The Times - Grimsby at Notts

[Bushwacka]

Article about the rise of violence and drugs at football in The Times today, centred around Grimsby and Leicester visiting Nottingham this weekend - LINK - no paywall for this one.

Includes quite a lot of video footage from ML.

[upthemaggies]

Article about the rise of violence and drugs at football in The Times today, centred around Grimsby and Leicester visiting Nottingham this weekend - LINK - no paywall for this one.

Includes quite a lot of video footage from ML.

They did a feature about this on talkSport this morning, he mentioned people in their 50s and 60s being involved with some of the organised violence. The increase across Europe will be a reflection of rising tensions and frustrations in wider society, but alchohol and drugs will play a huge part. Never understood why people feel they have to be 'out of it' to enjoy a football match.

[AllNottsAreWe]

Grimsby have always had a large vermin element.
Police must love the Grimsby Lincoln games - when they met.
Probably the worst bunch of cavemen in the NL, more so than Wrexham.

[Notts78]

Grimsby have always had a large vermin element.
Police must love the Grimsby Lincoln games - when they met.
Probably the worst bunch of cavemen in the NL, more so than Wrexham.

We walked past the Sirrel stand on Saturday and I don’t think there was an away fan that wasn’t intoxicated with drink and/or drugs. We also witnessed fans being let in the ‘emergency exits’.

[BigFatPie]

I can certainly see how people in places as neglected as Grimsby/Cleethorpes have been over the last 12 years would see how a day out in Notts would be decent. Especially with drink and drugs involved.

[Bushwacka]

Article about the rise of violence and drugs at football in The Times today, centred around Grimsby and Leicester visiting Nottingham this weekend - LINK - no paywall for this one.

Includes quite a lot of video footage from ML.

Not sure if the violence is on the up, but drinking and fighting at football is hardly a new phenomenon and I'd say the cocaine element has been significant for at least 20 years too.

[NcFc-123]

They did a feature about this on talkSport this morning, he mentioned people in their 50s and 60s being involved with some of the organised violence. The increase across Europe will be a reflection of rising tensions and frustrations in wider society, but alchohol and drugs will play a huge part. Never understood why people feel they have to be 'out of it' to enjoy a football match.

Being out of it would have got me through the Steve Thompson tenure nicely.

[laddo]

Being out of it would have got me through the Steve Thompson tenure nicely.

So true, the opioid era.