Season 13/14 - July

FC Antwerp (Belgium) - Helmond Sport (The Netherlands) - Friendly game - 27/07/2013

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Ukraine: fight - 28/07/2013

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14 Arsenal Kiev vs 30/35 Dynamo Kiev
Arsenal won
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Argentina: Hooligans start season early - 29/07/2013

Source : http://www.buenosairesherald.com/

By Eric Weil
Argentina’s soccer hooligans jumped the gun. They could not wait for the official August 9 start ... at least not the Boca Juniors gang who restarted their feud between the two main sections at last week’s friendly match against San Lorenzo (which had to be cancelled). The result was two deaths. You will say that’s two hooligans less, but that is hardly the point because often many innocent fans are the victims.
Government officials also started the season early with useless talk which, in itself, does not lead to anything. CFK put the blame on club officials who are protecting the hooligans. That certainly is not news. The question is, what will she do about it? Nothing presumably, as in the past. But she could order her deputies and senators in Congress to make tougher laws right away to wipe the hooligans, and their protectors ... if she wanted to!
Meanwhile, her not very good security minister, Sergio Berni, felt he had to say something. His verdict was that he wanted to continue the ban on fans of visiting teams entering stadiums — an anti-soccer measure — but he was barking up the wrong tree. The fighting at Boca Juniors was among home team hooligans and had nothing to do with visiting fans. Is Berni going to do something about hooligans? Unlikely, as he has done nothing concrete in the past.

England : Wrexham - Tranmere Rovers - Friendly - 27/07/2013

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

Tranmere Rovers fans complain of heavy police tactics as trouble spoils pre-season friendly at Wrexham

Angry Tranmere Rovers fans accused police of “heavy-handed” tactics after a pre-season friendly with Wrexham was marred by crowd trouble.

The Tranmere supporters claimed they were hit on the legs by baton-wielding riot police as they were herded into Wrexham station to avoid chanting supporters of the Conference Premier side.

Allan Woodward, who runs the Tranmere Rovers Supporters page on Facebook, said: “I liaised with North Wales Police before the game to ensure we got to the match safely. There was a lot of banter between the two sets of fans and once the game finished we were escorted out of the ground by riot police.

“We were ambushed by around 50 Wrexham fans on the way to the station and the police started pushing into us and beating us with batons to get us into the station.

“I received bruising on my leg as I was stuck and got trampled on by other fans.”

Tranmere fan Tim Birch, said he was hit by a police baton and claimed a 10-year- old child was pushed against a wall and a man who tried to defend him had a dislocated shoulder and severe bruising after he was struck by police.

North Wales Police Supt Rob Kirman said: “There were efforts from a minority of both sets of fans to cause disorder: police were faced with trying to contain these individuals on the Mold Road in Wrexham. Officers responded accordingly to prevent organised disorder.”

Three people were arrested – one for a public order offence, another for assault on police and a third for breach of a section 27 notice.

USA - El Salvador - Gold Cup - 23/07/2013

Source : http://www.totalprosports.com

This past Sunday in Baltimore, where the USA was taking on El Salvador in the CONCACAF Gold Cup, there was a pretty crazy fight up in the stands between fans of the home and visiting teams. It all started like a typical fan skirmish, with mostly a bunch of shoving and pulling on shirts. However, things really escalate at the 0:32 mark, when a very portly El Salvador fan runs into the frame and socks a very portly USA fan, sending him flying down two rows of seats. Then, when two more portly Americans try to retaliate, they’re held at bay by a shirtless El Salvador man using his belt as a whip.

UEFA punishes Dinamo Zagreb for fans' racist abuse - 30/07/2013

Source : http://www.sacbee.com

Dinamo Zagreb has been punished for fans' racist chants and must close one section of its stadium for a Champions League match on Tuesday.

UEFA says its disciplinary panel also ordered the Croatian champion to pay a fine of 25,000 euros ($33,150).

