Season 11/12 - November

KRC Genk - Chelsea FC - 01/11/2011

Source : mail (thanks to the sender)

Loads of Chelsea in city centre.

Genk mobbed up at 3 in the afternoon.

90 headhunters amongst the 500 chelsea who were in citycentre.

6 o'clock genk and us ( Sittard ) had 40-50 boys and walked to chelsea. Only 6 old bill.
Chelsea came towards us with a 120-150 .. only 15 of us walked forward and maybe 20-25 chelsea did the same .
The rest throw chairs at us and didn't run us over..
Didn't expect that to be honest because they looked very good and well up for it and heavily outnumbered us for sure. Punches were exchanged for 1 or 2 minutes ..

At the end lucky for us I guess that Genk old bill chased us away from Chelsea and we went to the ground.

Nice day for a small firm as Genk.

Borussia Dortmund - Olympiakos Pireus - 01/11/2011

Source : forums

At half-time Olympiakos supporters fought with local security and police who tried to arrest one fan.
Two of them were wounded.

Metalist Kharkiv - Malmo FF - 03/11/2011

Source : forums

Locals have stolen flags to Swedish (normal fans?) at half-time.

Vorskla Poltava - Standard Liège - 03/11/2011

Source : forums

Locals have stolen a banner to normal belgian fans.

Rubin Kazan - Tottenham Hotspur - 03/11/2011

Source : http://inkazan.ru

Fiorentina fans apologise for racism - 03/11/2011

Source : http://www.sportsmole.co.uk/football/news/fiorentina-fans-apologise-for-racism_7138.html

Fiorentina fans have hung up a banner outside the club's stadium to apologise for racist abuse directed at manager Sinisa Mihajlovic.

Mihajlovic has come under increasing pressure in recent weeks to quit the Florence club.

Fans have repeatedly chanted slogans for Mihajlovic to leave the club, even though they are only two points off a European place in Serie A.

The chants continued during Fiorentina's 1-0 win over Genoa on Sunday, but some also chanted abuse about Mihajlovic's Serbian background.

However, supporters hung up a banner outside the club's Artemio Franchi stadium, which read: "As a coach we can oppose you but as a man we respect you, sorry!"

Fiorentina are currently eleventh in Serie A.

The Viola are next in action at Chievo on Sunday afternoon.

Russia: Volga Nyzhnyi - Rubin Kazan - 06/11/2011

Source : https://www.youtube.com

80 Volga vs 60 Kazan

Cracovia Krakow - Wisla Krakow - 06/11/2011

Source : http://krakow.naszemiasto.p

Police tread a fine Posh match day line - 07/11/2011

Source : http://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/news/local/police_tread_a_fine_posh_match_day_line_1_3222712

John Baker spent a day with Peterborough police for the Posh match against Derby County on Saturday.

MATCH DAY policing is a delicate operation between trying to predict what supporters will do, and pre-empting it. Or sometimes it is a swift and effective reaction to an unexpected flare-up. Either way, when several hundred people from another city arrive in town and alcohol is flowing, officers must be on their toes:

IT’S a murky November day in Peterborough – and Derby County are in town.

The Championship football match between two sides separated by just over 70 miles has been given two grades; the match is classified as ‘B’ (medium risk), while the city centre has been designated as a ‘high risk’.

That doesn’t mean residents should barricade their doors, as the Leeds game from last month was given a Cir – C increased risk – and fans were as good as gold.

There have been no major incidents at London Road since a clash with now non-league Darlington in 2008 when some fans attacked stewards, leading to eight arrests and five convictions, with two receiving three-year bans from all grounds in the country.

So Peterborough is not cursed with the same core of problems which infect clubs like Cardiff and Millwall.

But when officers cram into a briefing room at Thorpe Wood Police Station at 8am on Saturday morning, seven hours before kick-off, they learn of several rogue elements assembling from two counties for the game.

