Season 05/06 - June

Yobs get World Cup orders - 01/06/2006

Source: Coventry Telegraph

A TOTAL of 290 football hooligans in the West Midlands Police area have been told to surrender their passports to police ahead of the World Cup finals in Germany.

And of those, about 80 are from Coventry.

People with football banning orders have received letters instructing them

to hand in their passports. With the tournament set to kick off next week, they will also be required to report to a police station each time England play. Those who fail to do so could face six months in jail and a £5,000 fine.

Last week the Evening Telegraph revealed how 80 hooligans from Coventry had been given banning orders - which bar them from domestic football grounds and from travelling to watch England abroad.

Newcastle United fan can't travel to Germany - 08/06/2006

Source: The Evening Chronicle

A Newcastle fan stopped from travelling to the World Cup today claims he's being punished by police as he refuses to be a grass.

Gateshead magistrates yesterday decided against lifting bail restrictions which spoil John Roberts' plans to travel to Germany to sell England regalia to fans.

Northumbria Police applied to the court for a football banning order against Roberts, 26, who is contesting the ban.

Roberts was granted bail on condition he does not leave England and Wales and surrendered his passport until his case goes to trial.

Roberts, of Park Terrace, Shibdon Bank, Blaydon, Gateshead, failed to persuade the bench to lift the conditions. He claimed police were only seeking the order because he refused to be a police informer.

Roberts said he was first approached by police in 2004 and told he could earn a lot of money from it but he refused. He told the court he was asked in front of four officers who used bullying tactics but he still refused.

"After that the police regularly harassed me and intimidated me at football games," he said. "They followed me into pubs, into grounds and even into the toilets."

He claimed Northumbria Police and members of the force's football intelligence unit would ask him where they should go to watch the action.

"They were goading me into giving them information about football violence," he said.

"All I want to do is be a self-employed trader, selling my badges, T-shirts and scarves. I don't want anyone harassing me or giving me grief."

If he became a grass, he would be attacked, he told the court. Roberts, who helps run Away Travel, said in the past he has helped stop trouble and that it was not in his business interest to cause trouble at the World Cup.

Graham Duff, prosecuting, for Northumbria Police, said he had not been given advance notice of claims Roberts was going to make and was unable to call police to refute them.

He said he refuted the scurrilous claims and told Roberts: "I accept that your name is John Roberts but I reject all the rest you have said."

Mr Duff handed magistrates a dossier of complains and offences involving Roberts which he said prompted police to seek a banning order.

They included two cases of Roberts being ejected from football matches but the others for being drunk and disorderly, assault, illegal street trading and a domestic dispute, were not linked to causing football violence or disorder. Mr Duff said they do not have to be relevant to football, only to potentially causing trouble at football matches.

Joseph Hedworth, for Roberts, accused the police of clutching at straws and said there was no evidence that Roberts had been involved in football violence and disorder.

He branded it a draconian order and demanded to know why Lee Bowyer and Kieron Dyer were not given football banning orders for their alleged on-pitch class during Newcastle United's 3-0 defeat against Aston Villa in April last year.

Refusing Roberts' appeal, the bench told him: "We feel bail conditions are appropriate and should remain. We have heard nothing to convince us that they should be varied."

The application for a banning order was adjourned to next month for a day-long hearing.


Hardcore louts targeted


A senior police officer has admitted a small number of hardcore England football hooligans will reach Germany despite bids to stop them.

Commander Bob Broadhurst, leading the London police operation against World Cup-related violence, said the countless ways of reaching the continent meant that troublemakers might get through.

But he said work by specialist football intelligence officers at UK ports and airports would help to isolate hooligans by stopping their followers from travelling. About 3,500 people are on football banning orders that require them to hand in their passports before the tournament begins, but up to 200 have failed to do so.

Police hope to catch those still at large at airports like Heathrow or by tracking them down elsewhere and arresting them.

But one man who will be allowed to travel is self-confessed thug Douglas Naylor. South Yorkshire police said there was insufficient evidence to justify serving a banning order against Naylor, 41, who made his comments on TV this week.

The 41-year-old from Sheffield, has co-authored a book on Sheffield Wednesday's Owls Crime Squad hooligan group.

A police spokesman said: "If he or anyone travels to Germany with the intention of getting involved in football violence they will be dealt with accordingly."

