Joe Brolly watching Mayo v Derry at MacHale Park, Castlebar (Image: INPHO/Laszlo Geczo) Joe Brolly has had a swipe at England fans following the country's most recent failure to win a major tournament, highlighting the hooliganism and drunken antics that so often follows them. The former Sunday Game pundit spoke about why there were scenes of celebrations in the likes of Dublin and Belfast on Sunday after the final, as Spanish flags flew high in some areas, bars went wild, and guttural roars were let out in celebration of England going home emptyhanded once again. Brolly says that this culture of celebrating English losses is down to the reputation that the Three Lions fanbase has built up of troublemaking and hooliganism over the years.
When talking about the beautiful game, Brolly ripped apart the England team, their fans, and their pundits following their loss to Spain in Berlin, calling them "lost people". Read more: Derry manager poll: Surprise frontrunner emerges as our readers have their say Read more: Mickey Harte's Derry exit prompts response from Joe Brolly and Owen Mulligan Speaking on the Free State podcast with co-host Dion Fanning, Brolly recounts a time when he was in Spain with his wife and came across English hooliganism first hand. He explained: "The English supporters came out of the Irish Pub just up, sort of in La Cala.
I mean, first of all, this girl fell over on the ground, and her underwear came off. A man then wearing a Union Jack, sort of, you know, .