Season 12/13 - November

Sparta Praha - Lyon - 22/11/2012

Source : mail (thanks to the sender)

A hundred Lyon lads (from the Virage Sud, youth mob) mobbed up in the old town, joined by 22 LKS Lodz friends. 100 meters far away from their stand they were stopped by police and were checked and they let us enter the stadium 10 minutes before the end of the game. Only about forty waited the ones who entered the stadium and then took the road to the pub.
A few skirmishes during the night with security and local chavs.




Links local press :

http://www.novinky.cz/krimi/285638-francouzsti-fanousci-hodili-po-dopravnich-policistech-delobuchy-dva-byli-zraneni.html

http://www.mediafax.cz/krimi/4115814-Francouzsti-fanousci-zranili-v-Praze-dva-dopravni-policisty

http://tn.nova.cz/zpravy/cernakronika/radeni-francouzskych-fanousku-v-praze-zranili-dva-policisty.html

West Ham chanting claims: fan banned after arrest at Spurs - 26/11/2012

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

Two West Ham fans were arrested and accepted a police caution for anti-Semitic gestures during Tottenham's 3-1 win at White Hart Lane on Sunday.
One of the fans, a season ticket holder, has been given a lifetime banning order by the east London club.
The two supporters were cautioned for racially-aggravated public order offences, police said. It is understood they made Nazi-style salutes.
Five arrests, not directly linked to taunts at Spurs fans, were also made.
Some of West Ham's fans are alleged to have mocked Tottenham supporters, who traditionally have strong ties with London's Jewish community.
Police have also received a complaint about chanting from a section of West Ham supporters by the Society of Black Lawyers. They will meet the complainant before deciding whether to launch a formal criminal investigation.
The FA said it had begun an investigation into "reports of abusive chanting".

West Ham said the club would take the "strongest possible action against any of their supporters, including enforcing life bans from the club, that are found guilty of behaviour which is categorically not condoned by West Ham".
"Any other individuals identified can expect a similar swift and robust response."
A Tottenham spokesman said: "We are currently compiling a full report for the Football Association and shall be submitting this with all our evidence including relevant CCTV footage."
After Tottenham ended a three-game Premier League losing streak with Sunday's win, both managers were cautious about reacting to reports of the chanting.
West Ham manager Sam Allardyce said: "I don't want to be a political animal - I'm here to talk about football and not what fans are saying and singing."
Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas did not want the issue to detract from his side's best home performance of the season.
He said: "You know the animosity there is between Tottenham and West Ham and as long as it doesn't reach stupidity it is a great, great rivalry of two London clubs."
Tottenham Supporters' Trust chairman Bernie Kingsley said: "There are an awful lot of decent people who go to watch West Ham and it is unfair to punish the majority of supporters [by playing games behind closed doors] for an act undertaken by a relatively small number.
"The much easier solution would be to reduce the allocations or not allow supporters from those clubs to go to away games."
West Ham supporter Graeme Howlett, who edits the Knees Up Mother Brown website, said: "There is a line some people are willing to cross at football grounds. It happens everywhere. Unfortunately, it happened at White Hart Lane yesterday and some West Ham supporters were involved. But I must stress it was a tiny minority.
"There was a report of a song about Adolf Hitler and I have spoken to at least two dozen fans who were there and of the 2,800 allocation, rough estimates put the number singing that at 20."
The Board of Deputies of British Jews issued a statement and plan to write to the FA urging them to punish anyone found guilty of anti-Semitic chants at the game, saying there was "either a lack of understanding or a lack of compassion within some sections of the British football world about these issues".
Spurs fans were also allegedly subjected to anti-Semitic abuse during their 0-0 draw with Lazio in the Europa League on Thursday.
Two Italians have been charged with attempted murder after Tottenham supporter Ashley Mills was stabbed before the game in Rome.

Uruguay : Fenix - Defensor Sporting Club - 10/11/2012

Source : https://www.youtube.com

Sunderland - West Bromwich Albion - 24/11/2012

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

Police racism probe after supporter’s ‘monkey gesture’ at black player




POLICE launched a racism probe after a football supporter was caught on camera apparently making a monkey gesture at a black Premiership player.
Sunderland have promised to help identify the fan who appeared to make a racist gesture during the club’s 4-2 defeat at home against West Brom on Saturday.

