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"You never finally defeat football hooliganism," British sports minister Hugh Robertson told The Associated Press. "Huge, huge strides have been made since the 1980s.

The violent scenes that blighted English football in the 1970s and 1980s have largely been eradicated with the advent of all-seater stadia in the Premier League era.