Well, it has happened again. I was driving in to work at 8:30am and was forced to stop behind a crowd of flag waving dickheads urinating in the middle of the road. Mrs P went out at lunch time on the fringes of Manchester City Centre and was forced to step over the prone bodies of drunken football 'fans' and pools of vomit. That was the good bit. The bad was crowds of beer and whisky swilling idiots forcing her off the pavement with threats and abuse into the path of oncoming traffic. Thank heavens she was unharmed. Where were the police all this time?

"Oh," says the civilian desk operative. "There is no problem really. We have it all under control. Just a few lads having a good time. We have to expect the odd incident in these situations"

Ha!

A few hours later and the Scottish idiots have lost to the Russian idiots. The police have to baton charge the crowds in at least two separate places. People are wandering about with blood pouring from wounds and the cost to the city is horrendous. Why don't we learn. Football hooliganism is endemic.

Sorry guys. Genuine fans and all that. Never any trouble at our ground merchants. Until people realise that football is just a GAME; until they accept that crowd behavior like todays is unacceptable in any walk of life then, as far as I am concerned, the whole damn thing should be banned.

Imagine for one minute that the crowds at Whitby or Fylde Folk festival did one fraction of the damage that these idiots do. Would the festival be back on next year? I think not. But because it is 'the great god football' it's all OK?

Come on you 'genuine fans'. Put a stop to it. Zero tolerance for any bad behavior is the only answer an only you can insist on it.

There. rant over. Feel better now.

Cheers

Dave