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Serbia journalist threatened by football fans
Associated Press
2009-12-07

A Serbian journalist says she has received death threats after exposing dozens of unpunished crimes linked to the nationalist-backed football fan groups.

Brankica Stankovic from B92 independent radio and TV station says the threats followed last week's airing of her popular documentary "Insider." It listed dozens of offenses allegedly committed by football fan leaders, including drug trafficking, violent attacks and even murder, which all remain unpunished.

Football hooligans were behind the fatal beating in September of a French Toulouse fan in downtown Belgrade and a series of recent attacks on foreigners, gays and liberals. Those groups are believed to be tied to far-right extremist groups and nationalists.

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Serbian hooligans had a direct connection to the ethnic cleansing and violence during the war in the Balkans in the 90s.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 08, 2009 12:40 am    Post subject: Reply with quote


That's quite a story - sounds like the guy did the world a favour.
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Beach party riot that left hooligan dead - police and council failed
09 December 2009
dutchnews.nl

The police, justice ministry and Rotterdam council officials all made mistakes before, during and after the Hoek van Holland beach party during which police shot dead one man after coming under attack, according to an official report into the event. The report by the security and crisis management institute COT says just 45 police officers in uniform were on duty when they were attacked by hundreds of youths, according to Nos tv.

The public prosecution department said on Tuesday that none of the officers who fired their weapons into the crowd at the Sunset Grooves event in August would face charges. One 19-year-old was killed and five others injured by police bullets.

The institute said there had not been proper coordination when the permits to hold the event were given, the preparation showed failings and the risk of trouble was under estimated. For example, hours before the party started, police were aware a large group of football hooligans was planning to cause trouble, but that information was not passed on to officials on the ground or senior police officers.

'At the beginning of the event there were all sorts of signals that things were going wrong. These signals were not properly recognised... and no extra measures were taken, the COT report said.

Rotterdam mayor Ahmed Aboutaleb said he accepted all the researchers' recommendations and would be adapting procedures.

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I'm surprised that I'd not heard anything about this before now.
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Football hooligan guilty of murder
December 11, 2009

A football hooligan has been convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to 30 years in prison in an apparent bid by Serbia's authorities to battle a surge in extremist violence.

Belgrade's District Court ruled on Thursday that 24-year-old Bojan Hrvatin was guilty of stabbing a rival fan to death during a fight that took place on a train in 2006. The judge said the attack had been planned in advance. He said fans of Belgrade Rad club boarded the train armed with bars, knives and rocks, knowing their rivals were on it.

Football hooligans are widely blamed for last year's burning of the US embassy in Belgrade during Kosovo protests and a series of recent attacks on liberals, gays and foreigners in Serbia, including the fatal beating in September of a French Toulouse fan. Hooligans are known to have close ties to far-right groups and former militants who fought in the Balkan wars of the 1990s.

Three other fans of Belgrade club Rad also were convicted on Thursday of taking part in the 2006 brawl and sentenced to up to three years in prison.

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30 years is a good sentence - any arsehole who gets to 24 and is still being such a rat deserves it.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 11, 2009 7:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I agree Face. Murder is Murder.
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PostPosted: Tue Dec 15, 2009 11:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote


Argentine hooligans get savvy with politics

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -Dozens of groups of football hooligans in Argentina are promising to clean up their act and end the violence that has been linked to some 150 deaths in and out of stadiums.

Of course, there is a catch. These politically savvy hooligans are looking for government support, and hoping their campaign to end the intimidation and vandalism will lead to stipends for many to follow Argentina at the World Cup next year in South Africa.

The effort is being organized by Marcelo Mallo, who campaigned for former Argentina President Nestor Kirchner, whose wife, Cristina, succeeded him as president two years ago. Mallo has formed Hinchadas Unidas Argentinas (Argentine Fans United), and filed papers to be recognized as a non-governmental organization, which could lead to some government aid.

