Season 09/10 - January

AS Monaco - OGC Nice - 30/01/2010

Source : bigpondnews.com + Reuters

Nice supporters clash with police

Around two hundred supporters of French First Division strugglers Nice clashed with police in Monaco on Saturday after they invaded the pitch and tried to confront rival fans.

The pitch invasion followed their side's 3-2 defeat in the Riviera derby which left them fifth from bottom, just six points above the relegation places.

However, police prevented the Nice supporters from crossing the pitch and taking on their opponents.

Nice president Gilbert Stellardo said he had not seen the incident after leaving following shouts for him to resign.

'If there were clashes with the police then I hope that those Nice supporters took several blows to the head,' he said.

'What do you want us to do? We just can't control them.

'I dream of having supporters like they have in England. I would prefer to have supporters who have other qualities than those that ours possess.'

Monaco coach Guy Lacombe said spectators simply couldn't come to terms with their team or favourite player losing.

'We simply don't accept losing these days,' said Lacombe, who himself was the target for personal abuse when he coached Paris Saint Germain.

'Sport is about competition. There is a winner and a loser.

'One has to understand that. If one educates these people about the culture of sport, then things would take a different turn.

'But this problem does not date from today.'



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Video incident Monaco Vs Nice – 30 Janvier 2010

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Source : NiceMatin

Lille OSC - RC Lens - 30/01/2010

Source : Foot01

La Voix du Nord, the local newspaper said 200 Lens supporters reach Villeneuve-d'Ascq by cars and mobbed up in a place without any police presence.
Rapidly, they frronted their arch-rivals by french CRS quickly arrived on the scene, using pepper sprays to separate both sides.
Some cans were threw but no one was injured and arrested.

Germany: Union Berlin hooligans attacked rivals from BFC - 30/01/2010

Source : berlinonline.de

Hundred Union Berlin hooligans attacked their arch-rivals from Berlin FC during an indoor football game, organised by BFC.
At least 2 people were injured: one man from Magdeburg had his nose broken and the 2nd people was a woman. Both were hospitalized.
Securtiy and authorites never thing about this kind of action.
Hooligans quickly left the place.

Translation Underground Fans (c)

Switzerland: Anti-vandalism tactic divides Swiss - 30/01/2010

Source: http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss_news/Anti-vandalism_tactic_divides_Swiss.html?cid=8162638&rss=true

Local acts of hooliganism rarely make the national news, but the recent “naming and shaming” of young vandals in a St Gallen village triggered a general debate.

The story was picked up by broadsheets and tabloids alike, prompting a flood of reader comments, supporting and condemning the mayor of Niederbüren for going public with the boys’ names.

Fed up after a series of vandalism incidents in his postcard-pretty town, Niklaus Hollenstein called on the local community to help identify the perpetrators of a rampage in the last weekend of November, 2009.

Juvenile delinquents broke barn windows, demolished a traffic post and tore down Christmas decorations outside the church – causing damages totalling about SFr4,000 ($3,827).

Residents were able to suss out who the guilty parties were: five local boys between the ages of 12 and 13. Police questioned the youths, confirming that they were indeed to blame.

Later, in a notice in the town’s newsletter, Hollenstein named the youths and thanked community members for their help in solving the crime. The quintet now face charges.

Media whirlwind

With 1,400 residents, Niederbüren is a small town – the circulation of its weekly newsletter even smaller. Yet the story soon attracted national attention when it was picked up by newspapers including Zurich’s Tages-Anzeiger and the mass-circulation Blick.

Some of the boys’ parents were dismayed that their sons were identified publicly in the town newsletter. Yet Blick quoted one father as saying that it was the right thing to do because it would discourage would-be vandals.

As Hollenstein told Blick, “Naming the perpetrators prevents false suspicions and unjust finger-pointing within the community.”

As he later told swissinfo.ch, all five boys were Swiss. “People sometimes like to blame these things on foreigners, but that wasn’t the case.”

