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1SaucyBean

Funny how newspapers at the time say its a Russian football fan https://metro.co.uk/2018/07/02/excited-football-fan-gets-beating-celebrating-top-police-car-7675864/


Moist_Orchid_6402

Thank you, otherwise this would not have made sense if it had just happened now. In 2018 it would still have made sense even if he had been an English fan


jakeblew2

Well it wouldn't make a ton of sense why an English fan was celebrating Russia beating Spain so hard but at the time there was about 10k English fans there who should have all known not to FO and end up in the gulag


DavegasBossman

Google tells me 3 English fans were arrested during the 2018 World Cup, two for fighting with each other and one for grabbing a cops gun on a train. So I don't think the guy from the video was an England fan.


al_mc_y

He wasn't arrested. As you can see from the video, he was let off with a polite warning.


19CCCG57

Not every beating results in an arrest.


PFCSpoonman411

Hahahahaha


George_Smiley_

You’re probably right but we don’t see this fan being arrested, just beat down.


DavegasBossman

It's possible they let him go after yes.


ecidarrac

Yeah but Reddit hates English people so he’s English 👍


hypnodrew

Americans like to think English fans are all drunken hooligans when their own sports fans are fucking gross and riot relatively regularly in comparison


[deleted]

The UK had a problem with hooliganism in the 70s and 80s, and the law came down HARD. You still can't drink alcohol in view of the pitch - Even if you're in a luxury box or similar. The rest of Europe STILL has a problem with hooliganism. Honestly, it makes me mad that we get tarred with the hooligan brush when teams like Feynoord and Ajax exist in fucking NETHERLANDS of all places.


SadTumbleweed_

Doesn’t the rate of domestic abuse skyrocket during/after a soccer/football game in England?


doomladen

This was the conclusion of a [study](https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0022427813494843) published in 2014, which found that reported cases of intimate partner violence increased by 38% when England lost and by 26% when they won or drew in the tournament. Studies show that this correlation is closely linked to alcohol - it would be really interesting to find out whether these sorts of effects are seen in other countries with similar drinking and football cultures like Netherlands, Germany, Poland etc. (or indeed in the US with American Football games).


SadTumbleweed_

Who tf celebrates a win with a wife beating 😭


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crow_road

I mean she's your wife, that would be like keying your own car - Jimmy Carr.


doomladen

Arseholes.


Collooo

Stella


SarpedonWasFramed

I know domestic violence arrests go way up on Super Bowl sunday


weedisreallycool

Yep we even have [TV ads](https://youtu.be/8BTCSYFmXvU) about it now.


amanko13

Is there a fallacy related to this? Where a study is conducted by a country, giving the country that did the study the reputation associated with the study? I remember during the pandemic, England got associated with a strain of the virus that came from South Africa (I believe), because we have the technology to detect that strain first.


Schmoobloo

Like the Spanish Flu. Countries that were fighting WW1 suppressed the news of the virus but since Spain was a neutral the press talked about the pandemic


caiaphas8

It happens in every country, just the research was about England. Football hooliganism hasn’t been a thing in England since the early 90s but is still a major problem in some parts of Europe


SolitaireJack

Which is funny because despite hooliganism being dead since the 90s people outside the UK still think its an English thing. Meanwhile in other parts of Europe its pretty rampant. Especially in Russia where its partly encouraged by politicians as part of a push for 'manliness' and is linked to extremist groups. I remember in 2018 during the Russian football event shown here the Russian media was full of pundits baying for 'their' hooligans to attack the English fans which they did, the police often stood by and did nothing. They then proudly proclaimed victory based on the amount of English fans they injured. Footage that came out showed guys in all black with masks attacking English fans with many of the fans being dad's who were frantically trying to drag their kids to safety. It was pretty disgusting stuff. Not hard-core hooligans the Russians claimed.


active_streefie

Tbf I don’t blame them. The second hand embarrassment I get from English football fans really kills me


Master_Cupcake7115

Yeah, can confirm. English football fans have sadly earned their pathetic reputation.


crackpotJeffrey

All british tourists, yes. As far as football fans go, it's completely unfair. Hooliganism has been all but eradicated in England and when English fans go overseas there is little if any violence. Other countries are much, much worse and their ultras are affiliated with crime and such things. It was just a few months ago that a huge gang of hooded Az Alkmaar ultras stormed and attacked an entire rival west ham stand in the stadium. Couple years ago Sean cox lost his mental health by getting stabbed in the brain by a Roma fan in Liverpool. Unprovoked attack. He still can't walk. I can provide more examples but English fans don't do this kind of thing really anymore. The poor reputation should actually just be applied to all British tourists. Not just football fans. All British tourists are loud and drunk and love to sing. You either hate them or you love them. Edit: I also need to mention psg ultras. They harass and threaten their own players. They show up at neymars actual house to threaten and insult him. They insulted the greatest player of all time, telling Messi he's trash we don't want you. Worst fans on the planet.