A photograph of Belgium international Romelu Lukaku — on loan from Chelsea — celebrating after scoring his side’s third goal shows a Sunderland fan reacting angrily in the stands behind.

The incident bore similarities to one at Stamford Bridge earlier this season when Manchester United’s Danny Welbeck was abused by a Chelsea fan.

And it follows accusations that West Ham fans chanted anti-Semitic songs during their 3-1 defeat at Tottenham on Sunday.

A Northumbria Police spokeswoman said: “Police are carrying out inquiries after a report of racist abuse was received at the Sunderland and West Brom match on Saturday."

A Sunderland spokesman said: “SAFC operates a policy of zero tolerance towards racism and anti-social behaviour of any kind and naturally we will co-operate with the police in fully investigating any such incidents.”

Fan arrested for alleged Lukaku abuse - 28/11/2012

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

A Sunderland fan has been arrested for his alleged racist abuse of West Brom striker Romelu Lukaku during the Baggies' 4-2 win at the Stadium of Light on Saturday, according to the Sunderland Echo.
Northumbria Police have arrested a 21-year old man on suspicion of racially or religiously aggravated intentional harassment. The arrest took place 24 hours after an investigation was launched on Tuesday.
The arrested individual is shown to be mimicking a monkey in a photograph as Lukaku celebrated scoring his side's third goal at the Stadium of Light. Police are continuing to investigate the incident.
A spokeswoman for Northumbria Police said: "Police are carrying out inquiries after a report of racist abuse at the Sunderland v West Bromwich Albion match on Saturday. The report was received at 10.10pm on Saturday, November 24."
A spokesman for Sunderland said: "SAFC operates a policy of zero tolerance towards racism and anti-social behaviour of any kind and naturally we will co-operate with the police fully in investigating any such incidents."
West Brom manager Steve Clarke was criticial of the incident after the photo emerged on Sunday.
"There should be no place in the game, or in any walk of life, for some of the things that have transpired within stadiums over the weekend," he said. "The authorities are now looking into the incident at Sunderland and Romelu has our full support."
Clarke was also referring to the behaviour of fans of his former club West Ham during the match at Tottenham on Sunday. Some Hammers fans were heard singing anti-semitic chants.
The Lukaku incident comes less than a month after Chelsea supporter Gavin Kirkham was banned from Stamford Bridge for appearing to make a similar gesture at Manchester United striker Danny Welbeck, in a Capital One Cup tie.

Roma fans arrested after attack on Spurs supporters are banned from football stadiums for five years - 29/11/2012

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

Two Roma supporters arrested in connection with a brutal attack on a group of Spurs fans have been banned from all football grounds for five years.

Francesco Ianiari, 26, and Mauro Pinnelli, 25, were arrested within hours of the raid on The Drunken Ship pub which left three Spurs fans seriously injured - including Ashley Mills, 25, who is still in hospital after suffering a potentially fatal knife wound to his groin.

Both Ianiari and Pinnelli are in custody after their arrest last week and they have been charged with aggravated assault - an initial charge of attempted murder has been dropped but police say they do not rule out further arrests in connection with the incident.

The Spurs fans were attacked as they drank in the Rome pub, a popular meeting point for visiting fans, ahead of their Europa League clash with Lazio and which ended in a 0-0 draw.

Around 50 masked men were involved the ambush and they used knives, clubs, belts and sticks to attack the Spurs fans who had been drinking peacefully just minutes earlier.

The attackers barricaded the doors and were also said to have chanted anti-Semitic slogans against the Spurs fans, who traditionally have a large Jewish fanbase, during the lightening raid which was over in less that ten minutes.

However Lazio's president Claudio Lotito has denied that his side's fans were involved and he has also stressed they are not racist - earlier this week the side took to the field wearing shirts with the slogan 'No to Racism'.
He also visited Mr Mills in the San Camillo hospital presenting him with a Lazio shirt which had his name on it. Lawyers defending both men also insist there was no racist element to the attack and it was a purely 'football related'.

