Posted on 03/26/2018 1:01:23 PM PDT by C19fan
THE brutality of Russian hooliganism can be tracked back to a traditional peasant fighting game which has been taking place for hundreds of years.
Stenka na Stenku (Wall on Wall) sees hard men from neighbouring towns go toe-to-toe in last man standing fights in fields and forests.
The ancient fist fights date from early 13th century and are held to honour the ancient god Perun - who is considered the saint of soldiers.
Brawls - rarely held these days- could involve up to 100 fighters and are frighteningly reminiscent of the training fights hooligans hold today.
The Sun online has revealed how the bulk of football yob clashes now take place in remote areas away from the police and CCTV.
These bizarre and bloody "auditions" are being used to pick the "best of the best" thugs ahead of this summer's World Cup tournament.
(Excerpt) Read more at thesun.co.uk ...
Brits should stack the deck with MMA, SAS, and Royal Marine fighters.
Then Ivan will bring in some Spesnatz and I would pay $100 pay per view for that.
May they beat the shi’ite out of each other...
They’ve all join ISIS...
Only thing interesting about soccer
There hasn’t been many England hooligans for about 30 years now. Police really clamped down on them after 39 people were killed in Heysel Stadium disaster in 1985.
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The Brits complaining about football hooliganism is chutzpah of 100th level.
Everybody knows who are getting drunk, starting fights and vandalizing property an soccer events and the culprit are Brits.
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