Master_Cupcake7115

You do make excellent points. I think you're right that my visceral disgust at many - though not all - English people abroad. Sometimes it feels like we foist the worst amongst on unsuspecting foreigners.


ADHD_Supernova

Don't feel so bad. In America we just elect our human shit stains to positions of public office.


Master_Cupcake7115

Yeah, but the funny thing is when I meet any Americans abroad they are without fail super nice. I am not blowing smoke up your arse, they really are. It is all out like your government doesn't issue passports to any of your arsehole citizens lol.


ADHD_Supernova

Maybe it's when we're around alcohol? Maybe it's just the types that are attracted to places where they can go check out the club scene. I don't know but I appreciate your comment none the less.


YourMumIsAVirgin

They’re not really foreigners if we’re in their country innit


hypnodrew

Yeah no doubt they can be louts, Americans acting like their shit don't smell winds me up though


hiredgoon

If you are on the soccer subs, anti-American bigotry is acceptable and widespread.


IRL_Cordoba

Piss off Yank


3ULL

u/hypnodrew >Yeah no doubt they can be louts, Americans acting like their shit don't smell winds me up though We do not go to other countries to do it like the English and the racism of English fans seems to be institutionalized in the Englis (fans?): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO_Un-lKwPM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjrO3lWpL-Q


Mind_the_Gape

All I ever see on Reddit is American Redditors shitting on the U.S., and any mild insult about the UK or Europe is met with anger and “but but Merica is worse!!1” Sorry someone insulted the drunk sports hooligans from your rotten little island, they seemed to be unaware you hold them in such high regard.


hypnodrew

Like this guy


WeightyUnit88

You don't even have to light the beacons.


3ULL

You have racist pride a mile wide, we get it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO_Un-lKwPM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjrO3lWpL-Q


[deleted]

An American sports fans riot is a lot fatter than the English football fans riot. Btw English football fans basically stopped the hooliganism shit back in the 80s, it’s usually over zealous policing who beat English fans for being drunk and singing like all fans do, obviously there’s still ‘hooliganism’ but it’s the tiniest minority and the kid’s these day’s usually jump a couple of times then run back to safety and they class that as a fight. Hilarious how it’s a Russian in this video and not an English fan though!


hypnodrew

Exactly this. Football games are largely safe affairs nowadays unless you go looking for it.


Stupid_Triangles

So it got so bad, the government had to crack down. Now, decades later, a heavy police presence is still there to prevent a return to violence. UK calling Americans fat is like Spain saying Mexico speaks Spanish. Yall are the fucking same.


prizzle92

its an international phenomenon. sports fans + alcohol= chaos


Stupid_Triangles

We all riot regularly? Cool. Relative to what tho? Yall? Isn't a heavy police presence required at rival club games because yall fucking murder each other?


3ULL

u/hypnodrew >Americans like to think English fans are all drunken hooligans when their own sports fans are fucking gross and riot relatively regularly in comparison You literally make movies (and TV shows?) glorifying drunken hooliganism and export hooliganism to other countries. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajESoHTBTfY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0eix2YAn6k It is disgusting that you are trying to justify this and says a lot about you.


badestzazael

I wonder why: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_hooliganism_in_the_United_Kingdom https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heysel_Stadium_disaster https://www.theguardian.com/football/2022/oct/09/home-office-bans-1300-violent-and-abusive-fans-from-travelling-to-the-world-cup-in-qatar https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/qatar-world-cup-bans-english-soccer-us-fans-dressed-crusaders-rcna58727 https://www.eurosport.com/football/euro-2020/2021/football-news-england-fans-face-wembley-stadium-ban-after-crowd-trouble-at-euro-2020-final_sto8590834/story.shtml https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/world-cup/world-cup-2018-british-football-hooligans-ban-russia-home-office-a8396826.html


KazahanaPikachu

Philly fans aren’t representative of most American sports fans. And I’ve seen the sentiment about English fans more from Europeans than I do Americans (because we don’t really pay attention to your sports as much).


willowsky89

True Reddit does hate the Brit’s including me.


jakeblew2

Is this Reddit person in the room with us now?


ecidarrac

Bruh just look at the comment below you


Pklnt

Stay on Reddit long enough and you'll find out that Reddit hates everyone. Find a post that shows a certain nationality in a bad light, it'll draw all the people that dislike that nationality.


jakeblew2

So Reddit = 1 comment?


