People demonstrate as they hold a Nazi flag displaying a swastika at the stands of the Spartak Moscow supporters during the Russian Cup 1/16 soccer match finals between Shinnik Yaroslavl and Spartak Moscow in Yaroslavl, in this file photo taken on October 30, 2013. REUTERS/Vladimir Kutin
LONDON (Reuters) - The veneer of respectability covering modern European football was rolled back to expose the rot that still festers below this week, with high-profile incidents of racism and violence bringing chill reminders of the bad old days of the 1980s.
That there was widespread shock and revulsion at the sight of Chelsea fans chanting "We're racist and that's the way we like it" while preventing a black Frenchman boarding a carriage in the Paris Metro, is something of a positive in that such incidents, once widely prevalent, are now uncommon.
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