Reprinted from: 20th Century Institute
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In 2014, Zenit St. Petersburg Fan Group (black) in the wild pk Moscow Spartan fans (red)
"Russian football hooligans want to show their muscles to the world, especially to England! And to tell the old gangsters of Britain that whatever you do in a hundred years, we can do it in ten years! ” Russian football gangster gang - one of the founders of the Flint crew vadim
English football hooligans usually pride themselves on their centuries-old tradition of fighting and fighting. But after the 1990s, with the rise of Russian football hooligans, the British were shocked to find that this group of people who had copied and imitated themselves were as fierce as the little beasts flowing out of the otherworld.
In 1981, British football hooligans were making trouble in Basel, Switzerland
At the 2016 European Championships, the clash between the rogue gentlemen of Britain and Russia began in Marseille, France, and the battle scenes of tables, chairs, wine bottles, and bricks flying in the sky are memorable. The brawl resulted in the death of an English fan who was rescued. The French National Police Commission said: "This is a scale we have not seen in many years".
The Battle of Marseille was approached by the English in the alleys
Just the day after the incident, Russian fans also posted on the Internet the St. George's flag of the England team captured during the battle.
These two big Russian brothers blossomed!
St. George's flag with blood stains
This brawl for the British hooligans is like the performance of the Empire in the "Boer War" in 1900, embarrassing, humiliating, lamentable... The Russians stomped on their heads and crowned themselves as the Tsar of the football underworld... The French hooligans who are the hosts played the role of "playing soy sauce all the way" in this incident.
This able-bodied English gentleman was beaten by the Romanov Legion, and the old brothers behind him saw that the situation was not good, and ran away with oil on the soles of their feet...
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Soviet-era fan sport
"The British and the Russians are very similar and when we are not in a state of war, we all need some kind of conflict"
In the former Soviet Union, due to many social bans, the fan movement of the Soviet Premier League (1936-1991) was far from the level of madness it is today.
In 1972, the Moscow Spartan fan group first appeared in the match, and they made fan scarves in the traditional colors of the club. This was learned from British fans by smuggling football magazines. This dressing was later banned by the Soviet Union, but it became the first germ of organized action by fans.
In 1987, with Gorbachev's reforms, many of the restrictions on stadium viewing were lifted, and fans were truly released.
St. Petersburg fans of the 1980s
From 1987 to 1989, this period was hailed as the "golden age" of Soviet fans, and football hooliganism also appeared at this time. Many young people were deeply influenced by British football hooligans on television, and they began to imitate. (Many of the old Russian hooligans now were fans of Liverpool in the 80s...) ）
In September 1987, 300 Spartan fans in Moscow clashed with local fans inside the Kiev Stadium. After the game, the two sides played a decisive battle on the sidelines. Kiev fans threw their own diy incendiary bomb "Morof cocktail bottles", and Spartan fans returned fire with powerful "bandage bows" they carried with them. Eventually, crowds on both sides ran away after the police arrived. Although it is incomparable to the fight scenes in later Russia, this is the biggest football hooligan incident of the Soviet era.
Battle in Kiev in 1987
Fanaticism is on the rise
After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the original "Soviet Super League" became the Russian Premier League. The fan groups of the clubs developed rapidly during this period. Interactions between fans gradually evolved into organized, large-scale group fights.
The boy's smoking and walking posture is too "social"! (2000, St. Petersburg)
In 1999, Zenit fans of St. Petersburg on an expedition to Volgograd confronted riot police
come! The bottle slammed my brother's head! Look at the quality of this helmet. (On the way to Saratov, Eagles fans had a great time at the bus stop.) Filmed in 2004. ）
In the mid-1990s, due to the relative monotony of spiritual and recreational life, the Russian Premier League became an excellent venue for young people to vent their excitement. The fan unions of the clubs organize crowds to travel long distances across the vast territory of Russia, many of whom usually go out without a penny, they evade tickets to take green trains, sneak into stadiums over walls, and even steal commissaries along the way when they are hungry... This became a special entertainment at the time.
The dude hid under the train bed to evade the ticket
Around 1995, the number of fans in the Russian Premier League showed a straight upward trend, and the Flint crew of the Moscow Spartan team, gladiators, RBW of the Moscow CSKA, the concert hall of the Zenit st. Petersburg team, and the butcher of the Oryol team were established, many of whom will become the mainstay of the Russian football hooligan world in the future.