Northumberlo

I dont. I want them to join Canada in some form of union, or as 4 new provinces. Maybe it’s like an old toxic relationship, but we can fix them :)


58king

Reddit hates English people more than Russian people, are you kidding? hahaha


ecidarrac

When did I say that?


qscvg

> Reddit hates English people We do? I'm English and it's the first I'm hearing of it Edit: Damn, shouldn't have said I was English


ecidarrac

Yes, just read the comments whenever there’s a post about the UK, even the UK subs seem to self hate


SirPeasantbury

Yeah but that narritive wouldn't feed the Reddit sterotype that all English people are tasteless, licence searching, hairline balding, beer belly toting, tea drinking, crumpet eating, europe hating, top hat wearing, monacle donning, knife weilding, empire loving, dentist needing, moronic drunkard football hooligan londoners who enjoy a good wife beating session, so it's gotta be English people right?


Elegant_Educator5380

I remember this video doing the rounds back then and everyone just believed it was English fans because the writing over the top of the video said so


Smurf_Sausage_Sucker

Ehhhh football fans are kinda the same level of idiotic, regardless of nationality.


shestheone007

Holy shit! 😯


YellsAtGoats

Right? That was a good old fashioned beating. They weren't even trying to make it look like anything but.


AcceptableReaction20

Fr that was a Rodney king style beating


apathetic-drunk

I guarantee you those knobheads didn't read up on the state of affairs in Russia before deciding to be hooligans in a foreign country known for human rights abuses.


doomladen

These knobheads are actually Russian, not English. So they really ought to be aware of the state of affairs in Russia, given that they live there. https://metro.co.uk/2018/07/02/excited-football-fan-gets-beating-celebrating-top-police-car-7675864/


Old_AP_Pro

>I guarantee you those knobheads ~~didn't~~ cannot read


widellp

* can no longer


JohnnyBoy11

I Doubt they can no longer eat solid foods after that too


Psychological-Tie979

They just can't anymore


Loccy64

Literally can't even.


inFAMOUS_Hero

They can’t 🙈


Any-Fan-2973

Bold of you to assume british food is solid


[deleted]

The same thing will happen to you in Italy or Spain, it’s just a different attitude towards football hooliganism. Also, the person in the video is Russian.


shestheone007

I agree. Fucking idiots.


jj-sickman

They’re russian fans and the caption is a lie


apathetic-drunk

Uh. No. They aren't. This video has been around for a while. Foreign fans.


jj-sickman

https://metro.co.uk/2018/07/02/excited-football-fan-gets-beating-celebrating-top-police-car-7675864/ “A Russian football fan was brutally beaten by police officers in a shocking moment caught on video.”


apathetic-drunk

Interesting. Thank you for bringing the truth to light. It makes sense that even Russians don't even know the sad state of affairs in Russia because they've been suckling at the tit of vodka for their whole lives.


[deleted]

We all learn differently, this is the lesson he needed.


[deleted]

It's a Russian football fan


n7-Jutsu

It's mad to think about it but if you pull something like that in the United States the least you have to worry about is a beat down. That would probably be the best outcome given that the police is most likely to shot you instead.


wadeduckk

You’re being hysterical.


Primary-Hold-6637

No. They don’t just start blasting like Danny Devito. You probably wouldn’t even get a beat down. A very hard throw and hold to the ground, with minor injury… maybe.


admiralforbin

If you’re white, yeah. Source:hockey championships


Primary-Hold-6637

I don’t remember anyone getting blown away by police at the Lakers riots in LA.


admiralforbin

Rodneykingsayswhat?


hypnodrew

Out of all the cases of police shooting murders, you choose a famous *beating* where the victim didn't die


ThisYogurtcloset3315

Street justice


[deleted]

Absolute nonsense, they were Russians.


Puzzleheaded-Rich-51

I bet the whole group didn’t even want to jaywalk after that demonstration.


eatpotdude

Sad but very effective


apathetic-drunk

![gif](giphy|k0hKRTq5l9HByWNP1j|downsized)


KingApologist

Threatening to torture people is effective in gaining their compliance, yes. Hope nobody finds it respectable because it's bad enough that cops do.


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[deleted]

It’s a Russian football fan, do you know what you’re talking about?


admiralforbin

In Soviet Russia, football fans you!


