Rising Violence in Belgian Football Linked to Ultras and Hooligans During Pandemic

Supporter violence has increased again in Belgian football since corona. Not once but several times a match had to be stopped early and that was often due to a lot of dissatisfaction within the ‘ultras’. They now had an amazing forum.

Stained or rusted?

Games at Sclessin, in Lotto Park, in the Edmond Machtens stadium, Belgian football has sometimes been colored (or plagued?) In recent months and years with a lot of ar-a -out within solid foundations, among others, AnderlechtGeneral and RWDM (and of course other teams).

That dissatisfaction is often shaped by the hard cores within certain clubs and often also a select circle of true death-hards: the hooligans. They see football not only as entertainment but also as a kind of playground where violence is glorified. Although that aggression is often only ‘allowed’ by specific rules.

🔴⚫️ An amazing view of the supporters of the #RWDM who raise their voices in front of the performers. Jeff Reine Adelaide, front row… 😳
The club will play in Brussels tonight at 7:15 pm against the#ASEopen and is 1st relegable. #OL pic.twitter.com/ltSi7UTbOR JPL?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#JPL

– Sacha Tavolieri (@sachatavolieri) January 21, 2024

The singer gets a unique look

Within that chosen circle there is often one golden rule: ‘hear, see and be silent’, the omerta. Just that omerta is broken in Streamz’s controversial new series: ‘The hard core’.

Perhaps the man behind this report is even more surprising: none other than LeMc Tourism was looking for the ‘old hooligan’ Chino from Antwerp and it is he who brings Johannes Faes (real name of the singer) to communicate with different hard cores.

The preview that Streamz now shares is also promising, the singer communicates with ‘heavy supporters’ of The Great Old, often hidden but honest. The series can be seen through the streaming platform from May 2.