According to youth psychologist Allan Guggenbühl, naming the boys publicly was irresponsible – especially for this age group.

“It gives them a false identity – they get a profile as ‘baddies,’” said Guggenbühl, who works at the Institute for Conflict Management in Bern and Zurich.

As he told swissinfo.ch, children this age are in a transitional phase; they’re trying to test the boundaries, and vandalism is often a part of that.

Earlier this month, the Tages-Anzeiger reported that three parties have filed charges against Mayor Hollenstein, complaining that he should not have revealed the names of the boys.

Online debate

Newspaper websites have attracted a flood of reader comments on the issue. Many have written in support of Hollenstein, saying that it’s about time that officials crack down on misbehaving juveniles.

As one Tages-Anzeiger reader wrote, “Acts of vandalism are generally accepted and the taxpayers pick up the tab. This must annoy many orderly taxpayers. I think it’s OK to publish the names, and I hope that more Swiss towns will do the same.”

Others expressed worry that broken windows today could translate into assault and battery tomorrow.

Many readers chastised the parents of the guilty boys. As a Blick reader put it, "The parents’ charges simply show what a crazy world we live in, and that neither the parents nor the youths have learned anything. Parents and children should think about the consequences of their deeds in advance.”

Others criticised Hollenstein: “I’m appalled by the methods used by the mayor. I don’t want to gloss over the boys’ misdeeds – they should be punished. But not with methods from the Middle Ages,” wrote a Tages-Anzeiger reader.

“’Naming and shaming’ is a very archaic way of punishment,” said Guggenbühl. What’s worse, noted the psychologist, is that the perpetrators might even garner admiration from their peers.

Hollenstein has defended his actions, calling for a change in the practice of data protection. He has also emphasised the importance of nipping trouble in the bud so that problem youths don’t cause greater damage in the future.

It takes a village

In addition to plenty of fresh air and open space, Niederbüren has a skateboard park and a clubhouse where teenagers can gather. The clubhouse, run in cooperation with the neighbouring town of Oberbüren, is open to young people on Friday evenings.

Petty vandalism has been a semi-regular occurrence after the clubhouse closes for the night. Some residents have even called for it to close altogether, but in Hollenstein’s view, this would be unfair to the 99 per cent of youths who are well-behaved.

The mayor says it’s up to whole communities to discourage youths from delinquency.

“Twenty years ago, people would have laughed about today’s littering laws. But it’s one example of how society has changed,” he said.

According to the mayor, “The observance of peace and order are values that serve as the basis of our quality of life.”

Olympiakos: Fans turn against Reds - 26/01/2010

Source: http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_sport_1_26/01/2010_114345

Olympiakos supporters threaten to attack the club’s players

Hundreds of PAOK fans of all ages gathered at Macedonia Airport on Sunday night to welcome back the team that defeated Olympiakos in Piraeus after five years.

While soccer champion Olympiakos finds itself in a crisis, Panathinaikos and PAOK are celebrating what is proving to be their best season of the last five years.

PAOK defeated Olympiakos 1-0 on Sunday in Piraeus, the Thessaloniki club’s first away win over the Reds in the last five years, and has sent waves of enthusiasm through Greece’s second city, at least on its black-and-white side. About 1,000 PAOK fans flooded Thessaloniki’s Macedonia Airport at night to greet the side that has gone level on points with Olympiakos and is now eight points behind Panathinaikos.

Yet the result was not received so enthusiastically by Olympiakos fans. In what was its second home loss in three games at the Karaiskaki Stadium since Christmas, Olympiakos produced a performance that lacked spirit and fitness, turning its own fans against it.

The hard core among them started ripping up seats and hurling them at the pitch, while the majority of fans sang scathing songs about the club owner, Sokratis Kokkalis.

The atmosphere became explosive after the match as 200 Olympiakos fans tried to make their way to the dressing rooms before being repelled by police, while another 800 headed to the club’s training ground at Rendi, some of them carrying wooden sticks, according to reports.

