Season 05/06 - May

England: Footie yobs forced to hand in passports - 31/05/2006

Source: Coventry Telegraph

TEN football hooligans in Nuneaton and Bedworth have been forced to hand over their passports to police.

The yobs are being forced to stay at home for the whole tournament in a Home Office campaign to stop more than 3,000 known troublemakers from travelling to the World Cup in Germany in June.

These orders mean they will also have to report to their local police station every time England play - starting on June 10 with the match against Paraguay - and their passports will not be returned till after the World Cup final on July 9.

All of those convicted have received letters from the Home Office warning they could be arrested and face up to six months in prison or a hefty fine if they fail to hand over their passports.

The move comes just days after a national newspaper exposed four Nuneaton men allegedly intent on causing trouble at the tournament.

England: Hooligans warned - we're watching you - 23/05/2006

Source: Coventry Telegraph

ABOUT 80 football hooligans from Coventry have been banned from travelling to watch England's World Cup games next month.

Police said there are 80 trouble-makers who have been given football banning orders after causing problems at Coventry City matches.

As well as being banned from football grounds in the UK, they are barred from travelling to watch England abroad.

They will have to surrender their passports and on days when the national team plays during the tournament they will have to go to their local police station to prove they are in the country.

If they fail to do so they can be fined, or even jailed for up to six months.

Police said about half of those given banning orders had caused problems during the Sky Blues' inaugural season at the Ricoh Arena in Rowley's Green.

The rest received long-term bans when City played at Highfield Road.

Sgt Ian Tipton, of Stoney Stanton Road police station, said: "The banning orders mean that, with England playing in Germany, they will have to hand in their passports.

"And on the day that the matches take place, they have to come in to a police station to show they have not travelled to the match."

Sgt Tipton said banning orders were given to people who were arrested at football grounds and convicted of public order offences, which could include violence, throwing missiles on to the pitch, and invading the pitch.

The news comes as senior police officers announced they will seek to ban people arrested in England during World Cup matches from domestic games next season.

Alan Leaver, assistant chief constable of Humberside Police, who is overseeing the policing of the World Cup in England and Wales, said: "If people we arrest caused trouble because of the England games we will seek banning orders for them domestically."

Last week the Evening Telegraph reported how police will have extra officers on patrol in Coventry during England's World Cup games.

Police said they would act as if it was a weekend evening in Coventry city centre and will have a heightened police presence with officers patrolling key areas during the evening.

They will hand out £80 on-the-spot fines to troublemakers and arrest people committing offences.

Police have also been given cash to focus on domestic violence during the World Cup as they believe incidents will rise as a result of fans drinking more and becoming emotionally charged during the tournament.

The money will pay for a domestic violence car for each of Coventry's three police stations, which will be manned by specially trained officers.

They will visit the homes of the top 30 domestic violence offenders across the city, to show them they are being watched and to reassure victims.

Poland: new measures against violent soccer fans - 16/05/2006

Source: Xinhua

Polish justice minister Ziobro spoke about new measures against soccer hooligans on Monday. He told Radio Zet that a close cooperation of the administration of justice, police and sports clubs was necessary to effectively eliminate soccer hooligans from Polish stadiums.

Soccer hooligans clashed with police after Legia Warszawa won the National League on Saturday. Police detained 231 so-called soccer fans for assault and property destruction. 49 of them were officially arrested.

"Such incidents can be solved if numerous measures are applied. And all these measures must mean that there is no tolerance (for such behaviour)," Ziobro stressed.

He added he got acquainted with measures against soccer hooligans applied by British police during his recent visit to London.

Later on Monday, Ziobro told a press conference that prosecutors in a firm and severe way would react to bandits and hooligans.

Saturday violence in Warsaw demonstrated the need for introducing the ministry's proposal of the so-called 24-hour courts making it possible to punish hooligans within that short time span.

This is the very essence of the draft: swift and severe punishment, Ziobro said. Enditem

Tyneside soccer yobs: Police hunt soccer thugs - 31/05/2006

Source: The Evening Chronicle

Police are hunting 17 Tyneside soccer yobs who failed to surrender their passports ahead of this summer's World Cup.

