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What sports team has the craziest fans?

My first gut on this would be to look at some of the European football clubs, but I don't think any of their fans are as nuts as the fans of the Oakland Raiders.

I'm sure that not everyone on this board is familiar with American football teams. The Raider fans are completely insane. If you have ever been to a game or even seen one on TV, you would think that each of the fans there was a member of a biker gang. That is the image the Raiders and their fans have conveyed for the last 30 years. Half of them probably need to be committed for the safety of the general public.

http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site181/2006/0824/20060824_032630_0824raiders_darth1.jpg
(The most famous Raider fan, Darth Raider.)

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u293/UncleMichael/Oakland%20Raiders/TheAutumnWind.jpg

What sports team has the craziest fans?

My first gut on this would be to look at some of the European football clubs, but I don't think any of their fans are as nuts as the fans of the Oakland Raiders.

I'm sure that not everyone on this board is familiar with American football teams. The Raider fans are completely insane. If you have ever been to a game or even seen one on TV, you would think that each of the fans there was a member of a biker gang. That is the image the Raiders and their fans have conveyed for the last 30 years. Half of them probably need to be committed for the safety of the general public.

http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site181/2006/0824/20060824_032630_0824raiders_darth1.jpg
(The most famous Raider fan, Darth Raider.)

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u293/UncleMichael/Oakland%20Raiders/TheAutumnWind.jpg

Im sorry to dissapoint you. I have been to american football NFL games, south american real football (what you call soccer) games and european football games.

The craziest fans are in Argentina. There you have to be smart to walk out of the stadium alive. Period.

What sports team has the craziest fans?


Personally, I think anyone who considers the outcome of a game to be important is somewhat delusional. Unless they have money riding on it.

The craziest fans are rally fans.

Just imagine getting to within a few inches from the car, doing a hairpin turn at 150mph offroad. A tiny miss, and you're injured; a small miss, and you're dead. They have to be really, really confident in the drivers taking a perfect curve.

Just look at this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WaRoyP4DEi8
And this is a mild example. Often, they fill the track as well, running away just as the car approaches.

El Deportivo A Coruña, of Galicia. Those futball fans are insane!!

http://www.escuelaparalaia.com/images/uploads/imagenes/superdepor.jpg
http://osasuna.theoffside.com/files/2008/04/manu_concert.jpg

Oakland never had to put in a judge to deal with all the troublemakers, a la Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia.

Actually, the judge from there just won an election. :D

I believe that during the last world cup in Germany they had to put full courts and a police headquarters in some of the stadiums.

While Raiders fans can indeed be terrifying, I don't think anyone's died at a Raiders' game yet. I'm pretty sure people have died at soccer games (though to be fair, they've been killed at baseball games, too).

Raiders fans are actually on the whole a fine bunch as long as you don't try to give them any crap or talk trash in their home. Or show up in Kansas City Chiefs jersey. A lot of people around here want to get rid of the Oakland Coliseum because it's so ugly and made of cement, but we often joke that it was designed that way so Raiders fans couldn't burn it down. :P

Having been raised a Red Sox fan before switching allegiance in adulthood (much to my father's horror), I have to say that, while not generally violent, Red Sox fans are fucking loony.

I believe that during the last world cup in Germany they had to put full courts and a police headquarters in some of the stadiums.

And rightfully so, those dirty cheating Italian bastards.

*still bitter*

Oh we are talking about craziness like cute craziness? not like in scary homicidal craziness? right...

Darth Raider looks AWESOME!

Video games. Don't believe me? Play a game of Halo 3 on Xbox live with the headset thingy. THEN you can tell me Video Game fans aren't crazy.:D

And yes, I count gaming as a sport! Woo! I'm an athlete!:p

Red Sox fans aren't violent, but we're pretty loony. You can't get anywhere in Massachusetts politics without being a Sox fan. And hating the Yankees.

Darth Raider looks AWESOME!

Video games. Don't believe me? Play a game of Halo 3 on Xbox live with the headset thingy. THEN you can tell me Video Game fans aren't crazy.:D

And yes, I count gaming as a sport! Woo! I'm an athlete!:p

No its not. You are not an athlete.

And video game fans are VERY crazy when in the safety of their homes and under the cover of anonimus ranting. Just like this forum.


No... blogging is not a sport either.

No its not. You are not an athlete.

