Pic: Ashley Feder/Getty/Guardian Australia Australians are among the world's most dedicated sports fans. So, when it was announced before the season opener at the home ground of the Western Sydney Wanderers game on October 10, that aspects of support generated by one of the nation's more passionate fan bases was to be curtailed, it left many scratching their heads. When those supporters, the so-called Red and Black Bloc (RBB) of the Western Sydney Wanderers, A League Premiers in 2013, conducted their usual march through the streets of the outer-Sydney city of Parramatta, they were, as promised, accompanied by a considerable police presence. As is predictable, much of the media jumped on the story before the march, relishing the adversarial angle and upping the potential for violence. A lesser number reported the fact that, when the RBB did march in support of their club, nothing actually happened . Police may say that's because they were there. But, whether tha...
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