I don't think it's so much that it's the hooligan minority among English fans who cause all the trouble directly. But my impression is that their presence in this kind of event in the past may have tended to serve as a kind of challenge to hooligans from other countries.

Or perhaps it's just that the English tabloids weren't hyping up whatever may have taken place in the way of ructions, since it wouldn't have involved English fans. Rather on the lines of the tradition of "Earthquake in China. English teacher missing."