Season 05/06 - October

Perth Glory - Sydney FC - 01/10/2005

Source: forums

A few couples erupted between police force and Sydney fans.

Bologna FC - Crotone - 02/10/2005

Source: Ansa

A Bologna fan was arrested by policeman as he had a a knife before entering the stadium.

Paris SG - FC Nantes - 01/10/2005

Source: AFP

Paris-SG-Nantes: riots between both PSG fans groups

Supporters of PSG announced they will attack another PSG fans group, called Tigris Mystic.
This resulted to a fight where a total of 85 people were arrested.

Everything started long months ago when Tigris Mystic had problems with Boulogne stand fans.

Last game, in Le Mans, a violent fans occurred, opposing these Tigris Mystic joined by left-wing extremists and Boulogne Boys ultras.

For the Nantes' game, Boulogne Boys where joined by hooligans from Boulogne stand and they fought with Tigris Mystic.

Tigris Mystic weren't inside the stadium due to these problems.

MKS Kozienice - Mazowsze Grojec - 02/10/2005

Source: forum

FK Partizan Beograd - Hajduk Kula - 02/10/2005

Source : PARTIZAN fans website

Burghausen - Hansa Rostock - 02/10/2005

Source : Forum

Rostock Ultas had stolen by the way a banner from Dynamo Dresden (Giallo Nero Bastardi),which came back from the game Bohemians Praha - Bohemians 1905 .
Here a pictures from the banner in Praha:

Minerul Motru - Universitatea Craiova - 01/10/2005

Source : U Craiova website

Italy - Slovenia - 08/10/2005

Source : ANSA + SLOVENIA FAN WEBSITE


















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Source: mail

We organized a special plane to Palermo. So 89 of us went to home land of "Italian Mafia." When we arrived to Palermo airport the police was already there, waiting for us. They took us with 2 buses to a city near (33km) Palermo. There we were drinking, swmining, drinking and drinking for few ours. Then 5 of us decided to escape with a taxi to Palermo. Nothing special happend in the city...
Before the end of the first half Italians started to throw on us plastic bottles, coins and some metal objects. So we sent the "packets" back to the senders. In this this throwing game... 15 (3 of them friends from) Poland) Slovenian lads climbed around the fance into the "enemys sector" (we even climbed on the other side before the match)and started to call italians on fight with fists. Most of italan ultras just ran away and some of them were just looking and stading there with belts. After few seconds the riot squad arrived and ruined all the fun.
To make the long story short... It was fuckin great!

Police prepare for England's travelling army - 11/10/2005

Source : AFP + BBC SPORT

Police and football authorities are preparing for an influx of more than 100,000 English fans to Germany next summer after England qualified for the 2006 World Cup.

Plans include banning orders against potential troublemakers and the deployment of British police officers in Germany.

British officers could also be involved in evidence-gathering against hooligans who could then be prosecuted when they return to England.

"After the Germans, England will have the largest group of followers of any nation," David Swift, who heads the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) responsible for football disorder, told The Guardian.

Measures include 3,100 banning orders, preventing supporters from travelling to Germany. And 29 specialist football units are building up intelligence on 943 identified targets. Watches on ports and airports will also be stepped up.

But Swift is keen to build on the experience of Euro 2004 by working with fan groups.

Although there was disorder in Portugal there was only one arrest at any of the England matches.

"We are also doing a massive amount of work with the fans, encouraging self-policing. We are trying to influence the majority to seize the moral high ground and to marginalise and isolate the less desirable elements," Swift said,

ACPO has offered the German authorities uniformed officers to work alongside the local police. They would not have powers of arrest, but could provide a link between English fans and German officers.

Swift says trouble is less likely to come from organised hooligan bands set on trouble but through flashpoints caused by fans' drinking culture.

"We also don't think so many people will stay for the whole duration of the tournament - far more will be travelling to one or two games and then travelling back to England, before returning again."

Many England supporters are unlikely to get tickets, with the Football Association only being allocated 8 percent of seats. German authorities hope to stamp out black market sales by selling tickets with passport numbers to allow checks on supporters as they enter grounds.

The FA has told FIFA it is ready to take over tickets from countries with fewer travelling fans, to sell to England fans.

All the FA's tickets will be sold through the England supporters' club which was capped at 25,000 membership in June.

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Hooligan fears over England fans

A football hooliganism expert has fears over the behaviour of England fans at the 2006 World Cup in Germany.

Henk Groenevelt heads a hooligan monitoring unit set up by Dutch police and believes England's fans are one of several groups who could pose a risk.

He told Radio Five Live: "I think the England fans and the Germans and some eastern European countries, they can have a lot of risk supporters.

"I think it will be very easy for England fans to travel to Germany."

England's followers had a good record at the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan as well as Euro 2004 in Portugal.

