Season 09/10 - December

2 arrested after Dortmund fan event - 20/12/2009

Source : USA Today

Authorities say two people were arrested after disturbances that followed a party for fans marking the 100th birthday of Borussia Dortmund.

Federal police said that about 200 people -- some of whom had been drinking heavily -- headed for the city's main train station from the party in the early hours of Sunday, setting fire to trash cans and throwing stones at officers.

A police car was set alight in front of the station, which officers sealed off.

Two men in their early 20s were arrested in connection with the attack on the police car. No one was injured.

Paris SG - AS Saint-Etienne - 13/12/2009

Source : AFP + Mail + fansupporters.com

During all the game St Etienne supporters threw home-made bombs in front of their terrace






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Source : RMC.fr

Angry about their team (it was 3-0 after 40 minutes of playing), St Etienne supporters left their stand before the end of the game and waited in front of their terrace.

Bari - Juventus - 13/12/2009

Source : Mail + nucleo1985.it

After the game, about 15 Bari fans attacked 4 Juve ultras so Juventini (Viking, youth Drughi and some 'cani sciolti') reacted with 50 and took the direction of north stand (Bari stand) were some punches were exchanged.
Locals retreated.

Genoa - Valencia CF - 17/12/2009

Source : corriere.it

Genoa supporters attacked the coach of Valencia supporters, throwing bottles.
The italian driver was hospitalized.
Police charged locals.

AS Saint-Etienne - Marseille - 19/12/2009

Source : Ouest-France + Le Progrès

Angry about the managers of their team, 1300 St Etienne supporters, mainly both ultras groups Magic Fans and Green Angels, mobbed up together before the game in the streets near the stadium to protest.

Panathinaikos - PAS Giannena - 19/12/2009

Source : fanclubs.zoo.gr + enet.gr + YouTube

After they were provoked by Pas Giannina supporters, Panathinaikos supporters caused troubles during half-time because they tried to reach away stand, throwing missiles like flares and firecrackers.
Local manager talked to these troublemakers.





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Steaua Bucarest - FC Twente - 17/12/2009

Source : tctubantia.n

Forty Steaua hooligans attacked hundred of Dutch supporters who took place inside an irish pub in Bucarest.
Romanians threw bricks and firecrackers so Dutch reacted and they went out of the pub with the aim to fight with locals but police quickly arrived on the scene to separate both sides.
No one was injured and arrested.
Then police escorted Twente fans to the stadium.
They were 400.

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Arzanese - Nola - Italian cup - 17/12/2009

Source : ilnolano.it

After the game, troubles were caused by many supporters from both sides.
In fact, police made an error because both sides went out of the stadium using the same exit way

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AS Monaco - Lyon - 20/12/2009

Source : Sports.fr

Lyon supporters caused troubles during 1st half so referee of the game, Stephane Bré, stopped the match for several minutes due to teargas used by police.

Vicenza - Torino - 20/12/2009

Source : La Repubblica

Tension before the serie B game. At 1pm, a mob of Torino supporters attacked some locals. One of these locals was hospitalized with a broken nose.

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Source : Mail

A 5-minutes fight opposed 25 locals to 35 Torino.

FC Sochaux - Grenoble Foot 38 - 13/12/2009

Source: mail (thanks to the sender)

35 Grenoble supporters opposed 35 locals in the city center.
Grenoble won.
A few chairs used of Grenoble side.

Hearts of Midlothian - Celtic Glasgow - 20/12/2009

Source: forum

It seems Celtic fans rampaged at Haymarket station.
It seems 8 of them were arrested.

Greece basket : Trikala - PAOK - 20/12/2009

Source : local press + Sportime.gr

Severe riots occured near the Trikala stadium because local team chairman, managers and police refused the entrance to 150 PAOK supporters, with tickets, for security reasons.
Quickly, troubles opposed supporters to police and it waw bricks against teargas.
Five policemen were injured.
Due to a gas canister threw inside the stadium the game was delayed for a few minutes.





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Bolivia: Wilstermann - Ciclon de Tarija - Play off - 21/12/2009

Source: https://www.youtube.com

Wilstermann supporters threw bricks, bottles and other missiles in the pitch.

