Football fans ought to behave more decently during football matches in the country especially in the wake of the temporal closure of Kasarani stadium after rowdy fans vandalized property after reportedly missing out on tickets.
Hooliganism, that has for quite sometime now been characteristic of some football matches as some fans find it hard taking or accepting the outcome of a fixture resort to violence, has robbed us the joy of enjoying matches.
The temporal shutting down of Kasarani Stadium on Monday after the historic match between Gor Mahia and English Championship side Hull City on Sunday, May 13 shows just how the uncalled for behavior among fans can be costly as this directly means there will be no activities going on in the stadium for an unspexified time.
Ministry of Sports and Heritage was forced to stop any potential activities in the stadium for an unnamed period of time due to the massive damage that occurred during the Sunday.
On some occasions, actual bodily harm has been caused on other fans after or even before and during matches.
What is more saddening is that the victims are sometimes not the ones heavily involved or at the heart of the misunderstandings when they arise- the more reason why the whole act is uncalled for
Misunderstandings after the game are okay and may result because of various incidents that occur during the simulation of the game but that does not have to rise to the bitter heights of violence.
The historic Hull versus Gor match in particular was a decent opportunity to send a good image to the outside world as twitter and You Tube users would upload some of the clips for their audiences worldwide and it becomes really disheartening when the negative behavior is depicted.
Hooliganism makes investors in the game shy away or not want to be involved in anything great with the local football when they do come into the country.
A superb football environment will, in the other hand, attract football activities in the country as countries and even greater clubs will want to play their games on our local turf and that will directly translate to revenue as in the ticket sales at the gates.
Furthermore, overseas countries will not want to ask lots of questions before accepting to participate in a friendly fixture for example, with the national team or a local football club on our own turf.
Fans are like ambassadors in disguise of the game and the games beauty is propagated and fostered in their enthusiasm and emotional attachment to it.