Season 03/04 - March

Torpedo Moscow - Lokomotiv Moscow - 28/03/2004

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Lokomotiv hools (Ultra Loko, Vikings, Street Band, Train Team, MDF + UnwelcomeGuests) ~ 75 attaked Torpedo hools (Troublemakers, West5ActionGroup, Blusters) ~50 at the south-west district of Moscow

Slavia Praha - Sparta Praha - 14/03/2004

Source : RED WHITE POWER website

Football fans' fight causes a three-day riot in Syria - 15/03/2004

Source: rojname.com


fight between Arab and Kurdish supporters of rival Syrian football clubs has led to three days of rioting in the north-east of the country, which has left at least 15 people dead and more than 100 injured.
Despite claims by Kurdish officials that peace had been restored to the city of Qamishli near the Turkish border, where the trouble started, there were reports yesterday that Kurdish gunmen had killed four Arabs.
The violence began on Friday when a fight broke out between supporters of the al-Jihad and al-Fatwa football teams shortly before a match in Qamishli, 450 miles north east of Damascus. At least nine people died during the violence and stampede that followed.

Syrian state broadcasting reported late Saturday evening that the government had appointed a committee to investigate reasons behind the rioting, and an official statement warned those who broke the law would face "the severest punishments".
It said the riots damaged "the stability and security of the homeland and the citizen" and were the fault of "some intriguers" who had adopted "exported ideas."
Yesterday security officers and residents armed with licensed hunting rifles roamed the streets of Qamishli. They said their orders were not to use force unless "absolutely necessary".
However, there were reports that the security forces had opened fire on the unarmed demonstrators. Around 250 Kurds have been arrested.
The violence began on Friday when a fight broke out between supporters of al-Jihad and al-Fatwa football teams shortly before the start of their Syrian championship match in Qamishli, 450 miles northeast of Damascus.
It was reported that some of the fans began waiving a Kurdish flag and held aloft signs blessing US President George Bush, whose war in neighbouring Iraq has emboldened the Kurds there to call for recognition of their identity in a new constitution.
The Arab fans responded with jeers, denouncing Iraqi Kurdish leaders and provoking violent clashes that ended with riot police moving into the stadium.
It is thought that nine people died in the initial fighting and the stampede that followed.
On Saturday hundreds of Kurds took to the streets of Qamishli in spontaneous demonstrations that quickly degenerated into further rioting and the looting of shops and state offices.
The violence quickly spread to surrounding villages. Faisal Youssef, a member of the political bureau of the Democratic Progressive Kurdish Party in Syria, said 13 people in all had died in Qamishli and two in the Amouda village, 18 miles to the west.
Hameed Darwish, head of the Progressive Democratic Kurdish Party in Qamishli, also reported burning and looting of Kurdish property in the ethnically mixed city of Hasakah yesterday.
In Damascus students and Kurdish residents staged sit-ins to protest events in the north, and some public property and cars were damaged.
Several hundred riot officers wearing helmets and bearing plastic shields were stationed around Damascus University and in the Dummar suburb where several thousand Kurds live.
The unrest also spread beyond Syria's borders, prompting a break in at the Syrian embassy in Brussels by Kurdish demonstrators on Saturday.
Shouting "Syria, terrorists!" around 50 demonstrators climbed into the embassy garden and smashed windows, scattered pamphlets and damaged furniture before being removed by police.
Belgium has a large Kurdish community, most immigrants from Turkey.
The clashes come at a politically sensitive time for President Bashar Assad who is facing increasing pressure both domestically and from abroad.
The Bush administration has made it clear it intends to impose sanctions on Syria within the next few weeks for what it sees at its refusal to clamp down on Lebanese and Palestinian guerrilla groups which attack Israelis.
Syria has called for constructive dialogue over the sanctions which it claims were motivated by its support for Arab rights.
On the home front, human rights groups have accused the Syrian government of neglecting the rights of the country's two million Kurds, most of whom live in the underdeveloped north-eastern areas of Qamishli and Hasakah.
About 160,000 Kurds have been denied Syrian nationality, meaning they cannot vote, own property, go to state schools or get government jobs.
There is no mention of the Kurds as a distinct minority in Syria's constitution, with the government fearful of the destabilising effect of the Kurdish aspiration for a breakaway state in the north.
President Assad is also facing mounting pressure from a group of Syrian intellectuals who are campaigning for the lifting of the state's emergency laws, put in place since the Baath's party's rise to power 41 years ago.

Riots in Syria - 13/03/2004

Source: arabicnews.com

Riots prior to a scheduled football match on Friday between two football teams Jihad and Foutowa in the framework of Syria's football tournament, led to a number of people killed and wounded among the fans of the two teams.

The riot- fighting police contained these events which were attributed to the zealous fans.