Nearly 100 Tyneside hooligans were ordered to hand over their travel documents by 10pm yesterday.

The thugs, fans of both Newcastle United and Sunderland, are all subject of football banning orders stopping them from going to any game at home or abroad.

Today we can reveal that 79 had met the deadline but 17 had failed to show up. Now they could be facing jail.

Alison Cowen, of Northumbria Police Football Intelligence Unit, said: "There were banning orders in place to stop these people travelling for a reason. They had been given orders for having been involved in organised football violence.

"We will be pursuing all those who have failed to surrender their passports.

"By doing so they have made themselves liable for arrest and could be given a prison sentence.

"We are fully aware that the majority of those travelling to Germany will not be planning on causing on any problems. But we are determined not to let the minority spoil it for the majority."

Northumbria Police has issued over 100 banning orders since they were given the powers to do so. There are 52 on Newcastle fans and 59 on Sunderland fans.

The force is responsible for gathering the passports of 96 of the banned hooligans, with 18 living in other parts of the country.

Twenty were banned following a clash with rival fans in the Dutch town of Breda before a Magpies' UEFA Cup clash in October, 2003.

Police have also moved to stop a string of hooligans from flying to Germany. John Jackson, Paul Waugh, Jason Allen and Jamie Clark all appeared in court accused of taking part in a city centre pub brawl and had bail conditions imposed banning them from Germany.

The four, along with Craig Heward, Noel Renton, and Michael Dafter, pleaded not guilty to affray after the incident in the Three Bulls Heads pub on Percy Street, Newcastle, following Newcastle United's FA Cup clash with Coventry City in 2005.

Renton, Heward and Dafter already have football banning orders.

And yesterday company director Colin Hesletine, 35, of Ivy Farm Court, Kenton, Newcastle, was blocked from making the trip by magistrates in Darlington.

The court heard he had allegedly thrown a punch at a Carlisle United supporter in Neasham Road, Darlington, during a fracas between two sets of supporters.

Hesletine, a director with the HRC financial management company based in Whickham, follows Darlington and Newcastle and had bought tickets for all of England's World Cup games.

A total of 26 men living in the Durham force area are currently banned from attending matches. Several other applications for bans are also going through the legal process.

Those served with a banning order must surrender their passports and face arrest if they try to leave the country.

Inspector Chris Reeves said: "Police also have the power to stop those with a history of violence from travelling abroad, regardless of whether they have been convicted of football-related disorder.

"Our aims are to prevent known troublemakers from attending the World Cup while at the same time minimising disruption to other travellers."

Banning orders were introduced after rioting in Belgium during the Euro 2000 championships.

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Banned Newcastle United fans

Police have not yet released the names of those who have failed to surrender their passports. But here is a list of banned yobs and their addresses at the time of appearing in court.

Paul Barras, 32, Lanercost Drive, Fenham; Darren Brindley, 34, Bolingbroke Street, Newcastle; Thomas Coates, 48, Hawthorn Place, Killingworth; Carlo Farley, 33, Newton Road, High Heaton, Newcastle; Mark Ginelly, 32, Tosson Terrace, Heaton, Newcastle;

Gary Hewitson, 36, Clarks Hill Walk, Newburn, Newcastle; Richard Smith, 33, Ascot Court, Kingston Park, Newcastle; Paul Leyden, 34, Soulby Court, Kingston Park; Terry Mann, 46, Brunton Ave, Fawdon, Newcastle; Mark Mennim, 43, Chatsworth Gardens, Newcastle; Alan Montgomerie, 43, Redcar Rd, Heaton, Newcastle; Stephen Oliver, 34, St Ann's Court, Byker; Davis Skeen, 49, Calderdale Ave, Walker; Stephen Wallace, Portmeads Rise, Birtley, Gateshead; Colin Westwood, 45, Sovereign Court, Jesmond; Kevin Cheetham, Whinneyfield Road, Walkergate; Graeme Adam Close, Hotspur Street, Newcastle;

George Tweedy, 35, Scarbrough Court, Byker; Michael Wesley, Denmark Court, Heaton; Noel Renton, 29, Chipchase Crescent, Westerhope; Craig Heward, 24, Barton Close, Wallsend;

Michael Dafter, 25, Teams Court, Gateshead; Graham Eddy, 35, Durham City; Lee Smith, 21, Loud View Terrace, Greencroft, County Durham; John Wilson Sharpe, 41, West Terrace, Seaton Sluice; Lee Guthrie, 34, London.

