Football hooliganism in Poland
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Football hooliganism in Poland first developed as a recognised phenomenon in the 1970s, and has continued since then with numerous recognised hooligan firms and large-scale fights. Until 1997, the number of related incidents rose, according to Przemysław Piotrowski of Jagiellonian University.[1] The problem of hooliganism related to football has been compared to what he described as the dark days of football hooliganism in Eastern Europe in the 1980s.[1][2] Hooliganism in Poland is considered to be on a larger scale than hooliganism in Britain.[3] Many Polish football clubs have hooligan firms associated with them.[4]