Season 06/07 - August

URALmash Ekaterinburg - Dynamo Makhachkala - 27/08/2006

Source: youtube

After the match locals had fight with their old rivals (FC Amkar Perm') that specialy came to Ekaterinburg that day. Clash ~70x~60 (of locals) with advantage of guests.

Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=um_3rI00E3o

Ruzomberok - CSKA Moscow - 23/08/2006

Source: Reuters

CSKA Moscow fans burn smoke cartidges and throw them on the pitch during Champions League third qualifying round, second leg, soccer match between Slovakian team Ruzomberok and CSKA Moscow played in Ruzomberok, Slovakia, on Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2006.

Napoli - Juventus Turin - Cup - 26/08/2006

Source: italian press

About 20 Juventus fans from the Bari area but arriving from the Turin by train were assaulted by a group of Napoli fans in Avesa (Caserta) station.
Police forces made an intervention.

Bologna FC - Sampdoria - Cup - 27/08/2006

Source: italian press

Riots occured at the end of the game, inside the stadium, opposing police forces to Sampdoria fans.
Everything started when a few cops entered the away fans area. They used truncheons.

Spal - Ravenna - Cup - 27/08/2006

Source: forum

At the end of the game, Ravenna fans tried to confront their rivals.
Police forces restored order using their truncheons.

Triestina - Atalanta Bergamo - Cup - 27/08/2006

Source: Ansa

A Trieste fans, T.L, aged 32 years old, was arrested prior the to game as he tried to attack Atalanta fans.
During these troubles this guy used a baton and a policeman was injured.

Pisa - Viterbese - Cup - 27/08/2006

Riots in Pise: a Viterbese fan arrested

Riots occured on Sunday duting this italian cup game when Viterbese fans tried to confront locals.
Police forces restored order but a Viterbese fans threw a punch-up to a policeman. He was arrested.

Schalke 04 - Eintracht Frankfurt - 27/08/2006

Source: PressePortal.de

At the end of the game a coach full of Frankfurt hooligans (about 45) arrived near the local main boozer. Frankfurt lads attacked locals.
Police forces made arrests. Stadiums bans to 2012 were given.

Legnano - Pro Patria - 27/08/2006

Source: forum

Prior to the game, a few local fans were attacked by a group of rivals armed with batons.
Two people were injured.

RKS Radomsko - GKS Belchatow - 30/08/2006

Source: forum

Uganda: Police Quells Riot By Premier League Fans - 16/08/2006

Source: AllAfrica.com

Heavily armed Policemen were required to quell a riot after about 200 soccer fans of the English Premier League went wild in Busia over the weekend.

The football fans rioted August 13 at Kushbu Hall along Tororo Road after the management of the hall failed to show the FA Community Shield match between Premier League champions Chelsea FC and Cup winners Liverpool.

The manager of the hall Ram Sudavadura, had charged Shs 300 per soccer fan after promising that he was to relay the match live on soccer channels Super Sport 3 and 8.

The fans were enraged when manager found that there was no match showing on the two channels. The disappointed fans immediately demanded for the refund of their money .

They carried away chairs and demanded a refund of their Shs300 each or crash his chairs. Ram called Busia Police Station, which is located about 50 meters away from the Hall.

About 15 policemen armed with AK 47 armed with rifles calmed the fans. Sudavadura said that he had intended to refund the supporters money but some people from the market who had not paid also entered the Hall and demanded a refund.

"I did not have money to pay all the idlers on the street," said Sudavadura.

Godoy Cruz - Arsenal - 13/08/2006

Source: The Star online

Goals flow and fans riot in Argentina

BUENOS AIRES: San Lorenzo thumped Colon 5-0 to go top of the table as the goals flowed and fans rioted in Argentina at the weekend.

Oscar Ruggeri’s team provided the highlight on a weekend in which the nine Apertura championship games produced 31 goals.