Halifax Town - Hereford FC - 03/03/2004

Source: Halifax Evening courrier

Violent flare-up halts Town's big match


Trouble flares: stewards try to calm the fans down during the clash


Town's game against Hereford at the Shay on Saturday was halted for two minutes in the second half when skirmishes broke out between rival supporters.
The fans clashed where the North stand meets the Skircoat Road stand and the referee waited for stewards to deal with the incident before allowing the game to continue.

At one point, a Hereford supporter behind the goal picked up a section of the rugby league goalposts that were lying in front of the perimeter fence. Hereford boss Graham Turner walked from his position in the dugout in front of the unfinished main stand to the North stand to calm down his side's followers.

Both clubs will be waiting anxiously to see if the incident is mentioned in the referee's report to the Football Association.

The incident was caught on closed circuit TV and the likelihood is that those involved will be banned from games at the Shay.

Inspector Russell Clark, of Calderdale Police, confirmed there was some confrontation inside the ground which had been managed by the stewards. He said there was concern there could be trouble after the match and officers had been sent to try to prevent any problems.

He said several groups of fans had been monitored but there had been no trouble outside the ground and no arrests.

Town lost the game 2-1 to extend their club record run of league defeats to 10.

Portsmouth: Soccer yob banned from games and trains - 31/03/2004

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

A FOOTBALL hooligan has been banned from using the rail network on any day Pompey are playing.

And yob Dennis Johns could even get get a phone call from the police before and after each Pompey game to make sure he is at home and not out causing trouble.

Johns, of Stanley Road, Stamshaw, was caught on CCTV in October kicking and punching Charlton fan Liam Byrne and his son.

The pair were attacked as they sang football songs at the junction of Goldsmith Avenue and Fratton Road on their way to the game.

CCTV footage identified 35-year-old Shane Rose, of Norgett Way, Portchester, and Johns, also 35.

Rose pleaded guilty to using threatening or abusive language and was fined £60.

He was also given a two-year conditional discharge at Portsmouth Magistrates Court.

Johns, a season ticket holder, admitted affray.

He was handed a 40-hour community punishment order and a football banning order for his part in the October 4 violence.

The order prevents Johns attending any games in the UK as well as England matches abroad for three years.

He faces jail if he gets on a train or visits a railway station whenever Portsmouth FC are playing in the UK, unless he gets permission from British Transport Police in advance.

He cannot go within a mile of Fratton Park on matchdays.

He is also forbidden to travel to any town or city where Pompey are playing.

And he must be inside his home an hour before and an hour after Portsmouth matches.

Piast Gliwice - Ruch Chorzow - 20/03/2004

Source: youtube.com

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVZT3Goj3S0rzo

Soccer suspects swoop - 27/03/2004

Source: Evening Mail

Eleven suspected football hooligans were behind bars today after being arrested in dawn swoops across the West Midlands.

More than 50 police officers were involved in the preplanned raids launched at addresses throughout the area at 7am today.

The dawn raids followed incidents of violent disorder which broke out before the match between West Bromwich Albion and Cardiff at The Hawthorns on February 14.

They were carried out in conjunction with a nationwide football hooliganism operation codenamed Citadel.

The eleven men, from West Bromwich, other parts of Sandwell, Walsall and Kidderminster were taken to various police stations and were expected to be charged with violent disorder.

Det Insp Carl Southwick, based at West Bromwich, said the men were aged between 17 and 35.

He added: We shall continue to clamp down on the minority of football fans who spoil the enjoyment of the game for the majority of peaceful fans who visit stadia throughout the region.

Police intend to apply for banning orders against the men through the courts.

This will mean they will not be able to attend Albion games in the future and will also be prevented from attending away matches.

Police are working in conjunction with West Bromwich Albion FC to stamp out the hooligan element.

Man questioned over referee assault - 18/03/2004

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

Football fixtures go ahead despite strike
A man was arrested and questioned by police on Saturday (March 13) in connection with an assault on a Sandy football referee.

The 25-year-old was released without charge later the same day and bailed to reappear at Grayfriars Police Station on Monday, April 19.

Ref Darren Flanagan had two metal plates inserted in his head after he was assaulted by a Westfield FC player during a Bedford and District League cup match last month.

The referees strike held at the weekend in protest against the level of violence in lower league football had only a limited impact on games across Bedfordshire.

In the Bedford and District Football League all the fixtures went ahead as planned, with only four referees refusing to officiate their fixtures.

All the games in the Michael R Peter Bedford Sunday Football League also went ahead, but it is thought that around 50 percent of fixtures did not have an official referee

Poland: Aluminium Konin - Pogoń Szczecin - 13/03/2004

Source: http://www.ultras1957konin.prv.pl/