The word "hooligan" is both correct and usable in written English.
It is used to describe an unruly or mischievous person, especially one who participates in rowdy or unlawful activities. For example, "The police arrested several hooligans after the match who had been throwing bottles and setting off fireworks."
The notorious Serb hooligan who led the pitch invasion on Tuesday night, Ivan Bogdanov, is not just part of the hardcore Red Star Belgrade fans, the Ultra Boys.
The sight of the notorious hooligan Ivan Bogdanov in the crowd seemed symbolically significant of a lack of desire or ability among the Serbian authorities to police the game and a reminder of the close links between Belgrade's ultras and Arkan's murderous rampage across the region in the late 90s properly.
"It's obvious that this was a hooligan hacker prank," the presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on the radio station Ekho Moskvy.
Sterile, defensive tactics on the pitch and hooligan violence off it (the organisers, with justice, fear the influx of barbarian fans from neighbouring Britain) could yet mar this year's contest.
One of the first to appear in court for looting was a 31-year-old teaching assistant: hardly an identikit hooligan.
He is a supply hooligan, acting out of desperation not loyalty.
If there truly is a hooligan hard-core, it will surely be removed from the picture.The other idea, that England's hooligans are ordinary men struggling with some momentary self-definition issues, has revolutionised Portuguese police tactics.
The word derives from Hulagu (hence "hooligan"), a leader of the Mongols who stormed Baghdad in 1258 sparking a Muslim revolt.
For example, rogue elements could be banned from attending marches (though this would be harder to enforce than a ban on a hooligan entering a stadium).
These elections saw unusually serious intra-left fighting.Once again, Mr Bhattacharjee has been embarrassed by his hooligan party.
