Avoid the British when on holiday
Jul 22nd 2015 | 3:19 am
#121
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Re: Avoid the British when on holiday
I have - but then I was in Spain twice as long as you and I had a bar.
The only people who started fights (which were mercifully few and far between) in my bar were Spanish and (funnily enough) Irish. I've seen fights and the police called on more than one occasion in a Spanish bar just around the corner as well - again between Spanish - that would have been drug fuelled as well as alcohol.
The only people who started fights (which were mercifully few and far between) in my bar were Spanish and (funnily enough) Irish. I've seen fights and the police called on more than one occasion in a Spanish bar just around the corner as well - again between Spanish - that would have been drug fuelled as well as alcohol.
Jul 22nd 2015 | 3:38 am
#122
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Re: Avoid the British when on holiday
Really nice place with attendant courtesy and helpful locals.
Small downside I have noticed this time they raise their voices and shout at me in Spanglish.
Bus to Marbella yesterday where driver shouted is four twenty when he wanted four fourty but all done with a smile.( could be cos i'm old)
No drunks,nudity or urination but lots of normal people who are not English and either have not noticed or do not care we are.
Just like home really without bands of noisy kids.
Four stars from me.
Jul 22nd 2015 | 4:25 am
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Re: Avoid the British when on holiday
You know, I think you have a point.
Nowhere else on any other forums do I come across this narrow minded, holier than thou attitude as I see on expat forums.
I wonder, do most of them suddenly feel superior to ordinary Brits back home once they've settled in Spain ?
On second thoughts don't reply to that, as judging by this thread the answer is all to obvious.
Just sit in any expat bar for few hours.
Jul 22nd 2015 | 4:55 am
#124
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Re: Avoid the British when on holiday
Didn't like it.
Now spend my time,when out,in Spanish bars.
If I wanted to listen to British d*ck heads I would save money and stay at home but to be honest we normally stay in when at home.
But I do know what you mean.
Jul 22nd 2015 | 5:04 am
#125
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Re: Avoid the British when on holiday
Jul 22nd 2015 | 5:06 am
#126
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Re: Avoid the British when on holiday
Or mix with expats who never mix with expats...obviously a superior type of expat
Jul 22nd 2015 | 5:11 am
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Re: Avoid the British when on holiday
Death of Jimmy Romero shows Spanish football still fighting to end fan violence | Sid Lowe | Football | The Guardian
The brutal battle that ended with blood splattered across the street, a dozen injured and Jimmy Romero pulled from the Manzanares river beaten and dying began as planned early on Sunday morning. Members of the far-right Frente Atlético had gathered at 8am, four hours before their team faced Deportivo de La Coruña at the Vicente Calderón. Half an hour later buses arrived from Galicia and the occupants, members of Depor’s ultras Riazor Blues, got off and headed along the river towards the stadium, where the Frente waited. Shortly before 8.50am flares were set off and, amid the smoke, the charges began. Two hundred men ran towards each other carrying metal bars and knives.
"The fighting was vicious and it continued up and down the Paseo Virgen del Puerto, alongside the river. It spilled onto roads alongside: Calle de San Rufo, Paseo de la Ermita del Santo and Avenida del Manzanares. Eventually the police began to arrive, and so did the ambulances. There were 21 arrests. Francisco Javier ‘Jimmy’ Romero Taboada became the 11th person to have died in football-related trouble in Spain since 1982. When he was dragged out of the water, where he’d been for almost half an hour, he had serious head injuries, his heart had stopped and he had hypothermia; he was “clinically deadâ€, one hospital source was quoted as saying."
This is the sort of thing that is still happening in Spanish football only this last season.
Far right nazi groups are still prevalent, mass brawls and fights still common.
The brutal battle that ended with blood splattered across the street, a dozen injured and Jimmy Romero pulled from the Manzanares river beaten and dying began as planned early on Sunday morning. Members of the far-right Frente Atlético had gathered at 8am, four hours before their team faced Deportivo de La Coruña at the Vicente Calderón. Half an hour later buses arrived from Galicia and the occupants, members of Depor’s ultras Riazor Blues, got off and headed along the river towards the stadium, where the Frente waited. Shortly before 8.50am flares were set off and, amid the smoke, the charges began. Two hundred men ran towards each other carrying metal bars and knives.
