruffs' comic book debut, from Cartoon Network Action Pack #1). Bubbles gets knocked out and filling in is Twitchy, the squirrel from the very first PPG issue in that series.

* The Creator/DingoPictures animated film ''Animal Soccer World'' invokes this with a gang of duck hooligans who show up for the animal soccer game. They're stereotypically attired and some have weapons with them before the game even starts. They play no part in the film after being introduced.

* ''Film/TheFootballFactory'' is a satirical {{mockumentary}}-like film based on a novel about a thirty-something in an extremist Chelsea-supporting fan club who travels around with other members attacking fans of rival clubs. When Chelsea are up against Millwall one week, tension builds in the businesses that many fans work at, because half are Chelsea fans and the other half are Millwall fans.
%%* ''The Firm'' (2009) - West Ham
* ''Film/GreenStreet'' has Elijah Wood's FishOutOfWater American student sucked into the world of a West Ham firm.

* In the German film ''[[Film/FussballIstUnserLeben Fußball ist unser Leben]]'' some Schalke hooligans capture a football player (who is more interested in HookersAndBlow than in football) to train him themselves, because they would lose a bet (with one hooligan's house at stake) if Schalke lose.
* In ''Film/CockneysVsZombies'', two mobs of ''undead'' football hooligans encounter one another in the street, each still dressed in the colors of their favorite team. They immediately stagger to the attack, clumsily hitting and shoving one another, and ignoring the living protagonists who marvel that "[e]ven when they're zombies, they can't stand each other."
* The Italian movie ''Eccezzziunale Veramente'' follows the humorous hijinks of three different football fans who all support different clubs: Felice "Tirzan" la Pezza - a Juventus supporter, Franco Alfano - an Inter Milan supporter, and Donato Cavallo - an AC Milan hooligan. Tirzan decides to drive a bus to watch his team play a European Cup tie against Anderlecht, but numerous mishaps - which include his bus being stolen outside of Paris - lead him to cross ties with Franco, who himself got tricked by his friends into believing he won the lottery. Meanwhile, Donato clashes against an Inter hooligan after a Milan derby, and after watching him lose his conscience and his memory after slipping on a banana peel, is so guilt-ridden that he goes to pay him a visit in the hospital. The sequel, ''Capitolo Secondo... Me'', is set fifteen years after the original: Tirzan turns a new leaf after staying in a coma following a NoodleIncident and ends up butting heads with his new neighbor - a Napoli supporter; Donato, after staying in Ibiza for over twenty years, decides to come back home to see his old girlfriend, who surprisingly had a child with the same Inter hooligan he faced off with in the previous film; finally, Franco is blackmailed by a local mafia chapter to kill a person in order to clear the debt of the cafe he frequents with his fellow Inter fans.

* In the Italian film ''Ultras'', a middle-aged football hooligan from Naples struggles to find balance between loyalties to his old comrades, guidance to the new generation of the gang, and his own desire for a quiet, peaceful life after decades of violence.

* Given the Literature/{{Discworld}} treatment in ''Literature/UnseenAcademicals''. Lord Vetinari tries to bring order to the ancient sport of "foot-the-ball" in order to tame the football hooligans (and more importantly, the thuggish "Faces" that run the mobs of opposing teams) that have been causing trouble in the city.
* According to Creator/DaveBarry in "Football Deflated":
-->''In most nations, when people say "football" they mean "soccer", which is a completely different game in which smallish persons whiz about on a field while the spectators beat each other up and eventually overthrow the government.''
* Adopted for horse racing in ''Literature/BelisariusSeries''. The Greens and The Blues, and their rivalry that culminated in the (in)famous [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nika_riots Nika riots]] in the original timeline that destroyed half of the Constantinople and just barely avoided leading to the destruction of Byzantine government at the time, were treated much like modern football hooligans or the rival firms.