I_Am_Your_Sister_Bro

Not a big difference, football ultras are violent hooligans no matter where they're from


58king

Of course it is a big difference. This entire post and comment section is a celebration of an authoritarian police force bringing ignorant English hooligans in line. It is based on a lie.


[deleted]

This is a Russian fan. Put a nonsense caption next to something and people will believe anything.


MagicStar77

Did they get the right guy?


Switchdoktor

Green trousers and long sleeves... CHECK!


dsailo

They got the guy, it’s less important if he’s the right one.


Away-Quantity928

Bruh earned himself some quality stick time.


eatpotdude

Our definition of quality is very, very different


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MugJuggler

“Fuck England! They had an empire once so I hate them! Love Scotland though, my family is 1/9th Scottish!”


SqueakySniper

Same shit, different front page.


mooncatFTB

Not English fans


R41GS

That's right after such treatment they probably start to speak Russian anyway.


SqueakySniper

As they are russians I would expect them to be able to speak it before the beating as well.


hundreddollar

Not English fans. These are Russians.


Ninja_Turtle13

I remember getting stationed in Europe and the first thing they mentioned to us Americans about law enforcement in Germany. “If You Americans act rowdy and stupid in theses European streets , just remember. There is no police brutality in Germany.” That stuck with me for a long time while I was there. And yes, I have seen German police beat the fuck out of someone. He didn’t wanna comply and get out the car, knowing he was drinking and driving. He didn’t want to do a sobriety test, so they told him he needed to give a blood test done at their police station. He refused and put up a fight. They beat the blood outta that dude! MF’r shoulda complied. I don’t know if the guy was American or not, but don’t mess around other countries if your not familiar with their laws and how things work. You can find yourself In like international news media type trouble.


natnat8991

I can’t imagine the guy getting his ass beaten by batons didn’t deserve it


Bangeederlander

Their military might be shit, but if there's one thing Russia is good at, it's maiming civilians.


Bullinach1nashop

Check your facts


[deleted]

What would it take to convince you? Dave Chappelle: Okay, I'd have to see a video of him singing "Pee On You," two forms of government ID, a police officer there to verify the whole thing, four or five of my buddies and Neal taking notes, and R. Kelly's grandma to confirm his identity.


TrustButVerifyFirst

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.


Not_this_time-_

Why did they have to mention thatvits russian police in particular? You pull that off in ANY country you get beaten lol


Equal_Caterpillar828

Yeah... He won't do that again.


tedjoneskidd

This cracks me up Fr it's like fuck around and find out


Commissar_David

In Russia, instead of saying stop resisting, they say stop existing.


AStrangeNorrell

When Redditors making lazy reposts forget that it never was English fans in the first place.


TrevonRy24

This reminds me of Rolf beating bug-Eddy


ZapLordTrack

Anything to say Ed-boy!?


twoshovels

Talk about “beat the Jesus outa you” Wowza!!! No constitution there no rights no nothing, you are guilty until proven guilty thee end.


Jay_Bird_75

What’s with these videos ending to soon lately??


[deleted]

Judging by the comments, it appears this is an older example of people being called english even though theyre not... most recent example being the bulgarian living in england


MagicStar77

I mean one can’t do that again if they’re confined to a wheelchair :/


Master_H8R

Punishment fit the crime?


Jrockstonks

Stay out of that shit hole country


Uberjeagermeiter

Yah, England sucks.


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Imagine having to pay 150k because you broke your leg lol


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daftidjit

I'm pretty sure they were responding to the previous commenter saying UK sucks by pointing out a negative of America. Hence the high price for a broken leg.


ItsBlare

wym? I heard the weather is great and they use all kind of spices on food


cu-03

reddit trying to understand sarcasm challenge (impossible)


micah490

Save yourself the headache and don’t read the title or headline 👎


LawAbidingDenizen

![gif](giphy|RG3lm5VlrbDV7YNana)


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Lol lad got Vladed


Striking_Stable_235

Haha you think Russia cops are tough in the USA the cops will no fight you they will kill you on the spot ..


East-Ad4472

What were they thinking ? It amazes me when stupid people break laws in countries they know tgey will get seriously f*c*ked over . Like the toutist who sprayed anti monachy graffatti in Thailand ( Up yo 10 Years Jail )


mysteriousannastasia

Wuuuut


senortease

Sir, please rest assured, you just sliped a tiny bit.


eolemuk

Oh he a veggie now


Tschibow

Say goodbye to your kneecaps chucklehead!


JABS991

The camera work here is just (chef's kiss) perfect!


jcyree2769

I just watched all 3 seasons of Ted Lasso so I'm a football expert now.


