Season 10/11 - August

Russia (amateur) : Fosforit (Kingisepp) – Karelia-Discovery (Petrozavodsk) - North-West Region Cup Final - 14/08/2010

Source : mail + fanstyle.ru + YoutTube

Before the half-time, a group of about hundred people entered the stadium and moved to the guest side. The ‘invaders’ attacked Karelia fans with stones and bottles. Karelians defended with plastic seats and the attack continued with traumatic guns. The massacre was going on until attackers were out of ammunition. They wasn’t confused of police, press and citizens with children. As a result of attack, few fans of Karelia including girls were seriously injured.

Kind Fists is a group of Karelia-Discovery fans that stands for antifascism and support antifa movement. ‘Punks, skinheads, hardcore kids, ordinary guys, who have something to say on the own and guest stadiums’ –that is what they say about themselves. ‘No one likes antiracists on their stadiums and there is no any fair play for us, that’s why we have to arm, preparing more to war than to football macht’.

There is no doubt that this attack was organized and held by Nazis. Right-wing and hooligans internet sources mostly confirm this information

Leeds United v Millwall: Police mount anti-hooligan operation - 19/08/2010

Source : yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk

Police were today preparing to mount a major anti-hooligan operation around Leeds United's match against Millwall.

Games between the two sides have in the past been marred by disorder involving rival supporters.

But West Yorkshire Police have plans in place to try to ensure Saturday's Championship fixture at United's Elland Road ground passes off peacefully.

One key part of their stratregy has seen travelling fans being issued with vouchers rather than match tickets.

The vouchers can only be exchanged for tickets at Woolley Edge service station on the M1 near Wakefield for a set period before the fixture's 12.30pm kick-off.

It is understood that police officers will be keeping watch at Woolley Edge for any known hooligans who have made the journey north.

Chief Supt Mark Milsom, match commander for the policing operation, said today: "We aim to ensure the game is safe and enjoyable for all supporters.

"We will look to intervene early in any issues so that they can be dealt with positively."

The worst recent violence at a Leeds versus Millwall fixture came in October 2007, when police repeatedly clashed with yob fans outside Elland Road and travelling hooligans caused thousands of pounds worth of damage to buses.

Internacional - Chivas Guadalajara - Copa Libertadores Cup Final - 19/08/2010

Source : USA TODAY

Inter fan killed in title celebration

Police say an Internacional fan was shot to death as supporters celebrated the team's Copa Libertadores title.
The 29-year-old student was shot in the neck, police said on Thursday, after an altercation as fans celebrated in the city of Gravatai in the early hours.

The Lance sports newspaper said authorities weren't clear what prompted the fight or whether fans from rival team Gremio were involved.

The daily reported that two other people sustained minor injuries and five suspects were detained for interrogation.

AIK Solna - Levski Sofia - 19/08/2010

Source : Associated Press + expressen.se

Levski Sofia attacked by hooligans after AIK match

Levski Sofia's owner says he will file a complaint to UEFA about fan violence following the team's 0-0 draw with Stockholm club AIK in a Europa League playoff match.
AIK hooligans attacked the Bulgarian team's bus with rocks and bottles after Thursday's match at Rasunda Stadium.

Levski owner Todor Batkov says he and two players were hit and the windshield of the bus was damaged. No serious injuries were reported.

Batkov says he will "file a complaint to (UEFA president Michel) Platini."

AIK deplored the attack in a statement on Friday and said it expects "hard punishment" from UEFA. The club was fined (EURO)15,000 ($20,000) for fan violence during a July 28 Champions League qualifier against Rosenborg.

Seven Millwall fans in court accused of clash with Huddersfield fans - 20/08/2010

Source : Huddersfield Daily Examiner

SEVEN Millwall football fans accused of taking part in a mass football brawl with Huddersfield Town fans have been committed to Bradford Crown Court.

The men all appeared at Huddersfield Magistrates’ Court yesterday, each charged with public order and violent disorder offences.

They will appear at Bradford on October 4.

