Season 12/13 - June

England : Shame of Midlands football fans as 250 arrested by police at stadiums - 21/06/2013

Source : http://www.expressandstar.com

More than 250 fans were arrested at football grounds around the region last season.

New figures show that the number of supporters collared by police at Midland stadiums dropped by 22 compared with the previous season – due to fewer arrests at West Bromwich Albion’s Hawthorns ground.
West Brom Albion Hawthorns WBA gates stock
Albion spokesman John Simpson said just one of the 16 arrested at the Hawthorns was a Baggies supporter.

The number of arrests at the ground was down by 52 compared to the previous season.

Mr Simpson said: “The latest arrest figures are encouraging.

“They suggest the general behaviour of supporters inside the stadium is improving. What is even more pleasing is that only one arrest last season involved a home fan.”

There were 74 arrests made at Molineux – the highest at any ground in the area. It comes after a turbulent season that saw Wolves relegated for the second time in two years. At the end of their final home game of the season, which saw the team lose 2-1 to Burnley, around 300 fans invaded the pitch. Afterwards police scoured  CCTV coverage of the pitch invasion and vowed to arrest anyone seen committing an offence. Some fans were seen kicking advertising hoardings and scuffling with stewards.

Officers said today they were looking at the arrest figures before deciding how to police football games in the region next season.

The figures show there were an extra 10 supporters arrested as a result of games at Molineux this year compared with last year.

There were 45 people arrested at Walsall’s Banks’s stadium during the season – up 34 on the year before.

But at Villa Park there were 50 arrests – 29 fewer compared with the previous season.

There were 68 arrests at the Birmingham City ground – up by 18.

Ground arrest figures:

Molineux: 74 arrests

Hawthorns: 16

Banks’s Stadium: 45

Villa Park: 50

Birmingham’s St Andrew’s: 68 arrests

England : Police identify Bristol City fans after Cardiff violence - 06/06/2013

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

Police investigating violence by Bristol City football fans at a match in Cardiff say have identified nine out of 16 people they want to question after releasing their photos.

There were incidents of disorder and criminal damage near Cardiff City Stadium in the city centre in February.

South Wales Police want to identify seven men and they are also trying to trace another as a result of the probe.

The disorder did not involve home fans.

South Wales Police launched Operation Panther to identify those involved in the incidents on 16 February.

Football liaison officer PC Christian Evans said: "We are delighted with the result of the appeal so far but are still seeking the public's help in identifying the remaining seven individuals.

"As a result of our ongoing investigation we have also identified another man who we wish to trace in connection with this incident."

Uruguay : Peñarol - Defensor - 04/06/2013

Source : http://www.newstrackindia.com

Uruguay's police arrest 80 fans in victory rampage

Uruguay's police arrested 80 rampaging football fans, after celebrations marking their team's victory over a rival in a local championship got out of control.

The press office of Montevideo's city government said 17 police officers suffered minor injuries when fans began pelting stones at them here Wednesday night, reports Xinhua.

The fans went on rampage after Penarol defeated Defensor 3-1 at the city's Centenario Stadium, in a match attended by some 50,000 people. After the game, Penarol fans thronged Montevideo's downtown area to celebrate.

But the revelry spiralled out of control, with fans vandalizing public property and smashing store windows along the city's main thoroughfare, July 18 Avenue, even looting several shops.

Police already deployed in parts of the downtown district, as part of a preventive security measure, clashed with violent fans.

The website of local daily La Republica said 11 of those arrested are minors, and three police patrol cars were damaged.

Bayern Munich - VFB Stuttgart - Cupfinal - 01/06/2013

Source : http://www.sport1.de

Before this cupfinal plaed in the Olympic stadium of Berlin, some troubles opposed 150 VFB Stuttgart supporters to police but everything remained calm and no one was wounded.

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Source : Mail

A fight opposed Hertha Berlin supporters to VFB Stuttgart ones in Leipziger strasse.
About forty Hertha hooligans, including some masked and with batons and firecrackers attacked 80 from Stuttgart.
Chairs flied and some windows were smashed up.


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Source : http://www.merkur-online.de

The day after Bayern won the cup, 1860 arch-rivals supporters provoked the ones from Bayern.
Sixty of them were arrested.

Czech Republic : Sparta Praha - Dukla Praha - 01/06/2013

Source : http://isport.blesk.cz

At final whistle, Sparta Prague supporters invaded the pitch to celebrate a new title.
Several firecrackers and flares were used and several supporters provoked rival fans.

