Season 19/20 - January

Eight men charged with public order offences after Cardiff City v Bristol City game - 09/01/2020

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

Eight men have been arrested and charged in connection with disorder at a Cardiff City home match.

An alleged incident took place at the Cardiff City Stadium, during a game against Bristol City game on Sunday, November 10.

The following men have all been charged with public order offences: Karl Burke, 27, from Adamsdown; Shane Cutting, 23, from Canton; Lawson Gadd, 24, from Fairwater; Conor Jones, 24, from Fairwater; Liam Perry, 32, from Barry; Luke Stanforth, 27 from Barry; Aaron Vanstone, 21, from Fairwater; and Ben Webster, 20, from Penylan.

They've been released on bail, and are set to appear at Cardiff Magistrates' Court on Friday, January 31.

On Facebook, South Wales Police said: "The arrests are the result of a post-match enquiry following violent and disorderly behaviour from a small group of home supporters beneath the Ninian Stand.

"They are released on bail, with conditions preventing them from attending regulated football matches, to appear at Cardiff Magistrates’ Court on January 31.

"Further arrest enquiries are on-going."

South Wales Police praised the majority of fans, adding: "The overwhelming majority of Cardiff City fans are well-behaved and passionate about their club.

"Whenever there is evidence of football-related disorder or violence we always pursue those responsible in order that appropriate action is taken."

Tours FC - Nîmes Olympique - French Cup - 04/01/2020

Source : Mail

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FC Metz - RC Strasbourg - 11/01/2020

Source : Mail



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Rennes - OM - 10/01/2020

Source : https://www.rennes-infos-autrement.fr/

After the victory OM goal, in the local stand, some fight erupted between Rennes and OM fans.

FC Sochaux - Paris FC - 10/01/2020

Source : https://www.estrepublicain.fr/

During the game, some Sochaux fans tried to attack the PFC stand. Stewards had to intervene. Two Sochaux fans were arrested.

Leyton Orient - Grimsby Town - 11/01/2020

Source : Mail

Luton Town - Birmingham City - 11/01/2020

Source : Mail

Leicester City - Southampton FC - 11/01/2020

Source : Mail

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Roda JC - Maastricht VV - 12/01/2020

Source : https://www.voetbalprimeur.nl/

The game was interrupted twice due to smoke bombs used by Roda fans.

Stoke City - Millwall FC - 11/01/2020

Source : Mail

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Cardiff City - Swansea FC - 12/01/2020

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

Sheffield United forward Oli McBurnie was spotted cheering on his ex-team Swansea during the Welsh side's 0-0 draw with rivals Cardiff on Sunday.

McBurnie played for the Swans between 2015-2019, and scored 22 goals in the Championship last season before his move to the Blades last summer.

His affections for his former side appear to run deep, however, as he was seen in the away end at the Cardiff City stadium cheering the team on, and at one point even appeared to aim an offensive gesture towards the home supporters.

His choice of clothing also got people talking, with McBurnie opting for a loud gold Stone Island jacket and a black bucket hat.




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

Police praise football fans as three arrests made at Cardiff City v Swansea City derby clash

South Wales Police has issued a statement to praise football fans attending the Cardiff v Swansea derby clash at the Cardiff City Stadium.

Officers used controversial facial-recognition software as part of their crowd control tactics for the 12pm-kick off Championship clash.

And the force said it made just three arrests for minor public order offences.

Posting on the force's Facebook page, Superintendent Esyr Jones, said: “We are extremely experienced in policing major events such as this, and the cooperation and support of both sets of fans helps us to ensure everyone can enjoy the match in a safe and enjoyable environment.

“As always, we worked closely with both clubs and ensured all plans were well-communicated with fans in advance of today’s game.

“As such, the game passed without incident and has left a very positive impression of the South Wales derby fixtures.”

Supt Jones, who was South Wales Police's match commander for the game, added: “There was some criticism of South Wales Police’s use of Automatic Facial Recognition ahead of the match.

"However, I think today shows it is one of many successful policing tactics used by the force to ensure the safety and enjoyment of all attending.

“Only those with Football Banning Orders imposed by a court would have been on our watch list today, and the presence of the technology clearly acted as a deterrent and ensured those who have form for causing trouble at football matches stayed away.”

Some fans did protest the use of the technology, however, donning masks and singing “We are Cardiff City, you can't see our eyes.”

South Wales Police used the surveillance technology at a match between  Cardiff and Swansea  last October and again at today's match at Cardiff City Stadium.