Flint Crew Flint's Crew - founded in 1994
(Support: Spartan Moscow)
Gladiators - Founded in 1996
Red and Blue Warriors RBW- Founded in 1994
(Support: CSKA Moscow)
"Brother first order a big flower to help entertain!"
Music Hall - Founded in 2004
(Support: Zenit St. Petersburg)
In November 2011, Zenit st. Petersburg fans directly moved out a huge "Peter the Great" banner to "shock the field"
Orel Butchers butchers - founded in 1996
(Support: Oryol, the same guy who bloodied Marseille in 2016)
The Union- was founded in 2000
(Support: All Russian Premier League teams)
The conquest of the rogues
On March 1, 1995, the first brawl in the history of the Russian Premier League began between fans of CSKA Moscow and Sparta Moscow, thus kicking off the violence of Russian fans.
It's the chairs flying all over the place again...
On August 23, 1997, CSKA fans once again played spartan pk. About 300 people on both sides beat each other up, and heavy weapons such as belts, bricks, chains, and iron pipes were used! Eight of them had their heads painted and 1 had their jaws knocked off. Just a week later, 200 Spartans were fighting with more than 500 Zenit fans in St. Petersburg, 30 were injured and taken to hospital, and 164 were detained by the police.
"Brothers! If you don't obey, do it! ”
In 1998, the newly created Gladiators Group singled out multiple groups of CSKA fans in Moscow's Sokolniki Park, an epic brawl considered to be Russia's largest football hooligan melee to date, involving about 1,000 people on each side. The gladiator society that supported the Spartan team in Moscow came to fame in the first battle.
Gladiators former leader Vasiliy, nicknamed "The Killer," became a nightmare for CSKA fans during the Battle of Sokolniki Park in '98
Although the fans of various clubs in the Russian Premier League are constantly in conflict, when the national team goes out, they can always unite and act together without hesitation. In September 1998, about 2,000 Russian fans traveled to Kiev, the capital of Ukraine (this is their most hated city ... They had already done one here 11 years ago), and most of these people were from Sparta and CSKA. They carried out a series of disturbances and brawls at the Ukrainian stadium.
"There's something that makes blood flow and that's the beauty of football hooligans"
"We don't need tickets, we don't care about football"
After 2000, many football hooligan groups in Russia began to move towards a more professional path. The community encourages participants to pursue a healthy lifestyle through exercise. They practice collectively, teach professional mma fighting, and have a code of conduct known as "clean hands," which means they can only be fought with their fists. But in real combat a lot of people don't comply, they will use anything they can find...
Fighting training
Unlike The English football hooligans, who only started making trouble after drinking heavily, the Russian hooligans generally never drank alcohol before making trouble and fighting, and they had to keep themselves sober
"Let you blow nb again!" Sparta Moscow vs CSKA Moscow
Blood spattered warsaw
At the 2012 European Championships, it will be a fierce battle that Russian hooligans will never forget. When Poland and Russia met in Group A, Russian fans laid out a provocative banner with the words "this is russia" on the polish home stadium (the historical feuds between Russia and Poland were already as numerous as a basket), which undoubtedly stimulated the local militants in Poland.
"This is russia", demonstrating to the Poles!
Then, on June 12, which coincided with Russia's National Day, 5,000 Russian fans were attacked by Polish football hooligans as they waved their flags to the National Stadium in Warsaw. Soon, 6,400 police officers joined in, and the three sides were fighting together.
Russian fans were beaten
The Polish people became more and more courageous as they fought
Polish soccer hooligans threw wine bottles and flash grenades at riot police, who fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd.
"Brother, run away and see what you can do with me!" Polish hooligans provoked the police
"Where to run! Eat a kick!" It seems that the Polish fans have done a good job on their legs
Police arrested more than 150 Poles and seized weapons of mass destruction banned by football hooligans: "knives and axes." This time the Russians saw the power of Poland, and they gave the evaluation that it was "fierce and unruly!" ”
Now that the 2018 World Cup has begun, it seems that everything is too peaceful from the current situation. The verbal gun war on the Internet before the British and Russian hooligans has long been hyped up by the media. One of them claims to "release hell", the other vows to avenge Marseille ... But the two governments have restricted dangerous criminals with previous convictions by forcibly handing in passports and going to police stations during the game to report, destroying their dreams of conquest. This means they can only stay at home and smash the TV themselves during the World Cup!
It only represents the views of the author and does not represent the position of this journal
Source| Nandu Weekly
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