* In the 1970s, a now-defunct publishing house called the ''Creator/NewEnglishLibrary'' specialised in lurid penny-dreadfuls, hack-written novels capitalising on ''[[UsefulNotes/BritishNewspapers Daily Mail]]'' readers' fears about British society going to Hell in a handcart. Among its copious catalogue were pulp novels by a "Richard Allen" about football hooliganism, with no nose left unbroken nor no groin unkicked. Allen wrote four or five books about the hooligans, culminating in a truly outrageous piece called ''Striker!'', where football hooligans precipitate the collapse of British society and, with the aid of no-good trade unions and communists, take over the country. Eventually, the Americans call a halt to Britain's slide into anarchy by sending their army in to restore order and put down hooliganism.

* [[Music/{{Madness}} Suggs']] memoir ''That Close'' includes a chapter about his teenage involvement in a Chelsea hooligan gang, until a particularly nasty trip to Charlton Athletic scared him straight.

* Creator/{{Irvine Welsh}}'s novels are [[AuthorAppeal rife with hooligans]]:
** In ''Literature/{{Trainspotting}}'''s prequel ''Literature/{{Skagboys}}'', Begbie is established to be one of these, which [[BloodKnight should come as]] [[ViolentGlaswegian no]] [[AxCrazy surprise]].
** In ''Literature/{{Glue}}'', Carl "N-Sign" Ewart supports Heart of Midlothian F.C. (commonly known as Hearts), much to the dislike of his mates, who are fans of Hibernian F.C. (often known as Hibs), the Hearts' local rivals. The book also features football firms of the Rangers, Dundee United, and Aberdeen.
** Skinner from ''Literature/TheBedroomSecretsOfTheMasterChefs'' is a supporter of the Hibs.

* According to the ''Literature/DresdenFiles'' short story "Last Call", this phenomenon is caused by maenads putting enchantments on craft beers served at sporting events. Dresden had to stop them when they tried to do this with several cases of Mac's beer meant to be served at a Bulls game.

* Mike Myers had a recurring [[ShowWithinAShow fictional TV show]] sketch on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' called "Scottish Soccer Hooligans Weekly."
* Danish police show ''Anna Pihl'' had an episode concentrating on the Danish "casual" subculture: violent football hooligans modelled after the English firms, also connected to racist crime.
* ''Casualty'' had an episode in which crowd trouble at a football match resulted in several home and away fans being hospitalised.
* ''Series/EastEnders'' had a gang of them, run by vicious gangster Terry Bates, appear as recurring villains between 2007 and 2009. In a heated discussion with Jase, who used to be a member of the gang, Minty reminds him of the real-life Heysel and Hillsborough disasters mentioned below[[note]]this courted controversy as the line was misinterpreted as suggesting that Hillsborough was ''caused'' by hooliganism, a long-debunked theory and a ''gigantic'' BerserkButton for the entire city of Liverpool. What Minty was actually referring to was that the catch fencing at Hillsborough, against which 97 Liverpool fans were fatally crushed, had been erected as an anti-hooliganism measure in the wake of the Heysel disaster[[/note]].
* One episode of ''Series/{{Life On Mars|2006}}'' dealt with a murder tied to the upcoming Manchester Derby (City vs. United). At the end, a furious Sam rants at the hooligan Perp of the Week about the future of football in England, because he knows Heysel and Hillsborough will happen in the future (as detailed in the Real Life section):
-->''And then we overreact, and we have to put up perimeter fences and we treat the fans like animals! Forty, fifty thousand people herded into pens! And then how long before something happens, eh? How long before something terrible happens and we are dragging ''bodies'' out?''

* An episode of ''Series/TheThinBlueLine'' had the police being worried about a possible outbreak of football hooliganism due to a London team playing the local club. In arresting various troublemaking elements, they end up locking up the entire local club.
* ''Series/TheGoodies'':
** One episode about soccer hooliganism had ''ballet'' eventually replacing soccer as the national pastime. This was then ruined by ''ballet hooligans'' (which has indeed happened historically, at least in response to the opening of ''Theatre/TheRiteOfSpring'').
** Another episode had Tim and Graeme run in, cheering, chanting, and dressed in red-white scarves and woolly hats:
--->'''Bill:''' [[SarcasmMode So where've you two been?]]\\
'''Graeme:''' ''[[SmartPeoplePlayChess The chess championships!]]''