And video game fans are VERY crazy when in the safety of their homes and under the cover of anonimus ranting. Just like this forum.


No... blogging is not a sport either.

Who gave you the power? Wikipedia gave me the power.:)
Sport is an activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively
The all knowing Wiki wins once more!

I dont care what wikipedia says...
Video games arent a sport, and they arent art either...

ont he other hand...Shooting videogamers IS a sport!
:mp5::mp5::mp5::mp5::mp5:

What sports team has the craziest fans?

Pfaugh. American football fans are TAME. See: soccer hooligans.

Zenit St. Petersburg.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOd4ND8u81c

*nods*

Who gave you the power? Wikipedia gave me the power.:)

The all knowing Wiki wins once more!

Personally, I define "sport" in three ways: it must require athleticism, it must require skill, and it must have an objective scoring system. So to me, not only is gaming not a sport, but neither is golf, pool, poker, certain lifting competitions, or ice skating. :p

What sports team has the craziest fans?

My first gut on this would be to look at some of the European football clubs, but I don't think any of their fans are as nuts as the fans of the Oakland Raiders.

I'm sure that not everyone on this board is familiar with American football teams. The Raider fans are completely insane. If you have ever been to a game or even seen one on TV, you would think that each of the fans there was a member of a biker gang. That is the image the Raiders and their fans have conveyed for the last 30 years. Half of them probably need to be committed for the safety of the general public.

http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site181/2006/0824/20060824_032630_0824raiders_darth1.jpg
(The most famous Raider fan, Darth Raider.)

http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u293/UncleMichael/Oakland%20Raiders/TheAutumnWind.jpg


My favorite are sports fans (for any sport) in Philadelphia. They threw batteries at a visiting baseball player who had once played for the Phillies, booed Santa Claus at an NFL game, and even booed the kids at a father/son exihbition baseball game.

Definitely football (soccer) fans. Can go from nice friendly bunch to murderous hooligans based on one decision. Never taunt a football fans team. They'll kill you...

I dont care what wikipedia says...
Video games arent a sport, and they arent art either...

ont he other hand...Shooting videogamers IS a sport!
:mp5::mp5::mp5::mp5::mp5:
Just jealousy that you aren't any good at them.
Personally, I define "sport" in three ways: it must require athleticism, it must require skill, and it must have an objective scoring system. So to me, not only is gaming not a sport, but neither is golf, pool, poker, certain lifting competitions, or ice skating. :p
So gaming passes all three*

If you play on the Wii

Pfaugh. American football fans are TAME. See: soccer hooligans.
See: the Old Firm.

Are we just talking pro sports? Because I would dare anyone to find a nuttier sports crowd then the parents in the stands at their childs little league game(name a sport) Yep parents at thier childrens sporting events are the true lunatics...IMO

That guy who yells "GET IN THE HOLE!" whenever a pro golfer tees off. I even hear it on par fives. That man should be thrown in a water hazard.

Raiders fans are certainly the craziest dressers.

Philly sports fans aren't necessarily crazy, but boy are they surly. Pelting snowballs at Santa Claus? Man.

As a Toronto Maple Leafs fan, I can say that while we have moments of craziness, most of us are either delusional or morose. It depends mostly on how long one has been a fan.

Are we just talking pro sports? Because I would dare anyone to find a nuttier sports crowd then the parents in the stands at their childs little league game(name a sport) Yep parents at thier childrens sporting events are the true lunatics...IMO

Agreed. At the championship, there was this one woman who kept shouting "CHEATERS! CHEATERS!" At the top of her lungs each time someone on the other team got so much as a strike, or someone from our team got a hit. I still blame the blind Umpire for that game...

Just jealousy that you aren't any good at them.
If you play on the Wii

Im damn good at videogames... also at real sports.

Definitely football (soccer) fans. Can go from nice friendly bunch to murderous hooligans based on one decision. Never taunt a football fans team. They'll kill you...
Damn right. Complain and mock yer American types who may get slightly drunk and play music or something. They're not bad. People who will smash your face off with a brick because you took the piss after they lost 2-1 to their local rivals - that's who to watch out for.

No no no...

the OP is using the crazy word in a special sense, meaning cute crazy, funny crazy. Not dangerous crazy, violent crazy.

American Football fans are very funny crazy. But not dangerous.

