HodgysBrokenThumb
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Somewhere between the family-friendly,Mexican wave, need geeing up by the team atmosphere of Wembley this evening, and the poisonous atmosphere at many of the men’s matches in England over the last 40/50 years, is an ideal which is partisan, noisy, edgy, irreverent, but at the same time recognises that we are all football fans. To see England and German supporters together, each supporting their team, is a reminder that the idiots who believe you have to fight the opposition fans are missing out on one of the pleasures of a sport - enjoying a rivalry about what Klopp very eloquently described as the most important of the unimportant things in life. And those who make this impossible should think about what they are missing: the pleasure of standing (or sitting, nowadays) on the Kop at Hillsborough when Utd win a local derby there. Imagine enjoying Duffy’s goal there without fearing for your life. You just have to be able to also take the misery of being there when Utd lose.