The low point was in Mendoza where newly promoted Godoy Cruz’s first home game in the top flight lasted just 17 minutes before being abandoned as fans clashed with police.

The referee initially suspended the match against Arsenal as police used teargas to try and quell the trouble on the terraces at the Malvinas Argentinas Stadium.

But trouble resumed 10 minutes later and the game became the first of the championship that failed to finish.

Cyprus : Fans brace for another season of football violence - 20/08/2006

Source : Cyprus Mail

BARELY a week into the new season, Cypriot football fans have been given a crude reminder that this year’s football season will not be without the usual problems of hooliganism and broken promises from the government to fix the problem.

In the opening day of the season last weekend, Nicosia rivals APOEL and Omonia met in what should have been a celebration of football, the perfect way to kick off the new season on the island.

But that optimism fizzled out even before the teams kicked off in front of a capacity crowd at the GSP Stadium.

Police officers arrested four people throwing rocks from their pick-up truck as they were driving on the motorway towards the stadium.

Supporters of both clubs then went on to clash with police officers during and after the game. Police arrested and charged a total of six people after the game.

Cyprus is no stranger to football violence – a phenomenon which has plagued the beautiful game on the island for as long veterans of the game can remember.

Police charged over 50 people last year in connection with football related violence and violent scenes were seen at around six high profile football matches.

A police officer died of a heart attack during a riot at a football match between two of the top teams on the island.

The situation was so bad that Police Chief Charalambos Koulentis threatened to pull officers out of stadiums should those responsible for football not take proper action against hooligans.

The question of why the problem exists, particularly for a nation with far fewer and smaller clubs than bigger Southern Mediterranean leagues like Italy, Greece and Turkey – also prone to hooliganism – depends on who is asked.

Police officials blame the clubs for not properly controlling their fans and working with them to filter out the bad eggs in the stands.

But club officials argue that the police do not know how to handle hostile crowds and fans are usually provoked into acting violent.

Some blame the poor infrastructure of most of the island’s football stadiums.

There was some glimmer of hope in January, when a team of sport and government officials flew to England to get some training from football and stadium experts there.

The team consisted of Justice Ministry Permanent Secretary Andis Tryfonides, Cyprus Sports Federation (CSF) Chairman Titos Christofides, Cyprus Football Association (CFA) General Secretary Chris Georgiades and British High Commissioner Peter Millet.
But hopes for decisive action were dashed when returning delegates told reporters merely that they had got some ideas and experience, but that they would have to take it up with the Cabinet.

Since then, there has been no further announcement regarding new measures.
A source of the CFA told the Sunday Mail that “finding the right way to create a combined effort to stamp out hooliganism is the biggest challenge facing everybody.”

He continued: “When you have this person blaming that person, and this organisation blaming that organisation, how can we possibly think of uniting ourselves to stamp out the problem? It is agreeing on how to go about tackling the problem which is proving the most difficult.”

In 1985, England were given a hefty punishment by Europe’s governing body for football UEFA for failing to root out the violent and bloody history of football violence.

UEFA imposed a six-year ban on all English clubs participating in Europe following the Heysel Stadium disaster in which 39 fans, mostly of Italian side Juventus, were killed during violent clashes with Liverpool fans in the European Cup Final.

Some football experts in Cyprus predict that UEFA could get tough on Cyprus should the problem persist or, worse still, a fatality occurs.

“It is apparent that unless something is done and is done quickly, we are going to have a fatality as a result of football violence,” the CFA source said. “We already had one death last season of a police officer as a result of a heart attack induced by crowd trouble.

“With all those rocks and missiles being thrown into the stands, it is only a matter of time before someone is fatally struck.”

Former APOEL player Leonidas Leonidou believes drastic measures will be needed, or violence at football grounds will never stop.

“It’s been a problem for as long as I remember, but I have to admit that things are far worse nowadays. In my opinion, everything is up to the CFA. They are responsible for the football matches and they do nothing except tell us that they are looking into the problem.”

