You choose a team as a child , it’s now yours for life through good and bad You can divorce your wife You can disown your children You can change your friends But , you can never change your team

I'm proud to say my club, Djurgårdens IF from Stockholm, is 100% owned by the supporters. 131 years old, and we will never sell out. I love my team more than life itself.

In Portsmouth they have a giant structure built on the quay called the spiniker tower. It got sponsored by some company and they wanted to paint it red, which is the colours of their derby rivals Southampton. The sponsor was forced by the entire city to paint it blue, as the city wouldn’t allow Southampton’s colours be painted in their city. Just an example of how Football really influences everything in Europe.

That chainsaw is from an MLS game, Portland Timbers (the guy that was sawing the log at the start of the video) he’s called Timber Joey! so you guys can go hard when you want to as well 🤣

You are right about one thing, Liverpool fans walked out of the stadium in the thousands at 77 minutes during a game to protest the price increase to £77 for a ticket. The price came straight back down. I'm not a Liverpool fan but even I was proud because above loving my team which is Arsenal I love the sport of football itself

These clubs in Europe and other places are rooted in communities and that’s why they are so passionate . In America most teams in every sport are franchises and don’t have the same feeling in the cities they are based , as they can move to another city at any time

if celtic and rangers fans were mixed in a football stadium like in America instead of having home and away ends they wouldn't be able to start the game from the bodies they would be pulling out of the stands

Guys, I have to say how far you have come. When you first reacted to All things Football you took it with tongue and cheek not realising the seriousness... Just listening to you now made me realise you actually understand. it's Tribalism and sometimes it's not even about the Football itself. I am a Chelsea fan, it's my way of life. It's my identity it's part of me just like my name. I would never be able to Change my team it's impossible it's a more than a religion or cult. Religious People to church we are in a 24/7 full time relationship. I really appreciate your videos and I really appreciate how you have actually taken the time to learn. if you want to learn about football Hooligans in England then I would recommend Danny Dyers Real Life Football factories... it would iprn your eyes even more. Anyway all the best my fellow cousins across the pond. Fantastic Video.

a few of these cut scenes and clips are actually from the Seattle Sounders vs Portland Timbers rivalry (or derby) which is the biggest in America. Seattle actually shuts down multiple streets every home game to march down to the stadium with thousands of people

The word Ultras means in italian 'oltre il limite' (over the limit) and as you see in this video first team was Samptoria genoa.

Big fan of what you lads do 👍

COPA90 Stories channel (where this video is from) is a real interesting Channel. One of the more fascinating stories on the channel is how the Ultras for the Three Big Football Clubs in Istanbul, Turkey (Galatasaray, Fenerbahce, and Besiktas) who are normally pretty heated rivals on any given day came together to protect people protesting the Turkish Government's plans to make changes to an important landmark in central Istanbul. The protesters were getting tear gassed and attacked by the police, so the Ultras came together and protected the protestors because they were used to being tear gassed and attacked by cops on Derby days between the clubs. Also, Adam Richman (the original Man vs. Food guy) has a series of videos called "Matchday Menu Diaries" where he goes to various cities and tries the local food and the goes see the team's match. [EDIT] Oh, and there is a video about the Columbus Crew fighting to save their team on the channel. It has a cameo of sorts from Art Modell, because Modell's moving the Browns from Cleveland to Baltimore caused something which impacted the final outcome of the story...

“Football is not a matter of life or death, it’s more important than that”

My team, Glasgow Rangers, just made a European Trophy final. They have used the support to punch above our weight, home and away, all over Europe. The cup final tickets for the final in Sevilla, Spain, instantly began going for thousands of pounds, pricing out the fans the team had relied on. The atmosphere in the final when most needed was poor and we lost the game. Football is ALL about money here too, for fans it's becoming worse and worse. Ultras are needed to remind the owners and expensive players just who's club it is. WATP UB07 🐻

You guys brought out the video at the right time. Tomorrow my club, Cape Town City FC, is facing our crosstown rivals Stellenbosch FC in the final game of the season. We are pushing for an African Champions League spot and they have a chance to finish 3rd. Nothing but a win will matter for both clubs. The atmosphere and banter has been building up all week.

Look up celtic and rangers rivalry in Scotland. The biggest in world football in my opinion where religion and politics play a huge part.