Inspector Paul Ormerod, in charge of the city operation, says: “There is not a great history between the teams, who have not played since 2010. But we have heard that there may be 60 or 70 fans coming to the city for some kind of birthday reunion bash for a well-known hooligan who was very high-profile in the 90s. They are planning to take over a city pub and will be aware that we will try and get ahead of them, so they may come on the train as early as 9.16am.

“Ten young Northampton risk fans may also be heading to bars on Oundle Road. There is a history between Northampton and Peterborough and there have been issues on that road before.”

The ideal scenario would be to get the ‘risk’ fans out of the stadium and on to the 5.52pm train to Derby. The alternative is for a clutch of hard cores to hit the bars and spend a rowdy night in the city, antagonising Posh fans and keeping officers out until the early hours.

Using fair, firm and friendly tactics, Peterborough police have been praised on rival clubs’ supporters’ sites for their approach.

Events planning officer Sgt Stuart Saunders starts planning with his team (a sergeant and six PCs) a month or so before each game. Policing a football match is a complex operation and resources will be moved around the city.

But there is only so much that can be done, as officers are sometimes hostages to fortune. On match day there are numerous fireworks displays and a gathering in Huntingdon by a group against animal cruelty, which could see resources diverted elsewhere.

The police are not particularly expecting trouble, but Sgt Saunders said: “The vast majority of people involved in football violence in Peterborough do not have criminal convictions outside football.

“They are not hardened convicts fighting in the streets and smashing things up. Some will have decent jobs.”

After a bite to eat, several police vans head to the station in time for the first arrivals. The banter is calm, talk of iphones and other matches high on the agenda. These PSUs (Police Support Units) are experienced heads, used to dealing with unruly fans.

Also on duty are a number of ‘spotters’. They know the Posh fans, know who are the risky ones and who are their hangers-on. There are also the equivalents for Derby fans.

At the station the first train sees 30 or 40 risk fans spilling out onto platform five in parka jackets and tracksuits. Some are clutching cans of booze.

Over the next hour more will arrive, double the predicted number of 70.

They are shepherded up the ramps out of the side of the station, and towards the Drapers Arms in Cowgate, a designated ‘Derby’ pub for the day.

Officers wait outside.

One of the arrivals is a ‘leader’ of a Derby gang, while the main contender for his crown – a cage fighter – has also made an appearance.

All the while monitored from a control room at Thorpe Wood, the group moves on to Broadway, and are having mixed success. O’Neill’s and Yates’s are accepting away fans, but the College Arms is not.

The move was made because during the Leeds match 70 away fans piled in, to the disgruntlement of Posh supporters. The landlady will lose money, but will probably have less trouble.

As well as officers in hi-viz jackets, there are also ‘evidence gatherers’, with bright orange caps.

Armed with cameras and camcorders, their role is also to compile data for any future investigations. Their obvious appearance means no troublemaker can claim that the officers were carrying out a covert operation.

The fans are compliant, laughing and joking, although one trio seems intent on getting into the Arms no matter what. Turned away three times, they eventually give up.

It’s not a surprise to Sgt Saunders, who says: “They’re always friendly before the match, because they want to see it. The Leeds fans were very well-behaved. Football fans are human beings, out to enjoy themselves. It’s just when they overstep the mark when the issues arise.”

The only arrest is not football related. Bar staff at O’Neill’s have received counterfeit £10 notes and a lad in his 20s is arrested.

So far so good, and at 2.15pm the police, in a move pre-planned and with the agreement of the ‘leader’, usher fans out of the bars towards the ground. It’s an impressive sight, a poor man’s carnival striding along Long Causeway surrounded by police.

Rather than the beat of the Rio drum it’s the dialect of the football fan. Shoppers in Cathedral Square are left in no doubt of how great Derby is, or Rams fans’ feelings towards Steve Cotterill, the newly appointed boss of arch rivals Nottingham Forest.

The convoy arrives at the ground, with several roads closed to traffic to allow a swift journey.

Policing a match can run into several thousands of pounds. The club only pays for personnel within its ‘footprint’ – the ground, Glebe Road, part of London Road and Cripple Sidings. Sometimes, like on Saturday, the force may choose to put extra resources in place in the ground.