The attack was initially blamed on Lazio fans but there was surprise when it turned out the two arrested were Roma fans, although there has been speculation it was a joint effort raid after both sets of supporters put aside their rivalries to attack the Britons.

No court date has yet been set for Ianari and Pinnelli's trial and Essex builder Mr Mills is expected to be released from hospital within the next few days.

Brøndby IF - FC Copenhague - Danish cup - 28/11/2012

Source : http://ekstrabladet.dk + Reuters

Ten arrested after Danish derby riot

Ten fans were arrested and one injured following a pitch invasion at the end of a dramatic Danish Cup derby between Brondby and FC Copenhagen, according to local police.

With their struggling team second from bottom in Denmark's Superligaen, Brondby fans stormed the pitch following a 1-0 victory after extra time against their bitter city rivals.

"The sad epilogue to the game is that we see thousands of Brondby fans running onto the pitch," police inspector Michael Kristiansen, adding the fans were arrested for disorder and breaches of firework regulations.

"The object was clearly to get into a confrontation with FC Copenhagen fans," Kristiansen said.

Brondby's head of security Emil Bakkendorf condemned the fans involved.

"It is shameful and unacceptable. This is a grotesque development. I strongly condemn this," he told Danish radio station DR.

Brøndby moves to distance itself from unruly fans - 29/11/2012

Source : http://cphpost.dk

Brøndby faces severe disciplinary action after their fans invaded the pitch following their cup win over rivals FC Copenhagen


The Danish football association, DBU, have opened a disciplinary case against Brøndby today following the crowd trouble during their 1-0 cup quarter-final win against rivals FC Copenhagen last night.

Hundreds of Brøndby fans spilled onto the Brøndby Stadium pitch after the match was over and were on their way to confront the visiting FCK fans until the riot police stepped in and restored order. Fans were also using illegal pyrotechnics and throwing various items onto the pitch and at FCK players.

DBU’s disciplinary committee will collect information and material from both clubs, as well as the police, but indicated that both clubs will endure disciplinary action. But Brøndby will face stiffer punishment over the debacle. It is the second time this month that Brøndby fans invaded the pitch, the first following a victory over Silkeborg, and Brøndby’s head of security, Emil Bakkendorff, was outraged at the fans’ behaviour.

“It’s a disgrace and completely unacceptable behaviour that has no place anywhere, let alone a football match. This is not a way to celebrate sporting success,” Bakkendorff said to 3+ TV station. “It is grotesque that it has developed to this and it’s no way to represent a football club. We really need to find out how this happened. It’s very shameful.”

And the club has taken drastic steps to convey that the behaviour of their fans was unacceptable. Today the club suspended the ticket sales for the last games before the winter break, away games against FC Nordsjælland and SønderjyskE.

France : FC Rouen - FC Metz - 23/11/2012

Source : http://www.76actu.fr

Shortly before the game opposing FC Rouen to Metz this Friday night, at the DIochon stadium, a hundred Metz supporters, joined by Le Havre friends, thrown missiles like cans, bottles and firecrackers in direction of police vehicles after they were pushed back from the entrance by private security.
Before, they tried to fight with local supporters and to separate them, police reinforcement was called and they used tear gas to calm them down.
Finally, supporters were escorted back to their busses.

1. FC Union Berlin - TSV 1860 München - 24/11/2012

Source : http://www.stadtmorgen.de

At 6.45pm, police stopped a fight which opposed a hundred supporters from both teams. They used pepper sprays but during this intervention one police woman was wounded.
Four supporters were arrested.

Translation Underground Fans ©

Fortuna Düsseldorf - Eintracht Frankfurt - 30/11/2012

Source : http://www.rp-online.de + http://www.reviersport.de



Seventy Frankfurt hooligans provoked troubles in Dusseldorf, before being arrested by police.
During the game, the referee of the game, Michael Weiner, needed to stop it for a few minutes due to firecrackers who were sent to the pitch from the away stand.