The panel judged that Dinamo fans chanted racist abuse last week during a Champions League qualifying match against Fola Esch of Luxembourg. Dinamo won 1-0 to advance 6-0 on aggregate.

UEFA says the east section of the club's Maksimir Stadium must be closed Tuesday when Moldovan champion Sheriff visits for the first leg of their third-round qualifier.

UEFA says Dinamo was sanctioned using tougher new regulations designed to curb racism and discrimination at matches.

Lithuanian border guards and police preparing for arrival of Polish football fans - 30/07/2013

Source : http://www.lithuaniatribune.com

Lithuanian border guards and police officers are getting ready for the arrival of Polish football fans in Vilnius on 1 August, amid fears of potentially violent behaviour.

Border guards plan to thoroughly check incoming Polish football fans, and Vilnius police will actively patrol the Lithuanian capital.

“We will come to police assistance. We do not want to disclose the measures we plan to take, but those measures will be taken. We can say that people arriving in Lithuania will be thoroughly checked,” Giedrius Misutis, of the Lithuanian State Border Guard Service, told BNS.

The police have asked border guards to assist them in controlling fans of Lech Poznan.

Paulius Radvilavicius, a spokesman for Vilnius County Chief Police Commissariat, told BNS that police “are seriously and intensively getting ready” for Thursday.

“On the day of the game, larger police forces will work at and inside the stadium, and around the city area. Any sort of guns, objects intentionally made to injure people or capable of injuring people will be banned from the stadium.  Also knives, stones, bottles, pieces of glass, wooden pieces, bats, metal sticks …anything that could pose a threat to others,” he said.

“In general, any sharp objects will be banned from the stadium, as well as face masks, any type of pyrotechnical materials, alcoholic beverages, drugs and psychotropic substances,” the police spokesman said, adding that clearly inebriated and aggressive citizens would not be permitted to enter.

VMFD Zalgiris and Lech Poznan are meeting in Vilnius on Thursday for the first game of the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round.

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Australia : Melbourne Victory fan banned from matches for seven years for dragging police officers to the ground during brawl - 30/07/2013

Source : http://www.heraldsun.com.au

A MELBOURNE Victory fan who dragged a police officer to the ground during a wild brawl at Etihad Stadium has been banned from all football matches in Australia for seven years.

Stefan Paoli, 23, was also placed on a 12-month behaviour bond and ordered to pay $1500 to charity after yesterday pleading guilty to recklessly causing injury.

Melbourne Magistrates' Court heard the charge related to a clash between police and fans about 9.20pm at a February 16 A-League match between Victory and Western Sydney Wanderers at AAMI Park.

The court heard that during a crowd crush Paoli grabbed a senior constable by the back of his equipment belt and pulled him to the ground. Capsicum spray was used to subdue the crowd and the officer suffered back and shoulder pain as a result of the melee.

Paoli, 22 at the time, was captured on CCTV and through covert surveillance at the ground and later charged by police.

He told police he had drunk about six or seven pots of beer before the game but was not drunk and only acted when he heard a friend call for his help.

Magistrate Jack Vandersteen said police were confronted with a scene on the night that was "obviously volatile and violent", and the officer had been unable to defend himself. "I don't know why this type of rage is shown publicly," he said.

Paoli, a keen soccer fan who attended the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, sat quietly in court with his mum, brother and a friend, as a letter he wrote apologising to the officer was read.

He admitted he had put the officer in danger, said he was "deeply sorry" and had brought shame to himself and his family.

Football Federation Australia, the sport's governing body, imposed the seven- year ban in the wake of the incident, prohibiting Paoli from affiliated matches nationwide until 2020.

Mr Vandersteen said the court had a "zero tolerance" policy towards violence in sporting crowds, but he took the severity of the football ban into account in sentencing.

Such behaviour "damages immensely the reputation of the sport", he added.