Stockholm clubs might face punishment because of violent fans - 29/09/2006

Source : PRAVDA

Stockholm clubs Djurgarden and Hammarby might have to be punished by the Swedish Football Association after their match on Monday, which was stopped because fans stormed the field and hit a linesman in the head by a thrown object, AP reports.

The game was called off in the second half with Djurgarden leading 3-0 after angry Hammarby fans lit fires in the stands, shot fireworks onto the field and several supporters broke through a line of policemen to rush onto the pitch.

The game had been temporarily suspended in the first half, after an object thrown from the stands hit a linesman in the head. Djurgarden officials said the object was probably thrown by one of its supporters.

"This is the biggest scandal that has happened to Swedish soccer," Hammarby coach Anders Linderoth said. "I can't remember another game being stopped because fans stormed the field."

A disciplinary committee for the Swedish Football Association would meet later Tuesday to discuss the incident, but a punishment was not expected until next week.

Both teams could be docked up to six points in the standings of Sweden's top league Allsvenskan, and could be forced to play a number of home games with the stands empty.

Hammarby is in third place, trailing leading side AIK by three points. Djurgarden is in sixth place, another two points behind.

The incident caused Sune Hellstromer, who heads the football association, to call for stricter laws allowing police to banish known hooligans from the games.

"We want to see a tougher attitude against the soccer violence, and laws similar to those in England," Hellstromer said.

Juve Stabia - Nocerina - Cup - 30/08/2006

Source: Stabia website

Red card for football hooligans and bigots - 30/08/2006

Source: The Scotsman

ORDERS banning hooligans and bigots from all football grounds in the UK will be introduced in Scotland from this weekend, it was announced yesterday.

The orders, which have been in place in England and Wales for six years, will be available to the Scottish courts from Friday.

Anyone issued with such an order will be banned from attending matches for up to ten years. It will apply in Scotland, the rest of the UK and abroad for international fixtures.

Launching the Straight Red campaign at Hampden Park in Glasgow, Cathy Jamieson, the justice minister, said: "I am passionate about football, and those who sour the reputation of their clubs are a disgrace to us all. The police asked us for additional powers, and we have provided them.

"[Banning orders] represent a severe penalty for those who peddle hatred or engage in unruly and violent behaviour."

David Taylor, the chief executive of the Scottish Football Association, welcomed the move. He said: "It only takes a few mindless idiots to do damage to our reputation. We must remain vigilant and take all possible steps to root out known troublemakers who use football as an excuse for antisocial conduct."

A banning order can be imposed by a court on anyone convicted of a football-related offence, and it can last for up to ten years.

Offences that might result in an order include sectarian chanting, physical assault or shouting racist remarks.

In England and Wales, 3,420 people are currently subject to banning orders.

Helping to publicise the bans was Andy Nicholls, 43, a father of two from North Wales, who is serving a life ban from his club, Everton, for hooliganism. He also spent three months behind bars for football-related violence and has written a number of books on the subject.

He had a stark warning for any would-be troublemakers. "A banning order hurts more than any thump or kick you get and, more importantly, hurts more than any fine," he said.

"They even hurt more than getting sent to prison.

The banning orders changed my life because it's taken away something from me which, even as a hooligan, I was passionate about.

"Taking away that part of your life hurts."

Scotland: New laws to ban football thugs for up to 10 years - 29/08/2006

Source: Aberdeen Evening Press

Football hooligans and bigots were today warned they face being banned from matches for up to a decade.

Police can apply to the courts for special orders from Friday.

The measures could be used to punish Aberdeen and Rangers fans, who have a history of violent clashes.

Justice Minister Cathy Jamieson said: "The abusive behaviour of a minority that has been allowed to tarnish the reputation of our national game, and of our nation, is being consigned to history.

