Nostalgia for the good old days of £5 tickets and crumbling terraces is all well and good, but nobody should ever forget how far the game has come.
Violence and football were once inextricably linked, and while hooliganism was not quite the widespread blight portrayed by the Thatcher government, it certainly existed.
Leading figures in the game worked incredibly hard to eradicate those elements, which is why today you can visit any stadium in the country and feel broadly safe. However, in recent years we have seen a steady rise in things like pitch invasions, assaults on players and general...