REIMS - SEDAN (french 2nd div.) - 05/05/2007

Source : Press

Fight errupted between rival fans in the Parc Delaune near the stadium. Police intervened and used cs-gas. 2 Sedan lads were arrested.

Velez Sarsfield - San Lorenzo - 05/05/2006

Source: http://www.lanacion.com.ar

During half-time a group of Velez fans tried to enter the terrace of their arch-rivals.
Police forces made an intervention, using teargas and plastic bullets to restore order.
During 2nd half-time, another group of locals mobbed up with the aim to assaulted San Lorenzo fans with missiles.

Slovan Bratislava - Košice - 13/05/2006

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Podbrezová - Slovan Bratislava - 06/05/2006

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FC Slovan Liberec - FK Mladá Boleslav - 13/05/2006

Source : Death Boys Slovan

Corinthians - River Plate - Copa Libertadores - 05/05/2006

Source: http://www.elheraldo.hn

18 people were injured during severe riots who occured during this Copa Libertadores game, where Corinthians fans fought with police forces as they were angry about the defeat 1-3 of their team.
A policeman was highly injured.

Centenario - Bella Vista - 28/05/2006

Source: argentinob.blogcindario.com

This argentinian Division B game was marred by severe riots, opposing police forces, supporters and players.
Police forces used teargas and players had to retreat inside lockrooms.
Everything started when Bella Vista fans were ambushed by locals who used bricks.

Pledge to hunt down Pompey hooligans -31/05/2006

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

Police have pledged to hunt down Portsmouth football hooligans who have failed to hand over their passports ahead of the World Cup.
The deadline for football fans with banning orders to hand in the documents passed yesterday.
But 14 Pompey fans who were convicted of football offences are yet to hand over their passports, or sign a declaration saying they do not own one.
A total of 130 Portsmouth fans were required to give up their right to travel during the World Cup because of convictions for football-related crime.
They made up the majority of 168 fans across Hampshire who are banned from travelling to the World Cup. Police say a total of 150 have handed over their documents on time.
Portsmouth has a high number of people with banning orders mainly because of clashes between police and Pompey fans at a derby match against Southampton in March 2004.
Assistant Chief Constable of Specialist Operations Steve Watts said: 'Anyone who is yet to surrender their passport can expect a visit from us very soon.
'If you are subject to an order and you don't have a passport, you must visit a police station and sign the declaration.
'If you haven't done either, we will be knocking on your door very shortly - it's not too late to come and see us now, before we come looking for you.'

Oxford: Football fans banned - 19/05/2007

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

TWO Oxford United fans have been banned from all football games including the World Cup for three years after trouble at Oxford's final league match.

Richard Mellis and Stewart Gallagher on Monday admitted at Oxford magistrates court to invading the pitch during the crucial game against Leyton Orient at the Kassam Stadium on May 6.

Mellis, 37, of Forest Hill, Oxford, and Gallagher, 32, of Edwin Road, Didcot, were given a banning order under the Football Disorder Act 2000.

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The three-year restriction prevents them from attending any matches played by Premiership, Football League or Conference clubs in England and Wales, as well as matches abroad.

Leyton Orient fans Philip Saward and Michael Baylis, and Oxford fans Paul Nesbit and Stephen Rahill, also admitted invading the pitch.

But they were not given match bans.

Caroline Hitchcock, prosecuting, said trouble flared in the final minutes of the 3-2 defeat, which saw United relegated from the Football League to the Conference.

Mellis ran on to the pitch 20 minutes before the end of the match to see a friend in the Leyton Orient section who he had been texting, she said.

