Season 04/05 - May

Police launch war on violent and sectarian football fans - 22/05/2005

Source: Sunday Herald

POLICE are to mount a massive surveillance operation against violent and sectarian football fans as part of the crackdown on hooliganism and religious intolerance in Scotland.

The unprecedented exercise, which will last throughout the coming 2005-2006 football season, will include officers filming fans with video cameras in and around football grounds to identify those involved in violent and bigoted behaviour. Some may be banned from matches even if they have never been convicted of a crime.

Senior police sources say they also plan to analyse CCTV footage in grounds and at other trouble hotspots – such as city centres, airports and railway stations – to monitor gangs of hooligan fans .

Intelligence collected by the specialist police teams will be fed into a database of “subjects” who will become the target of Football Banning Orders (FBOs).

The orders, which are expected to become law next year as part of a new Police Act, are being viewed by the police and the Scottish Executive as the first effective tool for stamping out sectarian behaviour on the football terraces.

In recent months, both have come under increasing pressure to adopt a harder line to curb the sectarian abuse witnessed at football grounds.

Under the terms of the orders, supporters can face bans from domestic club matches and international fixtures for up to 10 years.

The conditions could also include fans being prevented from travelling to city centres on matchdays and having to surrender their passport to a police station when Scottish clubs or the national team plays abroad.

In England and Wales more than 2000 people are now the subject of FBOs since their introduction last year. First Minister Jack McConnell, who has launched a personal crusade against sectarianism, is said to be a major driving force behind their introduction north of the Border.

He believes the banning orders have a key role to play in eradicating football-related violence and religious intolerance from Scottish society.

It is hoped the hardline measures will help put a stop to scenes like the rioting that occurred on board a P&O ferry between Rangers and Celtic fans after a recent Old Firm match. Riot police had to board the Troon to Larne ferry in April after up to 100 people clashed.

It is expected the orders would also be used to stamp out the missile-throwing incidents that have blighted football matches in Scotland this season.

Last week, officers on behalf of Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland (Acpos) travelled to England to view their football banning operations.

On Friday, senior police officers also met with the Scottish Executive to discuss progress on the draft legislation.

Chief Superintendent Kenny Scott, who is co-ordinating planning for the intelligence-gathering operation, said: “We’re looking to run a season-long intelligence operation focusing on people who are consistently causing trouble and disruption to places like city centres and at football grounds.

“We would be using measures such as CCTV, video surveillance and police officers deployed overtly as evidence gatherers. We would have police officers collecting evidence on video and observing problem groups and problem individuals .”

He said it was “not part of the plan” to have undercover officers travelling with supporters.

The scale of the surveillance operation will also target clubs from lower divisions that have a history of violence.

Although the orders can be made by the court after someone is convicted of a football-related offence, police say they will specifically target fans even before they have been convicted of a crime.

In a highly controversial move, Scott confirmed the police’s intention to actively pursue hooligans by having chief constables make pre-emptive “on summary” applications to a civil court to ban fans from football grounds. He believed that method of ban would become the most used in Scotland.

Scott added: “On summary applications can take account of violent behaviour that is not football related, which is useful for building up an overall profile of individuals who are problematic. You can also use evidence of association, where maybe at matchdays people are associating at railway stations and in city centres with known hooligans and hooligan groups.

“You may not have enough evidence to convict a person but when you look at the evidence cumulatively, it presents a picture of someone who is clearly involved in football-related disorder . There is a lesser burden of proof in a civil court.”

He said he expected a “substantial number” of banning orders to be imposed, possibly running into the hundreds.

“The importance of banning orders in the fight against hooligan and sectarian behaviour will not be seen in the short term,” he said. “But in the medium and longer term we’d hope to see football stadiums become a more attractive place for people to take their children and families.”

It is understood that over the summer police will create teams of officers who will be dedicated to monitoring criminal behaviour throughout the season.

Last night, there was widespread support for the implementation of banning orders, but unease among lawyers and supporters’ groups about the surveillance operation.

Nil by Mouth, the anti-sectarian charity set up after the murder of a teenage Celtic fan, said banning orders had worked “very effectively in England to combat the worst offenders of violence and racism”.

Rangers and Celtic football clubs also said they supported the bans.

However, John Scott, a lawyer and chairman of the Scottish Human Rights Centre, warned that there was the potential for “entirely innocent people” being caught up in the “on summary” orders. He also voiced concerns about police plans to monitor fans.