* A song in ''Series/RutlandWeekendTelevision'' called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dzH0z1_-hY "Football"]] has some UpToEleven lyrics describing the phenomenon:
-->''I 'ack limbs off for Newcastle\\
I rape for Luton Town\\
For the Rangers I kill strangers\\
And kick police horses down\\
I set fire to referees 'oo let opponents score\\
Yes, football is the game that we adore''

* Documented in Danny Dyer's (of ''The Football Factory'') series ''The Real Football Factories'' and ''The Real Football Factories International''.
* In Australia, ''Series/TheChasersWarOnEverything'' had a skit involving selling balaclavas and (fake) knuckledusters in club colors to [[UsefulNotes/RugbyLeague Canterbury Bulldogs]] fans.
* After the home team wins in an episode of ''Series/ThirdRockFromTheSun'':
-->'''Mary''': Listen, can you hear them celebrating?\\
'''Dick''': ''[wistfully]'' Yes, the happy sounds of cars over turning and stores being looted. I love the smell of burning rubber, it smells like victory!
* In ''Series/{{Elementary}}'', M's alibi for the murder of [[spoiler:Irene Adler]] is that he was doing time for a BarBrawl over the relative merits of Arsenal (his team) and Manchester United. Also, when Sherlock finally meets him, he sees M watching Arsenal and tells him that he now has one more reason to hate him.

* ''Series/{{Burnistoun}}'' takes a couple shots at the famous Glasgow football rivalries:
** A recurring gag in Series 3 subverts this. In the sketches, rowdy-looking fans of the Burnistoun United football team attempting to come up with rude songs to sing at the opposing team, but tend to make them overly nice and polite instead.
** In one sketch, police are stationed at the football game to prevent a riot. However, they end up provoking one instead after one of the officers pepper-sprays the goalie of the team he doesn't support. Quality polis indeed.

** The chaos surrounding the May 28, 2022 UEFA Champions League Final between Liverpool and Real Madrid at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis escalated to quasi-''diplomatic crisis'' when France's minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin and Sports minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra falsely put all the blame on "Liverpool hooligans who bought 40.000 fake tickets". It turned out there was a whole unruly mob of young French people from the nearby Seine-Saint-Denis [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banlieue banlieue]] who came at the stadium and caused all sorts of troubles (there were multiple reports of aggressions, threats with ''machetes'', thefts and sexual assaults) and were massively allowed in the stadium without tickets due to very lenient stadium stewards with the same social background. The lack of security measures, the brutal anti-riot police response that hit British and Spanish supporters who didn't deserve it (and in some cases were already shocked by the aforementioned unruly mob if not victims of it) and the French governmental efforts to cover up that latter aspect (including Darmanin's lie) only made things worse and painted a pretty terrible picture of France's sports events and security issues two years before the UsefulNotes/OlympicGames of Paris.

** The chaos surrounding the May 28, 2022 UEFA Champions League Final between Liverpool and Real Madrid at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, escalated to quasi-''diplomatic crisis'' when France's minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin and Sports minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra falsely put all the blame on "Liverpool hooligans who bought 40.000 fake tickets". It turned out there was a whole unruly mob of young French people from the nearby Seine-Saint-Denis [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banlieue banlieue]] who came at the stadium and caused all sorts of troubles (there were multiple reports of aggressions, threats with ''machetes'', thefts and sexual assaults) and were massively allowed in the stadium without tickets due to very lenient stadium stewards. The lack of security measures, the brutal anti-riot police response that hit British and Spanish supporters who didn't deserve it (and in some cases were already shocked by the aforementioned unruly mob if not victims of it) and the French governmental efforts to cover up that latter aspect (including Darmanin's lie) only made things worse.

* Whether the national team loses or wins a match (particularly during FIFA World Cup / UEFA Euro times), you'll pretty much always hear of riots and burned cars there after said matches. Quite infamously, such things tend to happen and involve members of the Algerian diaspora in France whenever UsefulNotes/{{Algeria}} plays against France or wins matches in important competitions.

