Season 05/06 - April

York City - Halifax Town - 17/04/2006

Source : Yorkshire today

Trouble flares over football match

POLICE were drafted in to deal with brawling football fans in York for the second time within a month.

Riot police were called in after officers had received reports supporters had been seen with knives. A dozen arrests were made before and after the Yorkshire derby between York City and Halifax Town on Bank Holiday Monday.
The trouble came three weeks after another home game was marred by violence. Police made four arrests as violence broke out following York City's home match against Accrington Stanley on March 25.
York police stressed the trouble was confined to a minority of supporters on both occasions.
Pc Chris Poole, from York's crime management unit, said: "With it being a Yorkshire derby on a bank holiday, we took the necessary precautions and deployed adequate resources.
"With any football match with so many people congregating in a relatively confined space, there is always going to be tension. But we do think that the policing operation was a success.
"There were only 12 arrests, and the majority of these were for drink-related offences rather than more serious incidents, such as major assaults."
A group of 200 away supporters were escorted from the stadium to the railway station after the Nationwide Conference match, which Halifax won 2-0.
Most of those arrested have been released on police bail. One was released without charge and three charged with public order offences.

Korona Kielce - Lech Poznań - 19/04/2006

Source : Forum Kibice

Germany wants hooligans' genetic fingerprints - 20/04/2006

Source : Expatica

Officials in Berlin and Lower Saxony are looking into ways in which they can obtain genetic fingerprints of convicted football hooligans ahead of the World Cup finals, police said on Wednesday.

Legislation had been passed earlier which makes this possible.

It is hoped that the new measures will make it easier to identify criminals if a crime has been committed.

Hamburg's Interior Minister, Udo Nagel, is also said to be interested in following such a policy. "It is an interesting concept which is worth thinking about," he said, adding that his department was looking into the possibility of it happening before the June 9 - July 9 finals.

His Lower Saxony counterpart, Uwe Schunemann said that he believed it would be possible to take genetic fingerprints from convicted hooligans. "We believe it can be done and if it is possible, we will immediately do it."

He said he thought such a measure would also act as a deterrent.

There are some 700 to 800 known hooligans on the vicious offenders list in Lower Saxony, while Berlin has more than 1,000. But it is questionable whether all of them could be forced to give a genetic fingerprint.

The German parliament lowered the judicial hurdles which allowed officials to take a genetic fingerprint in November last year. "The new rules make it much easier to take genetic fingerprints," a spokesman for the Berlin police said. "We will want to make use of that."

Police investigators believe hooligans would stand fewer chances of escaping after criminal activities if their genetic fingerprints were in a data base.

Liverpool - Chelsea - FA Cup - 22/04/2006

Source : BBC NEWS

Fans flock to FA Cup semi-final

About 70,000 Liverpool and Chelsea fans are expected in Manchester for the FA Cup semi-final at Old Trafford.

Police will be on patrol around the grounds, Salford Quays and the city centre before Saturday's match.

The Greater Manchester force has sent out 122 letters to people with football banning orders, warning them to stay away from the game or face arrest.

Hooligan spotters from Liverpool, London and Manchester will also be on hand to identify known troublemakers.

People travelling to Manchester for the match are being asked to allow plenty of time to avoid heavy traffic.

A crowd of 67,000 is expected at Old Trafford for the game, which kicks off at 1715 GMT.

Police are concerned over possible troublemakers after Liverpool knocked Manchester United out of the competition.

Pub landlords have also been urged to act responsibly when serving alcohol to fans before and during the match.

Supt Ray Foy, who is in charge of policing the game, said he hopes the match will be held with minimum disruption to the public.

"Whilst we appreciate football fans are passionate and loyal to their individual teams we will not tolerate any disorder at Saturday's match," he said.

"There will not be any large screens showing the match anywhere in the city centre and I would advise fans without tickets to stay at home and watch it with friends and family.

"I hope the match will be an enjoyable event for everyone who attends and that a carnival atmosphere will be created by the genuine supporters who attend."

S.C.Bastia - S.M.Caen - 21/04/2006

Source : AFP

The game was stopped at the 80th minute by the referee, after thirty fans invaded the pitch.









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RSC Anderlecht - Standard Liège - 21/04/2006

Source: La DH/Les Sports newspaper + RSCL for ever website

At the end of the game, water canons were used on both sides.
Everything started when fans from both sides provoked themselves.
As police said, all their attention was on visitor side but finally, local lads arrived near the visitors exit.
About 10 people were arrested, mainly locals and a policeman was injured at his head by a brick.

