Most of the English supporters behaviour at the World Cup here two years ago was exemplary. They were playing football with the Swedish fans in the local parks. They came, they drank, they sang and they joined in the party. The only incident they were involved in here in Köln was when they were attacked by a bunch of neo-Nazi thugs in the Altstadt. That is what both the police said and my Irish friends, who witnessed it as they were working in the Altstadt at the times.
There is a riff raff element, which does tag along at times. I despise them as much as anyone else here. It is quite unfair to tar all of us England fans with the same brush. I am no more violent than anyone else here. Any of you who are near me are more than welcome to join me for a beer at a game of football. And I'll bet we'll part friends whatever the result. Bugger fighting, it's football that we are interested in.