The defendants are Grant David Mason, 41, of Kent; Ryan McDougal, 31, of London; William Myers, 51, of London; Glen Sherman, 35 of Essex; Paul Denis Cremin, 36, of London; Dean Harrison, 34, of London and Ojay Roynon, 30, of Kent, who is also charged with breaching an order banning him from coming within a mile of the Galpharm Stadium.

The seven were arrested after Millwall and Town fans clashed before an end of season fixture at the Galpharm on April 16.

Four Millwall coaches were travelling down Wakefield Road to the football game.

When the first coach stopped at traffic lights outside the Waterloo pub, missiles were thrown and a mass fight broke out involving sticks and bricks.

A dedicated West Yorkshire police investigation team was set up to identify offenders, believed to be supporters of both Huddersfield Town and Millwall.

Fourteen Huddersfield Town fans will appear at Huddersfield Magistrates’ Court later today.

They, too, are expected to be committed to Bradford Crown Court.

Court officials made sure both sets of fans appeared on separate days.

The Huddersfield defendants are Gerrard Bradshaw, 36, of Primrose Hill; Kieran Moore, 19, of Almondbury; Andrew Hunt, 25, of Brighouse; Jake Peel, 21, of Longwood; Jeremy McDonald, 43, of Oakes; Conrad Ayscough, 44, of Sheepridge; Danny Melia, 25, of Rastrick; Leon Stephenson, 19, of Taylor Hill; Lee Donaghue, 36, of Dalton; and two youths aged 14 and 17 are charged with violent disorder.

Oliver Dyson, 19, of Almondbury and Andrew Miller, 37, of Sheepridge are charged with both violent disorder and possessing an offensive weapon, allegedly taking snooker cues out of the pub and into the street and using them as weapons.

A 17-year-old, who cannot be named, is charged with affray, having allegedly helped instigate the violence by throwing bottles.

Nicholas Palfreeman, 41, of Dalton, is charged with assisting the offenders by driving them away from the scene.

Slovan Bratislava - VfB Stuttgart - 19/08/2010

Source : welt.de + futbal.sme.sk + Schwarzwälder Bote

Slovan v Stuttgart marred by violence

Two Serbian football fans get suspended sentences for rowdiness - 10/08/2010

Source: TASR

Two Serbian fans of the football team Red Star Belgrade who attacked people with telescopic metal truncheons in the centre of Bratislava last week have been given suspended sentences of six months each by the Bratislava Regional Court.

Bratislava Regional Court spokesman Pavol Adamčiak told the TASR newswire on Monday, August 9, that the Court on Saturday found Mark Ivkovic and Jovan Bulatovic guilty of having committed the crime of rowdiness. According to the prosecution, the fans attacked a man in Bratislava, beating him over the head with their truncheons and kicking him over his whole body.

The police dealt with several incidents in Bratislava a day before the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round match between Slovan Bratislava and Red Star Belgrade on August 5. Up to 400 fans arrived in Bratislava the day before. Noisy scenes were witnessed during the night where the fans gathered on Hviezdoslavovo Square.

China : Jianye FC - Jiangsu Shuntian FC - 18/08/2010

Source : AFP + Reuters

Chinese football association investigates fan riot

China's football association said Friday it was investigating a violent clash between fans of a provincial team and police, the latest bout of unrest to hit the nation's beautiful game.

Fans of Henan province's Jianye football club battled riot police in the provincial capital of Zhengzhou on Wednesday night following their team's 2-0 home defeat to Jiangsu's Shuntian, the official Beijing Times reported.

More than 10 people were injured after fans threw stones at police outside the ground, demanding management fire those responsible. Some burned their tickets and others used fire extinguishers to fight police, the report said.

"The CFA (Chinese Football Association) is now looking into the situation," Dong Hua, a spokesman for the body, told AFP.

"Relevant departments will take measures according to the situation."

China has been hit by a number of violent incidents involving football fans, players and coaches after the end of the World Cup, the report said.

"Many fans are always getting into fights after matches, outside the venues, and this is related to social problems," Liu Dianqiu, head of the professional division of the CFA, was quoted as saying.