Bolivia: Ciclon de Tarija - Jorge Wilstermann - Play off - 13/12/2009

Source: El Tiempo

Peacefull Wilstermann supporters were assaulted by local police who used batons and pepper sprays.
El Tiempo newspaper showed these events.

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http://www.lostiempos.com/diario/actualidad/deportes/20091217/se-queda-en-la-liga-wilstermann-vencio-a-ciclon-y-mantiene-su-plaza-en-la_50036_87997.html

Estudiantes (Argentina) - Pohang Steelers (South Korea) - World Cup of Clubs - ??/12/2009

Source: http://www.novacolombia.info/nota.asp?n=2009_12_20&id=13781&id_tiponota=24

Riots occured after Estudiantes supporters were happy at the end of the game.
Police forces intervened.




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Juventus fined 10,000 euros after racist chants - 22/12/2009

Source : Reuters

Juventus have been fined 10,000 euros after their fans sang racist chants and let off fireworks in Sunday's 2-1 home defeat by Serie A strugglers Catania, the Italian Soccer League said on Monday.

Juve may have feared far worse punishment as fans sang "there are no black Italians", a chant that cost them a stadium ban last season when directed at Inter Milan forward Mario Balotelli, an Italian of Ghanaian decent.

"During the game Juventus supporters briefly sang offensive chants regarding another team's player on three occasions, as well as letting off firecrackers in their sector," read a statement on the League's website.

The League said the punishment had been softened because of the Turin club's attempts to prevent such episodes taking place.

Italian media speculated that the fans responsible for the chants on Sunday may have been seeking to deliberately harm the club in anger at their poor form.

The loss to Catania was third-placed Juve's third straight defeat after last week's 3-1 reverse at Bari and a Champions League exit after a 4-1 home drubbing by Bayern Munich.

Manchester United fans top arrest league - 22/12/2009

Source : guardian.co.uk

Man United had more fans arrested than any Premier League team – but number of football-related incidents down

Manchester United fans topped the Premier League for arrests last season, police figures show.

The number of football-related arrests fell to 3,752, down 90 from the 2007-8 season. Half were for disorder and about a third for alcohol offences. Other arrests were for ticket touting and violence.

Of the 1,600 fans arrested from clubs in the top flight, 185 were followers of Manchester United. Fulham had the fewest fans arrested with just 13.

More than 3,000 fans are banned from watching matches, 162 of them Leeds United supporters, ahead of Cardiff City with 124 and Millwall with 110.

In the Premier League, Wolves, with 98, and Portsmouth, with 88, were the clubs with the most banned fans.

The policing minister David Hanson said: "Hooligans once blighted our national game, but we now set an example for the rest of the world in how we police football matches.

"I am pleased with the way clubs and police work together, but we must also praise fans for realising violence has no place in the modern game.

"We are not complacent and will carry on working to ensure this success story continues into the future."

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Drop in the number of football hooligans arrested

Source : thisisbristol.co.uk

The number of football hooligans arrested by the police fell last season, official figures revealed today.
Home Office statistics showed there were 3,752 arrests at matches in England and Wales – a fall of two per cent on the 2007/8 season.
Half were for disorder and around a third for alcohol offences. Other arrests were for ticket touting and violence.
Cardiff City topped the Championship arrest charts with 89 arrests, followed by the two Sheffield clubs while Bristol City had 66 fans arrested.
Charlton Athletic had the fewest fans arrested with just 4.
Manchester United were top of the Premier League. Of the 1,600 arrests, 185 were followers of the league title holders. Relegated Newcastle United came in second and Fulham had the fewest fans arrested with just 13.
More than 3,000 fans are banned from watching matches.
Of those, Leeds fans are the worst offenders with 162 coming under banning orders, followed by Cardiff City with 124 and Millwall with 110. Thirty-nine Bristol City fans are banned from attending matches.
International matches involving England or Wales at home and abroad led to 35 arrests.
Policing minister David Hanson said: "Hooligans once blighted our national game, but we now set an example for the rest of the world in how we police football matches.
"I am pleased with the way clubs and police work together, but we must also praise fans for realising violence has no place in the modern game."
The full tables of shame.

