Season 18/19 - November

Rennes - FC Nantes - 11/11/2018

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RCK Rennes





Troubles when Nantes equalized.

Spain: Hercules Alicante - CD Castellon - 11/11/2018

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Curva Sud (Hercules) vs Barricada Albinegra (Castellon) fought near the Rico Pérez stadium. 55 fans were arrested and 7 others  were injured.






Castellon

Spain: FC Cartagena - CD Badajoz - 11/11/2018

Source : https://www.orm.es/

Ultras Badajoz have attacked pub of locals, located in Doctor Luis Calandre street, near the Cartagonova stadium. 26 Badajoz fans were arrested and one fan was injured. Police found three flares, one knife and some drugs.

Germany: free fight - 11/11/2018

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Nurnberg vs Wuppertal
13 vs 13
Nurnberg won

KAS Eupen - St Truiden VV - 10/11/2018

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STVV + MVV Maastricht

France : Valenciennes - RC Lens - 10/11/2018

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This French derby game was played under high tension.
Troubles have opposed supporters from both sides in the city center.
Three people were slightly injured.












Lens lads


Valenciennes + Paris FC

After Valenciennes have won, Lens supporters (6.000 traveled) have ripped 700 seats off and have thrown them into the pitch.

Fourteen people were wounded and four were arrested.

SS Lazio - OM - 08/11/2018

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Lazio fans

Marseille runners, you're a dirty Communist Arab

1.FC Köln - Dynamo Dresden - 10/11/2018

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Dynamo

Germany: Free fight - 10/11/2018

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Kaiserslautern & Stuttgart vs Rostock (Suptras & AC)
19 vs 19
Victory for FCK+VfB

Kalmar FF - AIK - 11/11/2018

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AIK fans go crazy and invade the pitch with flares as team wins Swedish Allsvenskan title to become champions for first time in nine years

AIK became Swedish champions for the first time in nine years on Sunday, sparking incredible scenes as supporters went crazy and invaded the pitch with flares.

The team picked up a 1-0 victory in their final match of the season against Kalmar, to finish two points clear of title rivals Norrkoping.

The two sides were the only teams in contention for the title heading into the last weekend of the season, and fans eagerly awaited the final whistle as AIK secured a narrow win.

Paraguay : Cerro Porteño - General Díaz - 11/11/2018

Source : http://www.abc.com.py/

Police have arrested 85 members of "La Plaza" (Cerro Porteno), who traveled inside 2 busses and who had problems with 2 policemen who used rubber bullets before calling some help.
One policeman and one supporter were transfered to the hospital.
Six supporters, already know by police, will face the Court.

Poland : Police dawn raid against Lech Poznan hooligans - 11/11/2018

Source : https://www.tvn24.pl/

Police intervened upstream of an attack planned by Lech Poznań hooligans against those of Widzew Łódź, who were returning from the centenary of commemorations of the Independence of Poland, where gathered hundreds of thousands of Polish in Warsaw , including many nationalists and hooligans from all over the country.

This planned attack was the result of a revenge against the Widzew Łódź hooligans who recently stole several banners from their Lech Poznan counterparts , who do not intend to stop there.

Also, to avoid a massacre, the police arrested 4 cars of hooligans from Poznań, aged 19 to 51, wearing hoods, machetes and other dangerous tools.

The arrests were not easy because the drivers tried to sow the police several times in the streets of Łódź. According to a spokesman for the local police, four cars were intercepted but eight others managed to escape.

Hooligans incur up to 5 years in prison.

Roma make €150k donation to Sean Cox fund - 15/11/2018

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AS Roma have donated €150,000 to the family of Sean Cox, the Meathman injured in an unprovoked attack outside Anfield last April.

The Serie A club will will donate €100,000 through its Roma Cares foundation, while their president Jim Pallotta will make a personal donation of €50,000.

