Soccer Hooligans!!!

SO as some of you know I am a huge fan of FCB or Barca as it's most commonly known, the Spanish futbol team from Barcelona. Well for any that don't know, the Barca-Real Madrid (Madrids premier and fanciest soccer team) rivalry is paramount even to the Yankees-Red Sox baseball rivalry. Very intense. Anyway last night I went out with friends from school to an Irish pub called Dubliners in Plaza de Sol here in Madrid. It's a place where lots of foreigners get together and go out to clubs/bars/cafes etc. Anyway at 2:30 Dubliners closed and forced everyone to the bar next door. After a while I came back out to find Mike and a friend, which I accomplished, but on my way back to the bar I came across a group of hooligans discussing/arguing futbol. Well naturally I found myself in conversation with 1 British man, 1 man from Toronto a Spaniard and a very short very tan woman of unknown Mediterranean origin. As the newest member of the discussion I was expected to declare my loyalty, mind you I didnt know who the others were for and representing Barca in Madrid is an easy way to get into a scuffle but nonetheless I declared my loyalty for the best team in the world (Barcelona). As soon as I said that the British guy says, "oh yeah? check this out" and proceeded to pull down his sleeve to expose a tattoo of B A R C A in big black letters. INCREDIBLE! We then proceeded to tear down the poor Arsenal fan (a french team who Barcelona beat in a championship match last May) and praise Ronaldinho as the best player in the world. A good night indeed and my first hooligan experience.