St Truiden - RC Genk - 22/04/2006

Source: forums + pics from United Yougsters website

At the end of the game, a toe-to-toe opposed about 30 Genk lads to about 25 locals, in Hasselt.
Fight took place for about one minute.
About 10 Genk lads were arrested and 5 locals too.

Prior to the game, St Truiden lads mobbed up with 70, including 30 from MVV Maastricht.
This was a belgian derby game.

STVV + MVV lads

FC Porto - Penafiel - 22/04/2006

Source: forums

Prior to the game, Porto fans assaulted the Penafiel players' coach.

Velez Sarsfield - Boca Juniors - 23/04/2006

Source: L'Equipe

The referee stopped the game before the end due to the fact that Velez fans threw missiles onto the pitch when Boca socred the winning goal.

Local fans, angry about the goal, threw several missiles including bottles, bricks and other things, especially on linesmen.

Sambenedettese - Genoa - 23/04/2006

Source : ANSA + Sambenedetto Oggi

Kick-off was delayed of 18 minutes as severe riots took place on north stand, where local ultras are situated.
Everything started when police forces made controls inside the stands.

Hellas Verona - Torino Calcio - 23/04/2006

Source : football365.fr

Verona and Torino supporters fronted eachother prior to this game. Several arrestes were made.
Everything started when Torino ultras escaped from the police eye, with the aim to confront local rivals.

Liverpool FC - Chelsea FC - FA CUP (played in Manchester) - 23/04/2006

Source : icLiverpool

24 fans arrested at FA Cup semi-final

TWENTY-FOUR football fans were arrested before, during and after Liverpool's FA semi-final against Chelsea at Old Trafford.

The club secured a place in the final at Cardiff after winning 2-1 in the match held at Old Trafford in Manchester on Saturday.

Tensions were high as the fans travelled to the neighbouring city. Supporters from Manchester had draped offensive banners about the Hillsborough disaster over bridges on the motorway approaches to the city.

The Liverpool Urchins fans group meanwhile used spray paint to daub similar messages about the Munich air disaster of 1958 around the walls of the ground.

Hundreds of "five times" stickers were also used to "decorate" Old Trafford, referring to Liverpool's convincing lead in European Cup victories.

Police mounted a massive operation in an attempt to prevent any major trouble.

They rounded up 13 people at the stadium and a further 11 in the city centre after the match .

Most were held on public order offences, with one on suspicion of possession of a weapon. Five of them were Liverpool fans and six were Chelsea fans.

Greater Manchester Police also confirmed they were investigating an incident where a fan threw a bottle of beer on to the pitch which landed near to Liverpool player Peter Crouch.

An alcohol ban was due to be in force on the streets of Manchester all day, though this was relaxed near the ground where supporters were able to drink openly in the hours before the game.

Police "spotters" from Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester were also sent into the crowds to look out for potential hooligans.

The force had sent out 122 letters to people with football banning orders, warning them to stay away from the game or face arrest. Dog handlers and mounted police also formed part of the operation.

There were reports of some violence after the game, with 10 Liverpool fans attacked by a much larger group of Chelsea supporters at Old Trafford tram station.

One supporter, clutching an ice pack to a badly swollen eye, said: "We had no chance. A number of my mates are in hospital after being kicked."

But ACC Dave Jones, from Greater Manchester Police, said: "I'm extremely pleased with the behaviour of the fans at the match and with the whole policing operation.

"The operation was a success and I hope everyone enjoyed a great spectacle of football."

Fans were last night already struggling to book accommodation for the May 13 final as hotel rooms in Cardiff quickly started to book up.

Grasshopper Zurich - FC Basel - 23/04/2006

Source : TSR

Riots tok place in Zurich, prior to the game opposing locals Grasshopper to Basel. Local police forces arrested 20 Basel fans after fights opposing both sides.
Police forces used plasic bullets.


Basel mob (photo : Dai-Basilea)

Bitter French foes meet under tight security - 26/04/2006

Source : REÜTERS

Paris St Germain midfielder Edouard Cisse calls it a dream final but, for security officials, Saturday's clash between the capital club and arch-rivals Olympique Marseille is more like a nightmare.

More than 2,000 police will be deployed around the Stade de France for the match between the two bitter foes, who are facing each other in the French Cup final for the first time.

"We don't want a few idiots to spoil what must be a football party," said Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy, who announced exceptional security measures for the game.

"All this is a bit ridiculous," Sarkozy told French television. "All the security personnel who will be on duty that night would have been needed elsewhere."

Marseille's Sabri Lamouchi and PSG's Fabrice Pancrate have each urged their fans to behave and officials from both clubs have been careful to avoid another row.