"The fighting was vicious and it continued up and down the Paseo Virgen del Puerto, alongside the river. It spilled onto roads alongside: Calle de San Rufo, Paseo de la Ermita del Santo and Avenida del Manzanares. Eventually the police began to arrive, and so did the ambulances. There were 21 arrests. Francisco Javier ‘Jimmy’ Romero Taboada became the 11th person to have died in football-related trouble in Spain since 1982. When he was dragged out of the water, where he’d been for almost half an hour, he had serious head injuries, his heart had stopped and he had hypothermia; he was “clinically deadâ€, one hospital source was quoted as saying."
This is the sort of thing that is still happening in Spanish football only this last season.
Far right nazi groups are still prevalent, mass brawls and fights still common.
Last edited by Dick Dasterdly; Jul 22nd 2015 at 5:15 am. Reason: Add on
Jul 22nd 2015 | 5:23 am
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Re: Avoid the British when on holiday
Death of Jimmy Romero shows Spanish football still fighting to end fan violence | Sid Lowe | Football | The Guardian
The brutal battle that ended with blood splattered across the street, a dozen injured and Jimmy Romero pulled from the Manzanares river beaten and dying began as planned early on Sunday morning. Members of the far-right Frente Atlético had gathered at 8am, four hours before their team faced Deportivo de La Coruña at the Vicente Calderón. Half an hour later buses arrived from Galicia and the occupants, members of Depor’s ultras Riazor Blues, got off and headed along the river towards the stadium, where the Frente waited. Shortly before 8.50am flares were set off and, amid the smoke, the charges began. Two hundred men ran towards each other carrying metal bars and knives.
"The fighting was vicious and it continued up and down the Paseo Virgen del Puerto, alongside the river. It spilled onto roads alongside: Calle de San Rufo, Paseo de la Ermita del Santo and Avenida del Manzanares. Eventually the police began to arrive, and so did the ambulances. There were 21 arrests. Francisco Javier ‘Jimmy’ Romero Taboada became the 11th person to have died in football-related trouble in Spain since 1982. When he was dragged out of the water, where he’d been for almost half an hour, he had serious head injuries, his heart had stopped and he had hypothermia; he was “clinically deadâ€, one hospital source was quoted as saying."
This is the sort of thing that is still happening in Spanish football only this last season.
Far right nazi groups are still prevalent, mass brawls and fights still common.
The brutal battle that ended with blood splattered across the street, a dozen injured and Jimmy Romero pulled from the Manzanares river beaten and dying began as planned early on Sunday morning. Members of the far-right Frente Atlético had gathered at 8am, four hours before their team faced Deportivo de La Coruña at the Vicente Calderón. Half an hour later buses arrived from Galicia and the occupants, members of Depor’s ultras Riazor Blues, got off and headed along the river towards the stadium, where the Frente waited. Shortly before 8.50am flares were set off and, amid the smoke, the charges began. Two hundred men ran towards each other carrying metal bars and knives.
"The fighting was vicious and it continued up and down the Paseo Virgen del Puerto, alongside the river. It spilled onto roads alongside: Calle de San Rufo, Paseo de la Ermita del Santo and Avenida del Manzanares. Eventually the police began to arrive, and so did the ambulances. There were 21 arrests. Francisco Javier ‘Jimmy’ Romero Taboada became the 11th person to have died in football-related trouble in Spain since 1982. When he was dragged out of the water, where he’d been for almost half an hour, he had serious head injuries, his heart had stopped and he had hypothermia; he was “clinically deadâ€, one hospital source was quoted as saying."
This is the sort of thing that is still happening in Spanish football only this last season.
Far right nazi groups are still prevalent, mass brawls and fights still common.
Just because there are badly behaved locals does not excuse anti social behaviour by some Brits.
If you want to discss racist football supporters just look at the tv reports today about chelsea knobheads in Paris.
Last edited by EMR; Jul 22nd 2015 at 5:25 am.
Jul 22nd 2015 | 5:29 am
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Re: Avoid the British when on holiday
Another one who edits in a poor attempt to score a point..
Ryan air has announced today that it has added Bristol aiport to those where passengers on certain flights to Spain will be banned from bringing alcohol purchased in the airport shoos onboard their aircraft.
This is action taken because of a number of incidents with drunken passengers.
Ryan air has announced today that it has added Bristol aiport to those where passengers on certain flights to Spain will be banned from bringing alcohol purchased in the airport shoos onboard their aircraft.
This is action taken because of a number of incidents with drunken passengers.
Last edited by EMR; Jul 22nd 2015 at 5:56 am.
