Season 11/12 - March

England: Grimsby Town - Braintree Town - 03/03/2012

Source : http://www.thisisgrimsby.co.uk

Fan 'racially abused' player at Grimsby Town's clash with Braintree

GRIMSBY Town officials have warned that "racism will not be tolerated at Blundell Park" following allegations that a fan racially abused a player.

It is claimed the incident took place during Saturday's clash against Braintree Town FC, which saw the Mariners being held to a 1-1 draw.

Towards the end of the match, the fourth official was seen to be called to the touchline by the referee, but it has not been revealed what was being discussed.

However, Grimsby Town's stadium officer Nick Dale today confirmed that a complaint about racist abuse had been made by an un-named member of the Braintree squad.

He said: "There is an incident, which has been reported to Humberside Police and we are now assisting them with their enquiries.

"It is being dealt with and action will be taken.

"As a club, we have zero tolerance for racism in any shape or form and, if found guilty, in addition to any action taken by the police, any perpetrators will be banned from our ground for life."

A spokesman for Humberside Police said: "We have been made aware of an allegation following the Grimsby Town v Braintree football match on Saturday, March 3.

"The incident is currently being investigated accordingly and Humberside Police are working closely with Grimsby Town football club to establish the circumstances of the incident."

The incident came as police questioned a number of Grimsby Town fans following trouble at an away match at Alfreton.

Coins and cigarette lighters were thrown between rival fans at the Impact Arena during the Blue Square Bet Premier division match against Grimsby Town on January 7.

Despite the rival fans being separated by stewards and police, disorder flared after the Mariners secured a 5-2 victory – with two of Town's goals coming from former Alfreton player Liam Hearn.

A witness at the match said the trouble, was confined to goading and jeering.

He said: "They took great delight in winding each other up. They threw coins and cigarette lighters.

"The fans didn't get to grips with each other. There were one or two who were drunk and disorderly, but they were ejected."

PC Darren Dodds, football intelligence officer for Grimsby Town, said CCTV footage of the terraces has now been studied to identify the culprits and that it was believed 12 home fans had aimed to cause trouble.

He said: "There is a post-match investigation underway into the events surrounding the match at Alfreton. Derbyshire Police will be making enquiries with fans from both clubs."

Grimsby Town director John Fenty also raised concerns about the segregation and stewarding at the fixture.

Grimsby Town stadium manager Nick Dale said his club had worked closely with the Alfreton club and provided the Derbyshire club with advice on match management and disorder management.

Chile: Everton - Colo Colo - Charity game - 08/03/2012

Source : http://www.soychile.cl + http://www.emol.com

This charity game which opposed Everton to Colo Colo ended under tension last night.
If only 2.000 people were present at the game, rival fans fronted, throwing rocks and wood missiles.
Some of them also carried knives.
Police quickly intervened.

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Ten Aberdeen fans arrested in raids over football violence at games against the Old Firm - 09/03/2012

Source : http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk

TEN men were arrested across Scotland today in connection with football violence, police said.
An operation between Grampian, Fife and Strathclyde Police forces and the Football Co-ordinating Unit for Scotland led to eight arrests in the North-East and two in Fife.
Grampian Police said the majority of the arrests today were in connection with trouble ahead of a Rangers versus Aberdeen match in Glasgow on January 21.
Two police officers were injured in the trouble on Copland Road, next to Ibrox Subway station. A series of arrests had already been made in connection with the incident.
The other two arrests this morning were over city centre violence before Aberdeen's home match with Celtic last weekend.
Grampian Chief Superintendent Adrian Watson said: "These arrests should send out a clear message to the handful of people intent on using football as a platform to commit acts of violence that behaviour of this type will not be tolerated in any shape or form.
"They are certainly not the people that the club or city want to be associated with.
"My organisation has worked closely with many partners including Aberdeen Football Club and its supporters in making the match-day experience at Pittodrie one of the safest in the country. That will not change."
Inspector Brian Henderson from Fife Constabulary said: "This arrest shows that no matter where or when people commit a football-related offence, they will be arrested, charged and held to account for their actions.
"Fife is a low-crime area and we wish to keep it this way. There is no place in our community for people who engage in this kind of behaviour, and we welcome the assistance given to us by FoCUS in helping bring them to justice."
The eight men arrested over the trouble in Glasgow were taken to the Strathclyde area and are due to appear at Glasgow Sheriff Court on Monday.
Police said further arrests could be made over the coming days.

