seriously!
The Turkish football association has come up with a radical solution for tackling hooliganism – by banning men from stadiums. Teams sanctioned for unruly behaviour by fans are instead only allowed to admit women and children aged under 12 to watch games.
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On Tuesday, more than 41,000 women and children attended Fenerbahce’s match against Manisaspor in Istanbul.
Fenerbahce’s 1-1 draw with Manisapor kicked off after players from both teams hurled flowers at the fans, while the visitors were greeted with applause instead of the more customary loud jeers.
The home side’s captain, Alex de Sousa, said: “This memory will stay with me forever. It’s not always that you see so many women and children in one game.”
Maybe if they hurled flowers at the men, the men would be nice, too. Just a thought…
Read more here. (Thanks RW!)
Thank you for this link! A fantastic story; I’m still happy from reading it!