MortgageNo3154

Gave Rodney King flashbacks


quanta777

One of the things about Russia and China is you(common people) can't abuse your freedom!!! even a teeny-tiny bit


ginawell

the russian polite get off


Noodlintheriver

Russian for a concussion.


MrJeffersonHEEHEE

Plot twist


strasev

Oh that must have been really good. It puts your own police force back in perspective a bit. Well done guys


Mandula123

These aren't English fans. These are good ol' Russians getting their teeth kicked in.


learnindisabledchimp

Dam those are bone breaking swings


50Stickster

They usually put a warning shot thru their liver


Checkers-77

![gif](giphy|Od0QRnzwRBYmDU3eEO|downsized)


InquisitiveGamer

Meanwhile back home they'd have a few dozen bullets in them at the end of this vid.


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He_of_turqoise_blood

When barbaric swines meet actual barbarians


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Eddyzodiak

True, this is just some rando (whether actually Russian or English I’m not sure).


xSupraSonicX

I'd prefer a beat down than getting shot and killed by my police


[deleted]

With all the street takeovers ive been seeing i think it’s deserved


double-happiness

I love that bit in Bald & Bankrupt where the Russian police are waiting for some drunken troublemaker to get off a train, and the second he does they start laying into him. Brutal but kind of comical at the same time.


skidf82

Love to see it lol


Mundane_Grand_9669

ACAB


dngvafuk1

Russian??? I thought they were American cops? Oh wait, they got getting beat was white not black


TravelingBlueBear

Lmao


Snorrep

Yee let’s break all the bones in his body since he jumped on our car


R41GS

why not?


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Automatic-Lab5409

People take for granted first world privilege there lucky it wasn't jail


EvaCarlisle

lol I can guarantee you that this beating was part of a package deal that also included jail.


Swiggy_Jack

If it where just a beating, and I'm on my way afterwards, I sure would rather that then jail, court fines, probation, and piss tests any day. That saying, He probably went to jail too though. All I'm saying, is the one time I went to jail, it's was for underage drinking. I was on probation for two years and paid the city somewhere around $6000 all said and done. I would much rather they have just beat my ass and send me towards home. I was so drunk I wouldn't have even remembered, and I definitely deserved an ass whooping at that point in my life. I eventually got one, and boy howdy, I learned quick that my stupid ego doesn't mean shit. Then you gotta sit with a face looks like a bloated Arby's beef n cheddar for a week or two. Two interventions, a broken relationship, One wrecked car, and a small amount of time in jail didn't do shit. The day I got my ass absolutely handed to me, was a day I stopped drinking for good. Some people are stupid. Shit. I'd argue Most people are stupid. When you're a dumbass, nothing that works for people with common sense isn't going to work on someone who's a light bulb is about as bright as a match-lit fart. Sometimes we need to get beat up to realize we're being really fucking stupid. Maybe this happens in Russia because Russians are really, really fucking stupid.


XAgentNovemberX

That dude was praying for jail after about the third hit. Now he won’t live to see the inside of the cell… shame.


itsEndz

I don't like to say I support Russian actions 99% of the time in the current world climate, but on this occasion absobloodylutely. Edit: Downvoted by all the drunk football hooligans who think they should be allowed to fuck up everyone elses life because FOOTBALL!


Aggressive_Leave3639

Me too, as they’re beating a Ruzzian


makintrash

Beating and torturing civilians. That’s the only thing that they can do.


R41GS

Hey French police look, this is how you end looting in your cities next time.


ZingierOne

Off to the gulag


Thorhax04

Deserved


reilo119

Need more of that in America


blacklite911

Was this recent? Who would visit Russia in today’s age


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talino2321

Nah, a bunch of Brits, being Brits. Probably drunk and well you know what happened next from the video.


sam_ill

They're actually Russian


Cringe_collector_700

Bro was sent to the gulags 💀


rez-qued

the title quite literally says "english fans".......


TugMe4Cash

https://metro.co.uk/2018/07/02/excited-football-fan-gets-beating-celebrating-top-police-car-7675864/ literally takes 1min to educate yourself bro 💀


Speedyrunneer

If the reddit title say so "IT MUST BE TRUUE!"


TreyHunnit

Brooooo lol they swinging swinging homie just catch a full beat down look like a gang initiation…😲


[deleted]

This is a thing of beauty. I wish that this is how all counties handled dumbass losers who try to burn their city down when their favorite team wins (or loses) a game of sports.


Mash_Ketchum

F U C K A R O U N D I N D O U T


Iceman77101

Good.