Season 04/05 - July

Rennes - SCO Angers - friendly game - 10/07/04

Source: mail

Approx 20 Rennes fans made the trip to Carnac for this game, with the aim to have an fight with their rivals, as riots occured on the same game of the last season. Finally, no Angers fans were present and it was the same situation for Nantes fans.

Standard Liège - FC Koln - friendly game - 15/07/04

Source: mail

Good belgian mob composed with top lads, youths and ultras. On german side, only a 15/20 mix of ultras and hooligans. At the end of the game, a Standard ultra went onto the pitch and have stolen a Koln fan-club banner. Outside the stadium, no punches exchanged but police forces charged Belgians.

Fans deported from the Netherlands - 16/07/04

Source: Ceefaxl

Police in IJmuiden (Holland) have arrested 6 English and Scottish hooligans after a massive brawl on the ferry from Newcastle to IJmuiden. The six were directly sent back to Britain by plane.

Oxford United - Chelsea FC - friendly game - 17/07/04

Source: ITK

40/50 Chelsea lads made the trip to Oxford. They spotted in a pub and police forces were outside and 30 Oxford lads down the road trying to goad them out. Skirmishes also occured in a car-park where police forces made an intervention.

Etoile Carouge - Benfica Lisbonne - friendly game - 18/07/04

Source: La Tribune de Genève + Le Matin Suisse

The portuguese football club Benfica is doing its pre-season stage in Switzerland, under the command of the italian coach, Giovanni Trapattoni. The first game, against the swiss regional championships team, Étoile Carouge, ended before the time with a triumph by 2-0 from Benfica. The reason for the sudden ending were incidents between the portuguese supporters and the security forces. Onde portuguese emigrant entered the pitch wanting to celebrate the fact that the referee was also an emigrant. But the security guards exagerated in their reaction and the portuguese supporters reacted violently, but in apropriate fashion regarding to what was happening in a friendly match that, above all, meant to be a celebration of the portuguese feeling between the emigrants


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Benfica Lisboa - Marseille - friendly match played at Geneva - 20/07/04

Source: swiss newspapers

Juventus Turin - Genoa - friendly match played in Monza - 20/07/04

Source: Ultrasportal

Riots occured before the game, opposing rival factions. Everything started when coaches full of Genoa fans, joined by Toro friends, arrvied. These last ones wen out of their coaches, some armed with weapons, and attacked Juve fans. Police forces restore order, using teargas. Four people were injured. Two of them (from Genoa) were stabbed.

Queens Park Rangers - Ajax Amsterdam -friendly game- 20/07/04

Source: ITKl

Some scuffles erupted inside the Ajax fans stand with police forces.
Ajax lads made the trip with approx 30 of them. Before the game, they were escorted by OB and they were charged by the same number of local youths. A few skirmishes erutped.

Luton Town - Ajax Amsterdam -friendly game - 23/07/04

Source: english forums

After the troubles who occured some days before at the QPR game, Luton lads were waiting for some action against Ajax.
They were 30/40 waiting for an confrontation but nothing happened before the game.
After the game 15/20 locals confronted some Ajax lads in the city centre but these last ones were not really interested.

AS Roma - Stoke City - friendly game - 23/07/04

Source: Tifonet + ITK

A few skirmishes erupted after the game, opposing some locals with approx 50 Stoke lads. Police forces restored order.

'No escape' for football rioters - 08/07/2004

Source : BBC News

The police say they have now identified most of the people involved in the Boston riot, after England's defeat against France in football's Euro 2004.

CCTV pictures of those suspected of taking part have been published in local newspapers.

Officers say they have had a good response from the public suggesting names and addresses.

The trouble on 13 June saw dozens of people attacking shops and overturning and setting alight two police cars.

'Unacceptable behaviour'

Det Ch Insp Kevin Hilton promised those involved would be brought to justice.

He said: "The evidence is there, it is all on CCTV, from what happened that night.

"The message I would give to people is, if you indulge in this kind of unacceptable behaviour, you may not get arrested on the night.

"But you will be tracked down and I guarantee you will ultimately find yourself in court."