"The clubs need to reasonably communicate with fans and pay more attention to security."

China's football has also been plagued by a wide-ranging graft scandal that has seen scores of football officials and referees taken into police custody this year.

In January, former CFA head Nan Yong and two of his top lieutenants were taken in for questioning and later arrested for bribery and match-fixing.

Gambling, match-fixing, crooked referees and poor performances by China's national team have made the sport a source of chagrin for the nation's fans and a matter of mounting state concern.

Celtic followers in court over Lincoln City fan trouble - 20/08/2010

Source : news.stv.tv

Two Celtic supporters have appeared in an English court in connection with fan trouble at the club’s recent pre-season friendly with Lincoln City.

Thirty-two-year-old Stewart Stanley, from Calderbraes Avenue in Uddingston, was fined £335 and ordered to pay an additional £100 in court costs after he admitted carrying out a public order offence on July 24. He was originally charged with affray - fighting in the street - but this was reduced to the lesser charge.

Meanwhile, 24-year-old Adam Pollock - from Pollok's Blackstone Crescent - will have to return to Lincoln Magistrates Court in October in connection with an alleged public order offence. The charge against him was also reduced from affray. Both men appeared at the court earlier this week.

They were charged by police after the friendly match - which Celtic won 4-1 - along with Jason Dumphreys, 40, from Lincoln, and Benjamin Mole, 24, from Bassingham.

Mr Dumphreys is due back in court on August 26 in connection with his alleged use of threatening words and abusive behaviour, while Mole admitted his part in the trouble. He was handed a three-year football banning order and ordered to carry out 60 hours of unpaid work in the community. He was also ordered to pay court costs.

Following the game, Lincolnshire Police said 20 Celtic and Lincoln fans were arrested in connection with violence before, during and after Celtic’s victory in Lincoln.

There was apparent violence at the town’s Golden Cross Pub, while two Celtic fans were arrested for fighting each other near Lincoln’s Sincil Bank stadium. There were also reports of fights within the Celtic end before the game kicked off.

A girl in the Celtic end was also injured by a flare -one of several canisters and flares set off during the game. Five people were taken to hospital, including the girl injured by the flare.

Argentina: Deportivo Moron - Estudiantes - 17/08/2010

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Argentina : Estudiantes - Quilmes - 15/08/2010

Source : elsolquilmes.com.ar

200 Quilmes supporters without tickets tried to enter the stadium in force and fronted police who used flash balls and pepper sprays to contain troublemakers.
Twenty people were arrested and one knife was taken by police.

Translation Underground Fans (c)

Bosnia : FK Sarajevo - Celik Zenica - 18/08/2010

Source : sarajevo-x.com + Youtube

Troubles occured in the terraces when one fan used a home-made bomb.
Dozens of people invaded the pitch to avoid gas.

Translation Underground Fans (c)

Colombia : Cerro Porteno - Luqueno - 08/08/2010

Source : ultimahora.com

Police have arrested one Olimpia supporter, 32 year old, who used a gun against Cerro Porteno rivals who broke down a car window.

Translation Underground Fans (c)

Poland : BKS Unia Bełżyce - Orlęta Radzyń - 15/08/2010

Source : dziennikwschodni.pl

After Orleta supporters have stolen scarves to locals, these last ones reacted.
After 60 minutes of playing they attacked Orleta fans and a fight took place.
As situation became worse, the referee stopped the game.
Orleta supporters left the stadium inside a van. Some of them windows were smashed up.
No policeman or steward were at the game with only 200 spectators.






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Three days after the troubles, police have arrested 12 people.

Translation Underground Fans (c)

The hooligan problem and football violence that just won't go away - 22/08/2010

Source: http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/aug/22/football-violence-hooligans

The hooligan problem and football violence that just won't go awayStrict policing ensured the Leeds v Millwall match went off without major disorder – but there has been plenty of football-related trouble this year

They hunt in packs, fuelled by cocaine, hooked on violence and occasionally wielding chains. Some are as old as 65. They use mobile phones and the internet to arrange showdowns with rival 'firms' at agreed locations away from prying CCTV cameras and police surveillance. This is the profile of the 21st-century football hooligan, a breed of 'fan' who, although decreasing in numbers and visibility, is recognised by the football authorities and police as never having gone away.