Gallagher, a computer analyst, had to be restrained by stewards on the pitch at 5.10pm, and was arrested after a struggle, said Mrs Hitchcock.

The court was told that Gallagher had a previous conviction for a football-related matter in 1994 in Chester.

The fan, who has supported Oxford for 20 years, apologised and said: "I didn't know what was happening. I didn't even realise I was on the pitch."

District judge Brian Loosley told the men: "Tensions were running high at the end of the match as Leyton were promoted and Oxford were relegated.

"People probably acted out of character in a way they would not have done. For those reasons I will deal leniently with you."

PC Tom Coyne, football liaison officer, said the sentence was a good deterrent to others.

He said: "Of the two lads given banning orders, one had a previous conviction for football disorder and the other disrupted the game while it was going on.

"It was the right decision. But while the others didn't receive a banning order, the club may wish to ban them itself."

He added that if the other men reoffended, the police would pursue a banning order via the courts or a civil action.

But Oxford United club secretary, Mick Brown, criticised the sentence and said: "The club is very disappointed that the courts have not chosen to ban all the men who were found guilty of going on the pitch.

"They all admitted the same offence, so in our eyes should receive the same punishment."

Mr Brown said there would be no point in Oxford United banning the Leyton Orient fans as they would not be playing against United in the near future, but said the club would consider banning the other Oxford fans when they had heard all the facts of the case.

SIX men were fined £100 and ordered to pay £34 costs after admitting invading the pitch at Oxford's final league match.

Leyton Orient fans Philip Saward, of Woolwich Road, Charlton, London, and Michael Baylis, 21, of Rednor Avenue, Welling, Kent, and Oxford fans Richard Mellis, 37, of Forest Hill, Oxford, Stewart Gallagher, 32, of Edwin Road, Didcot, Paul Nesbit, 29, of Fernhill Close, Kidlington, and Stephen Rahill, 33, of The Phelps, Kidlington, all pleaded guilty.

Nesbit was arrested after he stuck his fingers up and yelled at Leyton Orient supporters.

Rahill climbed over a barrier at the end of the match, and then shouted abuse at Leyton Orient fans who were also on the pitch.

Leyton Orient fan Saward ran on to the grass at 5.08pm to congratulate his team for being promoted.

Baylis also headed towards the Leyton Orient players on the pitch at 5.10pm, 20 minutes after the final whistle.

England: Football fans locked up - 15/05/2006

Source: http://www.echo-news.co.uk

Police stations across south Essex were bursting with prisoners after a series of rowdy incidents following the FA Cup final.

Southend, Rayleigh and Pitsea stations were all full on Saturday night because of the high volume of prisoners across south Essex.

Tempers apparently flared after West Ham lost to Liverpool in a 3-1 penalty shoot out with trouble spilling from pubs.

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A Southend police spokesman said the custody suite at the town's police station had been full on Saturday evening.

He said: "The Chief Constable has told us we can double up in cells, so some had two people in them.

"I would think there were around 30 people in custody in total.

"Some of them were there for public order offences in connection with the FA Cup Final, while others were in custody for the normal sorts of offences, such as assaults, that we experience every weekend."

Five men were arrested for public order offences at the Red Lion pub in Billericay High Street at just after 9pm.

Basildon Town Centre's Towngate pub was one of the busiest for West Ham fans on Saturday with scores of supporters decked out in club colours.

A spokeswoman said: "People were pretty rowdy and there was a lot of shouting. There were clearly a lot of disappointed drinkers, but there was no real trouble in the pub. They seemed to take it on the chin."

A spokesman for Pitsea police station said: "It was a very busy night and the station was full. Some of the arrests appear to be football related, but are for minor incidents including public order and drunk and disorderly."

An Essex Police spokesman added: "It was a busy night, as Saturdays often are. It seemed to calm down when the rain started. Some of the trouble is believed to be connected to the football."

Bolton Wanderers - Birmingham City - ??/05/2006

Source: The Birmingham Post

Blues fans arrested in Bolton trouble

Seventeen football fans have been arrested after trouble broke out at the end of a Premiership match.

