Hey people, hope life's treating you well. In response to Mike's question I have to go from Nottingham down to London to train with a PFS type guy whoi's really good. The midlands are a bit of a waste land regarding decent RBSD so I go where I have to.
But anyway onto my question- I was wondering if you ever have incidents of football violence in North America, by football I mean soccer to you guys because over here it's a big issue and I've a few run ins with football hooligans, one was the most fearful I've been and another ran a close second. First one was I met met the leader of The Forest Lads on public transport after I'd been on an all dayer with my old man and he showed me his collection of screwdrivers he liked to use on other people, he was trying to convince me that I should paint the town red with his boys and when I politely refused he got nasty but luckily for me the bus was full of people and I made a quick getaway when we reached the terminus. I had a crash course in verbal defusement that night and have never feared for my safety as much. This guy was out to hurt someone and it was so nearly me. Second one was I was walking to a bar (is there a pattern emerging here) when two groups of fans had a set too, a gun was drawn and was fired over the heads of people passing by, I've never hit the deck so quick.
I'm just curious to know if you get this type of thing in America, not bar brawls after a game but serious, organised groups of people out to hurt each other using sport as a mask. The classic pointers are all there, tribal loyalty, booze and testerone. There is a big problem with this in Europe and South America but I've yet to hear anything about it in North America.
Just wonderin'
Peace dudes
Matt