UK will travel for EURO 2012 this year

It is expected about 5000 football fans from UK will travel for EURO 2012 this year, while in 2010 to visit Fifa World Cup South Africa travelled about 10 000 UK football fans. "Stay at home, watch it on TV. Don't even risk it... because you could end up coming back in a coffin." These are the exact words that the former England captain Sol Campbell advises fans at the BBC documentary program, Panorama. This was in regards to the selection of Poland and Ukraine as the host countries for Euro 2012. Campbell openly advices the fans to stay at home and not even risk going to the event due to rising issues in violence and racism.

The documentary show had taken over a month's time to film matches held in both of the host countries. Footage revealed people in the stands mocking the black players on the field with monkey chants and Nazi inspired salutes. Footage of violent assault on Asian students was also provided. The documentary show caught a crowd in Poland chanting anti-Semitic songs. They also showed a reel of black players being insulted directly by the crowd with monkey chants and calls. There were also two eye-catching events recorded in Ukraine. In the Metalist Stadium (Kharkiv, Ukraine) approximately two thousand (2,000) fans gave off the Nazi salute in support of their team. Some of them later explained to BBC that they were shouting "Sieg Heil". This was a direct reference to Adolf Hitler's hatred towards blacks and Jews. Colonel Volodymyr Kovrygin, chief of the local police denied this however and claimed that the people were merely pointing at the opposing team. Just two weeks after the event another broke out when Metalist assaulted a small group of supporters. They were Indians studying in Ukraine