World Cup Death Watch - Update 1
Here we are on Day Five Six of the most sedate World Cup in recent memory, and the official death count stands at one three nine fifteen twelve fifteen (see update below). Many people who are already in our World Cup Death Watch pool will be disappointed to learn that the one fatality so far was neither hooligan nor yob, but a 24 year old Chinese man named Wang, who died in Hunan Province after a night of excessive World Cup related drinking. But according to the rules, the news account of Wang's death mentions the World Cup, so it counts.
If you haven't made a guess yet, you have until June 19th to go on the record and be in the running for the World Cup Death Watch Fun Pack. Details and rules here. More hooligan-related news and links:
Here's some nsfw soccer mayhem music and spoken word from Primal Scream, Adrian Sherwood and Irvine Welsh: The Big Man and The Scream Team Meet The Barmy Army Uptown - Full Strength Fortified Dub (MP3) and Irvine Welsh's spoken track, A Jake Supreme (MP3). Thanks Chad!
Arch-hooligan Paul Dodd remains in custody.
Paul Dodd may be the proto-hooligan, but Paul Lupton was the first hooligan arrested, so there!
Finally, a mainstream media source weighs in on the etymology of the word "hooligan."
Watch the World Cup.. and Die. (thanks Chad)
Avoid racist attack by singing a little song. Or just read this.
You can't tell the police and the hooligans apart anymore!
Neo-Nazis dress up as Iranian players to deny the holocaust.
BBC in crisis over big-screen soccer riots
German police strip-searching at will.
Thanks to Doc Phrankenshop for a spiffy new World Cup Death Watch Logo. It's all about the children.
UPDATE: Two more dead, in Trinidad and Tobago (of heart failure), bringing the body count so far to three.
UPDATE 2: Six deaths reported in Haiti, where two armed gangs battled over an electrical generator needed to watch the World Cup. Body count now stands at nine.
UPDATE 3: There's been a report of a World Cup resurrection, but this doesn't reverse the count! We're counting deaths here, not births, not reversed comas, and sure as hell not half baked tales of resurrection.Six more deaths bring the official count to fifteen, as of Tuesday at 2pm. A Scottish man died after being stabbed in a World Cup-related argument. In Somalia, Islamic fundamentalist gunmen shot two World Cup fans who were viewing the games in a theater despite a religious order banning the practice and in Nairobi, Kenya, three men nearly died when the TV antenna they were erecting hit a power line: link. Thanks Chris!
UPDATE 4: As pointed out in the comments section, the three Kenyans didn't actually die, so the count gets reduced down to twelve. I'll update the graphic on Wednesday.
UPDATE 5: The Soccer Gods giveth and the Soccer Gods taketh away: After being briefly down to twelve, the death count is back to fifteen: A Thai gunman shot and killed two of his countrymen when they make a racket at Italy's first goal in the Italy - Ghana game. In Ecuador, a soccer fan was terrified by his own power and committed suicide after he correctly predicted that Ecuador would lose to Poland. Thanks Tommy, Alex, Giamaica & MG for the news on the Thai shootings.
http://www.karenhibberd.com/www.htm
I'm not sure if this is directly related to deaths and injury surrounding The World Cup, but Wreckless Eric fans may want to kill themselves after watching this video of his brand new single "Whole Wide World 4 England"!
Posted by: Mitch | June 12, 2006 at 01:35 PM
While it's not really soccer mayhem music, the band Air Miami put out a great pop song a few years ago called World Cup Fever.
Posted by: Stephanie | June 12, 2006 at 03:55 PM
Howdy yanks , how's life? you people post way to much cute stuff , i keep on losing track.
by the way , podcasting is in etc , but i think you guys still talk into Mikes. , no not mike Tyson.
http://www.coutant.org/1.html
the celeb dept is cute , wwwuc , wbmc ,nat king cole darn you like abbreviations don't you? well if it is already know , curse at me , I like that.
Posted by: Hemaworstje | June 12, 2006 at 11:37 PM
+5
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060612/sp_soccer_afp/fblwc2006danger
Posted by: Chris | June 13, 2006 at 02:36 AM
When you're keeping your tally, don't forget to include the several million US soccer fans that died a little inside watching us be thoroughly spanked by the Czech Republic yesterday.
Posted by: Matt | June 13, 2006 at 04:54 PM
When you're keeping your tally, don't forget to include the several million US soccer fans that died a little inside watching us be thoroughly spanked by the Czech Republic yesterday.
Posted by: Matt | June 13, 2006 at 04:55 PM
For more dead football fan hilarity, why not check out the 1989 Hillsborough disaster (96 - count 'em, *96* fatalities!!!) and the 1985 Bradford fire (56 deaths).
Wankers.
(Hillsborough Justice Campaign: http://www.contrast.org/hillsborough/)
(Anniversary of Bradford fire: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/bradford_city/4535477.stm)
Posted by: Tom Murphy | June 13, 2006 at 06:03 PM
read closely it says the kenyans were NEARLY killed by the electrocution
Posted by: anonymous | June 13, 2006 at 08:22 PM
http://www.corriere.it/Primo_Piano/Esteri/2006/06_Giugno/14/pattaya.shtml
two men were shot dead in thailand because of their loud cheers for italy during italy-ghana
Posted by: Giamaica | June 14, 2006 at 05:42 AM
+ 2
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/soccer/worldcup/2006-06-14-fans-killed_x.htm
Posted by: M.G. | June 14, 2006 at 12:18 PM
The suicidal Ecuadorean actually lost his bet. Ecuador beat Poland 2-0.
Posted by: LTM | June 15, 2006 at 07:15 AM
Felipe Sanchez of Mexico died of a heart attack on Wednesday while preparing to come to Germany to watch his son play.
http://chinadaily.com.cn/sports/2006-06/14/content_616934.htm
A 48-year-old from Toulouse died of natural causes outside Stuttgart's stadium. Petersen said the fan collapsed in the parking lot and emergency care personnel were unable to resuscitate him.
http://www.news8austin.com/content/sports/?ArID=164015&SecID=5
+2
Posted by: Rob Mendick | June 16, 2006 at 09:24 AM
ok i'm in, my guess is 34.
Posted by: jose | June 16, 2006 at 09:38 AM
hooligan death in Kenya.
his rescuer forgot to take him to the hospital. he intended to help the guy to the hospital but got tied up with 'other business'.
ah Kenya!
link is to article but you will have to register on Nationmedia website to view it.
http://www.nationmedia.com/dailynation/nmgcontententry.asp?premiumid=0&category_id=1&newsid=76609
Posted by: Matt | July 07, 2006 at 02:12 PM
what is paul dodds official chat hooligan website?
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