* Whether UsefulNotes/{{France}} loses or wins a match (particularly during FIFA World Cup / UEFA Euro times), you'll pretty much always hear of riots and burned cars there after said matches. Quite infamously, such things tend to happen and involve members of the Algerian diaspora in France whenever UsefulNotes/{{Algeria}} plays against France or wins matches in important competitions.
* The chaos surrounding the May 28, 2022 UEFA Champions League Final between Liverpool and Real Madrid at the Saint-Denis Stadium, France, escalated to quasi-''diplomatic crisis'' when France's minister of the Interior Gérald Darmanin and Sports minister Amélie Oudéa-Castéra falsely put all the blame on "Liverpool hooligans who bought 40.000 fake tickets". It turned out there was a whole unruly mob of young French people from the nearby Seine-Saint-Denis [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banlieue banlieue]] who came at the stadium and caused all sorts of troubles. The lack of security measures, the brutal anti-riot police response that hit British supporters who didn't deserve it and the French governmental efforts to cover up that latter aspect (including Darmanin's lie) only made things worse.

-->'''Niles:'''Oh, I'm afraid not. Maris had a very poor experience last time she was there. An italian soccer team was seated at the next table. Maris said she was in the mood for a goose and, perhaps inevitably, [[HilarityEnsues tragedy ensued.]][[note]] For those who don't get the joke, "goose" is a slang term for pinching a woman's ass.[[/note]]

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* The Creator/DingoPictures animated film ''Animal Soccer World'' invokes this with a gang of duck hooligans who show up for the animal soccer game. They're stereotypically attired and some have weapons with them before the game even starts. They play no part in the film after being introduced.

** The Boston Red Sox have similarly violent fans, especially when it comes to their hated rivals, the New York Yankees. At least one person was killed in a celebratory riot in Boston after the team made an improbable comeback to beat the Yankees in the American League Championship Series in 2004. In the old old days, the Red Sox also had a riotous fan group called the "Royal Rooters", who once attacked a group of fellow Boston fans thinking "their" seats had been sold to them.

* Boxing, despite the inherent violence in watching a couple of guys pummel the hell out of each other, has usually been contained. But every so often, a riot will be touched off because of irate fans protesting the referee's call. In [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riddick_Bowe_vs._Andrew_Golota one infamous 1996 fight]], a riot was begun by Riddick Bowe's security detail pushing rival boxer Andrew Golota, who responded, naturally, with punches; another security guy hit Golota on the head [[ImprovisedWeapon with his walkie-talkie]]. A huge melee ensued between irate fans and the boxer's entourages, with Creator/{{HBO}}'s ringside boxing commentators caught in the thick of it; HBO's cameras ensured the brawl [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HV8A7jCf4Cg was caught on live national TV]]. Boxing legend George Foreman, part of HBO's team, attempted to get the enraged fans to knock it off, but they didn't listen, so he instead helped his fellow commentators escape unharmed. The aftermath saw 10 arrested and 17 injured.

* You wouldn't think UsefulNotes/{{cricket}} would lend itself to riots, being stereotypically associated with the QuintessentialBritishGentleman who'll break for a SpotOfTea. But...

* In UsefulNotes/{{Israel}}, the most notorious hooligans are supporters of Beitar Jerusalem. Beitar's hardcore fans (known as [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast la Familia]]) are particularly known not just for hooliganism, but also for [[AbsoluteXenophobe hardcore xenophobia]] and LowerClassLout behavior. The large majority of Beitar's fanbase are descendants of Sephardi and Mizrahi Jews who were expelled from North Africa and Arab countries after 1948, who had historically been economically and socially disadvantaged in Israel; that may explain their extreme hatred of Muslims (reflected in some of their more charming chants as "Death to all Arabs" and "Mohammed is a fag"). Beitar doesn't so much have one particular rival team as they abuse every other team mercilessly. Other teams in Israel have passionate supporters, but their behavior is usually pretty civilized. Even the most intense rivalry, the Tel Aviv derby ([[=HaPoel=]] Tel Aviv and Maccabi Tel Aviv), rarely gets more intense than the usual trash talk between fans and the occasional fist fight.

-->--'''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEiRE_-qdo8#t=2m38s Groundskeeper]] [[ViolentGlaswegian Willie]]''', ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''