"Football Banning Orders (FBOs) will help the police and the courts to deal out real and effective sanctions and make sure the majority can enjoy their football."

Bans of up to 10 years could be dished out to anyone convicted of a football-related offence.

And chief constables can apply to the court for a three-year ban even if there is no conviction.

Troublemakers will be barred from all Scottish Premier League, Scottish Football League and international games.

Courts could also ban them from places where fans congregate.

Grampian Police has been working with the procurator fiscal ahead of the new legislation being introduced.

In January 2002 riot police were brought in at Pittodrie during a match between Aberdeen and Rangers when fans invaded the pitch.

The trouble started after Aberdeen striker Robbie Winters was hit on the back of the head by a coin thrown from the away supporters' end.

Superintendent Albert Donald said: "Football hooliganism and sectarianism are not major problems in the Grampian area but these orders make it possible for us to ensure that the relatively small number of undesirable football fans are not given the opportunity to continue their hooligan behaviour."

He urged well-behaved Dons' fans to report incidents to the police.

FBOs were introduced south of the border in 2000 and are in force against 3,420 people.

Four out of five people who responded to an Executive consultation on the plans last year backed them.

VFL Osnabruck - Dynamo Dresden - 19/08/2006

Source: Dynamo Ultras website

British hooligans brawl in Marmaris - 15/08/2006

Source: Turkish Daily News

After watching the Liverpool-Chelsea match on television, scuffle erupts between rival supporters, ending with two injured


Holidaying British hooligans were at it again after the Chelsea-Liverpool match on Sunday, when rival supporters clashed in the Turkish holiday resort of Marmaris.

According to reports an argument erupted after the match, with Liverpool supporters Toni Francis, Stephen Finn, Paul Anthony Kinsey, Andrew Francis, Christian Kinsey and Liam Stephen Kinsey attacking Chelsea supporters Peter Lyons and Sean Melling.

Police had to be called to the hotel where the fight occurred to intervene. The injured were taken to hospital.

Police said those involved in the fight were taken into custody. Reports said they were all intoxicated.

Hotel management had to transfer the brawlers, together with their families, to alternative accommodation.

Bristol: Football hooligans given community orders - 18/08/2006

Source: Swindon Advertiser

TWO football hooligans who were part of a group that ran riot at the Queens Tap in March have been given community orders.

David McMurrough, 26, of High Littleton, Bristol, and Ian Price, 25, of Stockwood, Bristol, appeared at Swindon Magistrates' Court yesterday charged with affray.

Price was also charged with possessing cocaine.
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The pair, who admitted all charges, were part of a group of 10 Bristol Rovers fans who ran amok outside a Swindon pub.

The group caused £2,845 of damage after the match with Oxford United was postponed on March 4.

Tim Hamick, prosecuting, told the court that McMurrough and Price had been among a group of fans making their way back to Bristol on the train when they stopped off in Swindon. The group were captured on CCTV cameras throwing glasses and cans at the Queens Tap.

Sam Arif, representing both defendants, said they were ashamed by their behaviour, which was totally out of character.

District Judge Simon Cooper ordered both McMurrough and Price to complete 100 hours of unpaid work in the community and fined them £200 each

Grazer AK - SK Sturm - 26/08/2006

Source : Gruabn Veteranen website

England: Police ready for rail soccer yobs -17/08/2006

Source: This is Lancashire

Hooligans have been warned they will be targeted by police on the North-west's rail network as the new football season begins.

British Transport Police said thugs faced arrest and being banned from all matches if they misbehave when travelling to and from games.

Uniformed police and plain clothes officers will be working with colleagues from local divisions to target known thugs and to stop trouble.

Last season, in the North-west, 60 people were arrested for football-related incidents on the rail network and 13 football banning orders were obtained by British Transport Police.

Those arrested included five men from Bolton who were held after a brawl with Wigan Athletic fans which left a man blind in one eye. A group of yobs supporting Athletic and Wanderers were caught fighting on CCTV cameras while waiting for a train at Wigan station on April 15.