Another good Saturday at football hope I heal before work monday

Ok every hooligan is an ultra, but not all ultras are hooligans

For a very brief and different take on the '12th man', do a search for Delia Smith Let's be havvin you'. Hysterical moment, when the chairperson of Norwich City, who is also a celebrity chef and national institution, took to the field at half time to rally the troops. She'd also clearly been at the cooking sherry.

there's ultras culture that emerge in MLS right now, Austin and Charlotte just starting their culture. Catching up to Seattle and Portland. yes, it's like college football.

If you want yo see real intense rivalry - check out sooty and sweep.

This is a highly organized, passionate, dedicated structures. They have a strict hierarchy. They gather at a certain location before the game and they walk together to the stadium. They are financed by the club for their choreography and other expenses. Yes they do cause troubles, sometimes even more than just troubles.

If you want to see a real intense rivalry check out The Eternal Derby it’s about Red Star Belgrade and Partizan Belgrade in Serbia. Absolutely mental!

Just off to the game love, Disc Cutter check, Nail Gun Check, Band Saw check, Concrete Mixer check

I read somewhere that \one time a sport club in the USA moved from one city to another city. Like that AC Milan would suddenly move to Rome. Or Bayern Munich to Wolfsburg or something. That says it all, that would be IMPOSSIBLE in Europe.

Ultras, from plumbers to lawyers,doctors and even future politicians. I can name 4-5 politicians from my country who used to be ultras.

Hi guys, I believe that what make a really difference is how we see the club. I love football because I love my club (Benfica), not the other way around. Ill be there for every team that represent our badge from 11AM saturday with womens basket to 11pm futsal team. No matter what do we play I suffer the same just the badge matter

The guy with the chainsaw and with the big log of timber at the start of video is from the portland timbers in America who I believe at every home match cut the log of timber and I believe the 2 LA football teams have had fan fights before before their matches

The oldest and 1st ultras in Europe are from Croatia's Hajduk Split club. Formed in 1950.

I guess this has already been said, but I am pretty sure the chainsaw is MLS. Portland Timbers cut a log after every goal.

It's depends on the country really, ultras across Europe are most of the time hooligan organisations, as they were in the UK years ago, but more recently the ultras are going back down the route of violence, i was at the cup final a few weeks ago and there was so many fights on the way to Wembley, and it comes down to lack of police resources at the game, and also maybe because the fans have been away from the grounds for a while they've almost forgot how to act in the correct way

about the politics, there is two ultra curves in the "parc des princes" (the psg stadium) and one is anti facist and the other is historicaly a skinhead hangout . so there was fights (and more) between psg fans at a time

the chainsaw is actually in Portland, Oregon, US. they chop a bit of a tree for goals scored

The franchise system is insane to the rest of the sporting world, imagine Barcelona decide to play in Madrid, the fans in either city would refuse to accept it, and would boycott it. It goes against everything that defines you as a supporter of a club

I don't watch American football or baseball etc ..but i do watch nba as i like basketball and i would assume it has less commercials than American football lol and it still drives me crazy sometimes 😂

In europe fans are extension of the team and actively contribute to the club

Lol slagging themselves off without knowing it keep it up guys love it

When are you going to react to el clásico? The 2 big rivals, Messi in Barça and Ronaldo in Madrid, now that was beautiful to watch ⚽one video: el Clásico - Best fights, fouls, dives & red cards. Now that is rivalry

One question In Europe it is totally normal to join a club as a fan as a member you pay a yearly fee, but you also hav the right to join club meetings and elections in the club. How is that in the USA like if I am a fan can I join the club?

In India we have Mohunbagan and East bengal club more then 120 years history and there ultras fighting with each other from ages

Ultras exists on the premis, that their club is THEIR club. Football teams are based in the city/town/village where they reside. And has been since the clubs infancy. The club is a part of the community. And it is engrained in the hearts of the citizens that it belongs to them. Thats why ultras can exist as a concept. Although the different sports clubs all are professional and has to make a living out of it … the support from the fans are essential to any club. Its not so much the mighty buck that runs the show for the ultras. Thats where the passion comes in. Never forget … sports matches are the modern world equivalent to ancient times war rivalry with the kingdom next door. So it becomes a matter of “us vs them”. This is clan rivalry in our time.