The last meeting between the two clubs, in March, resulted in a French Football Federation (FFF) ethics commission hearing because Marseille fielded a B team and asked their supporters not to travel to the match at Parc des Princes in Paris, citing security fears.

Marseille had accused PSG of refusing to sell them the promised number of tickets and of seating Marseille fans just below home supporters.

"Those who love football are tired of the deplorable show those two teams offer every time they meet," French Football League (LFP) president Frederic Thiriez said during last month's row. "That's enough".

HIGH RISK

Around 20,000 Marseille fans are expected for the game at the Stade de France, on the outskirts of the capital, and have already started queueing up in the Mediterranean port city to collect their tickets.

The match will be played before a sell-out 80,000 crowd and tickets on the black market had reached 300 euros by Monday, five days before the game.

Several players, starting with Cisse, have said that Saturday's final should be approached simply as a potentially exciting football match.

"It's going to be a dream final against Marseille," said Cisse. "It's going to be the match everybody wants to see."

Matches between PSG and OM are always regarded as high risk. Security was particularly tight for last month's game after rival groups of PSG supporters had fought each other and ransacked a motorway service station on their way back from a match the previous weekend.

Kickoff was brought forward four hours to help security forces. The 48,000 spectators were searched and some 1,200 policemen were deployed around the stadium whose surroundings were open only to ticket-holders.

Even since the rise of Olympique Lyon, who have secured a record fifth consecutive league title, Marseille and Paris still make more headlines than any other clubs in the country.

INCREASINGLY TENSE

Games between the two rivals have become increasingly tense.

A Marseille supporter was paralysed after being hit by a seat thrown by PSG hooligans during a game between the two sides at Parc des Princes in 2002.

Paris and Marseille are France's two biggest cities and the teams are the only two French clubs to have won European trophies. Marseille won the Champions League in 1993 and PSG lifted the now defunct Cup Winners' Cup thee years later.

The rivalry between the two clubs is not very old. PSG were founded only in 1970 and at first games between the two sides were like any others.

According to French journalist Jean-Francois Peres, who co-wrote a book entitled "OM-PSG, the best enemies", the tension was whipped up by former Marseille president Bernard Tapie and pay-TV channel Canal Plus, who bought PSG in 1991.

"In spring 1992, officials from both teams met to stir up the rivalry. Canal Plus needed such an opposition to exist in a league dominated by Marseille while Tapie realised arch-domination was useless," Peres said.

The result was far more spectacular than expected and Peres said both sides "had paid the price for playing with fire".

Before a December 1992 clash, Artur Jorge, then the PSG coach, said: "We're going to walk over them."

Marseille's players replied on the pitch. The game, won 1-0 by OM at the Parc des Princes, ended in a punch-up and was the first of a long series of ill-tempered contests.

With Tapie now out of the picture and Canal Plus having agreed this month to sell PSG to a group of investors, the time seems right for a truce.

"Everybody has to behave this time, on the pitch and in the stands," said Marseille striker Mickael Pagis.

FC Nantes - Paris SG - CUP - 20/04/2006

Source : Mail








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Police in force for French Cup final - 28/04/2006

Source : SI.com

The French Cup final between Paris Saint-Germain and Marseille on Saturday will be marked by a heavy police presence to prevent clashes between fans of two clubs with a history of violence -- as well as fighting between rival PSG supporters.

France Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy brokered a meeting between the presidents of both clubs earlier this week to try and head off trouble.

"We come to Paris in peace," Marseille president Pape Diouf said.

PSG president Pierre Blayau told L'Equipe: "To put an end to this feud would mean a great deal of pride for both teams."

About 2,300 riot police will be on duty at the Stade de France, with 20,000 fans from each team expected to attend. Sarkozy has promised an "extremely severe" response to any hooliganism.

"On weapons, alcohol and violent behavior, we won't stand for anything," he said.

Marseille has not won the French Cup since 1989, while the last of PSG's six Cup wins was in 2004.

PSG's Portugal striker, Pauleta, scored the winner against Chateauroux in the 2004 final. In 20 French Cup games, he has 26 goals.

"It will be a great final between two great teams," Pauleta said. "The idea is not to play well, the idea is to win."

Marseille is in fifth place in the French first division, while PSG is four points behind in eighth spot. The two teams drew 0-0 at the Parc des Princes in March, with Marseille fielding a reserve team in protest at its ticket allocation.

The hatred between PSG and Marseille fans has led to numerous clashes over the years.

Four years ago, PSG fans clashed with riot police as they attempted to fight Marseille fans leaving the ground. Eight people were hospitalized and 24 PSG supporters arrested.