Less than a fortnight ago, Danny Scriven, a 26-year-old postman, and 21-year-old Kali Hagenstede – two members of the Tottenham firm the Yid Army – were jailed for 15 months and given six-year banning orders (keeping them away from football matches) for being part of a 20-strong mob that smashed up The George, a pub in Holloway used by Arsenal's firm The Herd, after Spurs lost the north London derby last October. Last Wednesday, 19-year-old Callum Ellis was given a maximum five-year banning order by Leeds magistrates for being the leader of a group of Bradford City hooligans who call themselves the Young Bradford Ointment. There has been a worrying series of violent, football-related incidents in the past three months.

Diligent and effective policing and widespread use of surveillance cameras make sure there is rarely any trouble at matches. Millwall fans travelling to yesterday's game at Elland Road had to pick up their tickets from a motorway service station on the way into Leeds, which kept them off the trains, and they were escorted in and out of the ground. Police with dogs, riot gear and video equipment set up a no-go area after the game to keep Leeds followers away from the 550 or so Millwall fans. Police reported only seven arrests, which was seen as a triumph.

Away from the ground it is a different story. A senior official at one of London's most prominent clubs, who has been involved in the game since the dawn of hooliganism and who did not wish to be named, told Observer Sport: "If anyone thinks the problem has gone away they are naive. The internet provides an easy way for hooligans to arrange meetings. This is gang violence that attaches itself to sport. It is naive to think football still doesn't provide an opportunity for a ruck – it does."


Risk supporters, as they are officially called, consider themselves tribal families who pass on the taste for fighting to their sons and grandsons, and will probably never be removed despite the continuing efforts of the government, police and football authorities. "The normal paying public wouldn't understand it," says Wally, a 46-year-old who was once a prominent force in Birmingham City's firm The Zulus. "We class ourselves as family. The Zulus have been together for over 25 years now. We go out together, drink together, go to weddings, funerals and are in business together. We look out for each other."

A glance on internet chat forums and social-media sites offers evidence that many clubs' gangs still exist throughout the Premier League, Football League and even in the non-league pyramid. Precisely how active they are is difficult to gauge. But the spate of recorded incidents since May (see panel) and ongoing intelligence work by the authorities indicate the police still have a big job on their hands every week.

PC Pete Dearden, Arsenal's football intelligence officer, says: "At a high profile game at Arsenal where there are 60,000 people coming, we are looking at 150 to 200 who are part of the risk supporters group. I have some who are in their sixties and might earn £100,000 a week in the City. Many don't go to the game because they can't get membership or are banned, but they still attach themselves. What we have is a decreasing minority of quite well-organised groups seeking disorder with like-minded individuals a long time before and after the game.

"You might get a situation where Arsenal risk supporters sit in a pub near a stadium, then they might meet at a transport hub — say King's Cross for northern teams — in the hope that, even if it's a CCTV-dominated area, we're just not going to find out about it."

Dearden says that while there is a hooligans' code, their preferred drug has changed. "After a fight, they might go around the corner to the pub for a drink. Physically, the drive used to be alcohol that fuelled this anti-social behaviour. Today, cocaine is massively in abundance. It gives them that strength of character to go into situations where otherwise they might have been frightened. It makes them braver. Cocaine is the choice of a modern-day hooligan.

"The best way for me to curtail the activities of my risk group [in Islington, Arsenal's borough] is to cut off their supply of cocaine — with good intelligence, arresting the person supplying them."

Wally, who has now retired from the front line and says he prefers to watch Birmingham City from an executive box, concurs. "It is coke now – that's always about. There is a younger firm coming through," he says. "They are 15-, 16-year-olds who want to get into it. They've read the books, want to buy the clothes and they've heard the reputations of their dads and uncles."