Four Road Policing Unit motorcyclists pull in, having escorted four away supporters’ coaches into the city. Again, there have been no problems.

Four special teams are among the officers present, alongside more than 100 stewards.

In the control tower CCTV screens survey the stands and the land surrounding the stadium. Present are police, safety liaison group representatives from Peterborough City Council, and medical staff. Computers show how many people are in each stand.

The match kicks off in gloomy surroundings, not helped by an early strike from Derby live wire Theo Robinson.

There is movement and several officers stationed in the corner of the ground suddenly bolt outside. A Derby spotter outside the ground has seen several groups of fans suddenly leave.

Confronted by police, they say they ‘just want a drink’, unaware that this is unlikely.

In a pre-arranged decision pubs in Peterborough have closed from 4.30pm to 5.30pm, some earlier. So if they want to drink they have to go home, and they acquiesce.

On his return from one of the teams escorting them to the station, Inspector Jamie Rice says: “They have come all the way from Derby, their team is winning, and they leave before half-time to go for a drink?

“There was a bit of verbals but nothing too much. They said ‘it’s a free country’, and you just use a bit of persuasion.

“We very rarely see anything in the ground, just a few flashpoints outside sometimes. And today the away stand is nowhere near full.”

Grant McCann’s injury time winner triggers a mass exodus, and the Derby risk fans are intercepted on their way out.

Once they are rounded up they return to the station along Bourges Boulevard accompanied by police in car, van and on foot, the fans trying to save face by chanting they are Derby, and can do what they want.

The British Transport Police join the effort and the fans are all gone by 6pm – home time for the officers.

Considering the potential for trouble it has been a relatively stress-free day.

The Northampton fans never materialised, and if birthday man did make an appearance, it was a very inconspicuous one.

Sgt Saunders says: “It’s been a perfect day.

“The whole aim is to outwit them before they outwit us, and ensure everyone has a safe day, so that proper fans can enjoy it and those who want to cause disorder are policed out of it.”

Bans, suspended sentences for Bordeaux hooligans - 07/11/2011

Source : http://www.football.co.uk/bordeaux/bans__suspended_sentences_for_bordeaux_hooligans_rss1927202.shtml

Fourteen Bordeaux fans were on Monday punished with suspended prison sentences and stadium bans over violent incidents ahead of a Ligue 1 match last month.

The supporters were arrested prior to Bordeaux's 2-2 draw at home to Montpellier on October 1, after the windscreen of a bus carrying fans of the away team was smashed by a missile.

One of the fans was handed a four-month suspended prison sentence by a court in Bordeaux, with two-month suspended sentences for the other supporters.

They were also banned from going to Bordeaux's Stade Chaban-Delmas for one year.

NorWAY: Brann Bergen - Aalesund - Cup - 06/11/2011

Source : http://www.dagbladet.no/2011/11/06/nyheter/innenriks/casuals/slasskamp/18906037/

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Bosnia: Zeljeznicar - Sarajevo - 05/11/2011

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SS Lazio Roma - FC Zurich - 03/11/2011

Source : The Local Switzerland + http://www.lematin.ch

Football fan loses fingers in firecracker blast

As FC Zurich players struggled at Lazio’s stadium in Rome on Thursday, panic swept the stands of the Swiss supporters when a firecracker exploded in the hands of a fan.

He lost three fingers while another fan standing next to him suffered burns to one of his arms, reported Blick.ch

Thirty other people were injured as they were trying to escape from the cloud of smoke created by the explosion. FCZ said in a statement they were "shocked by the events in Rome's Olympic Stadium" and condemned the incident in the strongest terms.

Sports director Fredy Bickel said the kind of behaviour that led to the injuries was “simply incomprehensible.”

FCZ said they would do everything in their power to bring the person responsible to justice. Moreover, the club announced it would give up its ticket allocation for the next Europa League away game, due to be held on December 1st against Sporting Lisbon.