Cox, a 53-year-old father of three from Dunboyne, was left in a coma after being attacked by two Roma fans outside the stadium before the Champions League semi-final first leg in Liverpool.

Last Friday, Roma club officials flew to Ireland to meet with Sean's wife Martina and representatives helping to manage the family's fundraising efforts.

Roma have also agreed to work with the Cox family on further fundraising initiatives that will help cover ongoing costs for his recovery.

"Everyone at the club was shocked and saddened by what happened to Sean Cox outside Anfield and the huge impact it's had on not just him but also his wife, his children and his family and friends," said Roma Managing Director Mauro Baldissoni.

"Back in April we wrote to Mrs Cox to offer any help or support we could provide at a time that was right for the family. Now, having sat down on Friday with Martina and listened to the long journey Sean still has ahead of him, we wanted to make a donation that will help support Sean's ongoing rehabilitation costs."

Pallotta added: "What happened to Sean Cox should never happen to anyone attending a football match. Our thoughts today, as they have been from day one, are with Sean, Martina and their whole family. We all hope Sean makes as full a recovery as possible."

England : Pompey fans spared jail after violent clash erupted at Fratton Park - 16/11/2018

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

FOUR football fans were spared jail after becoming embroiled in a shocking display of violent disorder ‘never before seen’ at Portsmouth Football Club.



Portsmouth Football Club. Joe Stevens, 22, Bradleigh Cox, Daniel O’Mahoney, 19, and Ewan Bird, 19, were all handed suspended sentences and football bans for their role in the disorder at Fratton Park on September 30, 2017.

The chaos erupted at the end of the match against Oldham Athletic when the visitors went two-nill up in the 88th minute. Portsmouth Crown Court heard how Oldham fans’ shirtless celebrations outraged some of the dismayed Pompey supporters. Angry Stevens, of Devon Road, and O’Mahoney, of Dunsbury Way, Havant, stormed the pitch forcing the game to be suspended while they were dealt with. After the match, all four joined a mob of more than 100 ‘aggressive’ Pompey fans who had massed outside the away supporters’ gate at Fratton Park, swearing and shouting threats like ‘you’re going home in a Pompey ambulance’ to Oldham supporters, prosecutor Simon Jones said. ‘The police were not expecting any difficulty in this fixture,’ he told the court. ‘It became clear that a hostile situation was developing. ‘What followed had not been seen at Fratton Park before and was described as “unique”.’

O’Mahoney hurled two items at fans, while Stevens lobbed three or four 10p coins. They were joined by Bird - of Holland Road, Southsea - who threw two coins, and Cox, of Devon Road, Copnor, who hurled a piece of rubber and pebble dash originally thrown at him by away fans. The unexpected surge of violence forced police to escort Oldham fans out of a different exit. Upon discovering this, a baying mob of Pompey fans charged through streets around Fratton Park in an effort to hunt down the Oldham supporters, with Bird and Cox being spotted in the sprinting mass of angry fans.

All four were identified by CCTV and handed themselves in following an appeal in The News.

They pled guilty to charges of violent disorder, with the court hearing how all the men were ‘genuinely remorseful’ and ‘ashamed’ by their actions. All were of previous good character and had no convictions before the events of September 30. Nor had the reoffended since this, the court heard. Sentencing, Judge Tim Mousley QC, refused to pass immediate custodial sentences on the four and said: ‘Mercifully, nobody was injured - although there was quite obviously potential for injury to be caused by the flying objects.’ O’Mahoney and Stevens were both handed an eight-month term in a young offenders’ institute, suspended for 18 months. Bird and Cox received six-month sentences, suspended for 18 months.

All were ordered to carry out 175 hours unpaid work, pay £250 compensation to Pompey and were handed a three-year football ban.

England : Sheffield United hooligan fined £10,000 over an attack on away fans - 16/11/2018

Source : https://www.thestar.co.uk/

A Sheffield United supporter has been fined £10,000 after an attack on away fans.



