I remember before the 1994 World Cup when qualifying was ongoing and venue selection was in process. There was a late night joke about England getting in and playing at Yankee Stadium, bringing the hooligan element to the South Bronx. The punch line was, "Well that will end English hooliganism."

Danny, Winston-Salem, NC, USA

rick. from those who were there the word is it was a bunch of US hammers fans causing the problem. Even the colombus fans found it strange how they all had american accents.

have a nice day

sam, dubai,

Rick, You are talking about the world most popular sport. The World Cup is the worlds greatest sporting event. The passion and excitement at a football match is unsurpassed on any level. The world outside the US thrives on this passion, no other game comes close. It is theatre on the grandest scale.

Stanley Matthews, Bridgend, Wales

Ooooh a derisory American snipe at Football. Your "sports" are so popular they can't survive outside of the US. Football on the other hand is watched, played and followed by billions of people the world over and is far more physically demanding than most of your four-quatered efforts.

Adam, London, UK

Rick, soccer is a sport that women in America play, it is football. Also your american "football" players need to get rid of all the protective gear and play a proper game like rugby. If you are going to call it the 'world series" then presumably the world participates? Not so?

Gordon Guy, Jo'burg, RSA

Boring sport..I once turned on American Football, 3 hours later they were still playing, its played by unfit fat blokes just like some of your baseball. World series?..how? nobody else is in it. Baseball ! our girls play it, its called Rounders. Basketball our girls play it, its called Netball. LOL

kirk, Rotherham, UK

Yeah Rick-a Yankees fan ran over and killed a Redsox fan after a baseball argument in May. And was it a testosterone roid rage man? no-the driver was a woman. We're not perfect mate but you've got your own yobs, but you might not be able to see them from your seat on top of that high horse.

ted, london, uk

Well Rick, it looks like your boisterous 'Hudson Street Hooligans' had a big part to play in this incident so THEY were obviously worked up.
For boring 'sport' - refer to the NFL. More time spent on timeouts & advertising than playing the game.

Charles Bryans, London, UK

Rik, you dont have to be English to support West Ham. The fans may well have been spams.

Wardy, Lisbon, Portugal

ah the brits on tour it never changes same old same old

seamus, dublin, ireland

Arrogant comment Rick, read the article properly next time and understand that this 'boring sport' is played with passion throughout the world. Stick with your own sports and feel free not to comment on ours.

John Sands, London,

Well Rick you lot manage to get worked up a great deal about an English Childrens game. Call it Baseball do you? It's Rounders.

Jeff, Okayama, Japan

You people need to keep your soccer yobs on your side of the pond. How anyone can get so worked up over such a boring "sport" is beyond me.

Rick Turner, Columbus , USA