Players stress importance of unity and describe how war affects their preparations for the tournament
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The hooligan firms of the future
JON TAIT paints the sinister picture of a potential return of violence to football, that hasn’t been seen on a large scale for many years
Football fans knock over bins and throw bottles ahead of the England vs Russia France Euro 2016 match, in Marseille, France, in June 2016
YOU can see them on the terraces that still exist in the lower end of the Football League.
Gangs of lads dressed in Stone Island and CP Company. Black hoods hiding their eyes, face snoods pulled up.
They stand around the crush barriers in groups of five or six here and there — the hooligan firms of the future.
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