Bradley Smart, aged 19, also received a 15-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, and was handed a three-year Football Banning Order.

Smart, of School Road, High Green, pleaded guilty to assault during a hearing at Sheffield Crown Court, where it emerged that he was involved in an attack in which two away fans, supporting Norwich, were seriously injured. The Norwich men, aged 55 and 25, were attacked on Saturday, September 16, 2007, during disorder on Bramall Lane. They underwent treatment for serious head and facial injuries. Temporary Chief Inspector Phil Barraclough, from South Yorkshire Police’s Operational Support Unit, said: “Following the disorder on Bramall Lane in September 2017, an investigation was immediately launched. “Through CCTV enquiries and public appeals for information, we were able to identify Smart and a number of other individuals. “I am pleased that he has been handed a significant sentence for his crime, as this sends a strong message that violence will not be tolerated and if you choose to engage in disorder at football or any other public event, the consequences can be severe.”

He added: “South Yorkshire Police are working in partnership with all five football clubs in our county to ensure that our football events are trouble-free and that supporters from all clubs can visit our football grounds and enjoy the occasion without fear of violence. “The football clubs are also committed to identifying any persons who are involved in football-related crime and disorder and will take positive action to ban any supporters convicted from their grounds.” Breach of a banning order is a criminal offence, punishable by a maximum sentence of six-months in prison or a fine of up to £5,000, or both. In addition, a further banning order may be imposed.

Four other men were convicted of their involvement in the disorder and were sentenced last month.

Paul Danks, 59, of Redfern Grove, Waterthorpe; Darren Roe, 53, of Burns Road, Dinnington; Fraser Ardron, 30, of Briarfield Road, Gleadless and Billy Smith, 23, of Ryan Drive, Woodhouse, were convicted of affray and each sentenced to nine-months in prison, suspended for two years. They were also handed three-year Football Banning Orders.

Free fight - 10/11/2018

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Helsingborg vs Aalborg
10 vs 10
Aab won

Gabriele Sandri 11/11/2007 - 11/11/2018

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RIP

Free fight - 17/11/2018

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Zwolle vs Tilburg & Antwerp
2 rounds
13 x 13
11 x 11
Coalition won

Zwolle

Manchester City - Manchester United - 11/11/2018

Source : https://www.habaritimes.com/

Man United furious after flares were thrown into away end during derby defeat by Manchester City

Manchester United have complained to police and rivals Manchester City after flares were hurled into the away end at last Sunday’s derby.

Sportsmail understands that United expressed their concerns following three separate incidents at the Etihad Stadium, which saw City fans launch pyrotechnics into the area where the visiting supporters were seated.

No serious injuries were reported but police are investigating, and City say they will assist with their inquiries.

England : Birmingham City fans offer weird reactions to topping football arrest table - 17/11/2018

Source : https://www.habaritimes.com/

Birmingham City have an unwanted record on their hands, as the club’s supporters are arrested more than any side for football-related incidents.

According to data released by the Home Office, via the Birmingham Mail, the Blues saw fans arrested 95 times last season – some way higher than second placed Sheffield United’s 62.

Second City rivals, Aston Villa, joined the Blues high in the list – chiming in with 48. But the claret and blue side were behind Sunderland (60) and League One leaders Portsmouth (59).

From just 30 arrests in the 2014/15 season, Birmingham have held the title consecutively so to speak for the number of fans being arrested.

The figure is not a sudden leap either, doubling to 63, 69 and last season’s whopping 95 – going against the national trend of halving since 2010.

Birmingham are also high in the order for bans, too. Only Sheffield United (25), Grimsby (28) and Sunderland (also 28) received more than the Blues (18) last year – adding towards a total of 50 active bans.

Supporters, opponents clash over Dutch arrival of Sinterklaas - 17/11/2018

Source : https://www.telegraaf.nl/

Scattered confrontations broke out Saturday between supporters and opponents of the divisive helper of the Dutch version of Santa Claus, police and media reported, amid a fierce and increasingly polarized debate about the helper known as Black Pete.