Mr Naylor is due to appear on the Real Football Factories TV programme about soccer hooligans on Bravo tomorrow.

Newcastle: Three soccer yobs flee - 10/06/2006

Source: The Evening Chronicle


Police have released the names of three soccer yobs who have fled the country.

Lee Jackson, 31, of Ovett Gardens, Gateshead, Daniel Fenton, 20, of Friars Way, Newcastle, and Jamie Tennet, 23, of no fixed address, were all due to surrender their passports ahead of the World Cup.

Northumbria Police had told 96 hooligans to hand over their travel documents to stop them jetting out to Germany.

But the trio ignored the order and boarded flights out of the UK in the run-up to the tournament, which kicked-off last night.

Jackson is believed to be in Thailand, Tennet is thought to be in Europe, and Fenton's location is still being investigated.

Chief Insp Mick Lillico, of the Northumbria Police football intelligence unit, said: "We have had excellent success in obtaining the passports of all but three men subject to banning orders.

"We are fully aware the vast majority of fans will not be seeking to cause any problems at the event and are determined not to let the small minority spoil it for everybody else."

Northumbria Police has responsibility for 114 louts with football banning orders. Of those, 96 live within the force area.

The hooligans, fans of both Newcastle United and Sunderland, were told to surrender their passports by last Tuesday.

On the Wednesday, 17 had failed to do so and police vowed to track them down. By this Wednesday, there were just four they needed to track down.

One was thought to be working in the North West and has since been located. That leaves Jackson, Tennet and Fenton, who will be arrested on their return to the UK.

Police have stepped up security at the region's ports and airports during the World Cup.

John Roberts, 26, of Park Terrace, Shibdon Bank, Blaydon, Gateshead, was brought before magistrates as the force applied for a banning order. He contested it but had to accept a bail condition to surrender his passport. And 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 in 2005. Renton, Heward and Dafter already have football banning orders.

Newcastle: Cops slammed as soccer yobs vanish - 11/06/2006

Source: The Sunday Sun


A North police force has been criticised for failing to prevent three football hooligans travelling abroad.

The convicted yobs were given football banning orders after being involved in violence at matches.

Under the terms of the orders they were obliged to surrender their passports on or before Tuesday, May 30, to ensure they could not travel to the World Cup in Germany.

However, they did not comply and Northumbria Police has now confirmed it believes all three men are out of the UK.

They have been named as Lee Jackson, 31, of Ovett Gardens, Gateshead, Daniel Fenton, 20, of Friars Way, Newcastle, and Jamie Tennet, 23, of no fixed address.

Jackson is believed to be in Thailand and Tennet in Europe. Fenton's location is unknown.

Requests by this newspaper to obtain pictures of the men for publication last Sunday - five days after the deadline to hand over their passports had run out - were turned down.

A Northumbria Police spokesman said such a move was "not proportionate." The force insisted it was taking "all steps" to trace the men.

When asked what this meant, a spokeswoman said the force was "appealing for them to come forward or for anyone who knows them and their circumstances to contact the police as soon as possible."

However, councillor Dave McLuckie, chairman of the Cleveland Police Authority, speaking in his capacity as a football fan, said he believed this approach was flawed.

He said: "Relying on them to come forward themselves is like saying to burglars `anyone who robbed a house last night, come and tell police about it'. It's just not going to happen."

"I don't see any reason why, if the Press has offered to publish photographs of these hooligans, that it has not been possible.

"If there are people who intend to go to the World Cup for the sole purpose of causing trouble or possibly seriously injuring or killing someone, police should be prepared to go to any lengths to stop them."

Northumbria Police has responsibility for 114 louts with football banning orders, 96 of whom live in the force area.

England: Five soccer thugs give cops the slip - 04/06/2006

Source: Sunday Sun

Five known football hooligans have ignored banning orders and have yet to hand in their passports to police . . . five days after the deadline.

The fans have all received the football banning orders, which remain in place for three years, as a result of previous involvement in violent incidents.

As a condition of the ban, they had to report to police on or before last Tuesday and surrender their passports, which would prevent them from travelling to the World Cup in Germany.

But yesterday, Northumbria Police admitted five had not done so and that they had no idea where the men were.

Sue Nicholson, spokeswoman for Northumbria Police, said: "We are taking all steps to prevent these people going to the World Cup.

"We are appealing for them to come forward or for anyone who knows them and their circumstances to contact the police as soon as possible."

