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Security personnel keep guard at the entrance to the street where the England team hotel is located in Krakow. Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP/Press Association Images

Testicle-biting dogs 'for England hooligans', warn Polish media

Krakow is ready for any trouble ‘like a bag full of anvils’ they say.

FROM TESTICLE-BITING police dogs to sonic cannons capable of inducing involuntary urination, Polish anti-hooligan squads have an array of weapons ready for potential trouble-makers at Euro 2012.

The English-language Krakow Post newspaper asserted in an editorial that local law enforcement agencies were more than ready to tackle any hooligan threat at England’s southern Poland base camp.

“The Polish police are going to come down on troublemakers like a bag full of anvils and you don’t want to be there when it happens,” the paper warned. ”Krakow has a long history of hooligan violence — the local police have seen it all before and they will ruin your day if you try it on.

“These lads’ mums and dads rioted under Soviet machine guns — a few chairs thrown by beered-up fans is not going to intimidate them. Do not expect softly, softly police tactics.

“Poland’s anti-hooligan squads are armed with: Shotguns firing baton rounds that probably won’t kill you as long as you’re 30m away, a truck-mounted water cannon affectionately known as ‘the typhoon’, a high-tech sonic cannon that can make you wet yourself on its lowest setting, dogs trained to bite you directly in the testicles.”

English fans are not expected to arrive in Krakow in significant numbers, with England’s Group D games all taking place in Ukraine.

- © AFP, 2012

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    Mute Philip O'Rourke.
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    Jun 7th 2012, 10:16 AM

    That’s nuts :-)

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    Mute Diarmaid Twomey
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    Jun 7th 2012, 10:22 AM

    Going by some recent documentaries their own fans and those much closer to home should be the ones they’re worrying about!

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    Mute Alan McEvoy
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    Jun 7th 2012, 3:13 PM

    If you watched some of the documentaries on the riots in England last year you wouldn’t go to the Olympics either. Its easy to give a perception of somewhere by showing incidents in isolation.

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    Mute damien chaney
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    Jun 7th 2012, 10:18 AM

    Hope them dogs retrieve the balls aswell

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    Mute Begrudgy
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    Jun 7th 2012, 10:33 AM

    Love how everyone is waiting for the english to cause trouble. The ukraine and poland are kind of egging them on to riot so they can go in hard.

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    Mute Damocles
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    Jun 7th 2012, 10:37 AM

    Because, of course, the only fans likely to be violent are English.

    Oh come on, do us a favour …

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    Mute Summoning Dark
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    Jun 7th 2012, 11:30 AM

    Exactly.

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    Mute Johnny Thunder
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    Jun 7th 2012, 10:21 PM

    If the cap fits…..

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    Mute Mike Rrotch
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    Jun 7th 2012, 10:28 AM

    Could do with bringing them into Croke Park having witnessed at first hand some of the drunken/ aggressive provincial rabble that attend Dublin matches causing trouble and shouting abuse at Dub fans, goolie biting dogs are just what the doctor ordered the urinating in the pants just comes natural to this lot anyway

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    Mute Kevin O' Brien
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    Jun 7th 2012, 11:48 AM

    what a wind up

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    Mute Stephen Downey
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    Jun 7th 2012, 10:25 AM

    Headline is a bit misleading, the article clearly refers to hooligans within Poland itself.

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    Mute Brian Donovan
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    Jun 7th 2012, 10:27 AM

    There is very few English going to the euros anyway. Doubt they will cause too much trouble

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    Mute Stephen Quinn
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    Jun 7th 2012, 10:28 AM

    Those English fans are the dogs bollocks

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    Mute Norman Hunter
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    Jun 7th 2012, 11:00 AM

    “Ruff” justice.

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    Mute Stephen Maher
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    Jun 7th 2012, 10:29 AM

    Testicle-biting attack dogs?
    Fair balls to them.

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    Mute Snuffbox
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    Jun 7th 2012, 10:30 AM

    Brings new meaning to the phrase “I lost me b****x!

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    Mute B7584
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    Jun 7th 2012, 11:50 AM

    The english have been perfectly behaved since charleois in 2000 to be fair. The home based hooligans are the ones to watch, they always are.

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    Mute Seán O' Dulaing
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    Jun 7th 2012, 11:24 AM

    They’re barking mad

    I’ll get my coat. . .

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    Mute Peter Murray
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    Jun 7th 2012, 11:45 AM

    Rrotch, got much of a chip on the shoulder about the All Ireland champions ? ha ha you sad boy

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    Mute Sergeant Fido
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    Jun 7th 2012, 12:20 PM

    I love the taste of testicles in the morning. Woof.

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    Mute Mark Larson
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    Jun 7th 2012, 4:10 PM

    Me to WOOF WOOF

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    Mute ponythegringo
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    Jun 7th 2012, 10:46 AM

    keep your eye on the balls lads…

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    Mute Dave Harris
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    Jun 7th 2012, 1:24 PM

    How do the ball biting dogs know only to eat English goolies?
    How do they train them for that?

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    Mute divide by zero
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    Jun 7th 2012, 2:06 PM

    Polish for “attack attack attack” is “engerlund engerlund engerlund”.

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    Mute Mark Andrew Salmon
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    Jun 7th 2012, 2:27 PM

    Bite any covered in a Union Jack or smelling of Beckham DeonI guess?

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    Mute Gavin McGuinness
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    Jun 7th 2012, 6:20 PM

    It’s funny how the police haven’t used these tactics on their own racist fans as evident from the Panorama show on the event a couple of weeks back.

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    Mute Mark Larson
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    Jun 7th 2012, 4:08 PM

    Why don’t they use these dogs on the many Polish Hooligans at Krakow football matches every weekend

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    Mute fotocrat™
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    Jun 7th 2012, 5:19 PM

    In retaliation to Sol Campbell and the Brit media. Well done

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    Mute Mark Larson
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    Jun 7th 2012, 4:13 PM

    They will have a big rush in the UK to buy Groin Guards.

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    Jun 7th 2012, 10:34 AM

    Do not expect softly, softly police tactics.

    http://www.carpet-cleaningexperts.com/

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