Lechia Gdansk - FC Barcelona - 30/07/2013

Source : Mail

Dinamo Zagreb - Sheriff Tiraspol - 30/07/2013

Source : http://www.supersport.com + http://www.vecernji.hr

Dinamo Zagreb fans investigated

Croatian police have launched a probe of some 300 Dinamo Zagreb fans who were removed from the club's stadium for racist chanting during a Champions League qualifier, officials said Wednesday.

The move comes a day after UEFA fined Croatia's champions 25,000 euros ($33,000) and ordered them to close the east section of the stadium for next Tuesday's third qualifying round match against Moldova's FC Sheriff, following racist chanting at a previous match.

UEFA action was brought after the club broke new laws on racism and discriminatory conduct during their 1-0 win over Luxembourg's Fola Esch in the previous round.

On Tuesday, police had to empty a part of the northern section of the Maksimir stadium due to "illegal behaviour of the group of fans despite repeated warnings by the announcer," a police statement said.

Police took personal data and photos from some 300 fans, detaining 67 of them, mostly for lacking identification documents, the statement said.

A criminal probe was launched to establish their possible responsiblity, the statement added.

Local media reported that Dinamo Zagreb hardcore fans, known as Bad Blue Boys (BBB), were chanting insulting slogans against the club's executive president Zdravko Mamic.

Media reports say they were chanting "Mamic you Gypsy, Leave the (Dinamo Zagreb) Shrine."

The same chanting is reported to have prompted UEFA to fine the club that eventually won Tuesday's first-leg match against Sheriff 1-0.

The BBB are known for their hooligan behaviour and were subject to travel bans in the past.

Cyprus : Anorthosis Famagusta - Apollon Limassol - Friendly - 14/07/2013

Source : http://msn.foxsports.com

Man suffers burns in fan violence

Cyprus police say a 20-year-old man is in serious condition in hospital after suffering second-degree burns to his body during clashes between rival fans before a club football friendly.

Police said on Saturday that six people aged from 20 to 35 who were taken into custody face charges including assault and conspiracy.

The arrests came after 200 Apollon Limassol fans armed with gasoline bombs, clubs, firecrackers, rocks and a flare gun clashed with 400 Anorthosis Famagusta fans.

Police used tear gas to break up the hour-long melee late Friday outside the Anorthosis stadium.

Some eight officers suffered minor injuries and at least three cars belonging to fans were damaged.

England : Sunderland fans in court over West Ham violence - 19/07/2013

Source : http://www.sunderlandecho.com

FANS alleged to have taken part in a mass brawl with rival football supporters have appeared in court.

The fight is said to have taken place outside Revolution bar in Low Row, Sunderland, before SAFC’s home game with West Ham.

The 19 have all been jointly charged with violent disorder, after the alleged fracas on January 12.

Defendants Simon Badham, 20, from Frobisher Street in Hebburn; Shaun Anthony Stephen Baker, 29, of Gainsborough Square, Sunderland; Kevin Bilton, 51, of Lambton Drive, Hetton; Paul Collins, 19, from Killingworth Drive, Sunderland; Bradley Dixon, 18, of Patton Road, Plains Farm; Lewis Dodsworth, 18, of Bowburn Avenue, Wear View; Sean Herron, 18, of Hogarth Drive, Columbia, Washington; Thomas Kelly, 18, of Eighth Avenue, Chester-le-Street; Connor McCoy, 20, of Perth Avenue, Jarrow; Daniel Patterson, Highbury Avenue, Springwell Village; Jamie Lee Phenny, 21, of The Spinney, Backla, Bridgend; Gabriel Shiel, 26, of Windmill Way, Gateshead; Anthony Smith, 26, of Purvis Terrace, County Durham; Christopher Mitchell Webb, 23, of East Herrington, Sunderland and Billy Wyatt, 18, of Normandy Barracks, Leconfield, were all granted conditional bail until a further hearing in three weeks.

Two 16-year-olds and a 17-year-old, all from Chester-le-Street, and a 16-year-old, from Sunderland, were also bailed conditionally until a date in August.

It is expected their case will then be transferred to Newcastle Crown Court.

