I spoke to an English policeman on the train to Stuttgart this morning and he told me that nearly 300 England hooligans, I refuse to call them fans, had been arrested last night for civil disorder in Stuttgart city center. He was hoping that the German authorities would be holding them over night and deporting them on Monday morning. However a Journo I spoke to on the media bus to the stadium said that the British Home Office is trying to sweep it all under the carpet. He also said that the hooligans that were detained, would be released and allowed to go to the game but would be barred from the city center. Now, that's madness...I say lock them up and throw away the key. These idiots are scum and if England should lose tonight the authorities will regret letting these animals back on the streets.

The recipe for more trouble is brewing. It's over 100 degrees and some of the nutters are drinking at world record pace. Once again, keep your fingers crossed.