But Groenvelt believes that was because of the difficulty and cost associated with getting to the host nations.

His concerns about trouble-making England fans were also recently heightened when he attended the national team's World Cup qualifier against Wales at the Millennium Stadium.

"They were provoking, in an aggressive way - not only young people but older people too," he said.

"They were drinking without shirts on, they don't integrate with the local supporters, they hate some people from other countries and refer to the war, and it doesn't make a nice relaxing atmosphere for the match."

HC MVD - HC CSKA Moscow - Hockey - 09/10/2005

CSKA hools vs police

Italy's racists make life hell for Ivory Coast's Zoro - 12/10/2005

Source : AFP

Despite promises by the Italian football authorities to clamp down on racism, Serie A defender Marc Zoro says he constantly suffers "deplorable" insults because of the colour of his skin.

"I have been playing in Italy for three years and I see this happening almost daily, particularly when I'm in the north or the centre of the country, playing against clubs like Lazio, Roma, Verona and Treviso," the 21-year-old, who plays for Sicilian side Messina, told AFP on Wednesday.

"It happens less in the south of Italy, but I have problems all the time. All this makes me really sad. It's not easy for me and it hurts. I don't deserve this."

On the first day of this season, Messina played Lazio at Rome's Olympic stadium; Zoro, an Ivory Coast international, was subjected to monkey chants throughout the match.

His anger almost boiled over at the final whistle and he had to be restrained by his team-mates. Afterwards Lazio president Claudio Lotito went into the Messina dressing room to apologise on behalf of his club.

There was a similar outpouring of vitriol several weeks later when Messina visited Siena in Tuscany, where Zoro was roundly booed and jeered every time he touched the ball.

Asked whether initiatives like the European Week Against Racism in Sport - which runs from October 13 to 25 - could help eradicate the bigotry, Zoro said he thinks the issue runs too deep.

"It's a good thing, but the root of the problem is mentality; it's down to ignorance and a lack of sophistication.

"To shout racist insults and to throw things at the players is just savage behaviour. And sometimes it's even worse.

"(Ivory Coast born Lazio midfielder) Christian Manfredini is whistled by fans of his own club. If a fan loves his club, he can't have this kind of attitude."

Zoro was at a loss to explain why Italy has failed to deal with racism on the terraces, an offence which carries a possible jail sentence in England where the bigots have been driven away.

"It's deplorable that this happens in a country like Italy, which has one of the best football championships in the world and where football is so important," he said.

"It's clear that the international football community takes a very dim view of this, and my Messina teammates are very supportive.

"Once, in a match against Treviso, the whole team blackened their faces in a show of solidarity."

Serbia - Bosnia - 12/10/2005

Source : ANSA + SPORTSKA CENTRALA + AP + B92 websites

17 people were injured during the fights.
























Thx to GRE !

Hungary - Croatia - 12/10/2005

Source : NB1 + VECERNJI websites

England - Poland - 12/10/2005

Source : BBC NEWS + Polish website

Fifteen people were arrested following the England v Poland World Cup football match in Manchester.

Seven of the men, who were from Barrow, Belfast, London, Manchester, Wallasey in Merseyside and Poland have been charged with a variety of offences.

They include affray, pitch encroachment and possession of prohibited items at a sports venue.

Greater Manchester Police said one other man had been cautioned following the match at Old Trafford.

Jail terms for football hooligans - 13/10/2005

Source : BBC NEWS

A gang of football hooligans who rioted on the day of last season's Scottish Cup Final have been jailed for a total of more than eight years.

John Hepburn, 40, 24-year-old twins Stewart and Steven MacKie, Ian Carson, 40, and James Gallagher, 34, were spotted fighting by undercover police.

Last month they were found guilty of throwing bricks and bottles on a Glasgow street ahead of the match.

They have since been banned from Dundee United's Tannadice ground.

Hepburn, of Glamis Court, Dundee, the MacKie twins, of Albert Street, Dundee, Carson, of Adam Avenue, Airdrie, and Gallagher, whose address was given as Barlinnie Prison, appeared from custody at Glasgow Sheriff Court.

They were jailed for a total of eight years and three months for their part in the disturbance in Bedford Street on 28 May, which involved about 100 fans and forced cars and pedestrians to flee.

Hepburn and Gallagher were each sentenced to two years, Carson and Steven MacKie were given 18 months and his twin brother Stewart 15 months.

The riot happened before the game at Hampden Park where Celtic beat Dundee United 1-0 to lift the trophy.

The court heard how a 30-strong group of fans arrived in Queen Street train station before meeting up with others in a nearby pub and walking to the city's southside.

Tip-off

Constable James Henderson, of Strathclyde Police, said: "They were running along Bedford Street, shouting and swearing towards another group.

