Season 89/90

NEC NIjmegen - Ajax Amsterdam - 89/90

Source: NEC Riot archive website

Ajax fans tried to invaded the pitch and fought with police forces.

VFL Bochum - Fortuna Dusseldorf - 89/90

Source: Fortuna fans website

Fortuna fans invaded the pitch.

Fortuna Düsseldorf - Bayern Munich - 89/90

Source: Fortuna fans website

Hansa Rostock - FC Magdeburg - 89/90

Source: Magdeburg fans website

FCM fans fought with police forces

Padova - Trieste - 89/90

Source: triestefototifo.com

HAMBURGER SV - WALDHOF MANNHEIM - 12/05/1990

Source : ViewImages

Panathinaikos - Swansea City - ??/09/1989

Source: France Football

Fourteen young Swansea fans received jailed sentences in Athens due to damages caused in several pubs in the south of Athens.
These drunken fans caused troubles in the Glyfada area and damaged 6 vehicles.

Ponferradina - Cultural Leonesa - 89/90

Source: http://www.frentenorte.com

Local ultras, called Frente Norte, threw WC papers onto the pitch and also firecrackers. Fire started just behind the goal and police forces charged on local fans.
Many people were arrested.

Sunderland FC - Newcastle United - FA Cup - 16/05/1990

Source: http://www.toonarama.co.uk/fans/onthepitch.html

This was perhaps the most futile and depressing of them all. Having finished 3rd in the League United missed out on automatic promotion and were forced to enter the "play-offs". In the semi-final they had been drawn against Sunderland. A bad tempered match at Roker Park finished goalless and United were clear favourites to go through the the "final" at Wembley.

United played poorly . In the 85th minute Gabbiadini broke away to score the second prompting hundreds of United fans to invade the pitch. The game was delayed for 20 minutes whilst the police restored order.

It was a futile gesture and there was never any question that referee George Courtenay was going to abandon the match with only a few minutes left. The last few minutes were duly played out and the Makems went on to meet Swindon in the play-off final at Wembley

Dinamo Zagreb - Partizan Belgrade - 89/90

Source : Mail

Bolton Wanderers – Bristol City – 11/11/1989

Source: http://www.wanderersways.com/forum/topic/66830-70s-terrace-wars/page__st__50 - BWFC view

I'm thinking of the Bristol City game which was the last game of the season and they had got promoted, they were everywhere, loads of fighting on the forecourt, we were involved [obviously].

Wolverhampton Wanderers - Newcastle United - 14/04/1990

Source: http://boards.footymad.net/forum.php?tno=572&fid=263&sty=2&act=1&mid=2117162300 - WW view

Newcastle fans came over the old southbank barrier. I got squashed against the barrier and could not escape the geordies. I was unable to move my hands and ended up getting punched several times in the face. I then managed to get free and ran down the front to find the 2 blokes who hit me. It was a right mess of a day. I did get hold of them and landed a few punchs to get my own back. I then remember getting hit on the head with a 50p piece. Boy that hurt.

Olympiakos Pireus - PAOK Saloniki - 89/90

Source : https://www.youtube.com

Oldham Athletic - Brighton & Hove Albion - FA Cup - 27/01/1990

Source: BH forum - BH view

"The Gulls eye coach was the centre of running battles in the car park after the match. We got chased down towards the station and couldnt find our minibus for ages!"

Brentford FC – Manchester City – League Cup – 19/09/1989

Source : http://www.griffinpark.org BFC view

All off outside the Brickies before the game then inside we were sat just below their seats!!!!!!
Cue a shower of bricks,coins,seats bottles down on us(very messy!!!!)
It might be old age but i distinctly remember a certain sweetie man throwing his fishing brolly into their seats and king haralding one of the manc B&*tards!!!!
Funniest thing was one the real old skool characters on the braemar got nicked along with 3 city fans and we held in the back of a van until the end of the game. With about 10 mins to go the mancs ask the copper the score and he says 3-1. They're going mental (in the van!!) until the copper says "To Brentford" and our man promptly lays all 3 of em out!!!!!!

Red Star Beograd - Dinamo Zagreb - 26/11/1989

Source: https://www.youtube.com

1.FC Köln - Red Star Beograd - 89/90

Source: https://www.youtube.com

Ajax Amsterdam - Austria Wien - 28/09/1989

Source : Press

An Ajax fan threw an iron rod at the keeper of Austria Wien, an incident that saw the Dutch team banned from European competition for a year.

Eintracht Frankfurt - Kickers Offenbach - 19/02/1990

Source : Press

Dinamo Zagreb - Red Star Belgrade - 13/05/1990

Source : Press

The Dinamo Zagreb–Red Star Belgrade riot was a football riot that took place on May 13, 1990 at Maksimir Stadium in Zagreb, Croatia between the Bad Blue Boys (fans of Dinamo Zagreb) and the Delije ("heroes"; fans of Red Star Belgrade). The incident took place just weeks after Croatia's first multi-party elections in almost 50 years in which the parties favouring Croatian independence had won the majority of votes. The riot resulted in over 60 people wounded, including some stabbed, shot and poisoned by tear gas.

Tension between the two teams was always high as they consistently placed at the top of the Yugoslav football league and often won the national championships. In 1990, this took an even worse character due to rising ethnic tensions in Yugoslavia. The first multi-party elections were held in most of Yugoslavia and communism was ousted in favour of more national-oriented parties. The second round of voting in Croatia was held on May 6, when the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) won under Franjo Tuđman. Slovenia and Croatia, under new leadership, were the leading forces behind a drive to reorganize Yugoslavia into a confederation, but were opposed by Serbia under Slobodan Milošević and the still powerful Communist system at state-level.