While trouble can still flare around high-profile games, the preferred location for fighting and disorder is away from stadiums, with British Transport Police reporting a 49% increase in arrests year on year, and 83 banning orders issued for incidents on the rail network in 2008-09, the latest season for which details are available.

On the eve of the new football season this moved the BTP to announce a crackdown on troublemakers and a determination to issue more banning orders. Stephen Thomas is the BTP's assistant chief constable in charge of football operations. He says: "The number of incidents has gone up and so are our prosecutions. During the season, we prosecute about 20 a week – everything from a caution or fixed penalty notice to putting them before the court."

Fifa's inspectors visit England this week to run the rule over the 2018 World Cup bid. How damaging does Thomas think any problems might be to England's hopes of hosting the tournament? "Fifa are mature and sophisticated enough to look at the big picture, not just pick up on isolated incidents because they don't reflect the behaviour of football fans in stadiums," he says. "Look at the World Cup in South Africa; there was no one arrested for football-related trouble."

England's main rivals in the bidding process are Russia, where football hooliganism is a far bigger problem.

Home Office figures for the 2008-09 season show an average of only 1.18 arrests per match, an overall total of 3,752 from the 38 million people who attended games in England and Wales that year. The authorities aim to keep it that way, although they remain vigilant and will be concerned by the outbreaks of violence this summer.

A Football Association spokesperson says: "In reality, football is safer than it has ever been and the great majority of people are able to enjoy football in a safe and friendly environment. Of course there is a very small minority of individuals who will cause disorder on occasion and we have strong legislation in place to deal with these people. The improvements in stewarding, appropriate policing, state-of-the-art CCTV systems and the efforts of clubs and leagues have added greatly to making football a fan-friendly environment."

Privately, the FA, BTP, the police on the ground and the government understand they have to remain wary. They point to last August's trouble between West Ham and Millwall during a Carling Cup tie in east London in which an innocent Millwall supporter was stabbed, West Ham fans invaded the pitch and police made 64 arrests. West Ham were fined £115,000.


Every week Dearden gathers intelligence from his counterparts at other clubs, "spotters" at train and motorway service stations, the transport police, traffic wardens, the public and paid informants on the inside of The Herd so he can grade the risk of potential violence and call in police resources.

Yesterday, Blackpool were at the Emirates. Dearden says: "We knew there would be around 20 of Blackpool's risk supporters. My Lancashire colleague knows who they are and I asked about Arsenal's risk supporters' intentions. We pay informants; there is a network of them across hooligan groups in England and if they give us good information we pay them. It's like having an undercover officer among them. Our intelligence is better than ever. If they were to fight in a pub and it was captured on CCTV I can identify individuals."

Dearden gave evidence in the case against Scriven and Hagenstede, the jailed thugs. The court heard they had come to the pub armed with a dustbin, a pole and barstools, but The Herd had moved on from the pub. Dearden says: "That's our most high-risk game. It was a midday fixture, so by 6.30pm everybody had gone home. The Spurs hooligans were still in their pubs in Haringey or the West End. But we had intelligence that they might come to the area.

"Our risk supporters had moved from one location to another and the Spurs risk supporters came on the Underground undetected, because we can't check every train. About 20 of them went to our risk pub, which is normally frequented by our hooligans, and attacked normal Saturday night punters.

"I'd suggest that was cowardly because its easy to attack a defenceless pub. It's the height of disrespect in the hooligan world to turn over the opposition's pub.

"CCTV evidence led to two of them receiving a 15-month prison sentence, which reflects that the judge has an understanding of the organised pre-planned ferocity of the incident."


The tipping point for English hooliganism came at Euro 2000, when rioting in Charleroi led to Uefa threatening England with expulsion and forced Tony Blair, then prime minister, to apologise. Parliament then passed the Football Disorder Act 2000, giving courts the power to issue banning orders and confiscate passports to keep troublemakers away from games.

A Home Office spokesperson said: "The strategy works well and there has been no significant English football violence overseas since Euro 2000. The arrangements are tried and tested throughout each football season, as around 100,000 English fans travel to international and European club matches overseas."