Northumbria's neighbouring force in Cleveland, however, has had more success in keeping track of football thugs.

Seven hooligans sought by the force have surrendered their passports or reported to their local police station.

Cleveland Police, who had been monitoring 99 fans, were looking for the men after they failed to meet last Tuesday's deadline, 10 days before the start of the tournament.

By yesterday, they had all complied with the conditions of their banning orders.

Duty Inspector Steve Allison said: "We are not presently seeking anyone, as all those we were looking for have either handed in their passports or have informed us that they no longer have one.

"They have all reported to the police and we have 100 per cent compliance in the Cleveland force area."

This follows the imprisonment of a hooligan in County Durham who admitted breaching his order at Newton Aycliffe Magistrates' Court, on Friday.

Paul Lupton, 21, of Darlington, was jailed for seven days after failing to attend his local police station before the 10am deadline on Tuesday.

Lupton was jailed even though he did not own a passport because he failed to report to his local police station before the deadline.

He was given a three-year banning order in March after admitting taking part in disorder in a pub after Darlington FC's match against Carlisle.

Those who fail to comply with the banning orders, introduced after widespread rioting during Euro 2000, face up to six months in jail and a fine of up to £5000.

Anyone subject to an order must also register on the morning of each of England's games in Germany. Across the North East and North Yorkshire, nearly 250 orders are in force.

Durham Police have stepped up patrols at Durham Tees Valley Airport and have warned they have the power to stop anyone with a history of violence from travelling abroad, regardless of whether they are the subject of a banning order.

England: Trader is facing a World Cup ban - 02/06/2006

Source: The Evening Chronicle

Businessman John Roberts is facing a World Cup ban. Self-employed Roberts travels across Europe selling football regalia.

But he could be stopped from attending the tournament in Germany after he was ordered to give-up his passport.

Roberts was served with a notice by Northumbria Police requiring him to attend court yesterday.

He appeared before Gateshead Magistrates where the force applied for a football banning order preventing him from going to the World Cup.

Graham Duff for Northumbria Police said the order is aimed at preventing those who may cause violence and disorder from going to the games.

Roberts, of Park Terrace, Shibdon Bank, Blaydon, Gateshead, opposes the order and the case was adjourned for six days.

The 26-year-old was granted bail on condition that he surrenders his passport and does not leave England or Wales.

Tom Iceton, defending, said: "It is in his interest to have this case dealt with as quickly as possible because he is a trader, self-employed, selling football regalia.

"He travels all over Europe to games and has done for a long time and goes to Newcastle, Sunderland, Hartlepool and Darlington matches.

"He agrees to the bail condition for the present time but will be opposing it at the next hearing because it is his employment to go to football matches including the World Cup."

The bail conditions do not affect Roberts' plans to travel to Old Trafford this weekend to sell regalia at the England v Jamaica World Cup friendly.

Police also applied for a football banning order against Joseph Hatton, 34, of Parkhurst Road, Sunderland.

Gateshead Magistrates bailed Hatton until next Thursday with similar conditions, that he surrenders his passport and does not leave England and Wales, during the period of the order, which runs until July 9 to cover World Cup matches.

A police operation has been stepped up to prevent known football hooligans flying to Germany from the North East.

Durham Police have posted extra uniformed officers at the Durham Tees Valley Airport.

Twenty-six men living in the Durham force area are subject to banning orders already for football related disorder.

Northumbria Police has 114 banning orders in force. This week the 96 who live in the region were forced to surrender their passports to stop them travelling to Germany.

50 arrests as fans clash on streets - 16/06/2006

Source: Wiltshire Times


FIFTY people were arrested across west and north Wiltshire as rival fans clashed and drunken violence broke out following the start of the World Cup in Germany.

Some prisoners had to be moved to Salisbury police station because cells in Melksham were full at the weekend. In the 48-hour period from June 10, when England struggled to a 1-0 victory over Paraguay, there were 50 arrests in the area most of them football and alcohol related. Poland and England fans clashed outside the Sir Isaac Pitman pub in Market Place, Trowbridge, about 5.30pm on Saturday, leading to police closing the premises.

According to staff in the pub, a group of England fans came into the pub and started hurling racial abuse at a group of Polish men already there. Poland lost their opening World Cup game against Equador on Friday. Fans clashed outside the pub and police shut down the premises until door staff arrived at 7.30pm.

