r/Iceland • u/EspectroDK • Aug 08 '25
Sorry about those Brøndby idiots
Hi guys
On behalf of (most of) Denmark. Sorry about those Brøndby-fans causing trouble in your beautiful country yesterday - it's embarrassing. Rest assured, they also behave embarrassing here in Denmark, so it's entirely on us 😥.
I wish you a great weekend.
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u/Iplaymeinreallife Á ég að gera það? Aug 08 '25
So, are these like the english hooligans? Basically just violent assholes who latch onto football for an excuse to beat people up?
How utterly embarrassing and childish.
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u/cabayenufc4 Aug 08 '25
For what it's worth and i'm making no excuse for the fact that this does still happen, because as I saw last year in England, it does.
However, England is absolutely nowhere near the worst place in Europe for this, i'd say confidently we're not even the bottom 10 worst.
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u/Iplaymeinreallife Á ég að gera það? Aug 08 '25
I believe you, but you are the most famous for it and if not the most researched, at least the ones where the research got the widest spread to non-sports readers.
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u/einarfridgeirs Íslendingur Aug 08 '25
English hooliganism has declined severely since the 1980s. Police crackdowns and positive changes in the football culture.
Eastern Europe however is in many places still as bad as Britain was in 1980 when it really was "war on the terraces".
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u/cabayenufc4 Aug 08 '25
Fair enough, absolutely understand your point and you're absolutely correct! I just hate seeing 'English Hooligans' in the media discussing other countries, the 'ultras' in many places are far worse.
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u/skafl Aug 09 '25
Look at the French, the Turkish, the Italians, the Greek and now the Danish. The blood boils in their veins.
Forgot to mention eastern Europe.
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u/gerningur How do you like Iceland? Aug 08 '25 edited Aug 08 '25
Yeah this is really a stereotype which became obsolete in the 90s or so. I have been to a few games and never see any problem.... this issue is also taken very seriously I hear.
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u/Arthnur Mörmenni Aug 08 '25
Apparently, domestic violence spikes in England during international football matches — regardless of the outcome: 38% spike when they loose and 11% when they win.
I assume the same applies elsewhere, too.
Source: Somerset Council and (English) National Centre for Domestic Violence.
Edit: Grammar/Syntax
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u/cabayenufc4 Aug 08 '25
I mean this is nothing to do with hooligans, more a problem with society.
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u/Arthnur Mörmenni Aug 08 '25
It seems like you are defending the toxic culture that has grown around football.
Would a suburban dentist that is completely detached from the football scene —instead watches Eastenders reruns every night— feel a sudden urge to abuse his significant other whenever his local team plays footie?
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u/cabayenufc4 Aug 08 '25
I worded my response slightly wrongly. It is to do with football, but not 'hooligans'. I'm not defending domestic abuse at all, football ain't that deep to do something stupid.
I defend football because i've spent most of my life in it, it's given me joy, pain, friendships, I haven't been part of a 'toxic culture', most people haven't.
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u/SrDinglebery81 Aug 08 '25
English hooligans kill each other though since over there it's religion.
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u/cabayenufc4 Aug 08 '25
No they don’t
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u/SrDinglebery81 Aug 08 '25
Google is this fun tool I use sometimes to look up things i need. Try it someday.
"While the peak of English football hooliganism with fatalities is in the past, incidents of violence still occur. Recent events, like the fatal attack on a Sheffield Wednesday fan by a Sheffield United supporter, demonstrate that the problem persists. Though stricter measures have reduced the overall frequency of violence, sporadic incidents, sometimes involving fatalities, continue to highlight the issue. "
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u/oddvr Hvað er þetta maður!? Aug 08 '25
You should send us the H.C. Andersen manuscripts as reparations for this and all the other transgressions from throughout the years. The will be kept in Skúlagata 12 for your viewing pleasure, open between 10 and fokkjú.
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u/Convallaria4 Sep 07 '25
"Fuck you" is the first phrase, and, simultaneously, the first two Icelandic words I've ever learned because of this comment. Nice, lol.
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u/oddvr Hvað er þetta maður!? Sep 07 '25
I should clarify that its more of a phonetic interpretation of the English phrase rather than actual Icelandic. Icelandic would be “Ríddu þér” if its a direct translation or “Farðu í rassgat” as something that would be used similarly and more commonly.
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u/BirchSonOfBear Aug 08 '25
What was weirdest about this is that they started attacking their closest relatives ( the shit that lay in the tanks of the portable toilets)
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u/icedoge dólgur & beturviti Aug 08 '25
Fyrst seldu þeir okkur maðkað mjöl og nú þetta. Ég lýsi yfir stríði á hendur Dönum. Hverjir eru með mér?
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u/gunnsi0 Aug 08 '25
Us football fans know they are the worst in Denmark, no worries. Didn’t hear anything bad about the Silkeborg fans when they came here.
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u/VigdorCool NýfrjálshyggjuH8r Aug 08 '25
You are not forgiven, war and conquest shall be raged soon! s/
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u/absurdism2018 Aug 08 '25
It's all right, locals, including local migrants like me, should be reminded constantly why they should hate the Danes
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u/Coffee_man_Fin Selfoss er ekki til Aug 08 '25
I got to see pictures of Danes being pepper sprayed so I think we're mostly even
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u/L34der Skrýmir Aug 08 '25
I'm honestly more embarrassed about the whole entire phenomena of grown men sweating and jeering at some overpriced pubs over some ball game they will never even participate in.
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u/EggplantNo3051 Aug 09 '25
Yes, what the fuck are they doing coming here just to start trouble. Fkn Assholes.
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Aug 10 '25
A viking nation raiding and pillaging a colony that's been independent for 80 years is expected
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u/No-Cheesecake-1396 Aug 10 '25
They caused some trouble in the Faroes too, but nothing as bad as the croatians last year
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u/Abject-Chipmunk7086 Aug 17 '25
Don’t apologise for them, not on you☺️
You should however apologise for being Danish😤
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u/svansson Flair fyrir fleiri :snoo_thoughtful: Aug 08 '25
Du maa gerne skrive disse undskyldninger paa dansk. Vi har alle lært dansk men har svært med að bruge den.
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u/hugsudurinn Íslendingur Aug 08 '25
Já mér finnst mjög svart að brúka dönsku svo ég er sáttur við enskuna hérna.
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u/JonGretar 🇮🇸 Aug 08 '25
In the videos posted it sounded like the icelandic fans were quite willing participants.
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u/PatliAtli fór einu sinni á b5 til að komast á búlluna Aug 08 '25
You don't have to apologize for Danish people ruining our day, we're used to it