Any way, I dont think they have streakers in the NFL. There is no way a fan can get to the field naked. Specially in the Super Bowl. LOL

Red Sox fans aren't violent, but we're pretty loony. You can't get anywhere in Massachusetts politics without being a Sox fan. And hating the Yankees.
Ugh...I wear a cap for the Bruins, Devils, and Penguins...so for some reason, people invariably ask me which baseball team I like...when I say "I lean towards the Sox out of proximity, but I hate Baseball", I get an hour lecture about the beauty of the game. Thusfar, only one guy has actually made a decent point. the rest just berate me with "Baseball is awesome! The Bruins never win! (neither did the Sox for 86 years. Shut up and leave me alone.)
As a Toronto Maple Leafs fan, I can say that while we have moments of craziness, most of us are either delusional or morose. It depends mostly on how long one has been a fan.
o.O

*kneecaps*

Damn right. Complain and mock yer American types who may get slightly drunk and play music or something. They're not bad. People who will smash your face off with a brick because you took the piss after they lost 2-1 to their local rivals - that's who to watch out for.

It's best if in England to stay away from Millwall, though they aren't as bad as they used to be. Roma fans are mental as well....

Also can't find any pictures of American football hooligans and riots but real football hooligans:

http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/00014/italy_football_riots_14295a.jpg

There was a riot once, when the Dallas Cowboys won a Superbowl.

In the US, the college non-professional american football league fans are more violent than the NFL fans.

Its because in college american football there is lots of teenagers, instead of lots of couch potatos.

While Raiders fans can indeed be terrifying, I don't think anyone's died at a Raiders' game yet. I'm pretty sure people have died at soccer games (though to be fair, they've been killed at baseball games, too).

Raiders fans are actually on the whole a fine bunch as long as you don't try to give them any crap or talk trash in their home. Or show up in Kansas City Chiefs jersey. A lot of people around here want to get rid of the Oakland Coliseum because it's so ugly and made of cement, but we often joke that it was designed that way so Raiders fans couldn't burn it down. :P

I've sold tickets to Raiders fans-they are the biggest group of knuckledragging mouth breathers I've ever encountered. I'll say this for 49ers fans, they know what's available and are realistic about what they're going to get and what it's going to cost-they know ahead of time, they're in, they get their tickets, and they're out. For Raiders fans we had to assemble a picture book to explain how to make a transaction. Ooooooh I hate Raiders fans sooooo much.

NASCAR fans are a treat. I remember the sounds of a Coors tall boy cracking open at 9 AM, the tooth challenged man taunting "Yeah yeah yeah, all your Fords will overheat in the parking lot." (He looked right at me and said that, despite the fact that I had been rooting for the guy in the Chevy who won, for whatever reason I said, "Dude, my car is aircooled." And the futile wave to the guy who wouldn't let me out of the parking lot to take the route that was actually moving because he was convinced that I was trying to cut into the line that wasn't moving that he was committed to; as I left the track while he was still in the parking lot. I had intended to go back the next year, but stopped short of the track and watched the race in a bar and grill with airconditioning and a really tasty burger. No regrets on that at all.

Im damn good at videogames... also at real sports.

Liar. You post on NSG.:D

Extreme European football fans. Good god, not only are they crazy, but they're also violent as all get out!

While Raiders fans can indeed be terrifying, I don't think anyone's died at a Raiders' game yet. I'm pretty sure people have died at soccer games (though to be fair, they've been killed at baseball games, too).

Raiders fans are actually on the whole a fine bunch as long as you don't try to give them any crap or talk trash in their home. Or show up in Kansas City Chiefs jersey. A lot of people around here want to get rid of the Oakland Coliseum because it's so ugly and made of cement, but we often joke that it was designed that way so Raiders fans couldn't burn it down. :P

Having been raised a Red Sox fan before switching allegiance in adulthood (much to my father's horror), I have to say that, while not generally violent, Red Sox fans are fucking loony.

Who do you root for now?

My favorite are sports fans (for any sport) in Philadelphia. They threw batteries at a visiting baseball player who had once played for the Phillies, booed Santa Claus at an NFL game, and even booed the kids at a father/son exihbition baseball game.

A's fans threw shit at Carl Everett. Then again, it's Carl Everett.