Translation Underground Fans (c)

Germany : Hessen Kassel - Holstein Kiel - 02/06/2013

Source : http://www.volksfreund.de + http://www.hna.de

At the end of the game, Kiel supporters provoked Kassel ones when both sides were on the pitch.
Stewards and policemen intervened to avoid fights.

Translation Underground Fans (c)

Bosnia : Jablanica - Igman Konjic - ??/06/2013

Source : http://hercegovina.info

Jablanica supporters attacked the referee at half-time of this 3rd division game.
One journalist was also wounded at his head.

Translation Underground Fans (c)

Belgium - Serbia- 07/06/2013

Source : http://www.lesoir.be

Brussels police made 32 administrative arrests before the Belgium-Serbia game.
They were all serbian supporters without tickets but who tried to reach the stadium.
Twenty-five people were also slightly wounded.

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Source : www.leparisien.fr

21 PSG hooligans were arrested by the police in Bruxelles.

Austria : Linzer ASK - Anif - 06/06/2013

Source : www.kleinezeitung.at + www.sport.oe24.at

After 47 minutes of playing, LASK supporters passed through the fences so stewards and policemen intervened.

Translation Underground Fans (c)

Poland : Miedz Legnica - KS Cracovia - 09/06/2013

Source : http://www.gazetawroclawska.pl + http://www.turus.net + Mail



During 2nd half, riots burst out with Cracovia supporters wh oused flares and then later local security entered the away stand to send the supporters who used firecrackers out so as other supporters were angry, they attacked security to protect their friends so security used pepper sprays.
So situation calmed down when police intervened.

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France amateur : Ivry-Sur-Seine - Val-de-Fontenay - 09/06/2013

Source : http://www.nydailynews.com

Football fans in France riot with extreme violence

Not all football riots are created equal.
Some, like the one that broke out earlier this month during an amateur game in France, are enough to shock even the most jaded hooligans.
For reasons unknown, heavily-armed fans invaded the field during a match between Ivry-sur-Siene and Val de Fontenay to do battle. Rioters brandishing knives, bats, lead pipes, tear gas and even pick axes gathered into groups and attacked in each other as smoke bombs went off, creating a scene straight out of a gang war.
The incident was caught on tape but only recently brought to the public's attention by French newspaper Le Parisian. The footage is reportedly being used as evidence against several people who have been arrested and charged for their crimes during the riot.
Both clubs also face permanent bans from the league.

Italie : Lecce - Carpi - 09/06/2013

Source : http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com + local press

Lecce fans riot as Latina, Carpi promoted to Serie B

Carpi earned a 1-1 draw at the Stadio Via del Mare, giving them the two-legged play-off final victory on aggregate.
It sparked shocking scenes in the Lecce home stadium, where ultras invaded the pitch and physically attacked the stewards who were trying to stop them breaking into the locker rooms.
The players had just about been able to sprint off the field before the situation deteriorated.

Argentina : Estudiantes - Lanus La Plata- 08/06/2013

Source : http://www.goal.com + http://www.26noticias.com.ar

Lanus fan dies in clash with police

Monday's Argentine Primera Division match between Estudiantes and Lanus has been suspended after a fan was killed in a clash with police.

The incident between Lanus supporters and police reached its boiling point after 45 minutes with Estudiantes leading the match 2-0, with one member of the crowd shot to death with a rubber bullet.

“We decided to suspended [the match] for the fan’s death. The advice was to end it this way. All I can say is that we mourn the death of a person,” Lanus president Alejandro Maron told reporters.

"The police reported a supporter had died and in the face of this situation it was necessary to suspend the match," Estudiantes president Enrique Lombardi added.

"It was a unanimous decision by both clubs... It was for humanitarian reasons."

Reports in Argentina suggest that three police officers have already been dismissed from their duties as a result of the violent scenes in La Plata.

It is believed there were violent clashes prior to kick-off in Buenos Aires as barrabravas confronted riot police outside the ground.

Charitable organisation Salvamos al Futbol now estimates the number of football-related deaths in Argentina at 271.

Greece (basket) : Panathinaikos clinch title after fans riot - 13/06/2013

Source : http://www.timesofmalta.com + http://www.aek365.com

Panathinaikos clinched the A1 League basketball championship in Greece on Wednesday after game three of the play-off final against arch-rivals Olym-piakos Piraeus was stopped due to crowd violence.
The match was later abandoned after a group of home Olympiakos fans refused to leave the arena.

