There are few things in life that arouse more passion in the general population than sport.
In times of yore we had large hairy men who would beat each other senseless with nasty objects in order to settle grudges. With only slight modifications, this has translated seamlessly into large hairy men beating each other senseless with nasty objects to settle grudges on pitches and in stadia.
With so much violent emotion being channeled it is only natural that people end up doing stupid things in the name of the honour of their city/country/child's softball team and there are always one or two super-fans who get a little bit carried away.
Whether it is rioting when your team win a cup final or rioting when your team lose a cup final the potential for fans behaving badly is endless.
Without further ado let me introduce you to my favourite, who will be instantly recognisable to any British fan of "soccer", (curse you Yanks for making me type that).
A humble antiquarian book dealer by day John first began watching football in 1976 and in no time at all he was hooked.
Like some modern day Dr Jekyll the potion of football transformed John from a respectable member of society into...
Affectionately known as "That cunt with the bell" John legally had his name changed in 1989 to "John Portsmouth FC Westwood" to forever be identified with the club he loves so much as well as be singled out as a twat forever.
He has over 60 tattoos of his team covering his body:
And even had PFC engraved on his teeth:
A video of John in action
And an interview with him:
I have purposefully left the topic quite broad because I believe that super fanaticism transfers across all sports and we can all share our favourites of some of the worst sports has to offer.
In times of yore we had large hairy men who would beat each other senseless with nasty objects in order to settle grudges. With only slight modifications, this has translated seamlessly into large hairy men beating each other senseless with nasty objects to settle grudges on pitches and in stadia.
With so much violent emotion being channeled it is only natural that people end up doing stupid things in the name of the honour of their city/country/child's softball team and there are always one or two super-fans who get a little bit carried away.
Whether it is rioting when your team win a cup final or rioting when your team lose a cup final the potential for fans behaving badly is endless.
Without further ado let me introduce you to my favourite, who will be instantly recognisable to any British fan of "soccer", (curse you Yanks for making me type that).
JOHN PORTSMOUTH FC WESTWOOD
A humble antiquarian book dealer by day John first began watching football in 1976 and in no time at all he was hooked.
Like some modern day Dr Jekyll the potion of football transformed John from a respectable member of society into...
Affectionately known as "That cunt with the bell" John legally had his name changed in 1989 to "John Portsmouth FC Westwood" to forever be identified with the club he loves so much as well as be singled out as a twat forever.
He has over 60 tattoos of his team covering his body:
And even had PFC engraved on his teeth:
A video of John in action
And an interview with him:
I have purposefully left the topic quite broad because I believe that super fanaticism transfers across all sports and we can all share our favourites of some of the worst sports has to offer.