On Wednesday night when Poland played Germany police had to break up a stand-off between two groups of rival fans in Trowbridge town centre. Police took the precaution of taking a Polish interpreter out with them on patrol to try and diffuse any trouble.

In Melksham, a 19-year-old man was arrested outside the Chick-o-land takeaway, in High Street, in the early hours of Sunday morning and charged with racial incitement for wearing a t-shirt emblazoned We 8 Turks'. Steve Drage, diversity officer at Wiltshire Police, said any racially motivated violence or public order offence would attract severe punishments.

He said: "Anyone who attempts to stir up racial hatred will be dealt with firmly and positively."

Advertisement continued...Two 17-year-old youths were also arrested outside the Melksham takeaway after a fight one was given an £80 on-the-spot fine, while the other was charged with affray.

There were reports of at least two other fights in Melksham town centre on Saturday night.

Sergeant Gill Hughes, of Melksham police, talking about the number of people arrested, said: "It was a lot larger than most people were expecting.

"There was a large amount of disorder throughout the division and the cells here were full by 10pm, so a number of arrests had to go to Salisbury police station." Wiltshire Police launched their biggest ever campaign last week to tackle alcohol-related disorder, to coincide with the launch of the World Cup.

Police vans, which were patrolling the streets as part of Operation XS, came off duty at 4am on Sunday when they had been due to finish at midnight, because of the amount of disorder. Cllr Tom James, mayor of Trowbridge, said some of the trouble might be down to underlying feelings about migrant workers in the town.

Cllr James said: "I'm not sure most people understand that we need them they think it's a case of replacing English workers but it's just a case of getting any workers at all."

Abdelkader Boutarfas, of the Wiltshire Racial Equality Council, said: "We want people to respect one another regardless of which team they support."

He urged people to enter into the spirit of the games but to behave themselves regardless of football results. Eddie Gershon, of Wetherspoons, which owns the Sir Isaac Pitman pub, said: "We are going to have door staff on for all England matches who will be there 30 minutes before the game starts until closing time or after the game."

4 Russian Football Hooligans Get the Boot from Portugal - 16/06/2006

Source: MosNews

Four Russian football fans involved in police clashes will be deported from Portugal. Two other Russians detained Monday night may face a ˆ1,800 fine or three years in prison, the Itar-Tass news agency reported Tuesday.

A group of football hooligans from different countries, including six Russians, were detained that night.

A court found them guilty of resisting police and causing damage to a police car, the agency quoted a police official as saying. The suspects’ names were not reported.

Another Russian was detained Tuesday morning with a group of fans, mostly from the UK, who had clashed with police in the Portuguese resort of Albufeira.

Two Russians had earlier been arrested for illegal ticket sales.

Riots in Mostar after Brazil-Croatia Football Match - 19/06/2006

Source: SEE Portal

On the night of Thursday, June 13, ethnic riots and turmoil erupted in Mostar after the end of the Croatia-Brazil football match, played during the 2006 World Cup in Germany. One person suffered serious injury from a gun shot. Six members of the Police were also injured during the intervention that resulted in 26 arrests.

Mostar turned, once again, into a battlefield of nationalist passion.
The fighting erupted after a group of fans wearing t-shirts and insignia of the Croatian national team gathered on the Spanish Square in Mostar (the site of fierce and brutal fighting between Mostar’s Croatians and Bosniaks) and started demolishing shops and vehicles.

This provoked a reaction by a group of youths from Eastern (predominantly Bosniak) parts of Mostar. The two groups clashed and threw rocks and other objects at each other. The surrounding buildings and vehicles suffered great damages in the process.

The scuffle, lasting for several hours, was finally broken up by the riot police which had to use tear-gas to disperse the mob.

Representatives of the Abrasevic Youth Cultural Centre say that the incidents such as this are a result of the general despair of the youth in Mostar, which has no employment and no perspective for better life.

OKC Abrasevic blames the local and state authorities and institutions for lack of will and preparedness to assist the youth overcome this current situation, thus living them an easy prey to nationalist and xenophobic propaganda.

“We will not stand by and just wait for another, similar incident to appear. We pledge to stand firm on the battlefield for peace and safe future of the youth and the city of Mostar” say the representatives of OKC Abrasevic.

