The English Football Hooligans Association (EFHA) were very disappointed with the FIFA decision to reject England’s bid to host the 2018 World Cup.
“We’ve worked very hard for this bid. We haven’t rioted for more than a week. The 2018 World Cup was going to be an amazing violent event on our home turf smashing heads from all over the world,” Lee Travers, EFHA’s secretary, told the BBC.
44 Years of Hurt
When the announcement was made, hooligans from all over the country couldn’t hold back any longer and rampaged through city centres, libraries, shopping malls and at one town, a pet shop was reduced to rubble.
“I want to know why FIFA have passed over England’s bid? This is f*cking incomprehensible. I’m going to smash Sepp Blatter’s corrupt knee caps in with a baseball bat,” Mr Travers said before wading into a group of policemen in Leeds city centre.
Who is that in the photo being slapped? I would like a full name if you can find one. Cheers
Good article. The whole thing was a bit of a farce, if FIFA had always intended to award it to new countries then why allow England to blow £15 million on the bid? There’s a story that takes a funny look at the whole thing at similar to the above
http://www.themondaysupplement.co.uk/news/toddler-aggro-violence-erupts-after-england-flop/