Who really started it? 'It was those German bastards as usual,' said one English fan. 'But we got stuck right in straight away.' Another English fan who gave his name just as Gooner said, 'I was just buying a beer and then I heard them all around me talking their language whatever it is [...]. Suddenly a bottle was thrown at me and everything went crazy.' Independent on Sunday, 18/6/2000, p. 3, reporting on events in Charleroi before the England-Germany match in the European Championships.