Blackpool: Nine charged after brawl - 21/06/2006

Source: The Gazette

POLICE have charged nine suspected football hooligans after trouble flared in Blackpool.
The men were formally charged yesterday by the police's Football Operation team after being arrested in dawn raids in April.
The organised sweep of addresses in Mereside, South Shore, North Shore and Marton was launched following trouble before and after Blackpool's League One match with Nottingham Forest in February.
Around 200 men clashed outside The Castle pub, on Central Drive, in the hours leading up to the Saturday
afternoon kick-off and the match was marred by fighting in the stands.
After the game sporadic fighting broke out around Bloomfield Road and on the neighbouring leisure park, forcing mounted police and officers dressed in riot gear to go in to restore order.
All of the men arrested have been charged with a variety of offences including breaches of public order, violent disorder and affray. Some have been charged with more than one offence.
PC Ian Berry, Blackpool Police's Football Intelligence Officer, said: "All of the men charged are now in the court system and in the event of a conviction we will be seeking football banning orders.
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Police also fired a warning to local troublemakers who have travelled to Germany for the World Cup.
PC Berry added: "We are in close contact with the UK police forces out in Germany and will be assisting them if needed.
"Offences committed in Germany will get the same treatment as if they were committed at Bloomfield Road and once those responsible return to the UK we will be looking to take appropriate action.
* THE nine men charged have been bailed to appear at Blackpool Magistrates' Court on July 4.

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Doncaster vs Sheffield Utd: Soccer yobs facing jail - 06/06/2006

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

NINE football hooligans faced jail terms today after two rival gangs ran riot through Rotherham.

Violence flared when Doncaster Rovers fans, bolstered by a number of Sheffield United supporters, clashed with Rotherham followers in the town centre after being refused entry at a game in Stockport.
Yobs were seen on CCTV trading punches and kicks as they chased each other along the streets and in and out of bars.
One man - 20-year-old Blades fan Simon Belfitt, of Whirlowdale Road, Whirlow, Sheffield - brandished a bottle while a number of other men armed themselves with bar stools during the violence in April last year. Rovers fan Ian Wilson, aged 31, of Mansfield Crescent, Armthorpe, Doncaster, punched and kicked a rival outside a bar.
The gangs clashed when the Rovers supporters were turned away from a match against Stockport County and put on a train back to South Yorkshire, Sheffield Crown Court heard.
All nine men admitted a charge of violent disorder and were due to be sentenced today.
The other seven included Keiran Pawling, 18, of Muskoka Avenue, Bents Green, Sheffield. He was seen gesturing to rivals.
Paul Hirst, 41, of Washington Grove, Bentley, Doncaster, admitted his gang chased another gang.
Paul Swift, 41, of Grove Avenue, Doncaster, struck several blows .
Robert Johnson, 39, of Doncaster Road, Doncaster, has numerous previous convictions for threatening behaviour and being drunk and disorderly.
Ben Durkin, 18, of Meadow Court, Edenthorpe, was in a group involved in violence in the Bridge Gate area.
The two Rotherham fans caught were Nathan Hillman, 23, of Town Lane, Rockingham, Rotherham, and Ashley Rigby, 24, of Pitt Street, Kimberworth, Rotherham.

Oxford: Bans for fans who shamed their club - 29/06/2006

Source: The Herald Reporter

TWO Oxford United fans who were involved in violent brawls with rival supporters in a shopping centre have been banned from attending football matches.

Shaun Morris, 21, of Spring Road, Abingdon, and Joseph Nicholls, 26, of Morton Close, Abingdon, have both been banned from going to games for three years.

The duo appeared at Warrington Crown Court last week accused of being among a crowd of Oxford United supporters caught on CCTV cameras during a fight in a Chester wine bar which spilled out into the street.

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Oxford United said the fans had shamed the good name of the club.

Morris denied affray, but admitted using threatening and intimidating language and was given a three-year football banning order, a 15-month conditional discharge and ordered to pay a £50 fine.

Nicholls pleaded guilty to common assault and was handed a three-year football banning order, a 12-month conditional discharge and a £50 fine.

The court acquitted Carl and Matthew Hogg, both 19, of Crowell Road, Cowley, Oxford, Peter Moles, 24, of Delamere Way, Oxford, and a 17-year-old from Portsmouth, of all charges.

All four pleaded not guilty to affray.

