It is unacceptable that Domestic Violence increases when England play football

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This article from the independent makes sobering reading. Whether the England team Win or Lose the studies quoted in the article show domestic violence increases when they play a major match.

Independent Article

What can we do as a society to help stop this?

Take care everyone

I hadn't heard this but it's actually even more depressing.

Yeah I live on an estate and can hear people getting rowdy and pissed up already, I've never experienced dv but does make me stop and think how nervous some women may be feeling today.

English fans are absolutely hideous ( some that is ) how saka has decided to continue giving hes all to England is despite the racial abuse he suffered at the last euros is beyond me. I live over the road from a pub the violence over football is shocking.

That's really interesting, I wonder if it's people drinking more and celebrating after a win?

That is the common factor - men. Sadly it is. Not all men but it is always men.

I don't know why? I can't think of on suitable reason to excuse the ones who behave like this, not one.

There's a thread running about child-friendly places to watch the football. I wouldn't take my children anywhere near anywhere showing football - alcohol, swearing and boorishness. Ugh.

Oddly enough don't see a similar trend over the cricket or curling

About 20 years ago, we were on a camping holiday during either the World Cup or the Euros. There was a site bar where people were watching the game and we ran into them coming out, England having lost. Lots of shouting and swearing but I particularly remember a boy of about ten started kicking at a plant tub, swearing, and didn't stop till he'd destroyed it - no one stopped him or suggested this was wrong.

Not just domestic violence. I've noticed a big increase in antisocial behaviour generally. Not forgetting aggressive begging, skint guys who want to watch England at the pub and think they're entitled to the generosity of passersby

My ex beat me up the night England went out of Euro 96 on penalties. Combination of all day drinking, anger and just being a horrible horrible person.

My husband and I are football fans (not English though) and will watch tonight but I won’t be in any danger

I'm so sorry Bathsheba.

It's not acceptable because domestic violence is never acceptable.

Nor is it acceptable that men don't police other men. What's wrong with them?

Be honest you mean English fans. They are a lot better than they used to be. Unfortunately due to the reputation they can be attacked by other fans (like the Dutch) for that reason.

Don't blame it on the football. If a man is going to beat a woman up they will do it any occasion unfortunately. She could make his dinner wrong or be perceived to look at him wrong.

It's fucking horrible and depressing. I'm putting a post on my social media (as I do at Christmas time too) letting people know they can crash at mine if they're worried about DV now or at any time. I only have a sofa to offer but hopefully if anyone on my Facebook is experiencing it then it will help to know they have a safe place to go to for the night.

I know football has long been regarded as a trigger for domestic violence but the bigger picture is a culture of misogyny and violence which runs through many cultures across the world. We need a long term re-education process that makes this behaviour totally unacceptable.

Domestic violence isn't just actual physical violence, it takes many forms.

It's all entirely correlated to alcohol. There are no reported increases in domestic violence after football matches where the man is sober.

The problem isn't football, it's alcohol and coke.

we do have a problem with alcohol, coke and football watching being a whole package though

Germany have said how well behaved the English fans have been this time as well. So it's not all the English fans either.

Good god, do we really have to have 'not all English fans are like this' as an acronym as well now?

Do you not see anything a bit pathetic in that Germany have pointedly said that they English fans have behaved this time? Did you see a statement on the behaviour of fans from other countries? No, because they don't need a pat on the head. The English fans are being 'heralded' with what is actually a pointed dig, for 'being good' this year when they've been utterly brainless morons in other years.

Proper fans, from whichever countries, don't need their behaviour commenting on at all, it's a non-topic.

But my uncle is an England fan, who goes to all the games. So it's OK for people to lump him in with the scumbags?

I was a season ticket holder for my local team for years and years, my dad and uncle took me home and away since I was about 10 years old. Not all football fans are hooligans. The ones that are are the problem

You do realise that they have been attacked on several occasions during the euros for no reason? Yes we do need to point it out because they all get lumped together as hooligans.