England : Fans are banned for violence before U’s game - 24/07/2013

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

SEVEN football fans yesterday admitted being part of fights and disorder ahead of a league game.

Two Oxford United and five Bristol Rovers fans were caught up in trouble around the Kassam Stadium on February 9.

Oxford magistrates were told of a fight at the nearby Priory pub and further disorder around the Bowlplex bowling complex.

They were shown CCTV footage from the pub and video shot by Avon and Somerset Police outside the stadium.

Cleighton Tutty, 37, made hand gestures to Rovers fans in the pub garden “as if to start a fight” said prosecutor Clare Barclay.

The Steep Rise, Headington resident then pushed a Rovers fan in the chest with both hands and the two groups fought, she said.

Simon Graham-Harrison, defending, said “remorseful” Tutty lost his temper after a Rovers fan spat at him.

Christopher Williams, of Spruce Gardens, Greater Leys, punched a Rovers fan in the pub car park and “struck a police horse” Mrs Barclay said.

A drink was thrown over Williams – hit with a 2004 football banning order – but this did not excuse his behaviour, the defence said. Mr Graham-Harrison said the “remorseful and ashamed” 38-year-old pushed the horse away as it was coming towards him.

Ex-Rovers steward and father-of-five Andrew Young, 52, of Meadow View, Bristol admitted putting up his fists in a “fighting stance”.

Kenny Reed, 21, of Bruemar Avenue, Bristol admitted making v-signs, shouting and swearing.

Joe Lally, 31, of Kellaway Avenue, Bristol admitted throwing a plastic cup over the police line and adopting a fighting stance.

Grandfather Leslie Underdown, 46, of Blaisdon Yate, Bristol punched a man at the Bowlplex who earlier had a “go at him” said Mrs Barclay.

John Lally, 26, of Hopkins Close, Bristol, also acted in an “aggressive manner” and took off his belt and struck the ground in front of police at the Bowlplex.

Jane Wilkinson, defending, said of the video: “You see him being incredibly aggressive, taking off his belt, for slightly bizarre reasons, and hitting it on the ground.” Young got a two-month curfew and a three-year banning order; Reed a 12-month conditional discharge; Joe Lally a ban and £500 fine; Underdown and John Lally got three-month overnight curfews.

Joe Lally and Reed admitted using words or behaviour to cause alarm fear or distress.

Underdown, Young, the Lally brothers, Williams and Tutty admitted behaviour to cause fear of unlawful violence.

Giving Tutty a three-month curfew and a three-year football banning order, district judge Tim Pattinson told him: “The court cannot tolerate any sort of football disruption or violence.”

Williams got a four-month curfew and four-year ban.

All of the curfews are from Thursday to Sunday with varying times. He told the Bristol fans their actions “must have spoiled the occasion for a large number of people”.

Steve Kuenan, 45, of Bancroft Close, Swindon, denied using behaviour to cause fear of unlawful violence and will face a trial on October 18.

Martin Hill, 45, of Hotwell Road, Bristol, John Henehan, 42 of Arnos Vale, Bristol, and John Daly, 42, of Patchway, Bristol, denied using words or behaviour to cause alarm fear or distress.

They face trial on October 24.

England : Snooker club invasion after football fan violence - 24/07/2013

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

FOOTBALL violence erupted in Burton when visiting fans “invaded” a snooker hall in the town centre, a court heard.

A gang of Rotherham supporters - many of them extremely drunk - barged in to Riley’s snooker club and began throwing snooker balls, cues and racking triangles.

Customers ran for cover in a smoking area during the fracas, said Paul Farrow, prosecuting,.

It happened after Burton Albion’s league game against the Millers on February 9 this year.

Around 1,900 Rotherham fans had made the trip down from Yorkshire, Stafford Crown Court heard.

The violence was captured on the snooker club’s security cameras and ‘spotters’ from South Yorkshire police have been able to identify a number of offenders.

Three of them appeared in the dock after admitting a charge of affray.

