A couple comments from a Yank that admires the game of Football.(Soccer)

Many diehards in the US denigrate the game - probably due to the fact they, like the NFL players, could not last 15 minutes on that field of play.

Also done as more young people participate in Soccer than any other sport here.

Heard a former pro baseball player say this AM that those who can't play BB, FB, BB have to play Soccer. Horsepucky!

Every public place in the US Midwest, be it Tavern, coffee house or Restaurant with a Telly, has been loaded with Soccer spectators.

However, and not to be taken as an affront as we experience fights at our football games, why do some of the English chaps have to get their boxers in a wad and become hooligans? This is not for us taken as an example of football behavior but mostly as an example of bad behavior by a few Brit fans.