The hooligans agree. Wally says: "There used to be instances before where you could get arrested on the morning of a match and be out by kick-off with a £50 fine and a slap on the wrist. Now it's the first arrest and a three-year ban, minimum. It's not just whether you can get away with it on the day. Because of CCTV, six months later your door's liable to get a knock."

But Malcolm Clarke, chairman the Football Supporters' Federation, claims that banning orders are draconian. He says: "There can be inappropriate use of the powers. We have asked for a judicial review and I would say the pendulum has swung too far the other way."

The authorities, though, argue that the battle to control hooliganism and prevent a return to the dark days requires stringent measures. Dearden is sure the problem will never completely go away. "It would need a culture change. The minute we think we've got it under control there will be trouble. Polish fans attacked Arsenal fans recently during a pre-season friendly and a lot of countries have problems. With the European Championship in Poland coming up, I fear what may happen.

"If you poke the English animal enough it will rear its ugly head. South Africa [during the World Cup] was never going to be a problem because of the distance. We don't want that disease returning."

OB Odense - Motherwell FC - 19/08/2010

Source: forum + Fyens.dk

Scottish football fans arrived Thursday afternoon to blows with each other in front of Ryan 's Pub . One had broken his jaw. Seven were arrested .Odense: It was an internal brawl among a group of Scottish football club's fans , which took place around 17:30 pm at Ryan 's Pub at the Fish Market in Odense.

Seven Scots were arrested and driven away under buh - cry from the approximately 100 other fans.

According to police were the seven part of a group of football club's hard-boiled fans who likes to come to blows with each other.
Broken jaw
Fighting killed , according to an eyewitness a broken jaw for one of the seven .

Police met up en masse with about 20 officers in uniform and two dogs. They used pepper spray to pacify football fans .

Rapid Wien - Aston Villa - 19/08/2010

Source : http://sports.yahoo.com/soccer/news?slug=ro-guzanhooligans081910

Guzan targeted by hooligans in Austria

American goalkeeper Brad Guzan will be questioned as part of an investigation after being targeted by soccer hooligans during a Europa League match for his club team Aston Villa.

Guzan, who was part of the United States’ World Cup squad in South Africa, was pelted by an array of projectiles during Villa’s 1-1 draw at Austrian club Rapid Vienna in the first leg of their Europa League playoff on Thursday.

“We knew it was going to be hostile,” Guzan told the Daily Star newspaper. “I got hit by some drinks and there were lighters and coins and stuff. You don’t like to see it anywhere in football. You try to do your best because the referee can’t go into the stands and remove people.”

European soccer’s governing body UEFA has waged a largely successful war against soccer hooliganism for several years and is determined to find out more details about Thursday’s events.

A UEFA source told Yahoo! Sports that an investigation “will be instigated” and that the probe “will include Guzan’s version of events.”

Guzan was in Villa’s starting 11 to replace regular keeper and fellow American Brad Friedel, as head coach Kevin MacDonald used a second-string lineup in order to preserve his stars for English Premier League duty.

The former Chivas USA player has impressed in his limited playing time since moving to England two years ago. MacDonald expressed his admiration for the way Guzan handled the abuse he and his teammates received in Vienna.

“I am proud of the boys because this was not an easy place to come,” MacDonald said. “The referee got involved and it was up to him to get that sorted.

“When you come to these places, I’m not saying you expect objects to be thrown, but you do expect the crowd to be very vociferous in support of their home team, and very anti the opposition. That’s something these players will have to learn to deal with if they want to go to the very top.”

Rapid Vienna’s Gerhard Hanappi Stadium had a tense atmosphere throughout the match. The home fans’ mood got worse by star forward Nikica Jelavic’s pre-match decision to refuse to play as part of his attempt to force a transfer to Scottish club Glasgow Rangers.

UEFA recently teamed up with senior political figures from several European nations in a bid to stamp out soccer hooliganism. While the throwing of objects onto the field of play will not generate as much attention as physical acts of violence between rival fans, it is the kind of action UEFA is determined to abolish.