Samuel Bates, 21, and Ben Wilson, 19, each got a 12 month community order with 100 hours unpaid community work and a three month curfew.

John Sheridan, 23, was given a four month prison sentence suspended for two years, with 100 hours unpaid community work, a three month curfew and a five year ban from football matches.

All three defendants from the Rotherham area were also each ordered to pay £120 compensation and £113 costs.

Judge Simon Tonking told them: “By the time you were going around the town after the match you were drunk. You had no business going to Riley’s at all. You, with a large group, simply invaded the place and engaged in drunken, stupid and violent behaviour, throwing things around.”

The violence started more than an hour after the end of the game and after the Rotherham gang had been refused service at the Lord Burton pub, in High Street.

Jennifer Josephs, defending, said Bates had never been in trouble before, while Sheridan was a changed man since the birth of his daughter in April.

Fred Powell, for Wilson, said his client had never been in trouble.

APOEL Nicosie - NK Maribor - 31/07/2013

Source : Mail

A Maribor flag was stolen by cyprus fans.

VfL Osnabrück - Borussia Dortmund II - 26/07/2013

Source : Mail

Ruch Chorzów - Lech Poznań - 26/07/2013

Source : Mail

Luxemburg - Eintracht Frankfurt - Friendly game - 27/07/2013

Source : http://www.shortnews.de

Eintracht supporters caused troubles in Luxemburg.
One man was wounded.

Translation Underground Fans (c)

FC Porto (Portugal) - Celta de Vigo (Spain) - Friendly game - 28/07/2013

Source : http://www.atlantico.net

Celta Vigo supporters said they were assaulted by Porto fans before and after the game.
Busses were pelted with rocks and several windows were smashed up.
Before the game, Porto ultras did not respect the silence minute for people who died in Campostela.
Later, the referee stopped the game early because the use of firecrackers which were thrown in the pitch.

Translation Underground Fans (c)

Germany : FC Ingolstadt II - FC Eintracht Bamberg 2010 - 28/07/2013

Source : http://www.radio-bamberg.de

This regional game was marred by troubles. Police said Nurnberg supporters attacked policemen at the entrance of the stadium.

Translation Underground Fans (c)

Eintracht Braunschweig II : 42 supporters under stadium bans - 30/07/2013

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

After a pub was sacked in Gottingen, in May, 42 Eintracht Braunschweig supporters received stadium bans for this season.
25 policemen were wounded that day.

Translation Underground Fans (c)

Lyon - Grasshopper Zürich - 30/07/2013

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

About one thousand Zurich supporters made the trip to Lyon.
Some troubles broke out in the city centre and later, in front of the stadium, but police intervened.

Walsall FC - Leeds United - Friendly - 27/07/2013

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

Whites fans’ shame after away bar trashed

Leeds United officials have spoken of their “disappointment” after fans trashed the away bar during Saturday’s match at Walsall.

Shelves were smashed and ceiling panels damaged in the bar during half-time of the match, which United lost 1-0.

West Midlands Police said they believed the damage, which ran into hundreds of pounds, was caused by Leeds fans.

Walsall football policing officer, Pc Colin Barlow, said: “During half time the ceiling and shelving around the away bar was damaged.

“It is believed this will cost several hundreds of pounds to repair.”

A spokesman for Leeds said: “We were disappointed to hear about this incident and we will be speaking to Walsall Football Club to ascertain the damage caused and we will co-operate with every party in any investigation that may arise.”

Germany : Lokomotive Leipzig - Chemie Halle - Friendly game - 26/07/2013

Source : http://www.sport1.de

Lokomotiv managers are disappointed about their own supporters who set fire to a banner using firecrackers.

Translation Underground Fans (c)

Dynamo Dresde - Hambourg SV - Friendly game- 31/07/2013

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

Five Dynamo supporters have attacked four HSV supporters who were inside in car. A flag "Nordhausen" was stolen and a fight broke out and one man was slightly wounded.

Translation Underground Fans (c)