Peter Rafferty, president of the Affiliation of Registered Celtic Supporters’ Clubs, branded the police surveillance operation an “over-reaction”. He added: “The vast majority of fans are not out to cause trouble. The police could put their time to better use .”

A spokeswoman for the Scottish Executive said ministers viewed Football Banning Orders as a “crucial tool” for curbing football related violence and sectarian behaviour.

Sydney United banned after football riots - 04/05/2005

Source: Fairfax Digital

National flags should be banned from sporting stadiums and games should not be billed as ethnic derbies, a report into soccer violence has recommended.

The report also found Soccer NSW's slogan "Local, Vocal, Tribal" supported "vocalisation of ethnic differences" and that a new slogan should be adopted.

It said Soccer NSW should stop drawing on the ethnicity of clubs to market events.

"For example the promotion of an event as a 'Macedonian derby' can be viewed as politically insensitive or offensive," it said.

The report, tabled in Parliament today, followed crowd disturbance at a soccer game between fans of the Croatian-backed Sydney United and the Serbian-backed Bonnyrigg White Eagles.

The Police Minister, Carl Scully, said the Government would accept a recommendation to ban violent fans from attending sports events for up to 10 years.

"Ancient ethnic hatreds do not justify violent behaviour at sporting fixtures in Australia in 2005," Mr Scully said. "There is simply no place for it in a modern, rational society."
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Soccer NSW said today that Sydney United would miss the NSW Premier League finals after being suspended for four matches over fan violence on March 13.

The club will be unable to compete in the rest of the NSW Premier League season, next year's pre-season or in a semi-final in the Continental Tyres Cup competition.

The report found the main responsibility for the clash lay with Sydney United fans and United officials had failed to properly secure their ground, where the game was played, prior to the match.

Soccer NSW is considering a recommendation that Bonnyrigg be fined and warned that a repetition of violent behaviour will be met with suspension or expulsion.

All matches involving Bonnyrigg will be suspended while the issue is considered.

Sydney United was criticised in the report for failing to identify fans who were troublemakers at the match.

"The lunatic fringe whose conduct brought the club's suspension should hang their heads in shame," NSW Soccer president Tom Doumanis said in a statement today.

Two days after the clash, shots were fired at the Serbian National Centre at Bonnyrigg in south-western Sydney, and a car was firebombed in the carpark of a Serbian club in Edensor Park.

Up to 100 fans of the two clubs clashed again on Saturday after a match in which Bonnyrigg beat Sydney United 4-1.

NSW Police Minster Carl Scully today said laws would be introduced to ban fans from sporting matches who were convicted of violent acts at, or in connection with, matches.

"It's time strong measures were taken to stamp out crowd violence at soccer matches in NSW," Mr Scully told reporters.

Hooligans run riot again in soccer's grudge rematch - 01/05/05

Source : The Sun-Herald

Rival Sydney soccer fans clashed again yesterday, sparking violence and street riots which police struggled to contain.

The violence occurred after Serbian-supported Bonnyrigg White Eagles had beaten Croatian-backed Sydney United in a NSW Premier League match at Parramatta Stadium.

The last time the two clubs met, on March 13 at Sydney's Edensor Park, six people were arrested and two police officers were injured after 50 rival fans threw flares and other missiles at each other.

The ugly scenes prompted a full-scale inquiry which led to the match yesterday being played at a neutral venue and with a big police presence.
The violence at the state league match came a week before next Saturday's launch of Football Federation Australia's A-League, an eight-team national competition authorities hope will breathe new life into the game.

Police said they made four arrests yesterday, during and after the match.

Before the final whistle a fan was arrested for assaulting a rival fan and another held for malicious damage.

A police spokeswoman said two men were charged with throwing objects at the Sydney United fans' bus.

After the game, about 500 Bonnyrigg fans were allowed out of the ground - and straight over to Sydney United supporters, who had been segregated on the opposite side of the ground.