FCZ said they were also considering additional measures to prevent incidents like the one in Rome, Blick.ch reported.

Hooliganism has been a long-standing problem in Switzerland. The incident in Rome comes just weeks after violence broke out during the derby game between Grasshopper FC and FC Zurich, the first time in the history of Swiss football that a professional match was abandoned due to rioting.

Greece: Iraklis - Ayoneri - 13/11/2011

Source : FoxSports.com + local press

Police arrest fans after pitch invasion

Greek police have arrested three Iraklis fans from about 300 who invaded the pitch to try to attack the match officials in the club's first home game since being demoted from the first division to the fourth for financial irregularities.

The supporters also fought with riot police after the game against Ayoneri on Sunday was abandoned.

The referee stopped the game in the eighth minute to order a banner attacking the head of Greece's football federation be removed, causing the fans to run onto the field and chase the referee and two linesmen.

Iraklis has played one away game this season, during which its fans scuffled with police outside the stadium.

France: Away fans banned from PSG v Marseille - 10/11/2011

Source : Yahoo.co.uk

Away fans will be banned from attending Ligue 1 clashes between Marseille and Paris St Germain, the French interior ministry said on Thursday, citing security reasons following a history of violent clashes between supporters of the clubs.

"The French interior ministry has decided not to allow Paris fans to travel to Marseille's Stade Velodrome on November 27 and Marseille fans to travel to Paris's Parc des Princes for the return leg on April 7 or 8, 2012," the French interior ministry said in a statement.
"This decision is justified by the real risks of unrest, by the dramatic incidents that surrounded the late 2009 and early 2010 matches."
Away fans were also banned from the PSG v Marseille matches last season.
Fans from the arch-rival clubs clashed in Marseille streets in 2009 and confronted police after their first game of last season was postponed hours before kick-off due to an outbreak of swine flu in the PSG team.
A clash between rival groups of PSG supporters before the teams' return match in Paris in February 2010 led to the fatal beating of a fan and prompted the club to stop selling tickets for away matches for the rest of the season.

Police warn Celtic of new zero tolerance on fans chants - 14/11/2011

Source : Dailymail.co.uk

A senior officer from Scotland’s football policing unit has warned Celtic supporters of a new zero tolerance approach to IRA chants.
The Parkhead club are at the centre of a UEFA investigation into allegations of ‘offensive’ songs during the recent Europa League triumph over Rennes in Glasgow.
Strathclyde Police reported the matter to the UEFA delegate, with the governing body expected to confirm today that they intend to hold a hearing into the issue on December 8. Possible sanctions include a fine or a ban on supporters.
Despite appeals from senior Celtic management to cease the singing of Irish Republican anthems, a number of supporters have persisted — arguing that the songs are political rather than sectarian.
Insisting that they are simply inappropriate in the setting of any football match, however, Superintendent David Brand of the Football for Co-operation Unit for Scotland (FoCUS) took part in an online debate The Final Whistle Scottish Football Show and said: ‘There is no definition of what is a sectarian offence.
‘Some fans are hiding behind the argument that the songs they are singing are political.
‘My opinion is, if you think as an honest fan that supporting the IRA or UVF or any other terrorist organisation is acceptable in society or football now, then we have lost it.
‘Football should be about football. If you did it in the street, you would be arrested. Why are you expecting it to happen at football?
‘Unless the fans, the clubs and the football bodies realise there is a problem and decide to challenge it, then we’ll end up going back the way.
‘Because what will happen then is that people will hide behind a barrier where, if it’s not clearly sectarian, they can sing it.’
Amid strong opposition from Rangers and Celtic fans to the Scottish Government’s new ‘Offensive Behaviour’ at football bill, some fear that fans will be criminalised on subjective grounds.
Resisting calls for the government, the clubs and the police to clarify which songs are and which are not acceptable, however, Superintendent Brand added: ‘We understand there needs to be some sort of dialogue with fans. But we will never produce a list of songs because we will always be challenged on it.
‘And, if we leave a song out we are almost saying to them: “It’s OK, you can sing that”.
‘So, it’s difficult to provide a list of songs but I am hoping through the work FoCUS are doing and maybe through the government that we can give out some advice.
‘Rangers and Celtic have come out in the past and said: “Here are songs we want you to sing, sing these”.
‘Trust me, if they sing those, we will back off. But until behaviour changes, we will always be there.’
There has also been surprise at the decision of Strathclyde Police to report offending Celtic fans to UEFA, rather than wading in to arrest them.
Arguing that the behaviour has to change rather than the way it’s dealt with, however, the police chief adds: ‘We understand that, irrespective of what legislation comes in, we cannot arrest our way out of this.
‘We had a meeting at the Scottish Parliament regarding the new legislation recently and the fans were there.
‘They all agreed we need to get rid of the sectarian stuff. And the bigotry.
‘What fans don’t understand is what the new Offensive Behaviour Bill will bring. They feel they are going to be arrested for picking their nose or flying a flag — they are not.’