Supt Graham Bamford said: "Successful football policing depends on a number of factors, including good intelligence, planning, and cooperation between police and train operators.

"We meet regularly with the FA, football clubs and local police forces to plan operations associated with individual matches. We will not tolerate football-related disorder in any form on the rail network.

"Our officers will do everything to deter troublemakers and ensure the majority of law-abiding fans, and people who use the rail network, enjoy the season."

A black week in hooligan fight - 06/08/2006

Source: Sunday Sun

By Steve Brown

So the drug dealer who stabbed a Middlesbrough fan to death will walk free in four years, while the victim's family endure the life sentence that accompanies his loss.

So England supporters - praised at a World Cup branded "A time to make friends" - did run amok in Germany after all.

Yes, it's been a black week for those who follow their teams abroad.

First, Wednesday saw Dutchman Iwan Roy Vyent jailed for four years by an Amsterdam court for the manslaughter of Boro supporter Brendan O'Connor and the attempted manslaughter of fellow fan Howard Boville last November, when the pair were in Holland in the hope of watching the Teessiders' UEFA Cup clash with AZ Alkmaar.

And hours after that verdict was handed down, the BBC delivered another...

Contrary to favourable reports glossing over what English hooliganism went on while this summer's World Cup was ongoing, up cropped an undercover Panorama report proving it alive and, for want of a better word, kicking.

So yeah, a black week all round.

But there may be light at the end of the tunnel.

For one, prosecutors have launched an appeal against the decision to imprison Vyent for four years, rather than the 15 they were seeking.

Though he claims self-defence, he was in possession of a deadly weapon while witnesses in his favour were known drug-dealers themselves.

Hardly pillars of the community.

Thus, O'Connor's grieving family must be confident of tougher justice to come, even if his brother Benedict poignantly points out: "It doesn't change anything. If they hung this man from the nearest tree it wouldn't bring Brendan back."

But here's hoping a few of those named and shamed by Panorama take note.

In the spirit of good will, of selling the Greatest Show on Earth as the Safest Show on Earth, I didn't hear much about clashes between rival fans during the summer.

Sure there were bound to be isolated incidents, and of course we weren't the only ones at it, as the Germans and Poles proved.

Yet I was still shocked by the scale of English-orchestrated violence portrayed by Aunty Beeb in Frankfurt. And Nuremburg. And Cologne. And . . .

Shocked that is until I realised that things could have been worse.

Mass European-wide police co-operation meant 3500 known English hooligans were banned from Germany and though a few slipped the net and made it, what bother transpired was of a less sinisterly organised nature.

Crucially, those involved weren't tooled up quite as menacingly as they might have been either.

Instead, much of the "action" was less premeditated pitched battles, more booze-fuelled loutishness akin to that seen every weekend in every town centre in the country.

Not ideal, I admit. Still embarrassing, yes.

And no doubt of no consolation to the O'Connors.

But things are getting better. Let us pray that trend continues.

York City - Exeter City - 13/08/2006

Source: The Press

Football fans clash and eight are arrested

VIOLENCE marred York City's first game of the new season, against arch-rivals Exeter City.

More than 50 fans clashed outside two city centre pubs both before and after Saturday's match. Up to a dozen officers wearing protective clothing and the police dogs unit were called to restore order. A heavy police presence was provided at York Railway Station to keep fans apart after the match ended shortly before 5pm. Eight people were arrested over alleged public order offences.

Inspector Richard Abbott, of York police, who co-ordinated the response, said officers attended The Stone Roses Bar, in King Street, at 2.30pm after staff called for "urgent assistance". They found "40 or 50" male fans from both York and Exeter had spilled out on to Kings Staith. They were in two groups and were goading each other, "intent on causing violence".

