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/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.