thewelk Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 3 minutes ago, Ally Bongo said: As an aside when we went during France 98 with Ian Sharp's Euroscot he had booked the full bus into an Ibis Motel in the Paris-Nord area not far from St Denis. It was 30 minutes on the train from where we were to the centre of Paris and about £30 in a taxi Probably the same distance from Hamilton to Glasgow Almost everyone had a similar story with Taxi drivers getting home from the Pigalle (cough) to where we were staying. When negotiating with the Taxi drivers all of them laughed when we told them where we were based and in their best pigeon English said "Yer no fooking staying there FFS - its mental" The area had and still has one if not the biggest crime rate in the whole of France That wasn't paris though that was 'Hamilton'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewelk Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 5 minutes ago, Rossy said: I do agree with this. It's simply impossible to compare Glasgow and Paris in this way. Glasgow has some dodgy areas with a few nutjobs kicking around, but there's nowhere in the city...or Scotland for that matter....that could be called 'intimidating' in the way that Paris or Marseille are. The banlieue of Paris are often pretty awful places. http://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/5128/france-no-go-zones Need some kind of nutjob per capita measure I suppose. And it might be a quirk of the french deparmental system, but paris only has 2 million residents and is 10km across. Anything outside that ring absolutely categorically isn't paris. Especially important for the old house prices... I agree it's stupid, but the parisians are quite adamant about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Bongo Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 1 minute ago, thewelk said: That wasn't paris though that was 'Hamilton'. You would really need to see St Denis to believe it - clearly its much worse now than it was 18 years ago which must be saying something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Bongo Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Kicking off big time in Marseille Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoonTheSlope Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Les remember it takes two sets of fans/locals etc to fight each other Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlueGaz Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Sure it said on the news earlier they were also fighting between themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoonTheSlope Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 1 minute ago, BlueGaz said: Sure it said on the news earlier they were also fighting between themselves. They also said on the news that Rangers were still the same club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringo Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 10 minutes ago, DoonTheSlope said: Les remember it takes two sets of fans/locals etc to fight each other 7 minutes ago, BlueGaz said: Sure it said on the news earlier they were also fighting between themselves. Which is it then ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Bongo Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 (edited) They interviewed some Chelsea fans who said it was a Rangers mob that started it Seriously though - with the security situation in France do the CRS really need this distraction ? Only a matter of time before they carry out force with extreme prejudice which is a shame for the decent fans that are there (if there are any) Edited June 10, 2016 by Ally Bongo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boynze Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 someone turn off the big telly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoonTheSlope Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 6 minutes ago, Boynze said: someone turn off the big telly? They were goaded by Hibs fans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringo Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 They should boycott the Velodrome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rory Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 We came home via Paris last weekend & felt it was a dodgy place! We were out in the sticks mind you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Help ma Boab Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 1 hour ago, DoonTheSlope said: Les remember it takes two sets of fans/locals etc to fight each other Yes it does but at International games fighting sometimes breaks out amongst fans of the same Nation when club loyalties come into it (look at every England flag they all have their club team initials on them). The Dutch have a huge problem with this between Ajax and Feyenoord, I have seen England fans battle each other in London (Canary Wharf) after winning 1-0 against Paraguay and there wasn't a Paraguayan to be seen. We are lucky that we have an unwritten rule to leave club loyalties at home as other countries have issues with this. England fans often also don't help themselves as they have a habit of tying to rouse up the locals with chants, one of their favourites being 'I would rather be a Paki than a (insert nationality). Not saying they caused the trouble in France and they have gotten better but they still have a bad element especially when the game is close to home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbcmfc Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 Who was drawing up the calendar for the euros and decided that Marseille, surely one of the more volatile cities in France, was a good venue for England v Russia and Poland v Ukraine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Help ma Boab Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 3 minutes ago, sbcmfc said: Who was drawing up the calendar for the euros and decided that Marseille, surely one of the more volatile cities in France, was a good venue for England v Russia and Poland v Ukraine? Mayors of every other city Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 17 minutes ago, sbcmfc said: Who was drawing up the calendar for the euros and decided that Marseille, surely one of the more volatile cities in France, was a good venue for England v Russia and Poland v Ukraine? To be fair the venues for each game were decided before the draw was made. England fans have merely being paying tribute to Prince by partying like it's 1998... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
86glebestreet Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 16 minutes ago, Help ma Boab said: Mayors of every other city Funny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu101 Posted June 10, 2016 Share Posted June 10, 2016 24 minutes ago, Help ma Boab said: Mayors of every other city Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flora MaDonald Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 Ask any normal Frenchman if they'd go there. I usually find that a good guide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewelk Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 10 hours ago, Ally Bongo said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thewelk Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 French news tallks about english and russian fans clashing. Less of a masturbatory tone to it too. The british media love hooliganism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
they've_been_suckered Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 15 hours ago, Parklife said: After all the wonderful words about Marseille in this thread, i can't wait to go there next week Lyon, Nice & Marseille for me and my mate. Can't wait! My boss has been recently. Says it's rough as Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hertsscot Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 See on the Daily Mail website lots of comments about how awful these "British" fans have been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parklife Posted June 11, 2016 Share Posted June 11, 2016 10 minutes ago, Hertsscot said: See on the Daily Mail website lots of comments about how awful these "British" fans have been. A factually correct statement, to be fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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