stinger wrote:Don't care about you visiting Ukraine, as I don't plan to go there. But does anyone is coming to Poland for Euro 2012? If yes, I am open for a beer. I live close to Warsaw, but one more reason to go to Wroclaw, Poznan or Gdansk never hurts.
If any longtime member is coming, I can provide my mobile phone number (via PM) if you think you can have some questions.
Disco Benny wrote:Aside from the far reach of the English super duper league, there are over 3 million Poles living in the Uk. Assuming you are what you say you are (an Englander who "favors" American english), its a lot less confusing that Stinger supports Everton than you supporting Zenit St Petersburg and Atletic Bilbao and Uruguay
Yo Stinger, the missus has banned me from going as we have summer holidays planned. Have a good one and good luck to Polska. 11 Wojciech Szesznys (#legends)
BoBo Vieri 32 wrote:Disco Benny wrote:Aside from the far reach of the English super duper league, there are over 3 million Poles living in the Uk. Assuming you are what you say you are (an Englander who "favors" American english), its a lot less confusing that Stinger supports Everton than you supporting Zenit St Petersburg and Atletic Bilbao and Uruguay
Yo Stinger, the missus has banned me from going as we have summer holidays planned. Have a good one and good luck to Polska. 11 Wojciech Szesznys (#legends)
unlucky Bernd
Justice for Goldado wrote:I thought this guy was a scouser who supported Everton
Georgi Glenkladze wrote:I'll be in the Ukraine for most of the tournament. Not going to Poland on principle, and not the one most of you will think it is.
Pierre Littbarski wrote:Georgi Glenkladze wrote:I'll be in the Ukraine for most of the tournament. Not going to Poland on principle, and not the one most of you will think it is.
stinger wrote:Justice for Goldado wrote:I thought this guy was a scouser who supported Everton
Allez les rouges wrote:I'll be there – certainly briefly, and hopefully longer depending on how the tournament goes
In more progressive news, appears the Media coverage of racism in Ukraine attacked by Official England Supporters' club:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5jGvIr4tgrsoBVkBtbG-B49Rcc1mw?docId=N0111621338976819645A
The official England football supporters club have criticised media coverage of racism in Ukraine ahead of Euro 2012.
Mark Perryman, the convener of the London England Fans' group, described the stories in recent weeks as "unhelpful". Former England centre-back Sol Campbell warned fans to avoid the tournament after BBC Panorama filmed football supporters in Ukraine giving Nazi salutes and taunting black players with monkey noises.
The families of black England players Theo Walcott and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain said they would not travel to watch the matches because of fears over racism. Perryman said: "We were angry about the coverage. If there is racist abuse of our players or fans we'll be the first to complain. But we refused to believe that Ukrainians are all racist. The coverage is being unhelpful."
He added: "It (racism) happens in international football and England fans get very angry about it, (but) we don't go to a game expecting it to happen and that is the case here."
Perryman said a similar situation arose ahead of the World Cup in South Africa.
"We can remember exactly the same two weeks out from the World Cup in 2010 when we were told day after day 'you're going to be raped, car-jacked and murdered'. I think people are extremely suspicious of the way another country is being misrepresented."
Last week about 50 England supporters met UK-based Ukraine football fans at a forum in London to discuss the issue. Perryman said a group of England fans would travel to Euro 2012 wearing T-shirts that display a St George's Cross with a Ukrainian drinking toast that translates as 'Let Us Be' in English.
"That kind of sums up our approach to the Ukraine," he said. "We know Ukrainians are friendly, the sun always shines in June, the beer is cheap and there's plenty to see.
"Meeting up with Ukrainian football fans to explore their country is what we're looking forward to."
Disco Benny wrote:Piers Morgan was responsible for that as editor at the time.
Piers Morgan supports Arsenal.
You support Arsenal.
You are responsible for that headline
110% wrote:Funny the England supporters club providing their backing to Ukraine. I predict them to cause trouble in the Ukraine, by being racist to the Ukrainians.
I was there in France98 and Germany2006 and it was mainly drunken English fans causing trouble with the natives and other fans.
110% wrote:Funny the England supporters club providing their backing to Ukraine. I predict them to cause trouble in the Ukraine, by being racist to the Ukrainians.
I was there in France98 and Germany2006 and it was mainly drunken English fans causing trouble with the natives and other fans.
Georgi Glenkladze wrote:110% wrote:Funny the England supporters club providing their backing to Ukraine. I predict them to cause trouble in the Ukraine, by being racist to the Ukrainians.
I was there in France98 and Germany2006 and it was mainly drunken English fans causing trouble with the natives and other fans.
we prefer the term adding colour
I'm going to assume that you checked that those causing trouble were official England supporters club members.
Thousands of fans travels with England, and thousands of fans return having not caused any trouble whatsoever. I would suggest that places such as France or Germany due to their proximity and prominent political histories would be the exception rather than the rule.
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