Israel: Hapoel Tel Aviv - Maccabi Tel Aviv - 05/03/2012

Source : http://www.101greatgoals.com

24 Hapoel Tel Aviv fans detained after losing to Maccabi

Maccabi Tel Aviv ended a four year winning drought against city rivals Hapoel on Monday night in Israel, but, as is often the case when the sides meet, the match was ruined by appalling scenes of violence.

Even before kick-off a female Maccabi supporter was injured by a flare thrown into the away fans’ enclosure by Hapoel supporters. And the chucking didn’t stop there as Hapoel fans also threw various projectiles onto the pitch throughout the course of the bad-tempered game that had two red cards flashed and twelve yellows.

The major controversy happened in the final stages.

Eliran Atar, the match winner for Maccabi with a 42nd minute penalty, was struck by what looked like a lighter as the Yellows were attempting to take a corner in front of the Hapoel ultras. That sent Atar spiralling to the deck, whilst the Hapoel players reacted badly to what they saw as play-acting.

Soon after Hapoel duo Avichai Yadin (body-checked the referee) and Salim Toameh (over-agressive behaviour) were both dismissed, at which point the blood pressure at the Bloomfield Stadium rose through the non-existent roof.

When the final whistle blew Yadin stormed back onto the pitch in an attempt to confront the ref over his dismissal. That kicked off a pushing-and-shoving fest, which translated itself to the Hapoel fans who began throwing sticks, seats, flags, lighters, and cups onto the pitch in a shower of missiles. Moreover, several fans tried to infiltrate the pitch as all hell threatened to break loose. The police later reported that 24 Hapoel fans had been detained.

Local reports further confirmed that after the players finally retreated to their dressing rooms, the Hapoel team ganged up on the match referee to demand answers over his performance.

As a result, Hapoel are set to be slapped with a hefty punishment by the Israeli FA.


Flare thrown by Hapoel Tel Aviv fans in Maccabi's section


Hapoel Tel Aviv Fans

York City - Luton Town - FA Cup - 10/03/2012

Source : http://www.yorkpress.co.uk

Man injured after rival football fans clash in York

POLICE were called to a disturbance which is believed to have involved rival football fans in the centre of York this afternoon during York City’s crunch cup match against Luton Town.

The incident, involving a group of men, happened at 3.50pm in Spurriergate, while the Minstermen’s FA Trophy semi-final first leg was taking place at Bootham Crescent, with staff at the nearby Game store calling officers to the scene.

A man entered the store with a group of others after suffering scratches to his buttock. He refused medical treatment at the scene, did not go to hospital and also declined to make a complaint about the incident to North Yorkshire Police.

The disturbance is thought to have been football-related, with rival supporters becoming involved in an altercation. Nobody has been arrested and a spokeswoman for the force said officers escorted some Luton supporters' coaches out of the city and some of the club's travelling fans back to York Station on foot after the match.

“Football-related disorder is carried out by a very small minority intent on violence rather than enjoying the game," she said.

“North Yorkshire Police had extra resources on duty across the city and as always, worked with York City Football Club to keep disturbances to a minimum. The vast majority of supporters were well intentioned and good spirited.”

Eyewitness Claire Nelson, of York, said she was outside the Game store when a group of men “came rushing out of the shop”.

She said did not see what was going on, but there was "a commotion and lots of shouting", with police arriving soon after. She said: "For a moment it was really quite scary".