Last season, around 60 PSG hooligans, armed with iron bars and rocks, ambushed Marseille's team bus and smashed the driver's window. A rock hit him in the head, but he managed to retain control of the bus.

Police will also have to keep rival PSG supporters from attacking each other.

PSG fans from opposite sections of the Parc des Princes stadium _ the Kop of Boulogne and the Tribune d'Auteuil -- have fought regularly this season.

Two all-white gangs of Boulogne -- the Independents and the Casual Firm -- have fought the multiracial Tigris Mystic from Auteuil.

The feud first started three years ago at the Stade de France, where PSG played the French Cup final against Auxerre. A mass brawl broke out between Boulogne and Auteuil factions who weren't segregated.

There have been around a dozen fights this season. About 20 Independents were ambushed by a larger Tigris Mystic gang at a highway service station on Feb. 25. The Tigris group was armed with machetes and nail-studded planks of wood.

Marseille - Paris SG - French Cup final - 29/04/2006

Source : AFP + REÜTERS + The Independent

Nearly 40 arrests made before French Cup final

More than 30 people were rounded up by police when rival supporters clashed before Saturday's French Cup final between Paris St Germain and Olympique Marseille at the Stade de France, security sources said.

A spokesman for stadium security said a total of 33 had been arrested, 21 of whom were remanded in custody and faced formal investigation. At least one person was injured, he added.

PSG supporters threw stones at a bus carrying Marseille fans just outside the stadium on the outskirts of Paris and fighting broke out shortly before kickoff, scheduled for 1845 GMT.

In a separate incident rival groups of PSG supporters, some wielding iron bars, fought each other for several minutes before police moved in to stop the trouble, witnesses said.

Matches between the sides from France's two largest cities are always regarded as high risk and have become increasingly tense in recent years.

More than 2,000 police were deployed around the Stade de France for the game between the two bitter foes, who had never met in a major final.

The previous meeting between the clubs in March resulted in a French Football Federation (FFF) ethics commission hearing because Marseille fielded a B team and asked their fans not to travel to the Parc des Princes in Paris, citing security fears.

Security was particularly tight for last month's game after rival groups of PSG supporters fought each other and ransacked a motorway service station on their way back from a match the previous weekend.












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French hooligans' World Cup warning

The need to guard against hooliganism at the World Cup finals this summer was brought into sharp focus last night when nearly 5,000 police officers were deployed in Paris yesterday to control fans arriving at the Stade de France for the French Cup final between fierce rivals Paris SaintGermain and Marseille.

The head of the police public order division, Pierre Mure, put the operation into chilling perspective. "It's an unprecedented operation for a sporting event," he said. "But there is no such thing as zero risk."

Despite the heavy police presence, skirmishes, some of them brutal, started before the match got under way with police, on foot and on horseback, moving in to disperse rival gangs.

Some 2,300 riot police, split into 18 units, patrolled the giant stadium, north of Paris, with a further 2,000 officers deployed to monitor transport routes and keep watch on potential trouble spots around the city. Several hundred undercover police were also working in the stadium, bringing the combined total close to 5,000 officers.

Jacques Chirac, the football-loving French president, was scheduled to attend the match, while the Interior Minister, Nicolas Sarkozy, who is in charge of the police, visited the Stade de France before the game to meet with riot police and other units.

Fears concerning the World Cup have been based on clashes involving right-wing groups based in the east of Europe. But here the trigger was plain, old-fashioned hatred between fans of two clubs.

Followers of PSG and Marseille fans have been involved in numerous clashes over the years. However, police also had to keep an eye on rival PSG supporters, since an added complication this time was the fierce rivalry between groups of PSG fans.

PSG won the argument on the pitch 2-1.















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250 in World Cup shame league - 29/04/2006

Source : Manchester Evening News

NEARLY 250 soccer hooligans in Greater Manchester are banned from travelling to World Cup matches - one of the highest totals in the country.

Home Office minister Paul Goggins told MPs in the Commons there were 3,286 football banning orders in place, including 247 in Greater Manchester, 290 in the west Midlands, 264 in south Yorkshire and 267 in the Metropolitan Police area.

There are also 134 people subject to a ban in Lancashire and 32 in Cheshire.

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Mr Goggins, MP for Wythenshawe and Sale East, said: "Each of the individuals concerned will be required to report to a designated police station and surrender their passports 10 days prior to the opening match and on every England match day during the tournament."

At the same time, the Home Office is urging ordinary fans to apply for or renew their passports in plenty of time, or risk being left in England when the tournament kicks off on June 9.

The advice to fans is to check now that their passports are valid, or apply for a new passport.

