Appalling Behaviour From The Bulgarian ‘Supporters’

[Bobbisox1]

Why don’t UEFA simply stop them from taking part in the tournament?

[douglas9401]

I understand that Bobbisox and it was a great result for them, especially under the circumstances but I did expect action in response to the expected behaviour.

I suppose the blazers had a word and impressed on the team just where priorities lie when it comes to making money for the authorities.

[Bobbisox1]

Should of been Douglas, certainly not to be LOL at by a poster on here

[ludwig]

//did I not read about plan to leave the pitch as a team if this sort of thing happened? //

Always a daft idea. Capitulate to the abusers? - No. Stay on and win the game.

[anneasquith]

You didn’t pay proper attention to the post Bobbie . ! !

[Ken4155]

The section of so called fans performing the Nazi salute had obviously only attended the game for one thing and that was to bait the black English players. And did anyone notice that they all appeared to be dressed almost identically? Almost a uniform of sorts. Lots of respect is due to the Bulgarian captain, Ivelin Popov. who was obviously remonstrating with some of their fans throughout the half time break. Their manager, on the other hand, is a complete disgrace, pretending he didn't hear the abuse. I wonder how their sole black player felt? Bulgaria ought to be kicked out of the next European tournament as they are already more or less out of this one.

[Barsel]

....and I sacrificed Corrie for this?

[Mozz71]

Just saw an interview with the Bulgarian manager, who claims not to have heard any of the abuse. He's as big a disgrace as the fans.

[waterboatman]

I've just read through this. What disgraceful behaviour. They should be banned fro international football until they can behave.

[Deskdiary]

The only meaningful sanction will be bar Bulgaria from the qualifiers for the 2024 competition (As Ken said, not much point barring them from 2020 as they're out already out), but there's no way that will happen.

Other than when the Liverpool fans caused the death of 32 Italians in Heysel, UEFA have form minor sanctions.

Once the "thorough investigation" by EUFA has been completed, I suspect Bulgaria's next home game will be behind closed doors and they'll get fined a few thousand Euros.

Greg Clarke, in an interview, said (paraphrasing) they appeared to be making political gestures. For Funks Sake, it was obvious to everybody they were performing Nazi salutes, so why hell didn't he just say so?

[Bobbisox1]

DD, there’s none so blind ....as they say
Greg Clarke can’t help but to have see it

[bhg481]

I wonder why the affected players don't just ignore it. There's nothing more effective than ignoring someone who's trying to offend you. The players must know that the people trying to hurt them are just low-lives and their opinions count for nothing.

[Bobbisox1]

Bhg, they did and proudly so, they were a credit to England last night

[fiction-factory]

Does anyone know whether the several hundred Bulgarian spectators (mainly wearing black hoodies and some face coverings) who were shown leaving the stand: were they escorted out, did they leave of their own accord or were they just trying to beat the queues at the bar?

[fiction-factory]

^ during stage 2 of the 'protocol'- about 5 minutes before half time

[Bobbisox1]

I think bring ‘escorted’ there would be a lot more heavy handed then it would be here ,leaving because they thought they made their point or because England whopped them good and proper luck

[Bobbisox1]

^^^^ no idea where luck came from, since Apples done an update on this iPad ,it’s got a will of its own

[Mozz71]

FF, apparently they were ejected from the stadium, sadly not straight into the back of a police van.

The curious thing is that they seem to have been ejected by an independent security firm. Nobody seems to know who they were, or at least are admitting they know. It makes you wonder if the Bulgarian FA knew there was a neo-Nazi organisation infiltrating the crowd an planted the security as a result. Why they couldn't have simply stopped them from entering the stadium in the first place is anyone's guess.