Following the recent history of trouble involving fans at games between York City and Luton – dating back to May 2010, when rioting Luton supporters hurled missiles at City fans and players following the Minstermen’s Blue Square Premier play-off semi-final victory at Kenilworth Road - police were out in force outside Bootham Crescent ground for this afternoon’s match to ensure rival supporters were kept apart.

About 450 Luton fans travelled to the game but there were no reports of trouble around the ground before, during or after the match, which City won 1-0. The second leg of the FA Trophy semi-final will be held at Luton’s Kenilworth Road ground next Saturday.

Sophie Hicks, City's communications and community director, said the club had been made aware of an incident which happened in the city centre during the game, adding: "Everything regarding the atmosphere and the behaviour of both sets of supporters at the game was fantastic.

"The Luton fans who travelled to the match were great, as were our own supporters, and there were no issues at the match itself. It was a game played in a good spirit and with an excellent atmosphere from a crowd of almost 3,500 and there were no incidents to report at the ground as everything was very well-managed."

Italy: Juve Stabia - Nocerina - 03/03/2012

Source : http://www.ilmattino.it + YouTube

Police intervened at the end of the game when local supporters pelted with missiles the busses of Nocerina supporters.

Wisla Krakow - Lech Poznan - 10/03/2012

Source : polskalokalna.pl + https://www.youtube.com

Five hooligans were arrested after the game.

Serbia: RAD Beograd - Novi Pazar - 10/03/2012

Source : http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com + https://www.youtube.com

There was serious crowd trouble across the Serbian capital when Rad Belgrade and visiting Novi Pazar fans threw rocks and flares at each other, forcing riot police to move in and delay the second half for 10 minutes.

Fireworks and fighting were restricted to the terraces at Rad Belgrade's ramshackle ground, where rival fans scuffled before the kick off and started a riot at halftime.

The trouble began after fans from Novi Pazar, a southern Serbian region populated mainly by Muslim Slavs, brandished a Turkish flag. Riot police moved in to create a buffer zone between rival fans and there were no more problems.

Bosnia: NK Celik - Velez Mostar - 10/03/2012

Source : forum + http://www.zenicablog.com



Local Robijasi clashed with police inside the stadium. Some of them were arrested.
Other members took the road of the police station and other troubles took place.
Tne more people were arrested a few policemen wounded.

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Indonesia: Persibo Bojonegor - Persebaya Surabaya - 11/03/2012

Source : http://www.thejakartapost.com + http://www.bolagolnet.com

4 fans die on the way to watch favorite team

Four supporters of Surabaya-based Persebaya football club died on Saturday morning in the East Java cities of Lamongan and Bojonegoro after they were allegedly attacked by members of a rival group.

Ita Siti Nasyiah, coordinator for Persebaya supporters, popularly known as bonek (bondo nekat — counting on guts), said two victims had been identified as Miftahul Huda, 14, and Sudarmaji, 25, while two others had not yet been identified.

“The two unidentified victims were not carrying ID cards,” she said Saturday.

The incident began when a group of bonek supporters left Surabaya on Friday night on their way to Bojonegoro to support their team against Persibo Bojonegoro. When the train entered Lamongan, a group of people, allegedly members of another supporter group, suddenly threw rocks at the supporters who were sitting on the top of the train.

Some panicked and fell from the speeding train.

Ita said that there were currently 17 injured Bonek supporters who had received treatment at local hospitals.

“According to the latest report, 13 supporters are now being treated in Bojonegoro while three others are being treated in Lamongan,” she said as quoted by tribunnews.com.

Fortuna Düsseldorf - Erzgebirge Aue - 10/03/2012

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Partizan Belgrade - Sloboda Sevojno - 10/03/2012

Source : http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com

Angry Partizan Belgrade fans pelted coach Avram Grant with lighters on Saturday and chanted his predecessor's name after the former Chelsea manager failed to get a first win after his second game in charge.