The Bonnyrigg fans were to have been kept behind for a full 15 minutes after the game so their rivals could disperse without trouble. Parramatta Local Area Commander Geoff Beresford confirmed that a delay with the Sydney United supporters' coach arriving and leaving the stadium had created the problems.
"To be quite honest, nobody wanted that bus out of there more than we did," Superintendent Beresford said last night. "But it was out of our control and at the same time holding the Bonnyrigg fans inside the ground was becoming problematic; had we held them any longer they might have damaged the stadium."
The ugly scenes started with a distress flare being thrown from inside the Sydney United supporters' bus. But then those inside the vehicle were all forced to duck for cover as missiles rained down on the coach, smashing several windows.
Police officers were forced to crash tackle several fans trying to get closer to the coach. At one point a firecracker was thrown into a group of six mounted police who struggled desperately to maintain control as more hooligans rushed past.
Police seized weapons, including a timber post studded with nails.
A-League organisers have brought in consultants to ensure the sport's relaunch is not marred by hooliganism.
The first Bonnyrigg-Sydney clash was followed by a riot in Melbourne between fans of Macedonian origin who follow Preston and supporters of Greek-backed South Melbourne.
Football Federation Australia head of operations Matt Carroll said: "We are taking security advice but we don't think it's going to be a major issue."

LKS Lomza - Stomil Olsztyn - 01/05/05

Source: LKS Lomza website

Verona - Crotone - 01/05/2005

Source : ANSA

At the end of the game, police forces made an intervention with the aim to splitted a local mob who was trying to attacked Crotone fans. Two fans, CM, 22 years old and CP, 26 years old, were arrested as they threw firecrackers during seconde half.

Italy: far west scenes on A14 motorway - 01/05/05

Source: La Repubblica

Eighteen Napoli fans were arrested after they caused damages at vehicles and caused riots with Lazio fans.
Everything started on the motorway betwen Bari and Taranto.
Napoli fans were with a group of 300 on the road to Martinafranca and Lazio fans were on the road to Lecce.
Napoli fans attacked their rivals and police forces made an intervention.

Sheffield United - Millwall FC - 01/05/05

Source: forums

Coming by train + 120 Millwall lads were escorted by OB on a pub near the station.

It seems (to confirm) a short fight took place with Forest lads.

Redditch United - Stalybridge United - 01/05/05

Source: ITK forum - Stalybridge view

15 of us from stalybridge on our way back from Redditch at about 7pm train pulls into Crewe where similar numbers were on the platform bouncing up and down, yours truely gets off first and gets it off about 5 of um, ours get off train few punches are exchanged, three coppers turn up, one of ours and one of whoever it was gets lifted, truncheons are produced, we get back on board..

Atletico Madrid - Athletic Bilbao - 01/0/05

Source: EFE

Scuffles erupted before the game, inside the stadium, opposing 50 visitors to local fans.
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Source: post

Around 50 lads from HNT (Herri Norte Taldea, Bilbao hools) came by bus to Madrid, in the game against Atlético Madrid.
Outside the stadium, the political lads from Frente Atlético (Ultras from Atlético), attacked the bus, with the result that the 50 HNT hools came down and charged against police forces and the Frente Atlético ultras that attacked the bus.

HNT lads were put back in the bus by police forces, and they had to go back to northern Spain without entering the stadium.

Nuneaton Borough - Kettering Town - 01/05/05

Source: BBC

Fan's skull 'broken' in clashes
A football fan received a suspected broken skull during violent clashes involving up to 100 rival supporters at a Warwickshire pub on Saturday.
Trouble flared at the Naggs Head in Nuneaton before a match between Nuneaton Borough and Kettering Town.

A 38-year-old Kettering man suffered a suspected fractured skull and is in a serious condition in hospital.

More than 80 riot police, armed with shields and batons, were called to confront about 100 football supporters.

Supporters from both teams were throwing bricks, bottles, glasses and flares.

Pub landlord Julian Harkin said terrified customers and staff were forced to flee to private apartments upstairs.

He told BBC WM in Coventry: "It's ridiculous really that a simple game of football can turn into something so tragic.

"It just exploded and we had to take customers upstairs to keep out of the way of it. They were literally pulling the place apart to get weapons to fight and we were stuck in the pub with the police outside."

Nuneaton Borough Football Club praised the 2,000 supporters inside Manor Park but distanced itself from the incident in the town centre.

'Game shame'

In a statement it said: "Outside the ground and in the town centre there were disgraceful scenes which we as a football club distance ourselves from.

"The offenders clearly came to the area intent on causing violence and were not here to watch a game between two sides who are still in with a chance of promotion to the National Conference.

"As a result, an individual has been seriously hurt and other matters occurred which bring shame on the game of football and the matter is now in the hands of Warwickshire Police."

Two men from Warwickshire were arrested in connection with a minor incident after the match, which Nuneaton won 2-0.

