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Istanbul's big derby called off . . .

A heated Turkish cup clash has been called off just before the hour mark following several stoppages for objects being thrown from the stands
A Turkish cup clash between Fenerbahce and Beskitas has been abandoned amid chaotic scenes which saw coaches injured by missiles thrown from the stands.

A lively contest was brought to a halt just before the hour mark, with 58 minutes on the clock.

There had already been several stoppages before the match officials took the decision to postpone the fixture.

Early in the second half, Besiktas boss Senol Gunes was struck by an object thrown by Fenerbahce supporters, leaving him requiring five stitches in a head wound and a trip to hospital.

http://www.goal.com/en-sa/news/besiktas ... zio4n6pufc

Yet again the English are at fault:
1-Exporting the gentlemanly game of football to Istanbul through families and Naval personnel based there.
2-Causing Irish immigrant families in London to react in a delinquent and violent manner to deprivation and squalour they were forced to live under.
3- Passing this behaviour down many generations across the nation as normalised behaviour.
4- Exported by football fans in international competition
to be copied and emulated by the Turkish fans and even taken to possibly a higher level.

A hefty fine and lengthy ban is in order, for all English teams.

Weren't the original Hooligans an Irish family?

Reference point-2, R-man-on-the-ground-in-Turkey...Lambeth area first reports, 1890's.

rowan wrote:Weren't the original Hooligans an Irish family?

The O'Hooligans, the McHooligans or the McGinty Hooligans..?.

The ones with the enormous wolfhound . .

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It may have been the inspiration for Scooby . . .

Meanwhile in Wigan, the other side of football (and the world it seems) it's celebrations all round after more success in a lower league, in particular appreciation of Norn Iron intaenational Brummie Will Grigg...

Ageing skinheads? Or is practically every adult male in Britain completely bald?

The former mostly - first sign of male-pattern baldness amongst certain groups and it's the shaved head.to disguise it. ...also they can blend in with the younger genuine skin-heads down at the match.
Of course, there is a link to high testosterone levels...

Africans were way ahead of the game with the shaved head disguise for partial baldness. & they do it so much better. White dudes have gone from looking like bizarre circus clowns in the hippie era with long hair, bushy sideburns dense mustaches and bright pink balding spots, to resembling glowing skull-shaped table lamps in the 21st century. & you should see them when they come off the beaches in the Mediterranean! It's painful just to look at