Nine other Oxford United fans were given football banning orders in January at Chester Crown Court for their part in the violence.

The men were involved in a fight which spilled into a shopping centre, forcing members of the public to scatter into shops, after a football match between Oxford United and Chester City in November 2004.

The banning orders prevent the supporters from attending any match in England and Wales under the Football Disorder Act 2000.

Tony Ashley, Oxford United safety manager, said: "We welcome and support the actions of the police and, obviously, we do not want football hooliganism in our football stadium.

"We also welcome the court's decision in these matters to help us get rid of these people who bring shame on Oxford United and spoil the enjoyment for other fans. We want Oxford United to be a family club where people can go and enjoy football without fear of being caught up in trouble."

Police arrested 19 men from Oxfordshire following the incident on November 27, 2004, following a Coca Cola League Division Two match.

The Crown Prosecution Service is drafting the conditions of the football banning orders, set to go before Chester Crown Court next week.

NINE other Oxford United fans have received football banning orders after the fight with rival fans in a shopping centre.

The nine are Dwayne McGuinness, 19, of Sinodum Road, Didcot; Christopher Taylor, 39, of Huntsmill, Wallingford; Simon Crowther, 21, of Warwick Street, Oxford; Lewis Andrews, 22, of Brinkfield Road, Chalgrove; Thomas Cousins, 19, of Saxton Road, Abingdon; Sam Jennings, 19, of South Avenue, Abingdon; Luke McIntosh, 19, of Buscot Drive, Abingdon; Alistair Stewart, 21, of Gidley Way, Horspath and Stuart Bye, 23, of Aldbarton Drive, Headington.

All pleaded guilty to threatening behaviour in January and the restriction bans them from attending any matches in England and Wales for three years and conditions prevent them entering Oxford city centre, Temple Cowley and the Kassam Stadium on match days and from travelling to where games are being played.

No evidence was offered and charges were dropped against Jamie Burns, 22, of Holly Close, Kidlington, Mark Linford, 38, of Turweston, near Brackley, Dean Bellinger, 19, of Balfour Road, Oxford and James Butters, 20, of Pine Close, Garsington.

Reformed hooligan does it by the book - 09/06/2006

Source: Birmingham Mail

A REFORMED football hooligan, who once served nine months in jail for his involvement with Birmingham City's notorious Zulu Warriors, has launched a book about his exploits to co-coincide with the World Cup.

But fans expecting to read a glorified history of soccer violence are in for a shock as 38-year-old David George, a film producer from Chelmsley Wood, aims to show a different side of life.

Apex to Zulu: 30 Years Of Stylish Violence claims to buck the trend of other hooligan literature by including unlikely material such as cartoons and poetry.

He has joined forces with Adrian "Kingy" King, aged 32, of Meriden, who he met on the rave scene in Birmingham and who has provided the poems for the 388-page book.

The pair, who run Area 4 Productions, aim to follow up the book's success with a series of short films made in Birmingham and their own fashion label, Area 4 Jeans.

They have already produced retro T-shirts emblazoned with the logo Birmingham University of the Zulu.

David, a former Whitesmoor School pupil, said the book was a "social documentation" of growing up on a tough urban estate, following football, fashion and the music scene.

"I served my time with the Zulus. I belonged to a group from the Happy Trooper pub and did my time in jail after being arrested in 1989 as part of Operation Red Card - a clampdown on 50 known troublemakers.

"I was charged with conspiracy to commit violence for a forthcoming game against Tottenham Hot-spur, and my mum's home was raided.

"I have been knocked out by Leeds United and Aston Villa fans and had my share of battles. But I wanted to record the other side of belonging to 'the firm' - the casual clothing scene and the music."

David added: "I hope the book raises the benchmark for hooligan literature. Football has been a major part of my life, but the fighting was a minuscule part.

"I want to emphasise the creative side of all that chaos - the music, the Burberry, Fila and Lacoste."

Kingy describes his poetry as 21st century Shakespeare and says it is aimed at hitting out at today's "chav generation" who lack the style of their forerunners on the terraces.

Hooligan arrested at airport - 08/06/2006

Source: The Birmingham Mail

A convicted football hooligan from Cannock, Staffordshire, has been arrested while trying to leave the UK.

The 35-year-old man, who is a Wolverhampton Wanderers fan, was planning to catch a flight to Amsterdam from Liverpool John Lennon Airport.