Melfi - Potenza - 01/05/2005

Source : ANSA

Police forces made an intervention at 82nd minute of the game who was stopped.
Potenza fans tried to invade the pitch.
Five people, including a 9 years old boy, were injured during these troubles.

Right: Melfi
Left: Potenza

Aberdeen - Glasgow Rangers - 01/05/05

Source : SPORTINGlife

Aberdeen have condemned those guilty of throwing missiles during Sunday's defeat by Rangers at Pittodrie - claiming they were "hurting" themselves and the club. Grampian Police have confirmed that two people were arrested at the Bank of Scotland Premier League game and that enquiries into these incidents are continuing.
Rangers star Fernando Ricksen said he was hit by a coin as the bad blood between the clubs again reared its head and pleaded for supporters to stop this kind of hooliganism.
Aberdeen could be in trouble with the Scottish Football Association, who will wait on the referee's report, having recently written to all the SPL clubs about the alarming rise in object-throwing incidents at grounds this season.
But the club have pledged to get tough with the "so-called fans" and work with the authorities to identify them and then take action, perhaps banning them from Pittodrie for life.
An Aberdeen spokesman said: "We will be co-operating with everybody concerned to find out exactly who the culprits were.
"These so-called fans are hurting nobody but themselves and their own team.
"There is no place in football for this and we will do everything possible to try and eradicate it.
"It is a worrying trend creeping back into the game and it is just unfortunate that it is very prevalent at the moment.
"But we would echo the comments of Fernando Ricksen in urging these people to stop this behaviour in the future."

Reward after football fans clash - 03/05/05

Source : BBC News

A £1,000 reward has been offered by Nuneaton Borough Football Club after about 100 fans were involved in violent clashes which left a man badly injured.

Riot police were called out after trouble flared at the Naggs Head pub on Queens Road, Nuneaton, before Saturday's match with Kettering Town.
A 38-year-old Kettering man suffered a suspected fractured skull and is in a serious condition in hospital.
The club has warned those responsible that they face lifetime bans if caught.

'Mindless individuals'

Police believe the violence was a part of a carefully planned attack organised by Nuneaton fans.
Managing director Clair Finnigan told BBC WM: "We don't condone this kind of behaviour.
"In fact, we do everything in our power to support the FA and the Football League in getting rid of football hooliganism.
"The football club has joined forces with Warwickshire Police in assisting and finding out who exactly is behind this.
"Therefore the club has agreed to put up a £1,000 reward for possible information leading to the conviction of these mindless individuals."
Police are studying CCTV footage and are calling on Nuneaton people to name and shame those responsible.
Two men, in their 30s and from Warwickshire, who were arrested for affray over a separate minor incident after the match, have been released on police bail pending further enquiries.

Aldershot Town - Carlisle United - 02/05/05

Source : local news (28 april) + BBC News

TROUBLEMAKERS intent on causing chaos at the biggest football match for Aldershot Town Football Club this season have been warned to back off.

A zero-tolerance approach will see hundreds of police patrolling the streets of Aldershot on Monday amid fears that organised fights could break out between rival Aldershot and Carlisle United fans.
Dog units and special constables from across Hampshire will be drafted in to aid local police for the crucial first leg of the Nationwide Conference play-offs.
Police are determined not to allow violence on the scale of September’s clash between Aldershot and Carlisle hooligans.
There were tense stand-offs and a crowd of around 50 people confronted police in Victoria Road.
Some of the gang also tried to attack Carlisle fans as they boarded trains after the match.
Following an investigation into the disorder, four people were sent to prison and nine were issued with football banning orders.
These orders ensure that two hours before the match, troublemakers are not allowed within 500 metres of the ground.
They are also banned from attending any league football match in England and Wales for the duration of the order.
This time police will be lining the streets surrounding the Recreation Ground and visiting pubs where these notorious A Company hooligans are known to congregate.
This is a hardcore set of yobs who arrange fights with rival groups on the internet and usually meet in nearby pubs beforehand.
Pubs were forced to close their doors after police tip-offs at a home game last year.
Pc Ian Parish, football liaison officer at Aldershot police station, said officers would not tolerate any kind of loutish behaviour.
“We have more than 70 officers committed to policing not only the match itself, but the surrounding area,” he said.
“Rest assured that if you have a banning order but decide to take a chance on coming to the game you will be arrested.
“I also urge fans to buy their tickets early.
“This is an important game that many people will want to see.
“If you go along expecting to buy a ticket on the day you may well be disappointed.”
The High Street between Redan Road and the Ordnance Road roundabout will be closed off from 4.30-5.15pm to allow fans and coaches to leave the ground safely.
Nearly 100 police ensured trouble was avoided at a play-off match between Aldershot and Hereford United a year ago after police carried out a risk assessment and decided a high level of policing was warranted.
Despite a brick being thrown at the Hereford fans’ coach, and three Aldershot people being arrested for breaching banning orders, the operation was declared a success.
Ch Insp Neil Sherrington of Aldershot police said he works with officers from across the country to ensure they are aware of people banned from matches.
“There is a small minority of people who attach themselves to Aldershot but I wouldn’t call them supporters,” he said.
“It is an opportunity for them to have a violent confrontation with other sets of fans.
“It is still disappointing that there is an element of football supporters that are there to cause trouble, rather than watch the game.
“People are being more imaginative about causing violence.”
If the Shots beat Carlisle over the two games, they will play either Hereford or Stevenage in the play-off final at Stoke City’s Britannia Stadium on Saturday May 14 with a place in the Football League the prize.
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Five people have been arrested at a non-league football team's semi-final 1st leg play-off.