Don't wear club shirts on Napoli trip, Manchester City fans are told - 17/11/2011

Source : Guardian.co.uk

• Fans urged to take extra care in Naples
• Fears of violence if Napoli are beaten

Manchester City have taken the dramatic step of writing to supporters travelling to Italy for next week's Champions League match to urge them not to wear club shirts or scarves.

City take on Napoli where visiting supporters have previously been subjected to vicious knife attacks. According to the Manchester Evening News, in a letter to the 800 fans who bought tickets for the match, club officials have also urged them to avoid no-go areas, including the railway station and the city centre

It is the first time City have issued such advice. The move comes after four Bayern Munich supporters were slashed with knives outside the Stadio San Paolo before a Champions League match last month. There were numerous reports of knife-wielding thugs on mopeds carrying out vicious assaults and two more German fans were stabbed in the city centre.

Last year three Liverpool fans were knifed, with two taken to hospital, when they visited Naples in the Europa League. Worried Manchester City officials drew up the advice after meeting officials from police at home and in Italy.

City's letter, signed by the operations manager Steve Sayer, says fans should "take care and use common sense" and "travel in groups where possible".

Tensions around the televised encounter are set to be high as defeat could see the Italians knocked out of the tournament. No alcohol will be served inside the ground and City supporters will be locked in after the final whistle for 45 minutes.

Hinckley United - Tamworth - FA Cup - 12/11/2011

Source : Hinckleytimes.net

Crowd trouble erupts at Hinckley United FA Cup tie with Tamworth

HINCKLEY United have vowed to ban anyone found to have been involved in the crowd trouble that marred Saturday’s FA Cup first round tie against Tamworth.
Three people were arrested after fighting broke out in the stands.
Two men in their 20s were arrested on suspicion of public order offences and released on police bail pending further enquiries while a 25-year-old woman has been charged with racially aggravated public order offence and will appear at Leicester Magistrates on November 29.
The tie was played out in front of a crowd of 1,906, which was helped out by a strong contingent of Tamworth fans who made the trip down the A5.
Despite 99% of the crowd enjoying the day for the spectacle it was a small group of fans from both sides who clashed in the stands in the second half forcing the police to intervene.
Dave Radburn, Hinckley United’s general manager, said: “Any person we feel caused the trouble on Saturday we will automatically ban from the stadium. That also goes or anyone using racist or abusive actions.
“This is a family club and the reason we didn’t segregate was because both sets of fans get on and we don’t believe these people were fans of either Hinckley or Tamworth.
“We have to applaud the police and the stewards who did a great job, and we are very disappointed this happened and apologise to anyone caught up in it.”

Bulgaria fined by Uefa after racist chanting against England - 18/11/2011

Source : Guardian.co.uk

• Bulgarian Football Union fined €40,000 for supporter abuse
• Fans targeted Ashley Young, Ashley Cole and Theo Walcott

Football's determination to stamp out racism has come under further scrutiny after the Bulgarian Football Union was fined €40,000 (£34,250) by Uefa for its fans' abuse of England players during September's Euro 2012 qualifier in Sofia.