In view of this situation the Olympiakos players were advised against going to collect their cars from Rendi and chose instead to leave the stadium by taxi. All this came less than a week after the sacking of Brazilian coach Zico and his replacement by former scout Bozidar Bandovic.

In contrast, Panathinaikos is enjoying its eight-point advantage at the top following its scoreless draw at Aris, but coach Nikos Nioplias warned his players against complacency during yesterday’s training session. “We have a very tough derby ahead of us,” said Nioplias, referring to Sunday’s home match with Athens rival AEK. The latter won on Sunday after two straight draws, beating PAS Giannina 3-1 at the Olympic Stadium.

FC Eindhoven - Cambuur Leeuwarden - 29/01/2010

Source: Novum

Friday night, the Eindhoven police have arrested 18 Cambuur hooligans.
After the defeat of their team, a mob of Cambuur supporters threw glasses at police.
All these people are from 15 to 30 years old and come frm Leeuwarden, Stiens, Marssum et Sexbierum.

Translation Underground Fans (c)

Suspected Birmingham City hooligan caught by police - 31/01/2010

Source : sundaymercury.net

A SUSPECTED Birmingham City football hooligan faced the full force of the law when he refused to give himself up to police who raided his home yesterday.
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The 41 year-old suspect failed to open up when seven officers came knocking in Castle Vale, Birmingham, at 6am.

As a result, members of West Midlands Police’s operational support unit broke down his door and took him away in handcuffs.

He was among four people arrested for allegedly breaching an order forcing them to stay away from St Andrews ground and neighbouring areas for up to four years.

The men are suspected of being involved in violent clashes before Blues’ match against West Ham on December 12.

Former Birmingham City owners David Gold and David Sullivan were preparing for their takeover of the rival club at the time of the trouble.

Eighteen officers took part in the four simultaneous raids across Birmingham and the Black Country yesterday.

The three other suspected hooligans, who were all aged 19, were arrested after cops swooped on houses in Rubery, Walsall and West Bromwich.

The footballing ban forbids named supporters from entering an exclusion zone three hours before and three hours after kick-off for home games.

As well as being banned from away grounds, the four arrested men cannot enter a wide area around St Andrews, including Digbeth High Street, and New Street, Moor Street and Snow Hill railway stations.

PC David Mapp, of West Midlands Police’s football disorder reduction team said: “We broke down the Castle Vale door because he failed to comply with the police’s knock on his door.

“He didn’t respond and after several warnings police took the door off, entered his property and took him to the floor.

“He was immediately restrained and was compliant then.”

The officers were not armed during the dramatic raid, he said.

PC Mapp revealed details of the clashes which took place prior to the West Ham match.

He said: ‘‘Throughout the day there had been sporadic disorder between rival fans around the Digbeth area, where the Blues hooligans meet on match days, and there was a huge police operation to contain them.

“The order covers all main routes into Birmingham city centre.

‘‘All four of those arrested have been part of the Birmingham risk group, in other words, known troublemakers, for a number of years now.

‘‘They got their bans for being involved in organised violence throughout the country against other risk supporters.

“They need to know that they can’t get away with breaches.

“Football officers put intelligence in on these people, and we know what areas to look in – we check pubs they are known to go to, for example.

‘‘On the day they weren’t causing trouble – they were just associating within groups. Some were together and some weren’t.”

He said the suspects were identified by a team of five police spotters, comprising uniformed officers from various stations.

The trouble on the day took place as former Blues owners David Gold and David Sullivan were preparing for their £50 million-plus takeover of West Ham, which has now gone through.

“West Midlands Police are certainly clamping down on football hooliganism now,’’ PC Mapp added.

‘‘We are sending out the message that this kind of behaviour is simply not acceptable.

“We are going to increase our work on any kind of breaches of this sort.

‘‘We are very pleased with the operation.

‘‘The four men have been arrested, and hopefully they will be prosecuted and taken to court.”