Seventy officers were on duty during Aldershot Town's Nationwide Conference play-off match against Carlisle United, which Aldershot won 1 - 0.
The operation on Bank Holiday Monday followed "large-scale public disorder" which erupted when the teams last met.
Two men were arrested and charged with breaching banning orders, and another three arrested for drunkenness.
Two of them were cautioned, while the third was bailed.
Pc Ian Parish said: "There was no disorder within the ground. Fans were well behaved and there to enjoy the game."
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Local view

"From about 11.30 A Company firmed up in the two pubs up the town, a good mixture of old heads and youth. A large police presence was outside consisting of police with cameras, dog handlers and riot police. By about 1 o'clock there were agood 150 lads in total drinking in the two pubs, no sign of any BCF. Around this time the police came in mob handed and removed two of the A Company lads who were on banning orders. At about 2 o ' clock calls were received from a couple of Shots scarfers drinking in the pub opposite the ground claiming they had been set upon by Carlisle, as to whether they were lads or scarfers is uncertain. However the A Company lads left the town centre pubs in dribs and drabs and made their way to the C****A where apart from a few shirts in the beer garden there were no actual lads, whether they were there in the first place or not. On talking with a couple of Carlisle lads one being PD he said they had lads down but didn't know where they were. Well all I can see is that if they did have any lads down they done a very good job of hiding themselves because no BCF were seen all day long. As for all you Carlisle muppets coming on here saying you were told this and someone said that etc as a complete neautral all I can say is that A Company had a good turn out of 150 - 200 and BCF had very few if any. And before you start saying will AC turn up on Friday at Carlisle the answer quite simply is NO. Why bother if BCF who claim to be the non leagues No 1 can't show, at least it was a bank holiday today. Going to Carlisle means a day off work plus either a late return or overnight stay. At the end of the day Respect to AC who showed NO RESPECT to the BCF who didn't."

Liverpool FC-Chelsea FC - Champion's League - 03/05/05

Source : AFP

Liverpool face pitch invasion sanctions

Liverpool face disciplinary action from UEFA after pitch invasions during last night's match against Chelsea by two men carrying out a stunt for an infamous Barcelona-based website.
One of the men threw a Barcelona flag in Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho's face while the other leapt into one of the goals before being caught by stewards and arrested by police.
We want to study the reports from the referee and match delegate and we will then take action if it is appropriate," said a UEFA spokesman.
Liverpool are likely to be fined as they are held responsible for pitch security by UEFA.
The two people, who were due before Liverpool magistrates today, are well-known in Spain for their pitch invasions and have their own website www.jimmyjump.com.
During Euro 2004 one member ran onto the pitch when Portugal were playing and hurled a Barcelona banner at the club's former player Luis Figo.
Like Figo, Mourinho was once a Barcelona favourite but has become a hate figure for fans following the controversy surrounding Chelsea games with the Catalan club in the first knockout round of the Champions League.

Fans warned over football game - 04/05/05

Source : BBC News

Football fans are being warned to avoid "drinking to excess" ahead of the game between Bristol City and Sheffield Wednesday at the weekend.

