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It was something out of the movies, were we watching Scum? Football Factory? The Firm? Sadly not, this was real life and a shocking flashback to the dark hooligan days of the 70s. And what a horrible flashback it was to see hundreds of hooligans pretending to be West Ham fans invading the pitch in the Carling Cup match against Millwall this week. Although its a shock is it really a surprise?The clashes outside the ground were just organised fights, it amazes me that the police knew nothing about the scale these fights would get to because surely they have got some informants who will have tipped them Joe Sakic Women Jersey  off? Outside the ground it appeared that all the fans were as bad as each other but inside the ground the West Ham fans really took the advantage. Whod want to be a Joe Sakic Men Jersey  steward at football when youve got 100 fat, drunk thugs running towards eager to get onto a piece of gra s? No-one wouldve had anything bad to say against Millwall and Kenny Jackett had they taken off the players and refused to come back out, player safety is just as important as fan safety? But dont get me wrong Millwall arent all innocent in this, theyre fans still fought outside and inside the ground, their fans still ripped up seats and hurled them at the home supporters. Sadly no amount of PR from the club can change the underlying attitude of some Millwall fans. There are still hooligan sections just waiting for the opportunity to have a fight So what will the FA do about it all? Well theyve come out saying all the right things but will they actually do anything about it? All the fans caught on CCTV should be banned from football, but they probably wont mind that as they dont really care about football anyway. Sadly the clubs have to be punished as  Adam Foote Men Jersey well, I know theyve got nothing to do with the trouble but if you cant control your fans then you deserved to be punished. Theres talk of West Ham being kicked out of the Carling Cup which could be a bit harsh but maybe its the only thing they can do. And sadly just a couple of days later the Forest and Derby players are at it, not pretty at all but in truth it was nothing more than handbags. So who was to blame for all that? Well its hard to pinpoint the blame to one person as theyre all as guilty as each other, but Nathan Tyson has taken much of Jonathan Bernier Kids Jersey  the blame and rightly so because anyone who decides to pick up a corner flag with a forest emblem on it and then waves it in front of 4367 Derby fans must need their head testing. Forest fans will site Robbie Savages scarf waving at the City Ground last season and they would have a point, but Savage did this to his own fans, Tyson was doing it to supporters of Forests arch enemy. Did the Derby players need to make so much of it? Probably not but you can understand why they did. So how will the FA punish the clubs and players? Well fines are bound to be dished out for  Joonas Donskoi Kids Jersey not controlling players and that cannot be argued, Tyson however may be in a bit more trouble.Lets hope that there are no more incidents over the coming weeks, England has a World Cup bid to protect.