Brighton and Hove Albion - Portsmouth FC - 10/03/2012

Source : http://www.portsmouth.co.uk

Pompey fans involved in trouble at Brighton game

FIVE people were arrested after trouble flared in the build-up to Portsmouth’s game against Brighton on Saturday.

Two arrests came as fans confronted each other twice at Brighton train station.

And a football fan was detained just before the match, which Pompey lost 2-0, for shouting homophobic abuse.

Speaking on Twitter about the arrest Superintendent Simon Nelson of Brighton and Hove police, who was in charge of the policing operation, said: ‘One now in our cells for homophobic comment.

‘No place for it there or anywhere.’

He went on to say five other football fans were told to leave the city after a fracas but were not arrested.

He also claimed several so-called Albion fans were intent on seeking trouble and that he was considering imposing football banning orders.

Israel: Hapoel docked points for unruly fans - 11/03/2012

Source : http://www.supersport.com

Hapoel Tel Aviv were docked three points on Sunday and two leading players received lengthy bans after unruly scenes at a Premier League match last week.

Hapoel fans threw missiles at police and security officers on the pitch after their team lost 1-0 to arch-rivals Maccabi Tel Aviv in one of the most heated contests in a derby clash that has been dominated by Hapoel for the past four years.

In the closing stages of the match, with Hapoel players' tempers fraying, they repeatedly argued with referee Menashe Mashiah, who eventually sent off Avihai Yadin and Salim Toama.

Both later confronted Mashiah in what he described in his report as a threatening manner, for which Yadin received a 12-match ban and Toama a six-match one.

"The crowd's behaviour was grave but it was fueled by events on the pitch and the behaviour of the players and their remonstrations against the referee's decisions after he sent off two players," an Israeli Football Association disciplinary tribunal said.

A Hapoel official said the club would appeal the punishment, as a result of which they have dropped from second to fourth place in the Premier League standings, 20 points behind runaway leaders Kiryat Shmona.

If the punishment stands, it could cost Hapoel a place in next season's Europa League.

The club were also ordered to play their next three matches behind closed doors and the stands where the crowd trouble erupted will remain vacant for the remainder of the season.

Argentina: Chacarita Juniors - Atlanta - 11/03/2012

Source : http://noticias.lainformacion.com + http://www.taringa.net

Football fans attack policemen after game in Argentina



Severe riots and clashes erupted Sunday in San Martin, north of the metropolitan area of Buenos Aires, after a game between relegation threatened Chacarita and Atlanta at Argentine second-flight soccer division.

According to police sources, scores of fans got injured, while the leaders of the Atlanta club were stuck in the stadium after being surrounded by Chacarita fans.

The game was of the 24th round of the First "B" National championship. After the 1-1 tie, rioters set a couple of squad cars on fire and furious fans went after policemen, who threw teargas canisters and rubber bullets against them.

As violence erupted in the bleachers of the Chacarita Stadium, some fans of the team went down and attacked Fernando Rapallini, the referee of the game.

The clashes that ensued then went widespread to the streets outside the stadium, until the arrival of policemen in riot gear who finally established some control.

Argentina: BA province gov't closes Chacarita's stadium after incidents - 12/03/2012

Source : http://www.buenosairesherald.com

The Buenos Aires province Security Minister has announced the closing of the Chacarita Juniors’ stadium located in Northwestern Greater Buenos Aires district of San Martín, after Sunday’s mayhem triggered by Chacarita’s hooligans during a derby game against Atlanta.
Likewise, authorities have asked prosecutors to find as quickly as possible those responsible for the incidents that included the burning of three police patrol cars.
Furthermore, the provincial government is planning to sanction the club and ban Chacarita fans from attending any of the remaining team games in the National B second division tournament.
The incidents started after the match (1-1 draw), when Chacarita’s hooligans invaded the stadium and attacked referee Fernadno Rapallini near the dressing-room as well an Atlanta’s board member.
Meanwhile, dozens of other hooligans were attacking the few relatives of Atlanta’s players who attended the stadium along with representatives of the away club as the game was played with no Atlanta’s fans in the stands in order to avoid incidents in what was considered a high-risk derby.