Fans could find themselves banned from future fixtures if they cause trouble, Superintendent Andy Brooke, of South Yorkshire Police, has warned.
The game, on 7 May, is being held at Hillsborough.
The last meeting of the clubs at this ground in 2004 resulted in "attempts by hooligans to cause disorder".
"The policing frustrated this and during searches officers recovered weapons, drugs and other items, said Supt Brooke.
"A number of vans and occupants were turned away due to their conduct and intoxicated state.
"This year's fixture is now an all ticket event.
He added: "At final whistle I would like to appeal to Bristol City fans to remain seated for a matter of 5 minutes to give us chance to clear the Lepping's Lane concourse, this is a public safety request."

Sheksna Cherepovets - Dynamo Vologda - 01/05/2005

Source: shizomaniacs.narod.ru

Clashes between locals (about 80 lads) and guests (60-70 suspects) before the match. First part of the fight and most of the Cherepovets first-line beaten, then as usual police came and 50 of Vologda hools were arested.







video: http://shizomaniacs.narod.ru/download/bezporiadki_v_cherepe05.wmv

Linfield - Glentoran - court case - 03/05/05

Source : BBC News

Two men have been charged with riotous behaviour following trouble at last month's Linfield/Glentoran football match at the Oval in east Belfast.

They are expected to appear at Belfast Magistrates Court on Friday.

Serious crowd trouble marred the top of the table Irish Premier League clash between the two Belfast teams.

Rival fans threw missiles and fought on the pitch. Nine police officers and two fans were injured. A 20-year-old man was convicted of rioting last week.

A fourth man has been charged with rioting.
The 19-year-old is expected to appear at Belfast Magistrates Court next week.

Austria Wien - Grazer AK - 05/05/05


Source : REÜTERS + BOYS VIOLA website + local newspaper

A match between first division title contenders Austria Vienna and visiting Graz AK was abandoned on Thursday after Vienna fans stormed the pitch.
The invasion came after Roland Kollmann scored his second goal to put Graz AK 3-0 ahead in the 78th minute.
Dozens of Vienna supporters gathered behind their side's goal and as they could not be moved back to the stands, referee Dietmar Drabek decided to halt the match.
"It's a shame. We waited 12 minutes. Then the news came from Austria that they would not be able to remove the fans," Drabek was quoted as saying by Austrian news agency APA.
Rapid Vienna lead the league on 62 points, three ahead of Graz if the result, as expected, stands with Austria Vienna in third place.
League officials meet on Friday to discuss what action to take and a decision is expected by Monday, APA reported.
There was a pitch invasion at the stadium during a match against Bregenz in May 2003.









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Austria Vienna fire coaches after pitch invasion

Source : REÜTERS

Austria Vienna have fired their two coaches after an embarrassing home defeat by champions Graz AK ended in a pitch invasion, Austrian news agency APA reported on Friday.
Austria Vienna fans stormed the pitch after their side went 3-0 down against visiting Graz AK on Thursday, causing the match to be abandoned. The club now face punishment by the Austrian league.
Coaches Guenter Kronsteiner and Lars Soendergaard have been replaced by Peter Stoeger, head of the team's amateur division, and scout Frenkie Schinkels, APA said.
"I had to react to the recent sporting performances," Austria Vienna general manager Toni Polster told APA.
The side were top of the first division last month but will slide to third in the table if, as expected, Thursday's result stands.
Rapid Vienna lead with 62 points, followed by Graz AK on 59 and Austria Vienna on 57.
"I think calm can return now. That is what we need," said Polster.
Soendergaard did not hide his displeasure.
"Clubs that are based on patience succeed," he told APA. "That is not the case at Austria."

CSKA Moscow - Parma AC - 05/05/05

Soource : REÜTERS + AP

More than 40 CSKA Moscow fans were detained after trouble erupted following a UEFA Cup semi-final against Italy's Parma, Russian police said on Friday.
A police spokesman said 36 people were detained for drunkenness and another five for minor hooliganism.
CSKA became only the second Russian team, and the first for 33 years, to reach the final of a major European competition after they beat Parma 3-0 on Thursday.
They now face Sporting Lisbon in the UEFA Cup final at their Jose Alvalade stadium in Portugal on May 18.
CSKA fans also threw flares and firecrackers on to the pitch behind Parma's goal as they celebrated the first goal scored by Brazilian striker Daniel Carvalho in the 10th minute, injuring Italian goalkeeper Luca Bucci.
The shaken keeper was attended by a doctor and although he played on for several minutes, he was replaced by Sebastien Frey shortly afterwards.
With one of the flares exploding near him, Bucci spent the night in a Moscow hospital after complaining of dizziness.
"He was complaining of headaches and nausea," Russian media quoted hospital officials as saying.
Meanwhile, the Italians filed a complaint with European governing body UEFA.
"I have already handed the papers to UEFA," said Parma administrator Luca Baraldi.
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Violence flares up again