"There were bottles thrown, bricks and then they just clashed in the middle of the road, punching and kicking each other."

The officer was part of an specialist football casual "spotting" team which was lying in wait for the men when they arrived off the train.

They had been tipped off that a group calling itself the Dundee Utility was travelling to the city.

Police sirens broke up the fighting, but 29 men were caught in Eglinton Street as they tried to flee.

All the men except Stewart MacKie had previous convictions. However, he committed the rioting offence while on bail for a breach of the peace charge.

Sheriff Deirdre MacNeill said the evidence had shown that each of the men had come to Glasgow "with a specific plan" to cause trouble.

Following the convictions on 22 September, a Dundee United spokesman said: "True Dundee United supporters on that day would already have been inside Hampden.

"These men are not welcome inside Tannadice under any circumstances."

Olympiakos-Panathinaikos (Greek Cup basketball) - 13/10/2005

Source : SPORTIME

Rot Weiss Essen - VfL Osnabrück - 01/10/2005

Source : Jawattdenn website

Santos FC - Corinthians - 13/10/2005

Source : Santos fc website + A TRIBUNA

England Friendly Goes Ahead - 14/10/2005

Source : SportingLife

England's friendly with Argentina in Switzerland next month is not in immediate danger of being rearranged due to the host country's World Cup play-off with Turkey.
Sven-Goran Eriksson's men take on the South Americans in Geneva on November 12 and a potential security issue arose when the Swiss were drawn to play the first leg of their qualifying play-off on the same day - a match which is likely to take place around 100 miles away in Berne.
But the Football Association are confident England's World Cup warm-up game will go ahead unless guidance about security issues advises otherwise.
The match has been organised by the Swiss and the FA will consult both the hosts and their internal advisors to ensure the match can go ahead safely.
When England played Turkey in Sunderland for a Euro 2004 qualifier in April 2003 at the Stadium of Light, the match was marred by arrests as England fans clashed with police. England won the match 2-0 but the FA declined their ticket allocation for the return fixture in Istanbul.

Liverpool fc - Chelsea fc - 04/10/2005

Source : BBC NEWS

FA may probe incident at Anfield

The Football Association is set to investigate a report that objects were thrown on to the pitch by Liverpool fans during Sunday's defeat by Chelsea.

It is thought that missiles were hurled in response to Blues midfielder Frank Lampard's goal celebrations - for which he was booked for unsporting behaviour.

"The referee's report mentions that objects were thrown," an FA spokesman told the Daily Telegraph.

The FA may now ask Liverpool to look at video footage of the incident.

Lampard gave Chelsea the lead after converting a first-half penalty and placed his finger to his lips in a gesture seemingly aimed at silencing Liverpool's fans.

He was then cautioned by referee Graham Poll, who deemed the player's actions unacceptable.

But Lampard will not face further punishment from the FA, as it believes the matter is now closed.

"It was a quite light-hearted thing for me," said Lampard. "A lot of things have been said from people in between, and I took a bit of stick on a personal note in the game - and it was a light-hearted response really, and I was disappointed to have been booked."

Match officials can book players for excessive celebrations, including gestures that could be considered incitement.

Brazil fans hurt in stadium crush -12/10/2005

Source :BBC NEWS

Dozens of football fans have been injured in a crush at the stadium where Brazil were training for Wednesday's World Cup qualifier against Venezuela.

The Brazilian Globonews television channel said the initial injury toll was about 100, including children.

Pictures showed chaotic scenes at the Mangueirao stadium in Belem.

Reports said the stadium was full an hour before the open practice was due to start when fans who had been unable to get in forced open the gates.

Fans were seen running, falling over each other and being trampled on amid a background of screaming and wailing sirens.

Riot police were brought in and used pepper spray to control the situation.

Jaime Bastos, the doctor responsible for the stadium's first aid post, said he had lost count of the number of people he had treated.

"When everyone comes in at once, you can't note down anything," Bastos said.

Police chief

World champions Brazil often allow their fans to watch them practice before home internationals.

The sessions are popular with ordinary Brazilians who cannot afford tickets to international matches. The fee for this session was a donation of a kilo of non-perishable food.

Belem police chief Roberto Damaceno was quoted as saying the stadium's capacity was about 45,000, although there may have been 55,000 inside and 15,000 outside unable to get in.

Despite the chaos, the training session went ahead as planned.

Atletico Madrid - Real Madrid - 15/10/2005

Source: As

Two fans were arrested after police forces made a charge outside the Vincente Calderon stadium, prior to the game.
Pollice forces charged because several people threw bottles at security.

St Pauli - Car Zeiss Jena - 01/10/2005

Source: local press

For this game, about 300 fans from both teams fought together on the Budapester street.







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Jagiellonia Bialystok - KSZO Ostrowiec - 15/10/2005

Source: Jagafoto website