Rapid Vienna may be hit with a fine for its fans’ behavior against Villa. More serious indiscretions can cause clubs to be penalized by playing matches behind closed doors without supporters.

“I’m sure UEFA officials were at the game and will look into it,” Guzan said.

Rabotnicki fined for fans' abuse vs Liverpool - 21/08/2010

Source : http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=1352859&lang=eng_news&cate_img=145.jpg&cate_rss=news_Sports

UEFA has fined Macedonian club Rabotnicki (EURO)10,000 ($12,700) after its fans aimed offensive abuse during a Europa League match against Liverpool.

UEFA said Friday that its disciplinary panel found Rabotnicki supporters were guilty of "discriminatory conduct" during a third qualifying round, first-leg match in Skopje on July 29.

It did not give details of the behavior, but British media reported that Liverpool's black players were the targets of allegedly racist abuse.

Liverpool won the match 2-0, and the return leg by the same score to advance to the Europa League playoff round.

Leeds United - Millwall FC - 21/08/2010

Source : yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk + guardian.co.uk

Leeds United v Millwall: Eight arrested

Eight people were arrested for minor public order offences as Leeds United's game with Millwall at Elland Road passed relatively trouble free.

Riot police had been brought in in advance to tackle any possible problems with the tie on Saturday.

Hundreds of Millwall fans had travelled to Leeds under police escort ahead of the championship football game between the two rivals.

Away supporters had travelled to Woolley Edge services where they were met by police who then escorted them to the city.

Nottingham Forest - Leeds United - 15/08/2010

Source : Reuters (thx to the sender)



Leeds fans

FC Bruges - Dinamo Minsk - 19/08/2010

Source : Reuters (thx to the sender)

Belgian police arrest a Dinamo Minsk supporter.

Bristol football hooligan jailed for seven months - 23/08/2010

Source : BBC News

Kevin Crehan was caught with a sawn-off pool cue down his trousers A Bristol man has been sentenced to seven months in prison for breaching a three year football banning order

Bristol Crown Court heard that Kevin Crehan, 28, of Stockwood Crescent, was caught with a a sawn-off pool cue down his trousers.

Crehan admitted four breaches, including failing to report to a police station during the World Cup.

He also admitted being inside an exclusion zone before a Bristol City FC and Millwall match on 7 August.

The 28-year-old had been banned from being within a mile of Bristol City FC's ground at Ashton Gate.

Crehan pleaded guilty to having the offensive weapon and stealing a DVD at an earlier hearing.

The court heard that Crehan had a list of previous convictions, including assaulting a police officer.

He was one of 60 football hooligans from the Bristol area barred from attending the World Cup in South Africa, the court heard.

DFB to look into SV Hamburg fan attack on St Pauli supporters - 23/08/2010

Source : dpa

The German football federation DFB on Monday said it will look into a weekend attack of SV Hamburg fans on supporters from cross-town Bundesliga rivals St Pauli at a local train station.

The DFB security official Helmut Spahn told the German Press Agency dpa that "we will become active" over the incident in which four people where injured and eight temporarily arrested.

A group of around 15 SV Hamburg fans attacked some 20 St Pauli supporters in the early hours of Sunday when they returned from an away game at SC Freiburg. The St Pauli group also included reserve goalkeeper Benedikt Pliquett who escaped unharmed.

SV Hamburg apologized for the incident and like the DFB threatened sanctions for the culprits, such as a possible nation-wide stadium ban.

The incident raises tensions ahead of the teams' first Bundesliga derby next month at St Pauli's small Millerntor stadium. St Pauli were promoted into the top flight this season.

Hooligans still haunt Italian football despite fan card - 23/08/2010

Source: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/news/340885,fan-card-feature.html


Rome - Hooligan violence remains a troubling issue for Italian football ahead of the start of a season that sees the introduction of fan cards to regulate access to games.

The Interior Ministry has sponsored the card since last year and made it mandatory this season for fans of professional clubs who want to buy a season ticket and follow their team to away games.