Ugh...I wear a cap for the Bruins, Devils, and Penguins...so for some reason, people invariably ask me which baseball team I like...when I say "I lean towards the Sox out of proximity, but I hate Baseball", I get an hour lecture about the beauty of the game. Thusfar, only one guy has actually made a decent point. the rest just berate me with "Baseball is awesome! The Bruins never win! (neither did the Sox for 86 years. Shut up and leave me alone.)

Wait, wait, wait... you cheer for the Bruins, and the Devils, and the Penguins? How does that even work? Are you constantly punching yourself in the face?

I've sold tickets to Raiders fans-they are the biggest group of knuckledragging mouth breathers I've ever encountered. I'll say this for 49ers fans, they know what's available and are realistic about what they're going to get and what it's going to cost-they know ahead of time, they're in, they get their tickets, and they're out. For Raiders fans we had to assemble a picture book to explain how to make a transaction. Ooooooh I hate Raiders fans sooooo much.

Okay, I was raised a Niners fan 'cause the Raiders were in LA when I was a kid, but I don't watch football anymore. That being said, my family is all Niners fans, but my ex is a Raiders fan, and while his family IS crazy, they're not stupid. And I've met plenty of Niners fans that were the kind of Menlo Park yuppies you want to punch in the mouth. But they never tried to burn shit down, either.

Who do you root for now?

That's a complicated question. After being raised for 20 years on the Sox they traded Nomar and demonized him and I said, "You may break my heart in many ways, Red Sox, but you DON'T say shit to Nomar" so I stopped my devoted loyalty and became a full-time A's fans.

I love the A's a lot. A LOT. However, I am just about on the edge of what I can take in terms of trading away 3/4 of the team and moving the rest of it out of Oakland. :(

Wait, wait, wait... you cheer for the Bruins, and the Devils, and the Penguins? How does that even work? Are you constantly punching yourself in the face?

Haha... I actually hate both the Devils and the Penguins. However, my two best friends go for the Devils and Penguins. They both got me the hats knowing I would wear them, despite my hatred

Any way, I dont think they have streakers in the NFL. There is no way a fan can get to the field naked.

You think?
http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/01Pl8RP4Hiajk/610x.jpg

You think?
http://cache.daylife.com/imageserve/01Pl8RP4Hiajk/610x.jpg
To be fair, he is wearing shoes and 3 socks.

*nod*

To be fair, he is wearing shoes and 3 socks.

*nod*

well, I had to make sure there was no Free Willy, or I'd have been in trouble.

Answering the OP:

Boca. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boca_Juniors)

Millwall used to be pretty bad. Though I think the twats at Burnley are probably worse these days. Aberdeen could have its moments also. I vaguely remember them setting petrol bombs off nearly Waverly in Edinburgh and I don't even think they were playing Hearts that day, they just wanted to fuck with them.

My best guest would be the Raiders, or the Yankees / Redsox rivalry...

Millwall used to be pretty bad.
Still is.
Though I think the twats at Burnley are probably worse these days.
Aye.
Aberdeen could have its moments also. I vaguely remember them setting petrol bombs off nearly Waverly in Edinburgh and I don't even think they were playing Hearts that day, they just wanted to fuck with them.
It was pretty awesome times. And that's not to mention the other Scottish football violence such as the inevitable Rangers/Celtic thing.

See: the Old Firm.

See the N.irish Old Firm supporters. It's one thing to riot when your team loses, it another thing entirely to riot when the team you support in another league loses.

Extreme European football fans. Good god, not only are they crazy, but they're also violent as all get out!

European football fans are crazy but they aren't the worst football fans in terms of violence. When a friend of mine was in Brazil, he went to a Corinthians match and said it was the craziest match he had ever been to. Glassartary fans are also fairly nuts.

Polish football fans, supporting any polish team. In Poland. End.

Actually, to be fair to any football fans anywhere in Europe - it's only the firms that cause the problems, and not the majority of the fans... outside europe I don't know

Yeah I see that a lot in movies, people choose to show "football" brawls...Like people running onto the field

well, I had to make sure there was no Free Willy, or I'd have been in trouble.

You could do what my mom did to all my baby pictures and put a little heart sticker to cover up


...was that out loud?:(

See the N.irish Old Firm supporters. It's one thing to riot when your team loses, it another thing entirely to riot when the team you support in another league loses.
Aye, it's a bit sickening after an Old firm game when you read reports of violence in both Glasgow and Belfast.