The fans, all Birmingham City supporters, were arrested when violence flared after the 1-0 defeat away to Bolton Wanderers at the Reebok Stadium.

Greater Manchester Police said the fans were arrested and the remaining visiting fans escorted out of Greater Manchester.

A spokesman for the police said: "Following the match a number of visiting fans became involved in violence at the ground.

"Seventeen people have been arrested on suspicion of assault, criminal damage and public order offences."

The arrests cap a miserable season for Blues who were relegated from the Premiership along with West Bromwich Albion and Sunderland.

England: Police Arrest Hooligans - 24/05/2006

Source: Nottinhgam Evening News

BAR BRAWL: EIGHT ARRESTS

Eight suspected football hooligans were arrested today in a series of early morning raids following a massive bar brawl.

Teams of officers set out simultaneously from Mansfield police station just after 6am.

The operation followed a fight upstairs in Yates's Wine Lodge in Nottingham that saw families fleeing in terror as 50 hooligans hurled tables and chairs.

Mansfield Town fans are thought to have pre-arranged the battle with Shrewsbury Town supporters, who were in the city while their team played Notts County on January 21.

Within an hour and a half today, police had arrested eight suspects.

One team moved on a house in Haywood Avenue, Blidworth, to arrest an 18-year-old man. They caught him on his push bike near his workplace in a country lane.

City commander Inspector Paul Winter said of the bar brawl: "It must have been horrific. Clamping down on football-related violence has to be a priority."

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FAMILIES FLED AS HOOLIGANS WAGED BATTLE

Months of painstaking investigations culminated in a series of early morning raids today to round up suspected football hooligans believed to have been involved in a violent brawl in the city centre. DAN HODGES joined police on the raids in Mansfield

Families enjoying a meal out on a quiet Saturday afternoon had no idea that terrifying violence was about to break out.

Chairs and tables were hurled through the air as 50 men waged a pitched battle in the upstairs family area of Yates's Wine Lodge in Old Market Square, Nottingham.

Pensioners and children fled for cover and one diner was left unconscious after the horrific brawl - one of the worst incidents of football violence in the city in recent times.

Police believe the fight was pre-arranged. Known hooligans supporting Mansfield Town and Shrewsbury Town met, it is believed, after a series of mobile phone conversations and emails.

"You've got people out shopping who go into Yates's for something to eat in the family dining area, and before you know it you've got 50 hooligans smashing the place up and throwing tables around," said Inspector Paul Winter, commander for the city centre.

"People were running for cover. It must have been horrific."

The scale of the violence took police by surprise. They had to focus on dispersing the two factions and leave the investigation for later.

The Shrewsbury Town fans, whose team were playing Notts County, were monitored and escorted out of the county on their coach two hours after the brawl.

But the brawl, which started at 2pm on January 21 this year, was captured on CCTV.

And early this morning - after months of trawling through that CCTV footage - seven homes in Mansfield were raided. Teams of officers arrived at each address almost simultaneously after 6.30am to arrest suspects and bring them back to Nottingham for questioning.

If charged and convicted, the suspects could face up to ten years behind bars for violent disorder and conspiring to cause violent disorder.

PC Jon Harris spent a staggering 200 hours examining the pub's CCTV footage and has been leading the investigation.

He said: "A group of about 30 Mansfield Town supporters went to the Cross Keys pub beforehand, and around 80% of those are known to me and my colleagues.

"They went to Yates's, where the Shrewsbury fans had arrived just before them, and there was a huge amount of mobile phone activity between the two groups.

"The fight was in a family area. That kind of behaviour is just not acceptable."

Mansfield Town were playing at home that day - a further indication that the gang must have come to Nottingham for a reason, police said.

Police say today's arrests will act as a warning to hooligans thinking of causing trouble in the city.

"We've got the World Cup coming up and we want to send out a strong message that we won't tolerate that sort of thing," said Insp Winter.

"Clamping down on football-related violence has to be a priority.

"There's no reason people shouldn't be able to come into town and enjoy themselves without becoming the victims of crime."

Police in Mansfield and Ashfield are also warning revellers that they could be given football banning orders if they step out of line in pubs and bars during World Cup matches.

