Violent racism in Ukraine and Poland - fans warned to avoid.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18192375

I agree that they never should have gotten to host until they have to sort themselves out first.

Poland shouldn't be that bad at all. They have some issues but they shouldn't be a problem at Euro 2012. Ukraine is another story though. I heard they were burning stray animals alive on the streets to prepare for Euro 2012 and they have nutjob hooligans. The country is also still developing much more in comparison to Poland.

Anyways, Sol Campbell has some point about Ukraine but not as much about Poland. Regardless, he just seems to be seeking attention.

hosting euros there helps expose racial violence and segregation. its better than nothing and will force them to improve their standards in the long run

and anyways id like to see these ukrainians try and start a fight with a big fat italian who hides a knife inside their buttocks and carries a pack of batteries in their pocket

btw this just reeks of shitty sol campbell looking for mainstream relevance

Stay home, because traveling all the way to Ukraine/Poland to see England fail will be a waste of your time and money.

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Bbc did a documentary on t past night, proba on iplayer if anyone's interested but it looked really bad in Ukraine. There were a group of Asians who got a pretty brutal beating from the same fans as the club they were supporting. One guy also said they abuse a black player for their own club.

If they are doing this to their own fans, god knows what will happen to all the foreigners.

Anderson=Class wrote:I don't think Poland is 'that' bad compared to Ukraine. But Ukraine/Russia and the like have been a hotbed of radical racism since the collapse of the U.S.S.R (Still not everyone is racist)

and where is the 2018 would cup dare I say...

Was much better then the Sky documentary.. But I do think Poland will be a lot better then Ukraine. Made me laugh a while back though that according to some people we didn't get the World Cup because of the Birmingham V Aston Villa trouble the night before.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/jun/07/euro-2012-holland-racist-abuse?CMP=twt_gu

Started already? In pOlAnd

Disgraceful. I hope no problems occur during the matches as it would ruin the tournament.

Uefa subsequently tried to deny that it was racially motivated, saying they had checked with the Dutch squad and had been told it was not thought to be of that nature. Instead, the official line is that a small part of the crowd was protesting about the fact that Krakow had not been made one of the host cities. Another theory that has been put forward is that Wisla's supporters did not want their stadium being used by anyone but their own club and were simply booing the Dutch players.


UEFA (and some FA's- I'm thinking the Ukrainian bloke in the BBC doc) don't half talk some bollocks.

Shocking.

Another protest was inside the stadium as well.
http://m.ultras-tifo.net/news/945-protest-against-euro-at-dutch-and-irish-training.html

Really hope these clowns don't fuck up the whole thing for everybody else.

Well done UEFA.

"Poland shouldn't be that bad at all."

Polish supporters made protest in two different stadiums during training.

Many Wisla Krakow supporters met up in their stadium when the Dutch team had their training two days before Euro 2012 start. They had one anti-Euro banner with them and stood singing for 30 minutes before they left the stadium. Mostly songs like "fuck UEFA".

:oblivious:

Country doesn't really want the Euros.

UEFA gives it too them anyway, what a great organisation.