England : Six Rotherham fans charged by police - 21/06/2013

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

OFFICERS investigating incidents involving Rotherham fans on a Burton Albion match day have arrested and charged six men.
The incidents happened prior to, during, and after the game on Saturday, February 9.
The men were arrested last Wednesday in South Yorkshire and were charged to appear before magistrates in Burton tomorrow.
Jake Benson, 18, of Holmes Court, Rotherham, is charged with criminal damage at the Lord Burton pub, in High Street, Burton.
Jack Stanford from Fenton Way, Rotherham, and Liam Burrows from Woodside Walk, Rotherham, both aged 21, are charged with Section 5 public order offences at the Pirelli Stadium.
Sam Bates, 21, of Stratford Way, Rotherham, John Sheridan, 23, of Scrooby Street, Rotherham, and Ben Wilson, 19, of Gibbing Greaves Road, Rotherham, are all charged with affray at Riley's Snooker Hall.
The investigation into the incident is ongoing.

Ban on away fans aimed at curbing violence in Argentina - 11/06/2013

Source : http://sports.yahoo.com

The last two rounds of Argentine first division soccer matches have been closed to visiting teams' supporters after a fan was shot dead during a clash with riot police.
 A joint statement from the Argentine FA (www.afa.org.ar) and government on Tuesday said they "have decided jointly that the next two rounds in Argentine football be played without the attendance of the visiting public."
 A leading hard core fan of Lanus died after allegedly being shot at point blank range by a police officer during fighting before the team's league match with Estudiantes in La Plata, capital of Buenos Aires province, on Monday.
Three middle ranking police officers have been suspended pending an investigation, media reported.
The match was suspended at halftime with Estudiantes leading 2-0. Lanus, third in the "Final" championship standings, were looking to keep pace with leaders Newell's Old Boys and River Plate.
 It was the second match suspended in three days after Saturday's game at Velez Sarsfield was marred by trouble when hard core fans of visiting side All Boys tried to enter El Fortin stadium without tickets.
The authorities fear more of the violence that has plagued the Argentine game for years if big guns Independiente are relegated. If they drop any points from their remaining two matches they will be relegated for the first time.
Several dozen Independiente fans on a top tier at the Monumental tore up seats and threw them at River supporters below during their team's 2-1 defeat on Sunday. No injuries were reported.

Dynamo Tbilisi - Gyumri’s Shirak - Friendly - 17/06/2013

Source : http://armenianow.com

Armenian fans assaulted after friendly game in Georgia

A group of Armenian fans who traveled to Tbilisi, Georgia, to attend a football match involving their team were assaulted by locals on Monday.

According to media reports, around 130 people attacked a few dozen Armenian fans, including young women, minutes after the final whistle in the match between Dynamo Tbilisi and Gyumri’s Shirak that ended in a 1-1 draw.

Regnum.ru reports that Georgian police intervened to stop further violence that apparently prevented a bigger incident.

Georgian media did not report on the incident that has not yet elicited any official reaction either in Yerevan or Tbilisi.

Russia cracks down on hooligans ahead of Worl Cup - 09/06/2013

Source : http://www.thenewage.co.za

Russia's parliament on Friday backed harsher punishments for football hooliganism, including a seven-year ban for black-listed fans, in a bid to combat violence at stadiums ahead of its hosting of the World Cup in 2018.

The lower house of parliament, the Duma, passed the bill unanimously in its crucial second and penultimate reading.

It still needs a third reading and then it goes to the upper house Federation Council before signing by President Vladimir Putin.

Russia's organised rival football fan groups model themselves on British hooligan "firms" and communicate on the Internet, with some taking part in nationalist rallies in their team scarves.

Racist chants directed at black players and those from the Russian Caucasus and lighting of flares are common.

In 2012, Zenit Saint Petersburg fans threw a firecracker at Dinamo Moscow goalkeeper Anton Shunin, forcing the match to be abandoned.

Russia's hosting of the World Cup in 2018 would mark the most high-profile sports event ever held in the country.

The bill would try to control fans by allowing the government to rule that tickets for certain sports events can only be bought by fans who show ID.

Under the proposed legislation, those fans who caused a match to be abandoned could spend 15 days in cells or get a ban for up to a year.

The bill would then allow a judge to ban repeat offenders from stadiums for up to seven years. Those who breached the ban could also be forced to pay up to 25,000 rubles ($764) in fines or spend 15 days in police cells.