More than 80,000 England fans were estimated to have travelled to Portugal for Euro 2004 and around 15,000 made the trip to Japan and Korea for the 2002 World Cup.

Home Office minister and Leigh MP Andy Burnham, who is a soccer fan, said football supporters would be counting the days until the competition begins.

He said: "But if they are planning to support the team in Germany, they must act now to make sure they can get on the plane. There will be no extra time and if supporters do not have a valid passport they won't be able to travel to support David Beckham and his team."

Mr Burnham is a former chairman of fans' organisation Supporters Direct

SK Brann Bergen - Valerenga IF - 30/04/2006

Source : Bergens Tidende and Bergens Avisen

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Football's Big Fear - 29/04/2006

Source : Newsweek

Chased from matches, hooligans now tend to look for 'off site' fights. But the Cup is a big target.

They descended on Briesen in the middle of the night, about a hundred in all. In the cold of late November, in the woods surrounding the little German border town, the rumble began. By the time anti-hooligan police arrived, the German and Polish football thugs had slashed each other with knives and inflicted bruises with clubs. The message was clear, police say: this was a "warm-up" for the World Cup.

It seems hooligans are back. In their 1980s heyday, football thugs ran rampant across Europe. "Firms," as the hooligan units were known, were organized, efficient. By the time of the 1990 World Cup in Italy, many English hooligans—regarded as the worst—didn't even bother buying round-trip tickets. They knew they would be deported, which would be cheaper. In recent years, however, new tactics have helped contain the problem. Team fan clubs—particularly in England—have distanced themselves from violent elements. Governments have prevented known hooligans from travel abroad. During the Euro 2004 tournament in Portugal, police maintained a minor presence at all times and called in the riot force only when fighting broke out, which worked wonders in minimizing the mayhem. John Williams, a hooliganism expert at the University of Leicester, says Portugal appeared to have marked "a sea change" in the atmosphere around major football tournaments.

But the hooligans are crafty—and relentless. Often unable to cause havoc at matches themselves, thugs from nations like Poland, Croatia, Germany, England and Slovenia have used the Internet and text-messaging to organize so-called off-site battles—like the one outside Briesen. More recently, football-related violence has flared in Slovenia and Poland, in large part because security measures there are not as stringent as in nations with a long history of hooliganism. And several Polish firms have reportedly declared that they see the World Cup as a chance to prove that they are the "best" hooligans in the world. British hooligan expert Dougie Brimson warns that English fans will be a "prime target" for foreign firms out to seize England's former reputation for producing the most dangerous supporters.

German authorities insist they'll have the tournament under control. The country's top anti-hooligan official dismissed warnings of trouble as "panic-mongering." Much depends on the police: British hooliganism expert Geoff Pearson says concerns about violence often become a "self-fulfilling prophecy" when riot police roll out in force, and end up drawing attacks. The experienced German police are unlikely to make that mistake. But plenty of thugs may be looking for a fight anyway.

Korona Kielce - Legia Warszawa - 29/04/2006

Source : LEGIALIVE

World Cup hooligan bans top 3,000 - 27/04/2006

Source : BBC NEWS

More than 3000 football banning orders have been issued ahead of the World Cup in Germany, Home Office minister Paul Goggins has said.

A total of 3,286 orders have been made with individuals having to report to a police station and surrender passports 10 days before the opening match.

They would also have to report on every England match day in the tournament, Mr Goggins's Commons written reply added.

More than 100,000 England fans are expected in Germany in June and July.

From 1 June, four German police officers will be working in the UK. They will have no powers but will work alongside UK police to screen fans in the run-up to the event.

A further crackdown on English football hooligans will see 44 uniformed UK police in Germany, and eight officers in bordering countries.

The uniformed British officers working with German Federal police at airports and on the transport system will have the same powers as German police officers, but those working in venue cities will not.

There will also be plain-clothes "spotters" deployed in the host nation.

And for the first time, a team of four prosecutors from the Crown Prosecution Service will go to Germany to gather evidence to be used in British courts

Bari - Pescara - 29/04/2006

Source : ItaliaOnLine

Eight local fans, aged 22 to 41 years old, were arrested by police forces as they created troubles inside the stadium.
Except one of them, all were know by ahtorities.

During firs half Bari fas tried to enter inside the Pescara stand but were pused back by police forces who used teargas.
The game was stopped for a few minutes.

Napoli - Frosinone - 30/04/2006

Source : Kata web

Riots occured, opposing Napoli fans to police forces outside the San Paolo stadium.
Bottles and firecrackers were threw at police. Two of them were injured.