Dec 28, 2013 -- 6:48AM, Whisperingdeath wrote:

Like I said Rhino,Most are Aussies are too dumb!The Football fans have changed too.  Those bad days are gone and it is a different crowd.  I remember going to Cologne in 2006 and there something like 50,000 to 60,000 England fans in the City and no trouble at all.

2010s[edit]
There were minor disturbances during and after England's 4-1 defeat to Germany during the 2010 FIFA World Cup. A German flag was burned down amongst a mob of English supporters in Leicester Square in England, as well as damage to a Haagen Daz restaurant within the vicinity. One German fan amongst the crowd was confronted by the mob, but there were no injuries.[149]
On 1 December 2010, supporters of rival West Midlands clubs Aston Villa and Birmingham City clashed at St Andrew's stadium after a Football League Cup tie, which resulted in 14 people being injured - less than 24 hours before England's bid to host the 2018 World Cup failed.[150] Missiles were hurled onto the pitch, a rocket flare was released in the stands, and there were also scuffles in nearby streets. By this stage, football hooliganism was rising dramatically, with 103 incidents of hooliganism involving under 19's in the 2009-10 season compared to 38 the season before. Cass Pennant, a former football hooligan, said that the rise in football hooliganism was the result of rising unemployment, poverty, and social discontent in the aftermath of the recent recession - a similar situation which had affected Britain for much of the 1970s and 1980s when hooliganism was at its peak.[151]
Football hooliganism in the English game is not exclusively in the Football League, as a few sparse incidents have occurred in the English non-league. For example on 19 February 2011, fighting broke out before and after the match between Chorley and Chester supporters during a top of the table clash between the sides.
In a match between Sheffield Wednesday and Leeds United on 19 October 2012, a fan of Leeds United attacked Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper Chris Kirkland during a pitch invasion to celebrate a goal.[152] The FA afterwards confirmed it would investigate the incident.[153] The hooligan had been identified on social media sites as someone who had previously been banned from every football ground in the UK.[154] Sheffield Wednesday manager Dave Jones said that Leeds fans were "vile animals" and called for them to be excluded from away matches in future.[153]
As well as physical violence, verbal abuse has regularly been used by football hooligans. Supporters of various rival clubs have frequently taunted Manchester United fans with chants and songs regarding the Munich air disaster of 1958, which claimed the lives of 23 people including eight of the club's players. Liverpool fans have also faced taunts regarding the Hillsborough disaster of 1989 in which 96 of the club's fans were fatally injured in a human crush at an FA Cup semi-final.[155] Dave Jones, as of November 2012 manager of Sheffield Wednesday, has faced taunts from the fans of a number of rival clubs relating to child abuse charges he was acquitted of in 2000.[156] Togolese striker Emmanuel Adebayor, who has played in England for Arsenal, Manchester City and now Tottenham Hotspur, has been taunted by supporters of rival clubs on many occasions.
After surviving a gun attack on the Togolose national team's bus in January 2010, he has been taunted by rival fans making fun of the shooting[157] and since before that date was also taunted with a song alleging that his father was employed as a menial labourer washing elephants and that his mother was a prostitute.[158] Chelsea defender Ashley Cole has been target of abuse from Arsenal fans since his transfer between the two clubs in 2006, with Arsenal fans accusing him of making the transfer merely for the sake of much higher wages.[159]
Cole has also faced verbal abuse from fans of Arsenal and other clubs about the collapse of his marriage to pop star Cheryl in 2010.[160] In January 2012, it was reported that the then Doncaster Rovers striker Billy Sharp had been taunted by Barnsley fans about the death of his two-day-old son Luey Jacob in October 2011.[161]
In a FA Cup semi-final match between Millwall and Wigan Athletic on 13 April 2013, the worst episode of violence witnessed at the New Wembley yet occurred when Millwall fans fought amongst themselves. 14 arrests were made.[162] On the same weekend, on 14 April 2013, violence broke out at a Premier League match between Newcastle United and Sunderland at St James' Park finished 3-0 to the Black Cats, this resulted in home fans rioting. Bottles were thrown, bins were set on fire and a horse was punched as mounted officers tried to move crowds back to allow visiting fans to be escorted to Metro and rail services. Twenty-nine arrests were made during the game itself.[163]