Jim_Cannon
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Perhaps it’s time to close this thread down. We seem to be going nowhere with it. It’s Christmas and a time for family, friendship, reflection and Santa coming to town
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I think we're giving it too much oxygen too.Perhaps it’s time to close this thread down. We seem to be going nowhere with it. It’s Christmas and a time for family, friendship, reflection and Santa coming to town
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Still desperate to pretend nothing has happened despite plenty of eye witnesses to the behaviour. Just because people don’t want to report incidents to the club and/or police doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.
If this place wasn’t just a graveyard for those banned from the BBS you could all go on there to read the equivalent thread on there.
No one is condoning the HF reaction in Strasbourg. Very few seem to have anything to say about the Stop The Boats crew who seem to have very little interest in supporting Palace (unlike the HF who literally don’t stop during the game) and just want to pile into the HF instead because they have an agenda against them.
It was very clear in Lublin who the agitators were.
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Reading the recent posts on this thread, it is appears that the majority are anti HF.
I've always considered them to be more an asset when it comes to supporting the team, the Tifos etc. But I think they are wrong when they try to make non-football - ie Political - statements. As I and others have said, football and politics don't mix.
As regards the Addo v HF issue, I consider myself fortunate not to have witnessed or got caught up in the violent confrontations that have occured over the last few years. But as I previously posted, my son and a mate of mine both saw the fight at half time in Strasbourg.
In Dublin, two friends of mine, in different parts of the stadium, told me they witnessed racist abuse from a section of people towards some of our own players. They also said that those sections seem more interested in the HF than they were watching the game. Those in the Shelbourne end all left around about the hour mark.
Another friend of mine, who posts on HOL from time to time, ( yes, I'm up to four now some of you might struggle with that ! ) told me that he was in the same bar as some HF and ended up talking with someone he considered to be a '' senior member '' . My friend had a conversation around the HF focussing on football and ditching the politics. Well received apparently but let's see if it changes anything.
So my position is this ;
I don't condone the violence that has occured. That's not want I want at my football club.
I'd like to see the HF concentrate on what they do best, supporting the team. Leave the Politics out of it.
The Addo Boys add absolutely no value whatsoever. If we can get shot of them and be left with a non-political HF , that would be my preference.
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Update ...... Despite being angels and never doing anything wrong, a number of hf members were seen in Croydon Court just before Christmas for.....Fighting at football, making up racist accounts on social media, sending packages to people's houses that have kids living there, packages were full of human s***. The leader and his right hand men were in the lot arrested. Lovely group we want attached to our club but God forbid someone puts up a farage sticker and all he'll breaks loose. Been told the racist accusations are just a smoke screen to try and divert from what the hf have done. Hope you all had a lovely Christmas and have a great new year. Palace till I die
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While I wouldn't be surprised by this. I have not been able to find court listings including Croydon Crown Court's daily hearings for December 2025.
There does not seem to be records or mentions of any cases involving Holmesdale Fanatics. I checked TheLawPages and CourtServe and also news reports but didn't find any.
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