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Europe’s football hooligans #video#Germany Two walls of tough men stand on opposite sides, ready to clash in a brutal melee. The fight takes just a few minutes and members of the defeated side lie on the ground and cling to their wounds and bruises. It’s not a medieval fight, but a stand-off between rival gangs of football hooligans. For them ’it feels like being in a movie’. Modern football hooliganism originated in England in the 1960s, when working-class football fans organised into gangs, known as ‘firms’. Now they are all over Europe, from Sweden to Greece. Hooligans are seen as the most fanatical followers of their football clubs, but the love of the fight often seems to outweigh the love of the game. Many hooligans admit they like the sense of brotherhood and the buzz. They train, arrange fights with rival gangs and vent all their rage and violence on rivals. If you’d like to know more about the culture of football violence, check out our hit documentary. Follow: https://t.me/rtdocumentary