Fight in the Netherlands - 30/01/2010

Source: forum hardcoreholigan.nl

A mob of 35 very young De Graafschap lads made the road to Almelo.
There, they waited the local mob who arrived with many weapons.
A confrontation occured.
No arrest.

Derby County - Nottingham Forest - 30/01/2010

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/nottinghamshire/8489832.stm

Arrests after Derby County and Nottingham Forest game

Six fans were arrested after Derby County's one-nil victory over Nottingham Forest at Pride Park.

Police said the arrests were mainly related to criminal damage, drunk and disorderly behaviour and public order offences.

Officers tried to prevent trouble that has flared at derby matches in the past by banning alcohol sales to supporters.

Towards the end of the Championship tie tempers also flared on the pitch after Forest conceded a goal.

Both clubs were fined by the Football Association after trouble broke out between players at their last league meeting at the City Ground in August, which Forest won 3-2.

Derbyshire Police Supt Kul Mahay said it was "disappointing" a small minority of fans from both sides seemed intent on causing trouble on Saturday.

Other measures to prevent trouble this weekend included special trains scheduled directly after the match to carry Forest supporters home.

RC Strasbourg - Lyon - French Cup - 09/01/2010

Source : DNA newspaper

A fight erupted before the game, inside the local boozer between 40-50 RCS lads and 10 Lyon youth. Police had to intervened. After that, 20 RCS lads attacked the police and two policemen were injured. Two RCS lads (24 and 39), were arrested.

Bordeaux - Marseille - 17/01/2010

Source: Sud Ouest newspaper

A fight erupted near the "Chaban-Delmas" stadium before the game between 50 Bordeaux and 30 OM fans. One OM fan was injured.

Mob run riot at nightclub - 31/01/2010

Source : thisishullandeastriding.co.uk

A rampaging mob caused thousands of pounds worth of damage after starting a brawl at a student nightclub.

The gang of more than 15 hooligans punched and kicked bouncers and threw large metal barriers at them.

The violence erupted after the doormen threw out one of the group when tried to attack the DJ following a concert by the Audio Bullys at the University of Hull's Asylum nightclub.

The offenders had watched Hull City's 1-1 home draw with Newcastle on March 14 last year and had gone to the nightclub, in Cottingham Road, Hull, to carry on drinking.

Following the flare up, security staff had to lure the men out of the building, before running back in and locking the doors to protect those inside.

Shocking CCTV footage - which can be viewed today on the Mail's website - shows the mob hitting a bouncer with a metal barrier and throwing the barriers at the doors of the university to regain entry.

Lee Watkin, 19, Michael Eslor, 22, Ryan Donoghue, 22, - who are all convicted football hooligans - and Christopher Moore, 20, pleaded guilty to affray at Hull Crown Court.

Prosecutor Nigel Clive said: "The group involved in this action was substantial, but only four people were identified.

"One of the men had climbed on to the stage and tried to grab hold of the DJ. The security staff grabbed him and he became aggressive then a large scale incident began.

"The men surrounded the security guards and began kicking and punching them. They were aggressive and the sheer number of them far outweighed the number the security guards could handle.

"The mass group began attacking the doors trying to get back in. Some were seen attacking a security guard trapped outside, kicking and punching him and ramming a metal barrier into his back.

"They picked up the barriers and hurled them at the doors to get back in and carry on the aggression."

The mob caused £3,200 worth of damage by breaking a cash till and damaging the metal barriers.

Watkin, of Laburnum Drive, Beverley, was seen chasing the security staff through the foyer and punching outwards towards one of them.

He then pushed the rest of the group forwards towards the doors to get back in.

Recorder Henry Prosser deferred sentence on Watkin for six months and ordered him to save up money for compensation.

Moore, of Tranby Park Meadows, Hessle, Eslor, of Quilter Avenue, west Hull, and Donoghue, of Dent Road, Cottingham, have all been given six-month prison sentences, suspended for two years.