FC Orel - Arsenal (Tula) - 6/07/2004

Source: post

View of FC Orel hooligans: One the best hooligans oponients in Russia had the " meeting" again!.3 buses,2 mini-buses went to Orel from Tula with hooligans -about 80-100 boys.When their buses drove to the square near the stadium(there were a lot of police and scarfers), Arsenal were attacked by mob of Orel hooligans(ОВ +Аlians(U.F.+A.F.) +Jockers+ Suburban Squad (Spartak Moscow hools-12 boys) )- ~140-150 lads!Orel threw 3 fireworks to the bus of guests.When Arsenal became to came out from the buses they were attacked again by Orel. There was a good fight between hools,but the winners were Orel lads.Both sides used different stuff-weapons! Then police stopped the troubles ,and lead all the guests to the tribune!3 Suburban Squad-[SS] and 10 Orel hools were arrested...After it Orel connected with Arsenal and tried to arrange with them,but all their tryings were canceled... When Arsenal hooligans went home on buses,they were looking after by Orel scaut before X place.After this place Orel mob, without Spartak Moscow -SS lads, who helped their friends in police, went on them.Police tried to stop them,but unfortunatelly for them-they couldn't do it. Orel said guests to come out from buses,but Arsenal didn't do it.So,Orel decided to destroy buses.They crashed all the windows.Some Arsenals were beaten,some of them ran away from the incident.Police drived away the buses with Arsenal to the town.During the fight Orel used arguments.Arsenal used them too and injured one of the hools.No arrests.After these troubles Arsenal attacked different Orel scum... In the middle of the first time of the match one of the SS lad enters the pitch, after it he was arrested...

Torpedo (Vladimir) - Tekstilshik (Ivanovo) - 18/07/2004

Source: rus-hool.narod.ru

Vladimir vs Ivanovo...Troubles in Vladimir.About ~40/60 hooligans from Ivanovo came to Vladimir on minibuses.On the side of Torpedo Vladimir hooligans were some lads from Moscow firms of different clubs:RBW and Yaroslavka(CSKA),Strong Active Group(Spartak),BWD(Dynamo).The fight ~100*40/60.The winners are Vladimir lads,but the were in majority!Vladimir-full fair play(no weapons).Ivanovo-? P.S. There were 9 boys from Moscow ...

Sparta Tournament @ Rotterdam with: Sparta Rotterdam, G. Beerschot and Hapoel Tel Aviv - ??/07/2004

Source: post

About 20 Beerschot-hools clashed with stewards and police.
Police used pepperspray and a couple of fences were damaged.

Nîmes - Montpellier - friendly game - 31/07/04

Source: post

Montpellier fan view:

Too many lies on local newspapers....

We left our city during afternoon and we arrived in Nîmes on an agreed place. We waited other cars.
We all our lads were there, we took the road of the stadium. We were there with 70/80 (all groups and some indeps). No one had weapons, just firecrackers. We were saw by french CRS so we we spotted us in a darkness place but this place is just in front of the local ultras terrace. We saw them: they were not so much as they announced.
We took their direction but only a few of their top lads tried to make something. Some punches were exchanges before the police intervention. Scuffles erutped everywhere and bricks and firecrackers were threw. A local threw a bottle in face of one of us. Finally, 7 of us were arrested.

West Ham United - RSC Anderelcht - friendly game - 31/07/04

Source: post

Both sides tried to have an off inside the stadium, as Bruges lads were present with local lads. A few skirmishes, with belts erutped before the police intervention.

FC Bruges - MSV Duisburg - friendly game- 31/07/04

Source: forums

Referee stopped the game 2/3 minutes before the end of it as German fans invaded the pitch with the aim to attack the Blue Army stand...but the local hardcore were on another stand...so, these last ones went onto the pitch too and attacked Germans who were totally defeated.

Hannover 96 - Borussia Dortmund - friendly game - 27/07/04

Source: NW News

As they knew an off was taken by both sides (80 lads), police forces made an intervention.

