Consider how refreshing it would be if our own football mandarins were to emulate the Turkish example. The action need not be precipitated by any transgression; it could simply be designed as an illustration of how much the male fan has to answer for. Does anyone seriously believe, for instance, that an all-female crowd would indulge in despicable chants about people dying, as happened at Elland Road on Tuesday night?
While a minority of Manchester United disciples scraped the barrel with a banner glorifying the fatal stabbing of two Leeds fans 11 years ago — in Istanbul, with a certain grisly irony — the womenfolk of Fenerbahce were celebrating the game for its own sake. Truly, the distance between the two grounds was measured in more than miles.
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