He was arrested under the Football Disorder Act and will appear before Liverpool magistrates this afternoon.

Hunt on for banned soccer yobs - 02/06/2006

Source: The Birmingham Post

POLICE were today hunting more than a dozen known soccer thugs who have failed to hand in their passports ahead of the World Cup.

A total of 305 people who have been issued with Football Banning Orders were ordered to surrender their passports to police by midnight on Tuesday.

However, it emerged today that 15 soccer yobs banned from attending games anywhere in the world had not done so.

Police are trying to round them up and prevent them heading to Germany for the start of England's World Cup campaign next weekend.

West Midlands Police warned they would be arrested and hauled before the courts. They face six months in jail or £5,000 fines.

It is understood a number of thugs linked to Wolverhampton Wanderers were arrested on Wednesday night.

Undercover and uniformed police will be looking out for the remaining dozen or so fans at ports and airports and German authorities will also be alerted.

A major operation is set to be launched at Birmingham International Airport to target potential troublemakers trying to leave the country.

But one expert warned that banning orders could not be relied upon to prevent disorder at the tournament.

James Treadwell, a lecturer and hooliganism expert at the University of Central England in Birmingham, said: "Not all of those on banning orders are the hooligans that should cause the most concern.

"There will be committed hooligans who will not be banned. Banning orders will only be effective if they target the correct people and there will be a large number who, by means of having no convictions, simply slip through the net.

"From my perspective, there is potential for quite serious disorder."

The West Midlands' top prosecutor David Blundell will be in Cologne for England's final group game against Sweden to collect evidence to ensure any English fans who cause trouble will receive banning orders when they return home.

The force said a further 20 people on banning orders who had not handed in passports had valid reasons, such as having permission to go on family holidays agreed by the authorities.

The West Midlands has the highest number of banning orders in the country such is the "robust" way police have targeted the hooligans heaping shame on football in the region.

Australia: Flare-throwing soccer fans arrested - 23/06/2006

Source: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2006/06/23/1670087.htm

Police have arrested 14 people for carrying or letting off flares during World Cup soccer celebrations in central Melbourne.

Flares were lit and thrown over the heads of spectators watching the Socceroos play Croatia on a giant screen at Federation Square this morning.

Superintendent Mick Williams says flares should remain banned.

"Flares are not to brought to the soccer, it's not the place," he said.

Police say 9,000 people watched the game at the square, while 8,000 people were at another site further down the Yarra River.

Many spectators say they were not scared when flares were thrown because they were too focussed on the game.

The Socceroos 2-2 draw puts them through to the second round of the World Cup.

Their win has been witnessed by thousands of Australians, who flocked to special event sites in the major cities for the 4:30am AEST kick-off.


Divided loyalties

Fans wearing checkered red and white shirts, and green and gold scarfs filled Adelaide's Croatian Club as the local Croatian community watched the match.

Most were putting their support behind both teams.

"Everyone's dressed up in their Croatian gear but they're all just so happy that Australia went through and that's just brilliant," one fan said.

The revellers say the game will strengthen the relationship between the two cultures.

"I reckon it's God's will to put us all together to share the match," said one fan.

"It's great for the Croatian community as well," another fan said.

"It reflects how much we've put in for soccer in Australia and also in Croatia."


Party continues

More than 100 people are still celebrating at Hobart's Croatian Club and the party is still going on in Brisbane.

Soccer fans who crowded clubs and restaurants across Brisbane are still celebrating Australia's historic result.

"People are still going crazy here," one reveller said.

"Everyone was on their feet, hearts were racing. It was a phenomenal atmosphere.

"It was a fantastic result for Australian soccer and fantastic for the Croatian community in Brisbane and Australia in general."

Russia: Vologda - Cherepovets - 22/06/2006

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Russia: FC Khimki - Ural (Ekaterinburg) - 17/06/2006

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Shortly before the beginning of a match a local mob of 25 lads (with some girls) drank, waiting for Ural rivals.
Finally, when Ural (about 40-45) arrived, locals charged them and punches were exchanged.
Khimki were outnumbered but the fight took place, where bottles and CS gas were used.

Russia: Vladimir - Shinnik Yaroslavl - 17/06/2008

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A free-fight took place, opposing 30 Sturdy Fighters (Vladimir) to 30 lads from the Mob213 (Yaroslavl).