Football Lads and Lasses against Facism

Anyone remember the....

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Well....

John McDonnell: revive Anti-Nazi League to oppose far right
Shadow chancellor calls for UK movement to be reformed amid rise in racist incidents...

https://www.theguardian.com/politic...nell-revive-anti-nazi-league-oppose-far-right

I was involved in this back in the late 70s, I even organised one of these....

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We did a good job, the NF were humiliated at the election in 79 and never recovered.

Thatcher won and the Tories were in power for 18 years.

Identity politics. Eurgh.
 
I'm thinking of starting a group called 'Football Fans Against Football Fans Who Are Against Things'. Who's in?

Seriously, when the fuck did football, the game of divers, leg-breaking tackles, greedy players & their agents, match-fixing, etc become society's moral beacon?
 
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I'm thinking of starting a group called 'Football Fans Against Football Fans Who Are Against Things'. Who's in?

Seriously, when the fuck did football, the game of divers, leg-breaking tackles, greedy players & their agents, match-fixing etc become society's moral beacon?

We are in deep shit if it is.
 
You really are as thick as people say. If you cant see the difference then I am staggered.

Without the right wing violence promulgated by the DFLA and EDL there would be no need to counter them. They exist and need to be opposed otherwise its just far right violence that wins the day and our club, and football overall becomes a breeding ground for racists and fascism. Do you just want to stand by and hope they go away? Because they wont unless they are opposed as we have seen throughout history.

Should we have let Moseley march through the East end of London, should we have allowed the NF free reign on the Kippax and just say its OK because there is no place for them. Do nothing and our club is at risk from the rise of the far right as every club is throughout the land. We don't have a problem as it stands but the problem is escalating and as a big club we will be seen as a breeding ground for their vitriol. Its the way they operate, they always have and always will.

All you need to do is take a peek at the Yaxley thread on here and you will see there is sympathy for his far right views. They are dressed up as populist measures but they are sinister and are working there way into our fanbase. If you don't see that as a problem then obviously im wasting my time here, but don't say you haven't been warned.

That is the biggest pile of misguided shit I have ever read.
 
Well I guess an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure as my Nan used to say so good luck with the group. Think the name could do with being a bit more punchy. I was on the fence with this but now after twelve pages of frothing hysteria I figured I’d pitch in with some moral support.

Can I suggest a name?

“The fucking got nothing better to do gang of Fanny’s?”
 
I'm thinking of starting a group called 'Football Fans Against Football Fans Who Are Against Things'. Who's in?

Seriously, when the fuck did football, the game of divers, leg-breaking tackles, greedy players & their agents, match-fixing, etc become society's moral beacon?

It’s also a game where players endorse good causes, put money into charities and endeavour to put money back into the communities they grow up in. This is also a fan initiative started by fans so not sure how the players ‘greedy’ or otherwise fit in.

On a wider point I get that people are annoyed by this or just want politics out of football (which to be honest is pretty much my take) but I don’t get why people are so annoyed they have become, in some cases, quite abusive over it. Some people have come back several times to give this a kicking. So what gives?
 
I'm thinking of starting a group called 'Football Fans Against Football Fans Who Are Against Things'. Who's in?

Seriously, when the fuck did football, the game of divers, leg-breaking tackles, greedy players & their agents, match-fixing, etc become society's moral beacon?

Football fans against every other thing other than football, at football
 

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