Colombia: Independiente Medellin - Atletico Nacional - 12/03/2012

Source : http://www.goal.com + http://www.elcolombiano.com

Atletico Nacional fan shot and killed after Independiente Medellin clasico

A young Atletico Nacional fan died from a gunshot to the head after an explosive clasico against Independiente Medellin, while eight supporters were taken to hospital and 315 people were arrested in violent scenes.

Johan Camilo Restrepo, 21, died in the Policlinica Municipal on Sunday evening after apparently being attacked by fans from his own team. According to police statements, the youngster was fatally wounded after the game following a botched robbery.

"He was murdered when he tried to take a purse from a 17-year-old girl, who was accompanied by fans of Nacional," explained General Yesid Vazquez, head of the Medellin Metropolitan Police.

FoxSports reports that Restrepo died of his injuries in the Policlinica at the same time that the girl was recovering from three stab wounds. In total eight fans were injured in clashes, one of whom was carrying a firearm when taken to hospital.

The match, won by Independiente 2-1, was marred by fierce clashes between supporters and police. Members of both barra brava attacked police during the game, and caused extensive damage to businesses and residences close to the Estadio Atanasio Girardot.

Police sources informed that in total 315 people were arrested and held for supposed violent acts. A total of 450 knives and other weapons were confiscated by security forces, as well as one pistol which had been abandoned in a nearby garden.


Fans fought before the game

Germany: COLOGNE ACT AGAINST HOOLIGANS - 15/03/2012

Source : http://www.sportinglife.com

Cologne have banned a group of supporters indefinitely after they were identified in a police investigation into what appeared to be a planned attack on a bus carrying Borussia Monchengladbach fans home from a recent Bundesliga match.

Eleven people belonging to the same official supporters' club, which has consequently lost its affiliation with the Bundesliga outfit, were named by the police after a raid on the supporters' club's premises uncovered a wide range of weapons.

Police carried out the raid on Thursday morning, finding smoke bombs, flares, weapons and other banned pyrotechnic material which they claim must have been smuggled into the country illegally.

"We will react with lengthy nationwide bans from all stadia, as we have done in the past, and we will exclude the membership of such supporters' groups," said the club's chairman Claus Horstmann in a statement on the club's website.

"All of the members of this group must ask themselves whether they want to maintain their membership with such a group or whether they would like to send out a clear signal by resigning.

"The club will withdraw their status as an official fan club of FC Cologne."

A group of Cologne followers forced a bus transporting Gladbach fans home from their game at Nurnberg on March 4 to veer off the motorway into a service station, where they attacked the bus with bricks and other weapons.

Nobody was seriously injured.

England: Norwich City fan banned for three years for anti-semitic abuse - 15/03/2012

Source : http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk

A teenage Norwich City fan who chanted anti-semitic abuse at a match against Tottenham Hotspur has been banned from all football grounds for three years.

Joshua Hancock, 19, had been drinking heavily before attending the Premier League match at Carrow Road on December 27, which the visitors won 2-0.

He continued to chant after being confronted by another fan, who then reported Hancock to police, who arrested him.

Hancock, of Gardyn Croft, Taverham, was found guilty of a charge of racially aggravated harrassment after a trial on February 29, and was given a conditional discharge by Norwich magistrates yesterday.

Magistrate Trevor Freeborn said a football banning order – which cannot be less than three years – was necessary to prevent the possibility of future disorder and as a deterrent to others.

Hancock cannot attend football matches in the top six tiers in this country, or attend games abroad as dictated by the police.

Rob Pollington, mitigating for Hancock, said his client was “exceptionally upset” and legal proceedings had already been a sufficient deterrent.