Israel : Beitar Jerusalem - Maccabi Haifa - 26/11/2012

Source : YouTube

Hearts of Midlothian - Celtic Glasgow - 28/11/2012

Source : http://www.bbc.co.uk (thanks to the sender)

Six men charged over 'chants' after Hearts v Celtic match

Six men aged between 17 and 43 have been charged after Wednesday night's football match between Hearts and Celtic at Tynecastle.

All six are alleged to have chanted religiously offensive comments. Two are also accused with chanting support for a terrorist organisation.

They all pleaded not guilty at Edinburgh Sheriff Court and were bailed to appear again in March next year.

New legislation criminalises offensive behaviour at football matches.

Croatia: NK Zelina - Hajduk Split - Cup - 27/11/2012

Source : http://www.dalmacijanews.com + mail

After this croatian cup game, Torcida members went inside a pub where Zelina fans were already inside but no tension between both sides but police wanted to expulse Hajduk ones. Police said members of Bad Blue Boys (Dinamo zagreb) were there but Torcida spokes person waid it was not the case.
So tension was high between supporters and police and then troubles started with police on one side and Hajduk supporters, joined by Zelines ones, on the other side.
Twelve Split supporters and some Zelina ones were arrested.

Translation Underground Fans (c)

Poland: 16 Widzew Lodz hooligans arrested - 28/11/2012

Source : http://www.dzienniklodzki.pl

Sixteen hooligans, from 22 to 33 years old, followers of Widzew Lodz, were arrested at their homes after a police inquiry which followed 62 supporters.
They could be sentenced for hooliganism where 2 people died.
They could received a 10-year jail sentence, said police.

Translation Underground Fans (c)

SVV Jahn Regensburg - Dynamo Dresden - 30/11/2012

Source : http://www.nordbayern.de

On their way back from Regensburg, 40 Dresden supporters stopped at the Nurnberg train station where they fought with other Dresden supporters so police intervened and 17 people were arrested.
They were all released 2 hours later.

Translation Underground Fans (c)

Poland : Lech Poznaň - Slask Wroclaw - 30/11/2012

Source : http://lech.przegladsportowy.pl

Lech supporters thrown flares, firecrackers and detonators so the game was stopped twice.
Local hooligans also attacked stewards inside the stadium.
Only one man was arrested.
Police is now checking CCTV.

Translation Underground Fans ©

SC Bastia - Lille OSC - League Cup - 28/11/2012

Source : http://www.midilibre.fr

The game was stopped for 20 minutes after some missiles were thrown and a linesman wounded.

Greece: one Olympaikos supporters' home attacked - 27/11/2012

Source : http://www.ethnos.gr

At 7.30pm, one Gate 7 Olympiakos supporters' home, was attacked by a mob of 20 people, who thrown rocks, flares and other missiles.
Some damages were noticed, like some vehicles.

Translation Underground Fans (c)

Sporting Braga - FC Porto - Cup - 30/11/2012

Source : http://www.tvi.iol.pt

Fernando Madureira, Superdragões leader was seriously injured at his head by the cops.

Translation Underground Fans

SL Benfica - Spartak Moscow - 07/11/2012

Source : http://www.record.xl.pt

Thirty Spartak Moscow and 2 from Benfica were arrested by portuguese police after troubles broke out.
One of the locals arrested is a well know face, called Hugo Ignace, who killed a Sporting Portugal fan in 1996.

Translation Underground Fans (c)

FC Basel - Videoton FC - 08/11/2012

Source : http://www.romandie.com

Basel police used rubber bullets and pepper sprays when a mob of 80 Hungarians made their way from the city centre to the stadium and when 20 of them left the group.

Near the stadium Basel fans tried to confront them so police intervened.

Twenty-two Hungarians were arrested and then released after the game.
Another one was also arrested because he attacked a policeman.

Translation Underground Fans


Videoton


Basel

Steaua Bucharest - VfB Stuttgart - 22/11/2012

Source : http://www.cannstatter-kurve.de

Brighton & Hove Albion - Crystal Palace - 10/11/2012

Source : Press

Both fans in confrontation in street before the game.