http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2007/12/15/swiss-football-and-the-disgrace-of-basel/ Exploring football culture around the world. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 17:00:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2007/12/15/swiss-football-and-the-disgrace-of-basel/#comment-1711 Mr. Baker Sun, 16 Dec 2007 04:21:28 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2007/12/15/swiss-football-and-the-disgrace-of-basel/#comment-1711 Nice story. I know from personal experience that Swiss club soccer can be just as partisan as elsewhere. Basel fans have a longstanding reputation as thugs. They're like the Millwall of Switzerland. I remember in the 80s there were reports they had "real" German hooligans "working" for them. Besides FCZ-GC there is also a huge Basel-Zurich rivalry that transcends sports. The animosity goes back centuries; if I'm not mistaken the cities fought wars against each other in the Middle Ages. Nice story. I know from personal experience that Swiss club soccer can be just as partisan as elsewhere. Basel fans have a longstanding reputation as thugs. They’re like the Millwall of Switzerland. I remember in the 80s there were reports they had “real” German hooligans “working” for them. Besides FCZ-GC there is also a huge Basel-Zurich rivalry that transcends sports. The animosity goes back centuries; if I’m not mistaken the cities fought wars against each other in the Middle Ages.

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