Premier League arrestes

Arsenal 133
Aston Villa 77
Blackburn Rovers 31
Bolton Wanderers 50
Chelsea 102
Everton 139
Fulham 13
Hull City 61
Liverpool 100
Manchester City 82
Manchester United 185
Middlesbrough 75
Newcastle United 144
Portsmouth 31
Stoke City 118
Sunderland 138
Tottenham Hotspur 71
West Bromwich Albion 26
West Ham United 65
Wigan Athletic 23

Championship arrests

Barnsley 31
Birmingham City 69
Blackpool 17
Bristol City 66
Burnley 67
Cardiff City 89
Charlton Athletic 4
Coventry City 36
Crystal Palace 19
Derby County 69
Doncaster Rovers 11
Ipswich Town 33
Norwich City 15
Nottingham Forest 78
Plymouth Argyle 23
Preston North End 22
Queens Park Rangers 33
Reading 9
Sheffield United 73
Sheffield Wednesday 74
Southampton 26
Swansea City 64
Watford 5
Wolverhampton Wanderers 61

Premier League bans

Arsenal 44
Aston Villa 79
Birmingham City 73
Blackburn Rovers 23
Bolton Wanderers 44
Burnley 30
Chelsea 63
Everton 56
Fulham 5
Hull City 53
Liverpool 78
Manchester City 53
Manchester United 74
Portsmouth 88
Stoke City 48
Sunderland 67
Tottenham Hotspur 39
West Ham United 55
Wigan Athletic 13
Wolverhampton W 98

Championship bans

Barnsley 41
Blackpool 28
Bristol City 39
Cardiff City 124
Coventry City 48
Crystal Palace 26
Derby County 34
Doncaster Rovers 21
Ipswich Town 18
Leicester City 57
Middlesbrough 82
Newcastle United 99
Nottingham Forest 50
Peterborough United 34
Plymouth Argyle 44
Preston North End 18
QPR 14
Reading 11
Scunthorpe United 22
Sheffield United 51
Sheffield Wednesday 36
Swansea City 65
Watford 9
West Bromwich Albion 37

NUFC and SAFC thugs face court on brawl - 22/12/2009

Source : Evening Chronicle



Violence flared at Newcastle’s Central Station as Sunderland supporters travelled home from a pre-season friendly in Scotland.

Detectives received intelligence that members of Sunderland’s Seaburn Casuals firm had co-ordinated an organised clash with Newcastle’s hooligans, the Gremlins.

The two gangs were kept apart but trouble flared on the station platforms as riot police fought to prevent the pre-arranged brawl.

Four police dogs were attacked in shameful scenes of violence and three men needed emergency treatment for head injuries.

Now, more than four months after the ugly scenes, files of evidence have been submitted to the Crown Prosecution Service for 42 of the 44 people arrested.

Two men were told no further action is to be taken, while the remaining 42 have been bailed until the New Year.

Det Insp John Cowell, of Northumbria Police, said: “Files of evidence have been passed to the CPS for 42 people and we await a charge decision.”

The disorder kicked-off on August 8 after Sunderland’s game with Edinburgh club Hearts.

Among those travelling from the Scottish capital were 40 onboard a designated football train, which contained so-called “risk supporters,” linked to Sunderland’s hooligan element.

When they pulled into Central Station, where they were due to change trains for a local line service, there was a heavy police presence and members of the group clashed with the officers.

Police drew batons to restrain the rowdy crowd and footage posted online showed a pool of blood on the platform after one man suffered head injuries.

Detectives later revealed they had mounted the operation to thwart a planned scrap between Sunderland and Newcastle thugs.

CCTV from a nearby subway showed alleged members of the Gremlins firm gearing up to do battle with weapons including a baton.

Smoke thought to have come from a grenade later clouds the footage.

Detectives spent hours trawling through the material and released three CCTV stills in a bid to expose the alleged ringleaders.

Today Andrew Waters, the football liaison lawyer for CPS Northumbria, said: “Northumbria Police has provided the CPS with files on a large number of people arrested during violence between Newcastle and Sunderland supporters earlier this year.

“A decision by the CPS on whether charges should be brought will be made in the New Year.”

The Central Station scenes sparked controversy, with police accused of being heavy-handed.

A probe was launched by the Independent Police Complaints Commission but swiftly concluded no further action would be taken.

The Football Supporters Federation reacted angrily, insisting it had differing intelligence and there were calls for IPCC Commissioner for the North East Gary Garland to resign.

