Football can only be a reflection of society

The Premier League and Football Association will be delighted they secured their most recent global television deals before the recent spate of images depicting violence in around stadiums went viral.

For English football hooliganism has never stopped, it has just been conveniently airbrushed out of match-day coverage.

Mobile phones and social media have made everyone a journalist and small events are routinely blown into big ones. Any sane person in the English football watching world will think the dark days are back and that means they could stop paying to watch it.