England's World Cup run sparks domestic violence surge in UK: helpline

You should never, under any circumstances, strike a woman or child. If you are a man and cannot abide by that, you are scum.

As an English man i am ashamed of any countrymen who would hit a woman. How times are changing, when i lived in my home city of London 20 plus years ago if a guy hit a woman on the street he would get a beating from other men. Hit a woman and your no longer deserver to be called a man.

Looks like the media is trying to smear British soccer fans because they rejected leftist demands not to fly the St George Cross flag.

If you hit a woman because your team lost a soccer match you are a sad pathetic little twat.

Tbf, similar DV data re other countries/other sports have been circulating for years so it's not an England/football-only issue. Still a pretty sad/pathetic trend though.

I didnt mind the "if your team gets beaten so will she" ad but i thought it slightly missed the mark considering there's also a strong correlation between problem gambling and dv, booze & dv etc and that sports betting has skyrocketed in the last 5-10 years. Thought it only addressed one aspect (and perhaps not the most pertinent?) of the broader issue of dv.

I'm with goldorak. The gambling ads are everywhere and are abhorrent.

To hit a woman is disgraceful. But if it is true there has been surge in Domestic Violence, maybe the recent heatwave is the main cause of this rather than football.

All the same, hot or cold, utterly unacceptable.

Football match to result domestic violence, wow! For me it's another hooliganism.

What I find strange is that the number of cases were almost as high when the team won, as when the team lost! WTH. I thought if they lost they would take it out on their unfortunate partner, or children. But why abuse someone when you have won? Can anybody explain that to me.

But why abuse someone when you have won? Can anybody explain that to me.

Tanked up after a shift in the pubs with the lads, draped in flags, all puffy-chested and feeling in the mood for a row. Win or lose a lot of Englishmen feel the need to do some damage around football. Shameful.

It’s the alcohol. Fans drink while they watch the games, and alcohol can bring out the worst in people. My brother was a flaming alcoholic, and when he started drinking earlier in the day than usual, look out. Days like that were dreaded, and usually ended up with the police paying a visit.

When sober, he was the nicest guy you’d ever meet. When drunk, it would take three cops or a taser to subdue him.

And I thought I had seen it all.

England's disgraceful behaviour; trying to score whilst Croatia celebrated outside the pitch. With the entire Croatia team off-field, except the "goalie" (this cracks me up all the time) England made a run to equalize!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycbAuNPqWAk

I' m speechless.

Taking your frustrations out on your woman and your kids is ill-mannered and unacceptable. Whether it's physical, mental or emotional - it's inexcusable. I don't care if the UK wins World Cup or not. If that's how you handle frustrations, you're not even half a man!