Big crowds are anticipated and twice as many officers as usual are being drafted in to tackle troublemakers.

Mounted police, special support officers and plain-clothed "spotters" will be called on to keep order. Anyone who causes problems could join the list of 200 people who are banned from every pub, club and bar in the area.

Chief Inspector John Eyre said: "If drink is flowing and passions are running high, it could spark disorder, so we are taking no chances.

"Offences committed during televised games are deemed football-related, and will be used as evidence to support football ban applications.

"We are very pleased by the amount of support from licensees. They are all just as determined as we are to remove the thuggish element from our towns."

Malmö FF - Helsingborgs IF - 08/05/2006

Source : pppress.se

The day before the game, swedish police have arrested 75 Helsingborg and FC Copenhagen hooligans, who habe booked two coaches to reach Malmo.
Police have checked coaches.
Two hours later, another coach full with 60 HIF hooligans was also intercepted.






About twenty Helsingborg supporters were arrested one hour before the game, in Malmo, for throwing missiles like bottles.
Thousand others were released and went to the stadium.







After the game, police have arrested 30 HIF hooligans for minor troubles in Radmansgatan.




Later, at 9.30pm, about twenty other away fans were arrested and transfered to the police station by bus.






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Serbia - FC Vojvodina - FC Vozdovac - First league - 06/05/2006

Source: firma1989.com

Chelsea: Notorious football thug jailed - 25/05/2006

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

A notorious Reading hooligan has been jailed for three-and-a-half years for threatening an assault victim with violence if he did not drop charges.

Andrew Frain, 41, known as “Nightmare”, became infamous in 2000 after being exposed as a Chelsea Headhunter – a notorious gang of football hooligans – in a BBC documentary by undercover journalist Donal MacIntyre.

He was jailed on Tuesday after being hired by two other men to “lean on” a taxi driver who had been severely beaten up outside a pub in Norwich.

Frain was brought in after Kim Mullen, 52, refused to accept a bribe of £20,000 from his attackers Karl Unsworth and John Brunton, Norwich Crown Court heard on Tuesday.

The court heard Mr Mullen and his family had to be moved out of their home and into protective police custody during the case because of the danger they were in.

Frain, 41, was jailed for seven years following the Donal MacIntyre documentary for conspiring to commit violent disorder and affray.

After his release in 2004 he moved from Reading to Essex. He had previously lived in Granville Road, Southcote.

The jury heard Mr Mullen was treated for serious injuries including a split on the top of his head and fractures to his nose, left wrist and his middle finger after he was attacked in the car park of the Kings Head in Acle, Norfolk.

He had gone to the pub on the evening of January 2, 2005, after his sons Lee and Ricky had called home to say there had been some trouble.

Unsworth, 36, was arrested, but shortly afterwards Mr Mullen was contacted and offered cash to drop the charges, the court heard.

After several offers were refused Brunton, 56, introduced Unsworth to Frain, who was well known to police and had a fearsome reputation for violence.

Undercover police watched the meeting in Brunton’s pub – the William IV pub in Norwich – on June 16, 2005, before following the trio as they set off in Brunton’s Mercedes to do a recce on Mullen’s home.

Unsworth pleaded guilty at Norwich Crown Court, but Frain denied conspiracy to pervert the course of justice.

He was found guilty by a jury on Monday.

Sentencing Frain to three-and-a-half years, Judge Simon Barham told the court: “Frain was brought in because he was from outside the area and because of his reputation as a man prepared to be violent and his ability to intimidate Mullen.

“Unsworth was the driving force behind it, Frain played a key role in it and Brunton had a lesser role involving not much more than the introduction of your co-defendants.

“Kim Mullen had multiple cuts to his head and nose, fractures to the left arm and wrist and injuries to his left eye, and it was some time before he recovered.

“The family have had to leave their home and live in protective custody.”

During Frain’s trial following the Donal MacIntyre exposé, the jury were told the Chelsea Headhunters lived for the fun of violence and had done their best to disrupt a Bloody Sunday commemorative march in London along with members of Combat 18 and the National Front.