No English person calls themself a hooligan , your a lad or a casual , you don't smash shit up as you put it , you might smash another teams pub but no just anything . Ultra is an Italian word for a lad or casual , which Europe has latched into with firework displays etc . You will never get rid of football violence , every generation will always continue to fly the flag

As a non-USAN I feel like Greenbay is the NFL team that is closest to a "real" grassroots sports team that you'd find elsewhere rather than a franchise; though you guys have commented that Philly is closest to British fan culture. Also still want to see you guys watch "C'etait un rendezvous"

'Gold standard crowd control' 🤣😂🤣😂

Well---(?) .. declaring war a little bit hard to say.. We love to "love/hate" each other! Hard in (mostly) words, but we all chair the same passion :) The passion of chairing.

yea we love our soccer

Try a series thats called 'The real football factories'

What this didn't explain is that some of these groups are more than just supporters. They are club members and even owner's. That can be a good or bad thing.

It’s a thin line between a Ultras and a Hooligan. One may claim Ultras, one may claim Hoolie. Some claim both just that easy.

Football players, even at the lower pro levels, are treated as gods. And they start to believe it. They don't care much for which club they play. Many will change rivals for little bit more money. We will not see many Batistuta's and Totti's anymore We are left with the Mbappe's and Neymars. And we, the fans, let it happen.

Ultras are super organised and very violent!

The funniest thing is the chainsaw is from an MLS game lol

You need to watch Danny dyers real football firms, it’s on KZfaq, each episode is a different area of the uk. It is worth reacting to

5:08 great point x

we use to say: Fans = Torcedores, Torcida. Super Fans (Ultras) = Fanáticos.

To be fair, there's definitely an ultras culture to the Portland Timbers in MLS, but it's more like a covers band than the real thing. I don't see how America's franchise system with your clubs can ever go with a proper ultras culture.

The chainsaw is the usa

Ultras isn't really an English thing, orchestrated support. Someone comes up with a funny chant and it just flows. I mean Crystal Palace give it a go.

bro from italy ultra is like a thing over power like you know pokeball and ultraball from pokemon

Nobody gets stuck in traffic. Authorities already organized this

actually the clubs dont suport this things and they usualy release announcements where they say that, the clubs want to sell tickets, so they need to give the other fans security too. but, also they dont want to lose those fans bc not all are bad and its part of the game and also ultras work like "hype mans", puting all in the stadium chanting and jumping and so on, a flair dont do nothing bad by itself, you need a bad person to do bad things. in fact in a lot of countries as in here in Portugal, some ultras need to go to the police station during the game, they cant get even close to a stadium in a game day. there are around 200 persons in Portugal with that condition.

Y'all should watch the movie Green Street Hooligans !!

We don't call it soccer because return the word "soccer" was the name that be English Football Association, (the FA) tried to impose on the game, to try and raise it above its working class, grass roots origins, but the name was never accepted by fans in the UK,

well.. that chainsaw its in mls... its a show in the alf time... in europe nobody do that kind of shows...

12:50 The clubs are mostly not into politics but the fan base is!

15: 14 - just for own safety

Some of the connotations of the word ‘ultras’ isn’t very positive. I would just say fans as ultras is kind of another word for hooligan and there is bad history there.

Bill Shankley, manager of Manchester United: "Some people believe football is a matter of life and death, I am very disappointed with that attitude. I can assure you it is much, much more important than that."

BBC Panorama 2017: Hillsborough Disaster. How They Buried the Truth. you should really look into the Hillsborough disaster in the uk and what happened as a result to understand how the authorities got control of hooligan culture by blaming the fans for situations that the police shouldnt have let happen (or even created and lied about in court) to justify stricter laws. our stadiums are now much more family friendly environments now but there is always one main stand for the home teams 'ultra' type supporters, its creates the atmosphere and allows them to be easier controlled if needed!

Rarely will you see flares at an English game, and ultras are die hard fans often linked with hooliganism at the very least. The end.

And besides. You do not see flares in the UK

The American World Cup is going to be interesting, how will they televise the abusive chants from England?