Donoghue and Eslor were ordered to carry out 100 hours of unpaid work and Moore was handed 180 hours of unpaid work.

Eslor, who was described as one of the "main antagonists", punched one doorman and attacked the other who was stranded outside the club.

Donoghue was seen on CCTV banging and kicking the doors to the club.

He has a previous conviction for causing grievous bodily harm, when he and a friend assaulted his mother's partner in a five-hour ordeal.

Moore was seen throwing a railing at the door a number of times.

His barrister John Thackray said: "It was a disgraceful incident, but distinguishable from the more serious examples of violence the court sees. No-one suffered any serious significant injuries.

"This is a case in which the parties saw some kind of incident and massively overreacted to it."

James Brooks, Commercial and Marketing Manager at Hull University Union, which runs the Asylum nightclub, said: "This was a very serious incident and, thankfully, very rare at Asylum. I commend the swift actions of our door staff, for whom the safety of the other customers was paramount."

Video :
http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/news/Mob-run-riot-nightclub/article-1783525-detail/article.html

In custody for filming trial - 31/02/2010

Source: Blic

Goran K. was taken to 8 day custody under the order of court in Belgrade after he was caught trying to film the trial of one of the Red Star Belgrade Boys group leaders, with camera concealed in pen.


HH member under investigation

Public prosecutor submitted the request for an investigation because of the existence of reasonable doubt that the accused Mihajlo Filipovic has committed a criminal act of coercion, causing general danger and keeping unauthorized weapons and explosives.
As it is stated by Public prosecutor office Mihajlo Filipovic is the member of Partizan Belgrade organized fan group Head Hunters.

Eintracht Frankfurt - 1. FC Köln - 30/01/2010

Source : Bild.de

A fight opposed 15 Koln supporters to 20 from Frankfurt.
Police intervened to separate both sides, arresting 12 of them.
Four other people were arrested for other reasons, especially, when 50 Koln supporters tried to enter the stadium trying to avoid to be checked by security.

Translation Underground Fans (c)

Lillestrøm SK (Norway) - Gais (Sweden) - Friendly game - 29/01/2010

Source : aftonbladet.se

Troubles occured before and during this friendly game who was finally stopped with the aim to calm down the situation.
Before the game, police separated 40 to 50 GAIS supprters who fought with a dozen of locals.
Bottles were used on both sides.

Translation Underground Fans (c)

Birmingham City - Manchester United - 09/01/2010

Source: mail (thanks to the sender)

Clashes before the game and after in Digbeth High street
30 Zulus attacked 30 Man utd after game outside Irish center
win for zulus

Chile : Santiago Wanderers - Universidad de Chile - friendly game - 09/01/2010

Source : elmartutino.cl + terra.cl

Second half started with riots in terraces, opposing both sides of supporters and police so the game was stopped for several minutes.
Several people were injured.

Translation Underground Fans (c)

27 Bulgarian Hooligans Sentenced after Wednesday's Street Riot in Sofia - 15/01/2009

Source : http://www.novinite.com/

Twenty-seven of the some 180 persons who were detained by the police during Wednesday's street riot in downtown Sofia have been sentenced in quick trials, the Sofia District Court announced. Seven district judges were summoned Wednesday night to three police departments in the Bulgarian capital to look at the charges on the spot. Of the total of 37 persons, who were charged with stirred violence during the civic protest rally before the Parliament, 27 have been sentenced under the Ordinance for Combating Minor Hooliganism. Nine have been acquitted. Four persons were sentenced to fines of BGN 30, eight got fines of BGN 50, nine - of BGN 100, and five - of BGN 200. Only one of the charged persons got a sentence of a five-day imprisonment. One of the detainees is underage, born in 1991, so his case has been sent to the Committee for Combating Anti-Society Acts Committed by Minors. Dozens more of the alleged hooligans are going to be tried on Thursday at several police departments around Sofia. The District Court decided to send the judges on the spot in order to save the police time and efforts in transporting the suspects.