White people often daub their faces with black paint when they dress up to play the character. Opponents say such depictions of Black Pete promote racist stereotypes. Supporters defend the sidekick of Sinterklaas, the white-bearded, red-robed Dutch version of St. Nicholas, as a traditional children’s character.

A nationally televised parade to welcome Sinterklaas in the historic village of Zaandijk north of Amsterdam went off peacefully, but at parades across the country there were a small number of confrontations.

Police in Rotterdam tweeted they made three arrests as supporters of Black Pete clashed with anti-Pete protesters, but added that the vast majority of events were peaceful.


In the northern city of Leeuwarden, police said they “prevented two groups getting into a fight.” In nearby Groningen, police separated two groups of protesters to prevent a confrontation.


Police in The Hague said riot police kept pro-Pete activists away from anti-Pete protesters as they were escorted to the city’s main railway station.

Dutch media also reported that soccer fans confronted a small group of anti-Pete protesters in the southern city of Eindhoven.





Dozen ofWillem II hools were arrested in Tilburg.



Prime Minister Mark Rutte had appealed for calm on Friday, saying: “I think society agrees on one thing: we grant children the magic of the Sinterklaas party.”

A boat carrying Sinterklaas sailed into the harbour of the picturesque village of Zaandijk on Saturday accompanied by dozens of Black Petes, their faces painted varying shades – from uniformly dark to smudged with dark streaks.

Thousands of children, many wearing Black Pete costumes, lined streets to greet Sinterklaas, many sitting on the shoulders of a parent and grabbing handfuls of candy handed out by Black Petes.

Sweden : Free fight - 17/11/2018

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IFK Göteborg (Wisemen) vs Djurgarden IF (DFG)
29 x 26
Wisemen won

Wales - Denmark - 16/11/2018

Source : https://www.tagesschau.de/

Dutch PM condemns disturbances surrounding "Black Pete" - 19/11/2018

Source : http://www.xinhuanet.com/

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte spoke out on Monday against the rioters during the arrival of the traditional Sinterklaas last weekend in several cities in the Netherlands, but some other people believe the premier did not go far enough in his conviction of the rioters.

The arrival of Sinterklaas led to unrest in several cities. In Rotterdam and Eindhoven, the police had to intervene and dozens of people were arrested. Demonstrators against a racist figure "Zwarte Piet", or Black Pete, in Eindhoven were attacked by a group of soccer hooligans who threw cans of beer and eggs and shouted racist slogans.

Mayor John Jorritsma of Eindhoven said afterwards that a limit has been exceeded. He spoke of "very intimidating behavior of a very large group of aggressive, unannounced hooligans".

PvdA (Labor) leader Lodewijk Asscher deemed it "horrifying how the right to demonstrate is violated with racism and intimidation."

Rutte waited with a reaction until Monday. "The people who showed themselves last Saturday are destroying it for everyone, especially for the children," he said to the NOS, the largest news organization in the Netherlands. "If there are children present, we must behave like adults. I don't like Black Pete extremists, neither for nor against. You can conduct that discussion at least in a decent way."

However, GroenLinks (GreenLeft) leader Jesse Klaver feels the conviction of Rutte does not go far enough. "Rutte misses the mark by shuffling peaceful demonstrators and racist hooligans as equal," Klaver said. "It is time for real leadership. You have to speak out clearly against racism."

On Sunday, the Dutch department of human rights organization Amnesty International already asked for a clear condemnation by Rutte of the racist behavior of supporters of Black Pete. "The government must condemn sharply the threats and violence against peaceful demonstrators."

Sinterklaas is supposed to be a highlight for children, annually celebrated in the Netherlands with the giving of gifts on Dec. 5. Every year in mid November Sinterklaas arrives by boat from Spain, according to the story young Dutch children believe in.