Uefa's control and disciplinary body had the power to order Bulgaria to play fixtures behind closed doors but imposed the fine after lengthy deliberation. The decision by European football's governing body came on the day Fifa's president, Sepp Blatter, apologised for suggesting racism on the pitch is not an issue and can be settled with a handshake.

During England's 3-0 win in Bulgaria sections of the home support directed monkey chants primarily at Ashley Young, but also at Ashley Cole and Theo Walcott. The Football Association issued a formal complaint to the BFU and the Uefa delegate at the game immediately after the final whistle, and Bulgaria were charged with "discriminatory behaviour relating to chanting by home supporters". Further charges were brought relating to the setting off and throwing of fireworks during the fixture.

The Bulgaria manager at the time, the former Germany captain Lothar Matthäus, issued a public apology after the game for the conduct of the minority of the country's support, describing the abuse as "pitiful". Walcott and England's captain that night, John Terry, said they had been aware of the chants as they played out the win. "It was very clear, but I ignored it," Walcott said. "But that's me."

The BFU can appeal against the verdict within three days of the dispatch of the reasoned decision. Uefa appears, as yet, to have ignored chants from sections of the England support of "Where's your caravan?" directed at the locals that night.

PSG - Slovan Bratislava - 03/11/2011

Source : Mail (thanks to the sender)



Wednesday night, the day before the game, about thirty PSG lads from the Categorie D mob (Boulogne) tried to find Slovan lads.
Finally they have stolen a banner to the Brno ultras, friends with ultras/hooligans from Slovan.

France: SCO Angers - FC Tours - 04/11/2011

Source : journal "le courrier de l'ouest" (thanks to the sender)

FCT supporters attacked

The bus of FC Tours supporters was pelted with rocks shortly before the game, close to the Jean Bouin stadium. None one was wounded but a window was damaged.

France: US Orléans - Paris FC - 11/11/2011

Source : Mail (thanks to the sender) - Orléans

Before the game :
An off was planned one month before the game so about 30 Orléans lads met up at 1.30pm in the city center. At 5.30pm Parisians gave a phone-call to say where they were so about 15 locals took the road but then, no news from Paris lads.

During the game :
It was forbidden for Drouguis Orléans to showed up their official flag. On Paris side, Old Clan threw detonators in direction of locals.
After the game :
Armed with several weapons Paris lads went out of their coach so locals retreated then police intervened.
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Source : Mail – Paris FC

No weapons on our side.
Before the game we never see locals so we took the tram and then we tried to find them out close to the stadium but no one was seen.
At the end of the game, Orléans lads charged in direction of our bus so 6 of ours went out and the 15 or so locals ran away. Police arrived at the same time and used their truncheons.

TSV 1860 München - VfL Bochum - 05/11/2011

Source : Press

Police intervened with their truncheons and pepper sprays at the end of the game to separate both sides of supporters who were fighting.
So, some supporters fronted police and three of them were wounded.
Fifty-two people were arrested and then released.

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SV Meppen - 1. FC Magdeburg - 05/11/2011

Source : noz.de

Some troubles occured before the game. One supporter was wounded by a police dog and hospitalized.
One policeman was also wounded at his head.
250 Magdeburg category C supporters made the trip to Meppen and were escorted from the train station to the stadium by police forces.
Immediately when they entered the stadium they have attacked police throwing bottles at them so police used pepper sprays and 12 people were wounded and 9 away fans arrested.
Shortly after half-time 150 Magdeburg supporters left the stadium and were escorted back to the train station.

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Argentina: Altos Hornos Zapla - Talleres de Perico - 06/11/2011

Source : Eltribuno.info

Serious brawl took place during and after the game.
Several people said about 10 supporters, especially away ones, were arrested and 7 policemen wounded.
The referee of the game left the stadium one hour and a half after the game because supporters tried to attack him.

Translation Underground Fans ©