The technology was deployed at today's game at what the authorities described as "key areas" around the ground.




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Liverpool FC - Tottenham Hotspur - 11/01/2020

Source : Mail

Germany : Indoor tournament - 12/01/2020

Source : https://www.en24.news/

Attack on fans, Union scarves stolen – police in large operation

Two fans from 1. FC Union have been ambushed after an indoor tournament in Berlin’s Prenzlauer Berg district.

Robbery among football fans !

Two men (31 and 35) attacked two Union fans (35 and 49) on Cantianstrasse on Saturday at 9:00 p.m. on the sidelines of the “traditional master” football tournament in the Max Schmeling Hall and tore off their scarves.

With these “trophies” they fled to the “House of Football Cultures”, which is a meeting point funded with 500,000 euros for fans of all major Berlin football clubs: Hertha BSC, 1. FC Union Berlin, BFC Dynamo Berlin and Tennis Borussia Berlin.

The police arrived after the attack on the Unioners with a deployment of hundreds. The two men were caught in the fan meeting. But the scarves were gone.

One of the victims suffered grazes on the neck when the scarf was torn away. The man decidedly refrained from treating the wounds. A police spokesman denied on request that the scarf robbers are fans of the BFC Dynamo.

Vitoria Guimarães - SL Benfica - 04/01/2020

Source : https://desporto.sapo.pt/

Supporters from both teams were involved in troubles with missiles exchanged in the stadium so the game was stopped several times.

Aris - PAOK - 04/01/2020

Source : https://www.ethnos.gr/

PAOK players' bus was pelted with missiles by Aris fans.

In the stadium, local supporters have used a lot of firecrackers, so kick off was delayed for 10 minutes.

Denmark : Troubles in indoor tournament - 10/01/2020

Source : https://ekstrabladet.dk/

Brondby supporters have provoked troubles durins an indoor tournament in Odense, trying to confront AGF Aarhus rivals.

Nacional (Uruguay) - River Plate (Argentina) - Friendly game - 11/01/2020

Source : https://www.elpais.com.uy/informacion/

Playing in Uruguay, River supporters have provoked troubles in Punta del Este.
They damaged a bar but the manager of that bar wen tout with a gun and shooted in direction of supporters.
One of them was injured at his leg.
They also assaulted two rescue men.
Three men were arrested.

Athletic Bilbao - Real Betis - 11/01/2020

Source : Mail

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Belgium : Royal Union Saint-Gilloise - Oud Heverlee Louvain - 11/01/2020

Source : https://www.brusselstimes.com/

Brussels police prevent football fans from displaying anti-fascist slogans, MP says

Brussels MP Els Rochette expressed her concern about the ban, instituted by the Brussels police on fans of Royale Union Saint-Gilloise, on displaying the anti-fascist message with which they are historically associated on their clothing and banners, according to her.

She decided to raise the subject with Rudi Vervoort, the Brussels minister-president.

Rochette is also a supporter of Union, a football club at the top of Division 1B. Club supporters were ordered by the police to withdraw their banner during Union’s game with OHL on 11 January.

According to Rochette, a similar order had already been issued last autumn. The police cite provocation in justification, she said.

The football club, which has been playing at the Marien stadium for the last hundred years, has a long and rich tradition as well as being noted for its family atmosphere and the anti-racist stance openly displayed by its supporters, Rochette emphasised. This tradition notably includes anti-fascist banners and the unofficial slogan: “Anti-fascist Unionist for Life”.

“Union supporters set an example for many other clubs in Belgium and abroad. Monkey chants and other racist behaviour of this nature, to which Lukaku notably fell victim quite recently in Italy, are absolutely unimaginable at Union. As a symbol and part of the club’s identity, its anti-fascism is a sign of tolerance. It means all are welcome in the stadium, apart from racists and fascists,” Rochette commented.

“Are we to understand that a banner inciting violence or bearing a swastika is to be treated in the same way as this anti-fascist message? It’s incomprehensible and completely unacceptable,” she added.

Rochette decided to call on the Brussels minister-president to demand that the Brussels South police zone withdraws the ban as soon as possible. For her, police regulations must be adapted if such a situation crops up in the future.

The MP furthermore considers the Regional and Inter-communal Police College (ERIP) should set up training courses on diversity, discrimination, racism and fascism that will enable clear distinctions to be made between hate messages and calls for tolerance.