"Police officers got in between them and at that point several arrests were made," he said. "Had officers not arrived on the scene so quickly it could potentially have turned into something quite nasty."

Insp Abbott said fans were then escorted to the ground. After the match, trouble flared involving York supporters in the beer garden of The Judge's Lodging, Lendal.

"They got out of hand and we had to make an arrest," Insp Abbott said.

Advertisement continued..."Pepper spray had to be used on the man as he put up extreme resistance."

A pub worker, who wished to remain anonymous, said trouble started when a York City fan threw a bottle at the Varsity bar window opposite.

"When the police confronted him it kicked off," he said.

"There were quite a few punches thrown and it took six police officers to arrest one particular guy."

John Dobson, the manager at the Judge's Lodgings, said: "We worked in assistance with the police and they were pleased with the way we handled it. In future when we know home games are on, we will keep the gates locked for a few hours."

Chris Silke, landlord of The Stone Roses bar, declined to comment.

Sophie McGill, York City's communications and community director, said: "We will be liaising with the police to determine the circumstances of the arrests and who the individuals are and then deal with the situation accordingly.

"We operate a zero-tolerance policy and if York City fans are arrested for trouble-making they receive a life ban from the club."

Fans clashed in the same fixture last season, with more than 20 supporters involved in fighting.

Meanwhile, armed police evacuated York Station for about 20 minutes after a "suspect package" was discovered in a bus shelter outside. The package turned out to be a discarded suitcase and the station was quickly reopened.

Chinese Football: Bad boys reunited - 26/08/2006

Source: http://www.shanghaiist.com

China's biggest football bad boys, Xian, come to town tonight to take on Shanghai Shenhua in a CSL clash with more complex plot twists than a tornado ripping across your granddad's allotment.

The Terracotta Army City, famed in the world of Chinese football for being home to the craziest and rowdiest fans in the land, is something of a hotbed of football hooliganism, having been the scene of several riots in the past. Referee's attacked, stadiums set on fire, vehicles overturned, pitch invasions, water cannons -- Xian has been there, done that, and went back for more.

So much so that the city's old team, Shaanxi Guoli, were banned from playing matches at their own stadium during the early 00s, before the club was finally kicked out of the city banished to Harbin, after one riot too many, and later disappearing off the map completely.

Of course, China is too big for large amounts of travelling fans to attend away matches, so Shanghai need not fear the modern day Terracotta Army. But of course, this is Chinese football, so there is always a twist. Inter Xian used to be called Inter Shanghai until moving out west last year -- leaving their Shanghai fan base behind and reluctant to support hated cross-city rivals, Shenhua. So, Shanghai-based Inter fans are expected to turn out in numbers tonight to support what they still see as their team even although it is now based in far-off Shaanxi Province. The name may have changed, but not much else has -- and Xian's fans clearly haven't mended their ways, having played a game on Wednesday behind closed doors following more trouble.

Shanghaiist's sources close to certain sections of the Shenhua fan groups assure us that "we will be fighting even if the player's aren't" to settle old scores -- a large ruck between Shenhua and Inter fans took place outside Shanghai Stadium when the teams last met in the city, almost exactly a year ago. Shanghaiist was at the match but left slightly early and missed the rumpus. We heard from several independent sources, however, that a significant football-related disorder did indeed take place.

The match looks like being the last one to have any particular significance for either team this season, as champions elect Shandong Luneng are 16 points ahead of second placed Beijing Guoan. The top two meet tomorrow and Shandong will clinch their first title since 1999 should they win. Shenhua currently lie third after a stop-start campaign in which their biggest problem has been putting the ball in the net. Former German international Carsten Jancker should be back after being sent off in last week's game against Shenyang, but the giant striker has yet to score for his new club since joining in May.

The match kicks off tonight at 7:45 pm at Hongkou Stadium. Take Metro Line 3 to Hongkou Football Stadium station, and follow your nose. Tickets: Cheap and plentiful!