What’s fascinating is just how much the lessons learned in WW1 governed how we fought in the second war. People get distracted by mechanisation and tanks, but generals like Monty fought huge set piec… (View Post)

Yep. Basically a full Anfield. A third dead, the rest injured. In one day, and actually for the most part fairly early on in the day. The signs had been there in the American Civil War, but truly the… (View Post)

Two sides to every story. Vastly more arrests for ‘home’ fans, and evidence that ‘jew hunting’ was planned in advance of any bad behaviour by Maccabi fans. The fans are not being banned because they … (View Post)

I’d vote for it, but I fear it would compromise your posting on pb, a price we are not willing to pay. (View Post)

Many sides have ‘ultras’ more interested in violence than the actual game. Yet only the Israeli side has had a situation so dire that the police cannot guarantee safety. Smells decidedly iffy to me. (View Post)