However, the presence of the servant of Sinterklaas has caused a lot of discussion for decades. Traditionally "Zwarte Piet" was portrayed with a black face and wigs of curly black hair. Opponents want to get rid of the racist figure, while proponents say Black Pete is part of Dutch culture. In some places Black Pete has already been banned and replaced by another figure.

The mayors of Nijmegen and Zwolle had decided to ban demonstrations of Kick Out Zwarte Piet out of fear for disturbances. In The Hague and Den Helder planned demonstrations of the action group were called off at the last moment because of threats of violence.

With 48 arrests, the police prevented any disturbances during a demonstration about the arrival of Sinterklaas in Tilburg on Sunday. The deployment of the police was set up to ensure that the demonstration of opponents of Black Pete could proceed safely and orderly.

Fear on the Yellow Wall: Borussia Dortmund ultras threatened by right-wing hooligans - 19/11/2018

Source : https://www.dw.com/

Borussia Dortmund's ultras have done more than most to combat right-wing extremism in German football. But according to local media, their hegemony on the Südtribüne has been challenged by some unwelcome visitors.

When Robert Lewandowski's injury-time backheel for Bayern Munich was ruled out for offside last week, Borussia Dortmund's Westfalenstadion was engulfed in a wave of euphoria.

After twice coming from behind, Dortmund had seen out a 3-2 victory that sent them seven points clear of their Bavarians rivals at the top of the Bundesliga. Lucien Favre's young team is brimming with confidence and the famous Yellow Wall is dreaming of a first league title since 2012.

For one section of the Südtribüne (south stand) however, Saturday November 10, 2018 was a day of fear, and it had nothing to do with events on the pitch.



Block 13 - The Heart of the Wall

Block 13 at the foot of the huge terrace is home to Borussia Dortmund's ultras – the hardcore, vocal supporters who follow their team home, away and around Europe and who are responsible for the spectacular displays and choreographies which have given the Yellow Wall its reputation.

But ahead of kickoff against Bayern, according to a detailed report by Dortmund newspaper Ruhr Nachrichten, two unwelcome guests appeared in Block 13: Sven Kahlin, a hooligan who was sentenced to seven years in prison for manslaughter in 2005, and Timo K., a mixed martial arts fighter who was handed a five-year football banning order in 2012 after holding a banner in support of the banned far-right group Nationaler Widerstand Dortmund (National Resistance Dortmund).

Both have kept a low profile in recent years but both attended the Bayern Munich game with members of the Northside hooligan group. Once inside Block 13, they demanded that the ultras shake their hands – a symbol of forced acceptance and a demonstration of power. The message was clear: any ultras who refused would face consequences. The paper adds that fans in Block 14 reported chants of "Sieg Heil" from people with shaved heads near the fence at the bottom of Block 13 while the club say they intend to ban the two men.

It wasn't the first time this year that the Northside hooligans had confronted Dortmund's ultras. On March 24, reports the Ruhr Nachrichten, after a BVB reserve match in the regional fourth tier, 25-30 Northsiders confronted around 50 younger members of The Unity – the largest Dortmund ultra group – at the group's base to the east of Dortmund city center.

According to the newspaper, the ultras were forbidden from leaving the base and were made to listen while the hooligans announced new "rules" to bring about a "de-politicization" of the Südtribüne. In other words: no more anti-racist, anti-fascist or anti-homophobic messages. No more left-leaning politics.



Ultras vs. Nazis

There was a time when far-right ideologies were commonplace within Borussia Dortmund's hardcore support. In the 1980s and 1990s, the so-called Borussenfront became one of Germany's most notorious hooligan groups due to their links to the far-right.

Over the course of the last two decades, thanks in part to the growth of the generally left-leaning "ultra" movement across Germany at the start of the millennium and the work of state-financed Fan Projects (including the Fanprojekt Dortmund), right-wing extremists have gradually been forced out of the Westfalenstadion.