He said the comments were “not obviously anti-semitic”, adding: “It’s likely no one else heard the comment and there was no incitement of anyone else. It was him alone making some comments, and then a complaint was made and he was removed.”

A club spokesman said Norwich City did not tolerate discrimination, and urged fans to report any such incidents.

Macedonian leagues suspended due to ethnic violence - 15/03/2012

Source : http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com

Macedonian first and second division matches have been suspended indefinitely after ethnic violence in the Balkan country, the country's Football Federation told Reuters on Wednesday.
Three clubs from the city of Tetovo, populated mainly by ethnic Albanians, had been ordered to play their respective opponents at neutral venues after an incident in which a policeman was attacked.
"After consultations with the Interior Ministry, we decided to put the first and second division on standby until the tension in the Tetovo region is eased," FFM secretary general Igor Klimper said.
"Under the rules of the competition, one round of matches has to be completed before the next round begins and this means we will have to cram the schedule when the leagues eventually resume," he added.
Two fans of Macedonian champions Shkendija Tetovo, rallying mainly ethnic Albanian players and supporters, attacked a group of Macedonian schoolboys on Sunday and stabbed a police officer who confronted them.
After they were arrested and handed a mandatory 30-day detention, die-hard Shkendija fans threatened on messageboards to cause serious incidents in a match against league leaders Vardar Skopje originally scheduled for Wednesday.
Shkendija and two other clubs from Tetovo, Renova and Teteks, were then ordered to move their matches to neutral grounds but police deemed the venues they chose unsafe.
"The Interior Ministry recommended to the FFM that the league should be put on hold because of the risks and the possibly dire consequences of incidents which might have broken out," Macedonian police said in a statement to the media.
Ethnic tension in Macedonia erupted two weeks ago when an off-duty police officer shot and killed two ethnic Albanians after a dispute over parking space in the town of Gostivar.

Germany: Cologne act against hooligans - 15/03/2012

Source : http://www.teamtalk.com

Cologne have banned a group of supporters indefinitely after they were identified in a police investigation.

The police investigated what appeared to be a planned attack on a bus carrying Borussia Monchengladbach fans home from a recent Bundesliga match.

Eleven people belonging to the same official supporters' club, which has consequently lost its affiliation with the Bundesliga outfit, were named by the police after a raid on the supporters' club's premises uncovered a wide range of weapons.

Police carried out the raid this morning, finding smoke bombs, flares, weapons and other banned pyrotechnic material which they claim must have been smuggled into the country illegally.

"We will react with lengthy nationwide bans from all stadia, as we have done in the past, and we will exclude the membership of such supporters' groups," said the club's chairman Claus Horstmann in a statement on the club's website.

"All of the members of this group must ask themselves whether they want to maintain their membership with such a group or whether they would like to send out a clear signal by resigning.

"The club will withdraw their status as an official fan club of FC Cologne."

A group of Cologne followers forced a bus transporting Gladbach fans home from their game at Nurnberg on March 4 to veer off the motorway into a service station, where they attacked the bus with bricks and other weapons.

Nobody was seriously injured.

Scotland: Hearts fan sang about Raoul Moat before headbutting policeman - 18/03/2012

Source : http://news.stv.tv

David Rintoul has been jailed and banned from matches after attacking two police officers on a train.

A Hearts fan who sang songs about killer Raoul Moat before assaulting two police officers on a train has been jailed for six months and handed a seven year football banning order.

David Rintoul was on a train heading home from watching his side lose their last match of the 2010/11 season away at Dundee United on May 15, 2011.

As the train passed through Cupar he and a group of up to 40 fellow fans were heard singing songs about Raoul Moat - the gunman who shot dead his ex-girlfriend's new partner and left her and PC David Rathband blinded.

Police, acting on intelligence, then boarded at Cupar.

Fiscal depute Brian Robertson said the group then began shouting abuse at the officers.

He said: "There were old people and young children in the carriage who were frightened."

Cupar Sheriff Court heard father-of-two Rintoul then headbutted one policeman before punching another on the head before being arrested.

