Friday, September 15, 2006

Italian Politicians Condemn "Mafia" T-shirts in England's West Ham v Palermo UEFA Cup Match

 

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The European Federation Cup Matches are in Progress, and in West Ham England in a Match vs Palermo, the English lived down to their "Hooligan" reputation, and sold T-Shirts that read: "THE HAMMERS vs THE MAFIA"

Playing less like Hammers (Like in Nail and Hammer), and more like "Pigs Feet" , Palermo made "Prosciutto Crudo" out of the Hams, shutting them out 1-0 !!!!

Italian Politicians were up in arms vs what is even bizarrely Rude for even the UnRuly English.

Can you imagine what is in store for the "Hamsters", when the return match is played in Palermo, Sicily on  September 28 th ????

See More on English Hooligans: "Hollifan"  (Hooligan  + Fan) by Martin King and Martin Knight. It explains ironically that a good many of  these hard-core English fans also dabble in organized crime when they are not causing havoc in the stadium.

Certain known English Hooligans have been BARRED from traveling to various European Countries!!!!!!      For the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea, the United Kingdom took preliminary action. 1,000 football fans known to be hard-core hooligans had been asked to surrender their passports.!!!! Additionally,  In order to prevent ugly scenes during the 2002 World Cup, the Japanese and South Korean police went into special training for months. And even though these two countries' police forces are well-versed in martial arts, the Japanese police officers actually trained with updated versions of samurai weapons.!!!

The term "hooligan" found its way into the English language at around 1898 after a certain Patrick Hooligan had killed a London policeman. The case gained such notoriety that the London press soon coined the expression "hooliganism."

Some "apologists" for hooliganism, try to "gild a "road apple" by attempting to make it's beginnings more illustrious by trying to "associate" or intermingle, or confuse Hooliganism with "Hughligans." named after Lord Cecil Hugh, son of former Prime Minister Lord Salisbury, who led a progressive dissident  or rebellious wing of the  British Conservative Party in 1901, among them Winston Churchill. Such slight of hand is clumsy.

 

 

ITALIAN POLITICIANS CONDEMN MAFIA T-SHIRTS

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From Associated Press

Friday, September 15, 2006

 

ROME (AP) - Italian politicians condemned the sale of T-shirts reading "The Hammers vs. the Mafia" before West Ham's UEFA Cup match against Sicilian side Palermo.

"The T-shirt gesture ... is deplorable," Carlo Vizzini, a former member of the Italian parliament's anti-Mafia commission, was quoted as saying Friday by Italian news agency ANSA. "Perhaps it would be suitable for West Ham ... to apologize to Palermo's citizens."

The T-shirts were on sale outside West Ham's Upton Park stadium before Thursday's game in the first round of European soccer's second-tier competition. The London club lost the match 1-0.

Sicily's governor, Salvatore Cuffaro, said that the T-shirts were "an offense to all Sicilians," who were "tired" of outdated stereotypes.

"I hope that Palermo will respond to these stupid insults on the pitch and win the round," Cuffaro was quoted as saying by the Apcom news agency.

The return leg of the match will be played in Palermo on Sept 28.

 

 

 

 

 

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