But the problem has never been completely eradicated. In the wake of the 30th anniversary of the Borussenfront in 2012, the group became more active. At a Champions League game in Donetsk, Ukraine, in 2013, two supporter liaison officers from the Fan Project were physically assaulted inside the away end.

And in October 2015, after supporter liaison officer Daniel Lörcher appeared in a documentary broadcast on terrestrial television entitled "BVB against the far-right," a banner was displayed on the Südtribüne reading: "Lörcher, your time is up."

It wasn't the only death threat made by a new Dortmund hooligan group: 0231 RIOT, named after the city of Dortmund's dialing code. Consisting of more violent elements of the two other BVB ultra groups, the Desperados and the JuBos, the 'Riots'' signature was emblazoned on graffiti which appeared on a wall in Dortmund aimed at club CEO Hans-Joachim Watzke, reading: "Aki Watzke, it's all over. Soon you'll be lying in a car boot."



A year earlier, an eye witness told news portal VICE that 20-30 members of the group had sung anti-Semitic songs on board a football special train to the 2016 German Cup final. The group, which was also suspected to have been behind stickers depicting Holocaust victim Anne Frank in a Schalke shirt, officially wound itself up in July 2017 – but some of its members have now re-emerged as part of Northside.


Balaclavas, MMA gloves, mouth-guards and pyrotechnics confiscated from Dortmund hooligans en route to a Bundesliga game in Darmstadt in February 2017.

A wider trend

The recent developments in Dortmund mirror events elsewhere in Germany, where football hooligans with links to mixed martial arts and criminal organizations are increasingly acting as muscle for right-wing, populist political movements.

Football hooligans from across the country took part in the "Hooligans Against Salafists" (HoGeSa) march in Cologne in 2014, and were also among the first to take to the streets in Chemnitz this summer. In Leipzig in 2016, football hooligans were among the 200 neo-Nazis who smashed up bars and shops in the city's alternative Connewitz district.

A similar Berlin-based group was involved in disturbances at two Hertha BSC matches last month. Hooligan group Kaliber 030 were allegedly among those fans who fought with police at half-time during Hertha's Bundesliga game in Dortmund, after a controversial attempt by police to confiscate a flag led to clashes which left over 45 people injured.

And earlier in October, according to research by public broadcaster WDR, Kaliber 030 members were responsible for an attack on a left-wing pub in Potsdam following a friendly against local fourth-tier side Babelsberg. "The group is intent on violence," a confidential source told WDR. "They have active MMA fighters in their ranks and connections to the criminal underground."

No contact with police

On the weekend of the incident in Babelsberg, Kahlin, widely considered to be a neo-Nazi, was in Ostritz, a small town on the Polish border. He was attending the "Kampf der Nibelungen" festival, a mixed martial arts event "organized by and involving young Germans … who don't want to suffer under the yoke of the dominant mainstream." The festival functions as a networking event for the extreme right.



A month later, on Saturday November 10, a few hours before kick-off against Bayern, Kahlin was back in Dortmund and posed with Timo K. and other Northside members for a photograph outside a pizzeria. On the photograph, which Ruhr Nachrichten claim to have seen, faces are disguised with skull and crossbones symbols – imagery often associated with the extreme right.

Once inside the stadium, Kahlin and Timo. K were spotted by an off-duty police officer who alerted the authorities. Borussia Dortmund's club hierarchy was also quickly made aware of the presence of the visitors on the Südtribüne and contacted the police.

But that's a step that the directly affected ultras won't take; an unspoken rule governing the sub-culture stipulates that ultras don't talk to the police, who are often considered just as much an enemy as the neo-Nazis.

At a meeting of Borussia Dortmund's 17,000-member-strong Fan Department (Fanabteilung) on the Monday after the game, a decision was made not to give in to the intimidation from the far-right and to continue to stand up against racism - a laudable position in the face of a sinister reality.