Rintoul, 33, of Portland Street, Edinburgh, pleaded guilty to a charge of breaching the peace by shouting, swearing, singing football chants and uttering threats of violence towards police officers.

He further admitted two charges of assault, one by headbutting one police officer and another by punching an officer on the head.

Peter Robertson, defending, said Rintoul felt he was being "singled out" by police who boarded the train.

He said: "He accepts he has a record for assault and breach of the peace."

Jailing Rintoul, Sheriff Charles Macnair QC said: "This was quite disgraceful behaviour on a train.

"People who heard those chants about Raoul Moat would have been frightened knowing the background."

England: Police told PM ‘drunken Liverpool fans’ caused Hillsborough disaster - 16/03/2012

Source : http://www.scotsman.com

FORMER Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was told that a senior Merseyside Police officer blamed “drunken Liverpool fans” for the 1989 Hillsborough football stadium disaster, according to leaked government papers.

The documents show that four days after the tragedy, a member of Mrs Thatcher’s No 10 policy unit met senior Merseyside officers who told her large numbers of Liverpool fans turning up without tickets had been a “key factor” in what happened.

Ninety-six fans died following a crush on the overcrowded terraces at the stadium in Sheffield where Liverpool were due to play an FA Cup semi-final match in April 1989.

There was deep anger in the city after South Yorkshire Police, who were responsible for policing the game, blamed Liverpool fans who turned up drunk, late, and without tickets, for what happened.

However the papers suggest that view was shared by their colleagues on Merseyside itself.

They include a note addressed to Mrs Thatcher dated 20 April 1989 headed “Merseyside Police views on Hillsborough” and marked “Confidential”.

It contains an account of what was said to be a long-planned meeting between the No 10 adviser and the then Merseyside chief constable Sir Kenneth Oxford and other senior officers from the force.

According to the note, Sir Kenneth said: “A key factor in causing the disaster was the fact that large numbers of Liverpool fans had turned up without tickets.

“This was getting lost sight of in attempts to blame the police, the football authorities, etc.”

Sir Kenneth, who died in 1998, was also said to have expressed concern at the way Liverpool’s ground at Anfield had been turned into a “shrine” by grieving fans. “He deplored the press’s morbid concentration on pictures of bodies. He was also uneasy about the way in which Anfield was being turned into a shrine,” the note said.

The note is initialled “MT”, suggesting it was read by Mrs Thatcher, and the phrase “drunken Liverpool fans” is one of a number of passages underlined by hand.

The Hillsborough Independent Panel, set up in 2009, is currently reviewing all the official papers relating to the disaster with a view to their eventual release later this year.

Families of the victims reacted angrily to the views expressed by Sir Kenneth and his colleagues about the Liverpool fans.

Margaret Aspinall, whose 18-year-old son, James, died in the tragedy and who now chairs the Hillsborough Families Support Group, branded the comments a “disgrace”.

“They watched videos of what happened that day and they (have seen) survivors running along with bodies and maybe people who may be still alive on hoardings. They were the heroes that day,” she told The World at One.

Sheila Coleman of the Hillsborough Justice Campaign said she was disgusted but not surprised at the views expressed by the police.

“Those of us who were around Liverpool in the 1980s are well aware of Ken Oxford’s racist and bigoted views. Presumably he recruited senior officers with a similar mindset,” she said.

SC Paderborn - VfL Bochum - 10/03/2012

Source : http://www.reviersport.de

Bochum supporters threw a dozen of firecrackers in direction of the pitch.
On their way back they also damaged three wagons of their train and a the Dortmund train station they threw bottles at policemen.


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Argentina: Defensa y Justicia - River Plate - 10/03/2012

Source : http://www.ambito.com

Before the game, one River Plate supporter was slashed in the city center of La Plata.
Cristian Perez, 32 years old, was slashed 3 times at his abdomen. He was transfered at hospital. He is still under coma.

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