Season 00/01 - November

Reggina - Brescia - 28/11/2000

Source: ATL + Press

Reggina banned and fined for riot by fans

Reggina have been banned from their ground for two matches and fined ?8000 after their fans rioted on Sunday to force the abandonment of a Serie A match.

Brescia were leading Reggina 3-0 when fans threw debris onto the pitch and clashed with riot police leading referee Pierluigi Collina to abandon the match in the 84th minute. The players had already been led from the field once by Collina after Brescia goalkeeper Pavel Srnicek had been hit by a flare at the start of the second half.

Reggina president Lillo Foti complained the ban was too harsh and may appeal.

Reggina are bottom of Serie A and the home games on December 10th against Verona and two weeks later against Vicenza could be moved to a neutral venue.

NAC Breda - Ajax Amsterdam - 19/11/2000

Source: Ajax F-Side website

At the end of the game, both sides of fans tried to fight each other but police forces restored order.

FC Utrecht - Ajax Amsterdam - 26/11/2000

Source: Ajax F-Side website

Ajax fans fought with police forces inside the stands.

VFB Stuttgart - FC Tirol Innsbruck - 09/11/2000

Source : Corbis

Coventry City - Manchester United - 05/11/2000

Source: Coventry Evening Telegraph

Stabbing In Football Street Fracas 6/11/2000

A man was taken to hospital with stab wounds after a fracas broke out following Coventry’s game with Manchester United yesterday. Dozens of police were called to Far Gosford Street as the trouble erupted after the game. The man was taken to Coventry and Warwickshire hospital for treatment, but he later left before police could interview him. A search for his name on the local electoral roll suggests he is not from the area. Clashes between rival sets of supports carried on into the evening. Police were later called to Broadgate and ushered some fans away from the area. It is not know which team they were supporting. During the match, which Manchester United won 2-1, some fans of the champions were ejected from the ground after being spotted by stewards in the Coventry end. They club has imposed strict measures to try and separate fans in this fixture, as so many Manchester united fans live locally, it is difficult to weed them out from Sky Blues fans. Yesterday’s game was not a sell-out as some supporters decided not to fulfil all the conditions - usually buying tickets for less popular games – to get a ticket for this match. Others decided that the result was a foregone conclusion, leaving the Red Devils in the unusual position of playing in front of empty seats.

Zimbabwe police share blame for soccer stampede - 10/11/2000

Source: www.cbc.ca

The Zimbabwe police are accepting some of the blame for the tragic soccer stampede that killed 13 people in Harare earlier this month.
After a preliminary internal investigation, Police Chief Augustine Chihuri concluded that several officers were "derelict" in their duty.

"The performance of our police officers who were on duty on the day leaves a lot to be desired," said Chihuri.

According to Chihuri, some of the officers may be charged with culpable homicide.

Violence at Harare stadium erupted during a World Cup qualifier after fans, angered by what they perceived to be bad officiating, began throwing bottles and jumping onto the field.

In an attempt to stop the mounting chaos police fired tear gas into the stands.

The 50,000 frightened spectators trampled each other in a mad dash for the exits. The mass escape left 12 people dead. Another spectator died in hospital the next day.

Chihuri also agreed with Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's assertion that agitators planted in the crowd by the opposition party were partly to blame for the tragedy.

Chihuri claimed police had evidence that 300 opposition agitators were deliberately placed in one grandstand to disrupt the match.

Officials for the opposition party repeatedly denied the allegations, saying that Mugabe is just trying to defend an unjustifiable act by police.

During the match fans gave the opposition party's open hand salute and held up red cards -- a symbol of government defiance during last month's election campaign.

According to witnesses, police initially fired tear gas at spectators who flashed the opposition party's salute.

In last month's elections, the opposition party -- the Movement for Democratic Change -- put a dent into Mugabe's 20-year hold on power, winning 57 seats compared to the ruling party's 62.

The election was marred by violence. At least 31 people died during the election campaign, most of them opposition supporters.

Rangers - Celtic - 26/11/2000

Source : The Mirror

Bottle fan search on

CELTIC have appealed to supporters to help identify the fan who threw a bottle onto the pitch during Sunday's Old Firm defeat at Ibrox.

The missile landed just yards from linesman David Doig during the second half and referee Kenny Clark is expected to mention the incident in his report.

Operations director George Douglas, said: "A bottle was thrown onto the field of play in front of the Broomloan Stand and it is vital the culprit is found.

"Such behaviour is totally unacceptable to Celtic Football Club and demonstrates a complete lack of awareness of the serious trouble which the club could find itself in with the SFA as a consequence of the action.

"A full inquiry is being undertaken by the club and this 'fan' must be identified."