Currently the maximum fine for fans who cause a match to be stopped is just 2,000 rubles and the top penalty for fans who commit a less serious offence is 1,000 rubles.

The bill also calls for trained stewards to be present in stadiums, which are now largely guarded by police. The stewards would have powers to search fans and prevent black-listed fans from entering.

It also places more responsibility on stadium owners to ensure security with measures such as closed-circuit television cameras. Organisations could be fined up to 500,000 rubles ($15,250) if people were hurt due to security breaches.

In December 2010, fans ran amok in central Moscow, beating up migrants from the North Caucasus after men from the region allegedly shot dead a Spartak Moscow fan in a fight. Twenty-nine were injured.

Fabrizio Toffolo, friend of Sunderland manager Di Canio, was shot in Rome - 22/06/2013

Source : Daily Mail

Paolo Di Canio's fascist hooligan friend shot in the genitals in drive-by attack over 'drug feud'
Fabrizio Toffolo, friend of Sunderland manager Di Canio, was shot in Rome
Toffolo, leader of the 'Irriducibili' gang is known for his fascist sympathies
He is a former Lazio player, the team Di Canio also used to play for

A hardcore football hooligan friend of reformed fascist Paolo Di Canio was tonight fighting for his life after being shot in the testicles.
Fabrizio Toffolo, leader of Lazio's Ultras, was hit in a suspected drugs feud with a friend named as Danilo Casadei, who also suffered gunshot wounds.
Paolo Di Canio, manager of the British Premier League club Sunderland, was formerly a player for Lazio and as a youth team player continued to associate with the Irriducibili (diehard) Ultra group.

Toffolo has been banned from Italian football grounds several times because of his hooligan past and he has boasted off his close friendship with controversial Di Canio, who was made Sunderland boss two months ago.
Among Toffolo's prized possessions is a shirt signed by Di Canio, who was even once pictured in an Ultras T shirt.

Masked hitmen on a powerful motorbike struck as Toffolo, 48, and Casadei, 30, were walking down a quiet street and police said several shots were fired which sent passers by scattering for their lives.
The attack took place in the Appio area of Rome, the heartland of the Lazio Ultras and police sealed off the area as they combed for clues.
Witnesses said that Toffolo had tried to escape the gunmen by running into a garage while his friend ran into a garden centre.
An eyewitness in the garden centre said: 'There were bullets flying everywhere it was very scary.
'The two guys were hit by men on a motorbike who then roared away at high speed after the attack. I recognised one of the men hit as Toffolo - everyone knows who he is.'

It is not the first time that Toffolo has been the victim of a gunshot attack - in 2007 he suffered injured after being knee capped in Rome.
Today a spokesman at the San Giovanni hospital in Rome said: 'Toffolo is in a critical condition. He suffered bullet wounds to the groin area and lower stomach. The other man who was also hit is in a less serious condition.'
Toffolo is on bail awaiting trial for threatening the current owner of Lazio but a police spokesman said they were ''looking at a possible drugs feud'' as the motive for the attack.

Spain: Racing Santander - Hércules - 08/06/2013

Source : http://cabeceras.eldiariomontanes.es + Mail

Riots brokle out after the game, where Santander was relagated.

Argentina : Vélez Sarsfield - All Boys - 08/06/2013

Source : http://www.26noticias.com.ar

The game was stopped after 26 minutes after troubles broke out, opposing All Boys supporters and policemen. Paul Diaz, referee of the game, had no other garantee of safety when supporters broke fences down.

Already before the game first troubles occured near Almafitani.

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Argentina : River plate - Independiente - 09/06/2013

Source : http://playfutbol.infobae.com

A mob of Independiente supporters provoked troubles in the Monumental stadium, breaking seats and a fence. Other troubles took place in the Belgrano area.

Translation Underground Fans

France free-fight - ??/06/2013

Source : Mail

Rennes vs Paris FC
10x10

2 serious fights.
Rennes won

Espagne : Real Murcia - Ponferradina - 09/06/2013

Source : Mail

After Real was defeated as they played the last positions, supporters were angry and tried to attacked managers of their team.

Argentina : Ferro de Pico - San martin de Formosa - 09/06/2013

Source : http://www.eldiariodelapampa.com.ar
Several fights broke out opposing players from both teams so the game was stopped for 20 minutes. Sixty policemen intervened.
Supporters stayed calm.

Translation Underground Fans