Approximately 3,000 Delije made the trip to Zagreb. They were led by Željko Ražnatović (also known as "Arkan"), a Serbian nationalist and criminal wanted by Interpol. Between 15,000 to 20,000 spectators were estimated to have attended the game.

Up to several hours before the game even began, there were already a number of fights in the streets between Dinamo (Bad Blue Boys) and Red Star (Delije) fans. However, the real trouble took place within the Maksimir stadium itself. Provoked by stones being thrown at them by the Bad Blue Boys, Delije, placed in the stadium's segregated area reserved for visiting fans, began to tear the advertising hoardings and eventually made their way towards the Dinamo fans, attacking them with torn-off seats and knives, and singing Serbian nationalist chants like "Zagreb is Serbian" and "We'll kill Tuđman".

The Bad Blue Boys - incensed by the actions of their rivals - attempted to storm the field half an hour later, but were quickly pushed back by the police; restraint methods used by the police included baton striking and tear gas. Within minutes, the situation spiraled beyond control as the BBB could no longer be held back by the police, and soon took to the field to reach their Serbian counterparts. All the while, the police were quickly overwhelmed by the large numbers, but came back with reinforcements, armoured vans and water cannons to disperse the violence. More than an hour later, with hundreds injured, the running battles were all over.

Amidst all the chaos, several Dinamo players still remained on the field, the Red Star players having already left for the locker rooms. Zvonimir Boban, the Dinamo captain, kicked a police officer Refik Ahmetović who was attacking a Dinamo supporter. The Bad Blue Boys soon came to Boban's defence, acting as bodyguards. For this act alone, Boban was proclaimed a national hero of Croatia, but also attained a Croatian nationalist reputation in Serbia. He was suspended by the Yugoslav Football Association for six months and had criminal charges filed against him, although the officer he attacked (who turned out to be a Bosnian Muslim) publicly forgave him for his actions several years later.

“ Here I was, a public face prepared to risk his life, career, and everything that fame could have brought, all because of one ideal, one cause; the Croatian cause. ”

England - Holland - played in Cagliari - 16/06/1990

Source : New York Times + press

Fan Violence at World Cup Finals

Two hours before the kickoff of the World Cup match between England and the Netherlands on Saturday night, Italian police officers and about 1,000 English soccer fans exchanged rocks and tear gas during a clash.

According to Italian and British authorities, two officers and seven English youths were injured in the skirmish, which began when fans stormed a police barrier near Sant'Elia Stadium, on the outskirts of this southern Sardinian city.

The police, clearly responding in force to the first sign of provocation by English hooligans, responded with several volleys of tear gas after the youngsters hurled stones at them, witnesses said. After chasing hundreds of youths down backstreets and alleys, the police took more than 500 people into custody, but British officials said that over the next few hours all were let go.

After the game ended in a 0-0 tie, fans for both teams left the stadium quietly, many of the Dutch visitors planning to take planes directly to Palermo, Sicily, where they are staying during the first round of the finals. Nevertheless, the battle deepened worries that a night of trouble lay ahead for what was already the most dreaded match of the tournament.

Both England and the Netherlands are notorious for soccer hooliganism; their teams trailed by packs of rabid fans out to prove they are the nastiest around.

But police officers in riot helmets were out in full force in the heart of town into early this morning, hours after the match, and they easily outmanned young fans and local youths milling in the streets. For all the worries, there were no disturbances.

For months, people here had braced for the estimated 8,500 Dutch and 6,000 English fans who poured onto this island in the last few days from planes and ships. They were greeted with the tightest security net thus far in the monthlong tournament.

About 3,200 extra police officers were assigned to duty in and around Cagliari, raising the total force here to 4,000; equivalent to one officer for every 60 residents. They closely patrolled every Sardinian airport and ferry landing, using dogs to sniff each arrival for drugs and pulling aside those suspected of being possible troublemakers.

Ajax Amsterdam - Feyenoord Rotterdam - 22/10/1989

Source: www.anp.nl

Two homemade bombs exploded at "De Meer" stadium. 19 fans were injured, nine of them seriously. Ajax's stadium was turned into a war zone and it was a miracle if nobody was killed.

FC Twente - Ajax Amsterdam - 03/09/1989

Source: www.anp.nl

Den Haag - Ajax Amsterdam - 89/90

Source: mail

Linfield - Donegal Celtic - Irish Cup - 18/02/1990

Source: press

As Linfield fans are hardcore loyalists and Donegal Celtic are catholics, mostly comming from west Belfast, the trouble was almost certain.
Anyway noone expected such extreme and violent disorder. The match was played in Windsor Park, located in Protestant area.It went off hours before the match, so riots were just transmited from streets to the ground.

It was probably one of the biggest football related incident in Great Britain with political and religious background. Official reports says about 50 fans were injured that day, but eyewitneses claims the number of injured fans was at least double as lots of them avoid hospital treatment because of possibility to get recognized by OB for their roll in riots… Stil some of the involved says that it was miracle noone has died on that mad evening..

After the match, riots continued on the streets of Belfsat until late night and were ended after RUC and police brutal intervention with rubber bullets, dogs, tear gas etc. I would say thats classic example how politics and religion can effect on football fans behaviour with hard consequences in the end.