Hooliganism has been ingrained into the football world for years, sometimes this culture is very apparent at matches; whilst at other times it can go unnoticed by the regular fan. Despite advances in policing techniques and the advent of CCTV, it still goes on around the globe; and in fact it can be found on YouTube for the world to see! Here I present to you my top 5 most shocking Football Hooligan Videos.

Apologise in advance to any Americans who have stumbled across this article looking for American Football Hooligans, you just aren't going to find them here! I haven't really put these in any kind of order, so I don't necessarily consider video 1 to be any more shocking than video 5. You may have found this hub whilst looking for films about football hooliganism, in which case that is a hyperlink ;-)

This one had to make it to the list, a huge fight between rival Russian hooligans either before or after a match between fierce rivals Spartak Moscow and Zenit Petersburg. After the initial fight, you see Zenit Petersburg take control of a Moscow bridge, before more fighting and the Zenit fans flee. Just for the sheer size of the firms, this video had to make the list.

Another one involving Russian fans, this time with a larger police presence. Finnish and Russian fans fight it out at an international game, probably in Moscow, before the riot police arrive in numbers to dish out some appropriate force and escort the 'regular' Finnish fans away from the trouble. Although I am giving the impression of 'shock', I have to admit that these things are entertaining when you are not faced with a real life situation.

Every British person will remember these ugly scenes at Manchester City's former Maine Road ground in 2001, with violent clashes between the two sets of fans before and after the game, with fans invading the pitch to fight at the end of the game. The violence inside of the ground was famously caught on TV cameras, which you can see clearly on this third football hooligan video.

The most recent violence on this hub, and the incidents that provided me with the inspiration for this feature, were at the FA Cup game between fierce London rivals West Ham and Millwall. This was the first time that the clubs had met for donkeys years, and the two teams have a long history of violence against each other. The violence is considered the worst seen in Britain since the 1980s, purely on the sheer scale and numbers involved. Fans were fighting before, during, and after the game and both inside and outside of Upton Park; you will notice from the video that the violence spilled out onto the pitch on no fewer than 3 occasions.

Another famous incident involving British fans was this clash between Roma and Manchester United, during a champions league game in Rome. This clash is largely remembered for the harsh police brutality, which was completely one sided against the United fans; thankfully all of this was caught on camera, where you can see that Roma fans were allowed to get away with whatever they wanted. I am no fan of United, and I don't really like their fans, but I had to sympathise with their largely innocent majority on this occasion.