By way of evidence in support: "Summary of story from BBC News, September 19, 2011
Strathclyde police have reported an increase in domestic abuse after an Old Firm (between Celtic and Rangers) football match on Sunday.
Police data shows an increase to 142 cases, in comparison to an average Old Firm weekend of 107 and an average weekend of 67.
There were 18 serious assaults, a drop on the average Old Firm weekend of 23 and higher than the average weekend of eight. The figures were calculated from evidence gathered by the force between April 1, 2004 and September 15 this year.
A Police spokesperson said: ?These are not just a set of statistics about crime on an Old Firm weekend. Behind every one is a victim, a family and a community blighted by the violence that, sadly, is still attaching itself to this fixture.?
Mhairi McGowan, operations manager for Assist which works with domestic violence victims, said: ?For the first time in seven-years, due to the volume of people referred to us, we?ve been unable to give courts the information they need, prior to court starting"
Regardless of whether he's a football fan, any man who allows his emotions to spill over into giving his wife/partner/significant other a back hander is 'THAT cuntish and feeble' and it is sad and it makes me angry too, bn.
As an aside, although it may not be considered by some to to be appropriate to raise this matter on your thread, it should be a matter of concern to us all that there has been increase in the numbers of crimes of violence perpetrated by women at a time when the statistics for crimes of violence by men are showing a decrease in numbers.
Stats can be subject to political whim inaccurate reporting and IMO this unprecedented increase requires further scrutiny and investigation.