MLS up & coming check out Atlanta united very impressive

Poland , Greece , Turkey , Russia , Serbia , Croatia have the best footbal fans, ultras and hooligans

Please watch some mighty boosh!!! Old Gregg is a good starting point

Ultras are not only die hard fans of the club, they tend to be extremely patriotic and invested in local community. Although in more dictatorship like countries they are often manipulated and used by the people in power and get involved in organized crime. But still they often try to fix what government fails to do on local community level. Let's put it in American terms, it's like Crips and Bloods would not spend all of their time pushing dope, throwing their neighborhoods into a shithole and killing each other, but instead trying to help out the community. Few examples from my city, Belgrade, Serbia: - Maybe 20 years back in one neighborhood of my city a serial rapist started attacking girls at night. And the streets in my country are actually safe to walk after sundown so you can imagine the impact of this for the local community. Police was ineffective so local ultras literally created a lockdown, they held some sort of neighborhood watch for over 2 weeks. And they managed to get the guy, who needed serious medical attention by trauma surgeons before he could see the judge. Police literally had to save him from ultras. - Every year at holiday season they have a fundraising, buy toys and clothes and take them to children in orphanages. It's probably weird for the kids to have a 7 ft 250 pounds tattooed Santa giving out presents, but hey, as long as the kids are having some good things in their life... - They collected money and refurbished 4 playgrounds and 1 basketball/football court in my neighborhood which were devastated by junkies and left to rot by the local authorities. They painted them and tagged them with club colors and murals so no one dares to damage those swing sets and slides anymore. Not to mention they did it for like 10 times less money than what the city would spend and there are no junkie gatherings there anymore - They refurbish the facades of old buildings that the authorities ignore. They do paint their murals and insignia, but it looks better than gray walls and plaster falling off of them - Police actually has to patrol less because there are always some ultras sitting on a bench, drinking beer and watching over the hood. Especially in the summer. So cops are happy as well So from the local neighborhood perspective ultras are actually a quite good thing to have. If they didn't get involved in crime they would be a pride of the community. BTW, ultras were the key players in bringing down Serbian dictator Slobodan Milošević back in 2000. They were on the front line, clashing with the police, swallowing tear gas and enabled protestors to push forward.

My thing about calling football soccer is that football is a game played with your feet and nfl is a game played with your hands (mostly) so why call nfl football when you only kick it if you are bad or have scored?

Red Star Belgrade v Dinamo Zagreb started the Balkans war

No gun. But bring coin into studium 😂

You basically get these thing when it is linked with peoples identity. Similar to religion and all that. So yes, European teams and college football are a very apt comparison. And it's also why "franchises" wil never get these to the same extend. I support some esport franchises but at the end of the day there is no emotional attachment compared to my local club. When they won the league back in 2015-2016 you had basically everyone from the region celebrate. Even non-football fans. My mother cares little for football. She will always support our national team. Franchises can't compete with that.

7:53 It's funny, but you can't turn off ultras. The state cannot shut it down, not the club. In addition, ultras are a decades-long tradition. It's a way of life.

WHAT IT DO YA'LL!!

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In Africa there's only one sports that brings everyone together that's football

We have history here in europe som of these clubs be older then amerika

Football !

American's reaction to ultras, don't put ice cream in the oven!!

It's not a game It's a motion to war.

a nice B-52 with a full payload of cluster frags would put a quick stop to all that nonsense. or perhaps a few more Valley parades Bradford Yorkshire

Please react to footaball fans & atmospheres Europe vs Usa

You dont see pyro in England

There's one American hooligan ...... he's funny as fuck! I think it's a Vice vid on here

14:37😂🤣😂🤣

your advertising is out of control to be honest, when i stream a football match through a US channel im always shocked. you play ads right up til kick off and even put those stupid banners (usually Gekho insurance) over the screen and reduce the size of the game. honestly any company that did that here in the uk would get such a huge backlash they wouldnt do it again!

Welcome to CROATIA !

Clubs can be fined if their fans set off flares, smoke bombs etc. I think I've seen you react to a video where polish fans put up huge flags and then set off lots of red flares with another flag in the centre proclaiming how much their team would be fined because of the flares and basically saying football is all about money and not passion.

we will never understand how NFL Fans just go out in their backyards and burn their team t-shirts because of a lost game. Outrageous. PS: The chainsaw You re amazed by....from an MLS game, pretty sure. Minnesota I think, not sure, but it's from MLS.

PETE AND BAS PLUGGED IN WITH FUMZ pleeeeeaaaassseee

I think you underestimate your fellow Americans. Try and find out about Seattle Sounders and Portland Timbers supporsters.

Ultas maintain our culture and history, it's incredible and the clubs appreciate them.