SimonM Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I am still languishing here in Switzerland for > another week. We stayed at the same place a year > ago and then the local press were full of the news > that Liverpool FC were staying at the > Victoria-Jungrau hotel along the lake in > Interlaken for their pre-season training. This was > to involve everyone cyclcing a mile or so to a > local ground for the training and a few untaxing > friendlies against the likes of Luzern FC. > > Anyway I don't think they're at Interlaken this > year but they have certainly been playing > friendlies in Vienna and Switzerland. Today's > local paper carried a story about the Liverpool > supporter who pushed a railway porter in the path > of a train in Thun (2 lakes along from here) > because he did not like the way he spoke to him. > Fortunately the guy got out of the way in time and > the "suppoerter", despite attempting to flee by > train (!!!!) was captured. I was a little sad that > a scouser who had travelled so far to watch his > heroes play in a friendly at St Gallen had so > depressingly conformed to the stereotype > except.....this Liverpool supporter was actually a > Swiss guy from Thun. Hmmmm. > > So I am now wondering if the mentality of a > football club supporter becomes a little > more....volatile, shall we say, the further away > he/she is based geographically from the club. Are > people living a short bus ride from Anfield or Old > Trafford more serene than the....livelier > specimens exiled In London, for example? So if > you're Swiss and support Liverpool you're pretty > far gone, and I just don't want to contemplate the > Manchester Utd supporters based in Japan... an old mucker about to feature on itv 4 on a sort of related note ;-)