Parma goalkeeper Luca Bucci was forced to leave his team's UEFA Cup semifinal match at CSKA Moscow after a firecracker exploded near his head Thursday.
The object was thrown onto the field in the 10th minute of the match, shortly after CSKA took a 1-0 lead in the second leg. The two teams drew 0-0 in the first leg.
Bucci was replaced by Sebastien Frey, Parma's No. 1 'keeper, in the 20th. Bucci was later hospitalized and was expected to stay in Moscow for treatment while the team returns home to Italy, Italian news agency ANSA reported.
"It's unfair but it's happened in many stadiums. It's a pity that it happened here and I hope it will be the first and the last time," CSKA coach Valery Gazaiyev said.

Teams involved in fan violence told to play in nearly empty stadiums - 06/05/05

Source : AP

Two Australian soccer teams whose ethnically aligned fans rioted during an April game have been ordered to play each other in nearly empty stadiums for the next two years.
A Victorian state soccer tribunal Friday found South Melbourne and the Preston Lions guilty of bringing the game into disrepute. On April 17, about 400 fans from an estimated crowd of 9,000 clashed when Preston, supported mostly by Macedonians from the former Yugoslavia, won 1-0 over host South Melbourne, which is backed mainly by expatriate Greeks.
Despite heavy security, supporters of both sides ran onto the field at the end of the game, throwing flares, bottles, darts and coins. Four police officers were injured.
The tribunal ruled that only club members be allowed to attend games between the teams for two years. Both teams were also fined and had three points deducted.
"It is time to send a message to the delinquent minority who are damaging the image of our sport," said Tony Pignata, chief executive officer of the Football Federation of Victoria.
In Sydney, fans of Croatian-supported Sydney United and the Serbian-backed Bonnyrigg White Eagles have rioted twice in recent months, most recently on April 30 in the parking lot at Parramatta Stadium. Six people were arrested.
On March 13 at Sydney's Edensor Park, six people were arrested and two police officers were injured when about 50 fans threw flares and other projectiles at each other.
Soccer New South Wales on Tuesday suspended Sydney United for four matches. The organization also postponed the White Eagles' matches over the next two weeks while considering the club's role in the Parramatta Stadium violence.

Cracovia Krakow - Wisla Krakow - 07/05/05

Source: Cracovia websites

Bury FC - Swansea City - 07/05/05

Keeper arrested after Swansea win

Source: yahoo

Swansea goalkeeper Willy Gueret was arrested after his side's League Two promotion-clinching victory against Bury at Gigg Lane.

The 31-year-old was handcuffed following an incident after the match and taken to Bury police station for questioning.

The Frenchman was later released with a fixed-penalty charge which he has the option of appealing against.

Three minutes before the conclusion of the match, Swansea supporters swarmed the pitch and Tyne & Wear referee Colin Webster considered abandoning the match.

Play resumed but at the final whistle the Swansea supporters jumped over the hoardings and ran onto the pitch for a third time, at which point police and stewards became involved.

The Swansea players and manager Kenny Jackett then went to the stands to celebrate with their supporters.

Amid the party atmosphere, Gueret was taken away by officers and Swansea directors went to the police station to release their player for the journey back to Wales.

Lille OSC - Paris SG FC - 07/05/05

Source: neutral view

Near the stadium about 35/40 Parisians (only about 10 aged 25/30 years old) appeared. Finally about 60/70 locals arrived singing 'Lillois, Lillois'. On Paris side, youth weren't so sure of their capacities and an old lad tried to regroup them for 3 times.
Paris first line made a toe-to-toe with locals and some punches were exchanged but policemen charged using batons and some arrests were made on local side...
Scuffles also erupted between PSG fans and stewards.
Finally it must be noticed than local mob and Paris first line were well up for it but it was only a short fight.

FC Metz - RC Lens - 07/05/05

Source: AFP + photo Third Half Time forum

Three drunkeness FC Metz fans were arrested before the game when rival mobs from the same team fought together.
Police forces used teargas to restore order.


LENS Mob