Four police dogs called Clio, Floyd, Earl and Diesel, were treated for injuries after they were kicked and stamped on while on the floor.

It is thought a 15-strong Magpies mob who waited in a nearby subway, were armed with retractable batons and smoke bombs as the train pulled into the station.

Serbia Set on Ending Football Violence in 2010 - 22/12/2009

Source : Southeast European Times

The Serbian Ministry of Defence is taking measures to make sure that sporting events are safer in the New Year. "The government must solve the problem of violence in sports and the threat of hooliganism among fans," Defence Minister Dragan Sutanovac told national media.
"As long as the fences and the barricade nets are there we have failed to resolve the issue," Sutanovac said to Belgrade-based B92. "I am deeply convinced that next year should produce an outcome in the fight to crush hooliganism at sports events in Serbia."

The initiative comes after a wave of violence in the country that has led to at least seven deaths since 2002.

In September, a French football fan, Brice Taton, 28, died after being brutally beaten following a match between Belgrade's Partizan and French club Toulouse, sparking about 5,000 protestors to take to the streets of the Serbian capital.

About a dozen suspects were arrested in connection to the incident. If convicted, they each face up to 40 years in prison.

Another suspect is on the run, and is believed to be hiding in the Netherlands "under the protection of one of the leading Serbian drug cartels", said Interior Minister Ivica Dacic.

Last week, 24-year-old Bojan Hrvatin was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to 30 years in jail for stabbing a rival soccer fan dead in 2006. Three other fans of the Belgrade club Rad were sentenced to up to three years in prison for taking part in the brawl.

In 2007, a fan of the Belgrade team Red Star attacked an off duty cop with a burning flare and was sentenced to 10 years in prison for attempted murder. Another Red Star fan was killed by a flare that was hurled from a group of Partizan supporters about a decade ago.

Also in 2007, Partizan fans - also known as Grobari, or Gravediggers, were involved in riots in the Bosnian town of Mostar, which resulted in the expulsion of the Belgrade-based club from the UEFA Cup. The fans took part in the making of the British documentary "The Real Football Factories", where they did not conceal that they owned weapons and revealed details of their fights with other fan groups.

However, the violence isn't contained to the soccer field, as journalists reporting on the crimes are also at risk.

B92 Radio and Television journalist Brankica Stankovic received death threats via Facebook after reporting on criminal activities involving leaders of Serbian football fan groups, SETimes reported earlier this month.

"It is not the threats that worry me so much but the fact that they are still powerful enough," Stankovic told Athens' daily Kathimerini. "It's a scandal that journalists in Serbia have to work under police protection. All this is happening after the state said it will deal with them."

In an attempt to nip violence in the bud, Serbian state prosecutor Slobodan Radovanovic in October called on the constitutional court to ban 14 extremist soccer fan groups.

The prosecutor told a news conference that he was proposing the ban because fan groups had been calling for "the violent dissolution of constitutional order, the violation of guaranteed minority and human rights and the causing of racial, religious and ethnically motivated hate".

"They have nothing in common with sports, rather they have much more in common with crime," said Radovanovic about the extremist sports groups.

This proposal, as Radovanovic put it, is the continuation of Serbia's determined fight against all extremist organisations.

Radovanovic's initiative did not stop at fan groups. The prosecutor also called for the launching of a court process against Red Star soccer club President Vladan Lukic for appearing at a match in a sweatshirt emblazoned with the lyrics of a fan song that, according to the prosecutor, is a call to violence.

However, Serbian Soccer Association President Tomislav Karadzic said it would take a long time to get on the right track. He warned that the task could not be carried out without breaking illegal links between fans and club management.

"We also have to look at who the candidates for managerial posts in soccer are. Apart from honorable people, there are those involved in crime, those who have been in prison, are or will be indicted," Radovanovic said.

A new law that will severely penalise misdemeanors at sporting events, modeled according to British regulations, came into effect in September.

Despite the recent efforts to thwart violence in soccer, some think the government has done too little too late. Belgrade analyst Zoran Dragisic believes officials could have already dealt with hooligan groups and extremist organisations.

"The problem lies with the politicians, who lack the courage to start that fight because they believe it would result in the loss of support from a number of voters," Dragisic said.

