The Football Association has not accepted its allocated tickets and has advised all fans to stay in the UK.Įngland have also been threatened with expulsion from the entire Euro 2004 competition if they can't control their fans in Istanbul.ĭespite this, Brimson points to the hundreds of fans who attended the recent England game in Macedonia under similar restrictions and says that football violence is not something that can be turned on and off at will. "My concern is that normal English fans will be caught up in a situation that they have no experience of getting out of."īrimson's comments came as passports from at least 1,800 known English hooligans who are banned from travelling to Turkey were confiscated. "The English hooligan element is too savvy to go in all guns blazing and make the first move but, make no mistake, if the insults start flying they will fight back."
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