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Italy : AS Melfi - Vultur Rionero - 19/01/2020

Source : https://www.news1.news/

Clashes between supporters in Potenza, 39 years old swept away and killed by a car

A 39-year-old man who died and was injured in very serious conditions: it is the balance of a Sunday of ordinary madness that took place, on the outskirts of Italian football, near the very small railway station of Vaglio di Basilicata. There, a few kilometers from Power, an intersection – to be ascertained whether random or sought – between the fans of Vultur Rionero and Melfi (two teams of the Lucanian championship of Excellence, historically rivals) ended with an investment. A Vultur fan, Fabio Tucciariello, worker, is dead; another is hospitalized in danger of life at the San Carlo hospital in Potenza. Three supporters of Melfi, who were aboard the Fiat Punto that hit the Rioneers, were tracked down by the police and taken to the police headquarters in Potenza where they were listened to for hours.

Athlético Marseille - Rennes - French Cup - 17/01/2020

Source : https://www.france24.com/

Rennes, whose 2-0 win at fifth-tier Athletico Marseille was interrupted for several minutes after home fans threw flares onto the pitch.

Brighton & Hove Albion - Aston Villa - 18/01/2020

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

Men charged after violence and flare thrown at Albion game

POLICE have charged two men after football fans allegedly set off a flare and assaulted a steward at an Albion game.

The arrests came after Albion’s match against Aston Villa at the Amex Stadium on Saturday. The match was attended by 30,500 fans and ended in a 1–1 draw.

Thomas Carter, 28, a gas fitter, of Coleridge Close, Goring, has been charged with assaulting a club steward by beating.

The steward required medical attention for minor injuries.

John McAuliffe, 51, a carpenter, of New End, Redditch, Worcestershire, has been charged under the Football Offences Act with setting off a flare.

Both men are due to appear at Brighton Magistrates’ Court on February 6.

A man aged 23 and a boy aged 17 have been identified in relation to separate incidents.

In one, a water bottle was allegedly thrown at other fans and in another, a flare was thrown on to the pitch during the game.

Police are also investigating a reported assault on a 56-year-old man from Bedford just outside the stadium.

He received cuts and bruises as he was leaving the match.

No arrests have been made.

PC Darren Balkham, the force’s Football Liaison Officer, said: “We worked in close co-operation with the club and safety stewards to ensure these isolated incidents were safely and effectively dealt with and enquiries are continuing where necessary.

“They didn’t reflect the superb support from more than 99 per cent of fans from both clubs.”

Real Madrid - Sevilla FC - 18/01/2020

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Italy : Lazio football club tells fans to pay fine over fascist salutes - 21/01/2020

Source : https://www.thelocal.it/

Italian Serie A football club Lazio has ordered 16 fans caught making fascist salutes at a home game to contribute to paying a fine imposed by UEFA over the incident.

Italian Serie A football club Lazio has ordered 16 fans caught making fascist salutes at a home game to contribute to paying a fine imposed by UEFA over the incident.

Individual letters had been sent to the fans banning them for three matches and demanding a contribution to financial losses incurred by the club, Italian sports paper Corriere dello Sport said.

Lazio confirmed to AFP that the letters were "authentic" after a photograph of one letter appeared in several news outlets.

Lazio were fined 20,000 euros by European football's governing body after home fans were caught on video making fascist salutes during the Europa tie against Rennes on October 3.

A section of the Stadio Olympico stand was ordered closed for the next home Europa tie, reducing income from ticket sales.

"From the footage taken by UEFA and the consequent police investigation, it emerged that you are responsible for the sanctionable behaviour...," the letter read.

It estimated economic damage to the club through lost ticket sales and the fine at "at least 50,000 euros".

"As only the fans identified are responsible for the damage to the club, we invite you to contact us so that you can agree a method of payment to reimburse Lazio."

The Lazio club is regularly in the news due to the conduct of some of their supporters, particularly the Irriducibili, Lazio's main hardcore “ultra” supporters group.

Earlier this month, Lazio was fined 20,000 euros over racist abuse some of its fans directed at Brescia forward Mario Balotelli.

The club was fined €50,000 last year after supporters displayed stickers showing Holocaust victim Anne Frank in a Roma shirt along with anti-Semitic messages.

France: Amiens SC - Montpellier HSC - 12/01/2020

Source : https://courrier-picard.fr/

Bad news for local ultras.
During the Saturday night, after the game against Montpellier, they saw their fans' home was opened and their main banner was stolen.