Thanks to Paul Hansford, editor of Australian FourFourTwo magazine.

A fan’s story: Adonis at La Bonbonera – a cracking day out.

"Being a fan of the beautiful game, Latin America’s football culture was one of the many reasons why I chose to visit. Since Buenos Aires has a few teams, I decided to follow the most passionately supported one, Boca Juniors. As they are the team favoured by the lower classes, their stadium, the Bonbonera, is in the middle of the poorest (and therefore most dangerous) part of central Buenos Aires. Tourists are advised to go with a tour group at the cost of around $40, or at the very least to get tickets in the less boisterous seated areas which go for around $25.

Naturally I got myself the cheapest $4 ticket to stand behind the goal with the more ardent and unruly fans. I wanted to experience the real thing and not a sanitised version, but I was still nervous, as I had heard a few first hand tales of people being mugged in that part of the stadium. My worries eased when I persuaded a few people from the hostel to join me.

Once we got inside the stadium, it was pandemonium. We weren’t sure where we should go and we didn’t dare ask anyone in case we gave the impression of being helpless vulnerable tourists. It didn’t occur to us that with a few of our party being tall blonde Europeans who looked like poster boys for Aryan supremacy, our origins weren’t much of a secret.

I let myself fuse into the horde, and I was practically carried to the central stands behind the goal by the flow of the crowd. The tightly packed bundle of human emotion around me was electric. The team wasn’t even out on the pitch yet but the stands were full and everyone was singing, shouting, eating, drinking, waving flags, jumping around or any combination of all of those. There must have been about ten thousand of us crammed behind one goal and a similar amount doing the same behind the other.

When the match kicked off, a small group of hardcore fans in the middle of the stand started jumping around and singing and didn’t stop until the match was over. Not even half time could blunt their enthusiasm. Boca Juniors won the match 3-0, but I’m reliably informed that the same thing happens even when they are losing, as the fans are devoted to their team.

It was clearly more than just a sporting event to those fans, especially the sweet old woman next to me that spent the match swearing like a hardened criminal.

After speaking to a few people that had been to Boca Juniors matches, about half of them loved it, while the other half ended up having something stolen or being intimidated in some way. If you’re prepared to take this risk, which can be reduced by being smart about your appearance and behaviour, then the experience is outstanding value for money. The whole event including tickets, transport and food cost me the equivalent of a pint of beer in a London pub."

Thanks to Adonis Stevenson for this excerpt from Travelantics, his first book based on his round-the-world travels. More on the Travelantics website or buy the book from Amazon.

Practical Tips for staying safe at Football games

What to do if violence breaks out at a football match

The perpetrators of crowd violence and hooliganism are well aware that police monitor all football matches and that they will quickly detect and react to any incidents of violence inside the stadium. Incidents inside the stadium are therefore rare nowadays but in the unlikely event of violence breaking out inside the ground the following safety precautions should be followed:

• Your main objective should be your own safety and that of persons with you
• Should missiles be thrown or fighting break out close to you take cover by dropping to the floor and protecting yourself between the seats. If attacked protect your head and face with your arms and hands.
• Do not engage in conversation with the participants and avoid eye contact with them As soon as you feel it is safe to do so, get up and establish where the unruly mob is located and in which direction they are moving. Look in the opposite direction for the closest exit to you and begin to make your way towards it.
• Try not to panic and calmly move towards the chosen exit. Avoid being caught in a stampede. If necessary choose another exit.
• If you are caught up in a moving crowd, move with them. Trying to stand still or go against the flow may result in you falling and suffering injury from being trampled or crushed.

What to do if violence breaks out outside the stadium

Crowd violence and acts of hooliganism are more likely to take place outside, but in close proximity to, the stadium. If this occurs there is the unfortunate possibility that innocent spectators could find themselves unwittingly caught in the disturbance. To avoid or reduce the threat, adopt the following guidelines:

• Avoid streets in which a disturbance is taking place, or through which a lively crowd of supporters is likely to be making its way to or from the stadium
• Avoid any place where police action is in progress
• If confronted by a crowd of hooligans turn around and walk away briskly in the opposite direction – do not run
• If travelling in a motor vehicle turn around and drive away without injuring anyone
• If you are too close to the crowd and cannot turn your vehicle around, manoeuvre your car to the side of the road and park it.
• Get out of your car and without panic or undue haste, move as far as possible off the road or to the end of your? car away from the crowd. Stand and watch passively.
• Should you be wearing any form of supporter’s regalia, remove it and conceal it from view. Far rather be seen as a neutral than supporting a particular team – the hooligans might support the opposition.
• If challenged, be polite and agreeable and do not offer any threat or criticism
• Should the crowd start to bounce the vehicle, do not interfere. Interference will make the crowd continue more vigorously and divert new anger towards you.
• Do not produce anything that could be perceived as being a weapon. This will incite the crowd to respond with violence.
• If attacked protect your head and face with your arms and hands
• Let the crowd flow past you. Once the crowd has gone by, make your way to safety. If on foot walk slowly – do not run. If in a motor vehicle drive away slowly.

Action after an incident:

• Report the incident to the police on duty in the area and obtain a report reference
• If you have been injured seek medical assistance

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