Those who have been banned from stadiums for violent behaviour, about 5,000 people, cannot get the card - a norm which appears to have irked die-hard fans.

Anti-card protests were held last season in many stadiums and fans rallied in November in Rome to protest against what they consider a way to keep people under control and limit their personal freedom.

Ahead of the Serie A season kick-off this weekend and with minor leagues already started, clubs have issued about 200,000 cards, seeing season-ticket sales fall by 20 per cent.

A large number of supporters decided not to get the card, seemingly preferring to spend more buying single tickets for each game.

"Those against the card either have not understood, are pretending not to understand, or believe that violence in the stadiums is a legitimate thing," Minister Roberto Maroni said.

"We think otherwise. The card is not a way of blacklisting, nor an instrument to control the fans. It is a way to favour good fans and leave out those who go to the stadium with other ideas, which have nothing to do with the values of sport."

The ministry has already had some good results by bringing stewards into the stadiums, increasing police surveillance and banning fans from travelling away to high-tension games.

The measures brought violent acts in the past season down 42 per cent from 2009, but clashes involving hooligans and police were frequent in the second half of the season.

Furthermore, signs that violence remains rooted in Italian football came from several pre-season friendlies.

An early August game that Roma played away to Serie B side Pescara was followed by riots that left two home fans stabbed, 10 wounded - five of them policemen - and dozens of cars damaged.

Roma fans also marred the Italian Supercup game that their side lost 3-1 at Inter Milan on Saturday.

It was the last match before the official introduction of the card system and hooligans hurled smoke bombs on the pitch, chanted racist choirs and pelted home fans with bottles and other objects.

Hundreds of them vandalized a bar on a highway rest station - a feat that seems to have become a ritual for fans from other teams, too.

The obvious question is if they would have behaved differently with the card in their wallets, which would have allowed them access the stadium through fast lanes and also get discounts at the bar they destroyed.

The card, meanwhile, seems to have created a dangerous split between supporters of the same club, with card holders being called traitors by the others.

Policemen, who fall under the Interior Ministry, have also been lukewarm about the card, which, having to be controlled, is expected to increase their workload.

Some officials also fear that groups of fans without cards will still go to away games and mix with the home fans, as they will not be allowed in the sectors reserved for card-holding guests.

Swedish AIK Fear Retaliation by Bulgarian Hooligans - 24/08/2010

Source: http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=119465

Swedish champions AIK are arriving for their Thursday match in Sofia with local Levski with upped security after last week Swedish hooligans attacked the Levski delegation guesting in Stockholm for a Europa League playoff.

After the 0:0 draw last Thursday at Stockholm’s Råsunda Stadium, AIK hooligans attacked the Levski bus, throwing stones, bottles and other projectiles at hand. Five from Levski – two players, a masseur, the press officer, and the club's owner Todor Batkov – were slightly injured in what media described as violence unseen in recent years. The UEFA delegates and referees were also attacked.

This Thursday’s game at Sofia’s Georgi Asparuhov Stadium is decisive about which team will go to the Europa League group stage.

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Source: http://paper.standartnews.com/en/article.php?d=2010-08-25&article=34000

Twenty AIK Hooligans to Watch Levski-AIK in Sofia

AIK hire additional number of bodyguards for Sofia

Some twenty of AIK ultras have managed to fix themselves with tickets for the second leg to be played in Sofia, AIK security chief Henrik Koch informed. The match in Sofia is threatened with outrages due to the barbaric attitude of AIK fans after the end of the first leg played in Stockholm. AIK delegation will have three additional bodyguards.
"According to some information, the Bulgarian football fans may try to get a revenge on AIK supporters," AIK security man commented.
"Of course, we would like to have more supporters in Sofia but we have some worries over their security," Mr. Koch added.
So far, AIK have sold only a dozen of the 200 tickets Levski presented to the Swedish club. Koch reckons that some 20 AIK fans have fixed themselves with tickets through other channels and he reckons that it is a matter of football hooligans.
"We are in constant touch with Bulgarian authorities and we think that the football event will go smoothly," Henrik Koch concluded.