http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2007/12/15/swiss-football-and-the-disgrace-of-basel/ A soccer blog featuring essays, news and photography exploring soccer around the world Tue, 03 Apr 2012 22:48:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2007/12/15/swiss-football-and-the-disgrace-of-basel/comment-page-1/#comment-7383 spaarrente Thu, 28 May 2009 15:24:05 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2007/12/15/swiss-football-and-the-disgrace-of-basel/#comment-7383 Nice post. I didn't even know that supporter of Swiss clubs could also act like that. But I think that every country, with every culture it wil always have hooligans in soccer. In some countries maybe a little bit more than in another. Nice post. I didn’t even know that supporter of Swiss clubs could also act like that. But I think that every country, with every culture it wil always have hooligans in soccer. In some countries maybe a little bit more than in another.

]]> http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2007/12/15/swiss-football-and-the-disgrace-of-basel/comment-page-1/#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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