Lyon - Paris SG - Trophée des Champions - match played at Cannes - 30/07/04

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Atalanta Bergamo - Trieste - Friendly game played in Pordenone - 31/07/04

Source: forums

As previous, many riots occured before the game, outisde the stadium.
Twelve policemen and 2 Carabinieri were injured, as 2 Trieste fans.Cars were damaged, a tickets shop was set on fire etc etc...
The 70 policemen were totally outnumbered by the 300 Atalanta ultras who made the trip to Pordenone, so these last ones attacked Trieste fans during all day.

Falkirk - Dundee - 25/07/04

Source: forums - Dundee view

30-35 falkirk come around the corner at us we had 70 boys alot of our mob where a good bit down the rd cause alot tryed to go the other way when we came out the pub untill the shout whent up that they where on the main rd the both mobs flew at each other and it kicked off toe 2 toe falkirk where game but our mob just kept coming and we legged them. and both mobs where guilty of using bottles and falkirk where throwing bricks aswell as bottles. one of our young lads had a pool cue 19 year old and a total pysico thats maybe where the heavy weaponary comes from. thats the best account i can give from my own eyes i could prob go into more detail but would not want to bore you to death. at the end of the day 2 game mobs had it good and proper resulting a few having to vist the hossie [ hope they are ok btw ].respect to falkirk one of there top lads came to our pub expecting to see a bunch of kids and in his own words that is an impresive mob yous have today and they still came at us knowing our numbers.

Hibernian - Leeds United - friendly game - 31/07/04

Source: forums

Leeds view:

B4 we start, all I can say is Hibs turned out a lot more than many english clubs do normally. Leeds were out in force today, but hibs were up for it,numbers wise anyway. B4 all the 7,000 lads comments start. Leeds were out in force today, train and coaches, hibs will vouch for that , yes ?? Went off b4 and after, nr the train station and top of easter rd about 2.40. afterwards a load of leeds steamed into a load of youth hibs and scattered them, no great result, cos they were proper kids, but mouthy. I was impressed with hibs today, somehow I think it might be mutual !!

Hibs view:

Leeds showed up in masssive numbers (between 200 and 300) Hibs had around 150 but mostly all top lads who would stand together, it went on in spits and spats but nothing too major as the OB presance was the largest I have ever seen in Edinburgh.

QPR - Crystal Palace - friendly game - 31/07/04

Source: forums - Palace view

After being given the runaround all day by qpr, a mob of around 20 palace had to go to qpr's mob who were situated in a pub near ravenscourt park. as palace walked down the road a roar went up and palace were attacked from the pub by a mob of around 30 qpr with glasses, bottles, snooker cues etc, never seen so much glass fly over peoples heads in my life, palace then charged towards the pub, a few punches thrown from either side, one qpr lad had something that looked like a scaffolding pole(not 100% sure if it was though) and was swinging it about everywhere! qpr then backed off to their boozer and palace seemed to be getting the upper hand once they had used all their ammo this was going on say a couple of mins tops.

Old bill then turnt up and filmed everything still going on around them then a riot van turnt up and charged everyone back, batons used, nickings made & the palace lads split up and fled with qpr now safely tucked away in the pub.

Wouldnt say palace would claim a result but it may have been a much different story if ob didnt turn up as qpr were getting penned back."

Celtic Glagow - Liverpool FC - 27/07/2004

Source: post

Celtic's supporters refusing to leave the stands after their team lost 5-1 to Liverpool are forced out by security and state police after the Champions World Series game in East Hartford, Conn.

Metallurg Lipetsk - Spartak Moscow - 31/07/2004

Source: rus-hool.narod.ru

After the match of the Cup of Russia-Spartak Moscow vs Metallurg Lipeck(in which Spartak lose 0:2) fans of Spartak,dissapointed of the game,decided to come to the bus of their team and "to look in the eyes of the players and the coach-Scala".Such supporters,who wanted to do it,gathered a lot.The police,felt that something can be happened,became to drive away them from the fence,which shared fans from the bus of "Spartak",but the fans didn't want to do it,and didn't want to go anywhere.And the clashes became!Then the Special Police-OMON came to the place of the incident.The fight began and after some minutes Spartak supporters ran away.Some fans injured and arrested...