Serbian fan portal closes down in solidarity with all the fans - 25/12/09

Serbian fan portal srpskatribina.net has been closed down in solidarity with all the fan groups who are subject to the greatest repression since the birth of fans movement in Serbia. The portal has issued an official statement at there web address www.srpskatribina.net . Another fan portal www.fotoultras.si has been in down time for awhile in solidarity with fans from Serbia.

Official statement:

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We are faced at the moment with the unprecedented media campaign against fans movement, indiscriminate arrests and deliberate, public defamation by government, police and media. Srpskatribina web site will stop its work indefinitely in solidarity with fans, after 7 years of presence.
Since the birth of fans movement in this area, fans are forced to fight against stereotypes, launched by the media and police. Their inability to understand the subculture has turned them into fighters against it. Fans have got used to those stereotypes that have been following them, and were aware of the fact that it won't be easy to get rid of them. Fans have never claimed that they don't make mistakes, but have never thought that they will be fighting against this kind of media manipulations.
However, this what is happening today is not the fight against stereotypes, this is fight against media who accuse, judge and adjudge without evidence, using the dirtiest media manipulations. Part of the people arrested are kept in custody based on the media campaign and media pressures, media who do not hesitate do brake the law and who deliberately air data about the accused, damaging their reputation and endangering their existence regardless of their guilt not being proved.
The fan movement in Serbia is faced with the greatest threat since its formation, attacked by media machinery, police which fawns upon regime, regime that will do anything that foreign ambassadors ask them to do, in other words we know your intentions.
In Serbia where different opinions are not allowed, where media and regime create the state “with us or against us”, where corruption, bribery and crime reign, where party cards worth more than diplomas – fans are the greatest problem and all of the government structures are focused on fight against fans. In Serbia where patriotism is being banned on the back door, where national consciousness is represented as illness, in Serbia where journalists and interest groups present fans as embodiment of evil and main obstacle towards EU, in that Serbia at the moment curfew is upon all those who don't think the same as governmental authority.
In fear that fans could shake there current positions they have stormed upon us with all means available. However, they should know that fans never retreat and that fans movement will never be shut down. They are led by money and interests, and we are led by ideals and our way of life.

FREEDOM FOR ULTRAS!

Hunt for football fans after station violence - 31/12/2009

Source : Wood Green and Edmonton Journal

POLICE are still hunting three Tottenham Hotspur fans they want to talk to over violent clashes following Spurs' match against Portsmouth earlier this year.

British Transport Police detectives want to trace the three men thought to be Spurs fans, and another two men thought to be Pompey fans after a violent clash at Fratton rail station on Saturday, October 17.

The clashes took place between 7.30pm and 8pm, after Spurs won the match 2-1, said Detective Constable Trevor Wilson.

He said: "Police attended the station around 7.45pm after two sets of fans confronted each other in the car park.

"Some of the men left the area before returning to the station platform, where both sets of fans began shouting abuse, swearing and spitting at each other from on board the train and on the platform."

A train guard who tried to prevent the train being delayed suffered a cut to his head and bruised his face when he intervened, while an off-duty member of rail staff, a 34-year-old man, was left with a bloodied nose and swollen lip.

BTP officers joined the train back to London, and after reviewing hours of CCTV footage, want to speak to these men.

DC Wilson added: "From our inquiries so far we believe a number of people may have witnessed the disturbance at the station.

"I urge anyone who was in the area between 7.30pm and 8pm on Saturday, October 17, or who recognises any of the men to contact us.

"We are particularly keen to speak to a woman who assisted the injured train guard after the incident as we believe she may hold key information about what took place."

Australia - Pakistan (cricket) - 27/12/2009

Source : Reuters

Germany: Altona 93 - St-Pauli II - Hamburg indoor football - 29/12/2009

Source : ndr.de

A fight opposed supporters from both teams and one man was hospitalized.

FC Utrecht - Ajax Amsterdam - 05/12/2009

Source: dutch press + http://www.ajaxfotoside.nl

This Sunday afternoon, Utrecht police have sent back to Amsterdam two coaches full with Ajax supporters.
A large number of flares and firecrackers were found inside the coaches by stewards.
Forty angry fans fronted police who arrived on the scene.

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