The political links are not disguised. At stadiums across the country, banners urging Kirchner to run again - "Come back Kirchner'' or "Kirchner 2011'' - also carry the initials HUA. "HUA's main objective is to get rid of violence at the stadiums,'' Mallo explained in an Associated Press interview. "If these groups can produce social leaders who work in the neighborhoods, tomorrow they can be tools the government has at its disposal. They could help win votes.''

Sitting in Mallo's office was a self-described hooligan named Emiliano, a supporter of the club Huracan. He sported a large tattoo on his left arm and repeated several times he'd nearly been killed in brawls with rival gangs. Another hooligan, who identified himself using only a rude nickname, showed off a scar on his right leg, the remnant of a gunshot wound, he said.

"The new generation is working to make sure there are no more deaths,'' Emiliano said. "We want the hooligan groups to get along. Politicians throw chairs at each other in parliament, and nothing happens. We fight with each other and they say we are hooligans.'' Many are skeptical the hooligans can be tamed.

Reports suggest about 300 members of hooligan groups are planning to travel to South Africa. Many do not have the $7,000 needed to cover their costs, and a top government official said there will not be any free travel. "The government neither rewards, promotes nor finances trips,'' said Pablo Paladino, undersecretary at the national department of Football Security.

Though they may wish to go to South Africa, FIFA, the world-governing body of football, may try to keep them out. At the 2006 World Cup in Germany, many English hooligans had their passports confiscated by British authorities, which kept them from traveling to Germany.

Argentine hooligans, like their counterparts in Europe, have thrived on intimidation. Their songs and chants cut them off from other fans, and when hundreds stand shoulder-to-shoulder in the heart of a stadium - waving flags, beating drums and shooting off fireworks - other fans learn to stay far away. Outside the stadium, they scalp tickets to finance themselves and prepare for an after-game brawl, taking on rivals with fists and knife fights that can injure innocent bystanders.

Mariano Berjes, a former judge and one of the founders of the Argentine group "Let's Save Football,'' opposes the hooligan alliance and accuses it of working a deal with the government. "One has to seriously suspect ties, collusion and financing that is linked to the highest rungs of power,'' Berjes said. "If being in one of these hooligan groups allows for the chance of free travel to South Africa, tomorrow many may want to follow this violent path to get privilege.''
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 12:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hmmm...well, at least they had their thinking caps on, but I have to agree that it may put out the wrong message to send them to SA. I would say that it may be a good idea after, say, a decade or so of non-violence, but not with just a promise of no violence.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 12:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I seem to remember from Danny Dyer's Football Factories that the political links have been there for a long time and that it's been a regular thing for the parties to pay for Argentinian fans to go around the world.

Still, the way they've gone about this just sounds like a protection racket. 'Give us money and we'll not be hooligans!'.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 16, 2009 1:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Exactly...Although, if I could get in on it... Just kidding...I don't want to go to South Africa, but where is the next World Cup? I may want to go there...
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Drop in the number of football hooligans arrested
December 22, 2009

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 arrests

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

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I'm surprised that Reading only had 9 arrests - I thought they were well known for being a bit norty.
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 23, 2009 5:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

CARDIFF CITY SOUL CREW ON TOP BUT THEY NEED TO CALM DOWN IF THEY GET TO THE PREMIERSHIP ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U08PP7tlXLY )
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Short Arsed Hooligan Gets ASBO

BRITAIN'S shortest hooligan has been hit with a banning order after police discovered the 3ft 9in-tall (117cm) troublemaker was responsible for a mini-crimewave. Liam Wilkinson, 19, may be small but his drinking bouts have heaped misery on his long-suffering neighbours in the northern English town of Chorley.

A court in the town heard how Wilkinson blighted his local community by abusing and threatening residents after alcohol binges, damaging property, attacking neighbours' houses and climbing on rooftops.

Last week Wilkinson was banned from a large part of the town, but it only took the teenager a few hours to be accused of breaking the order after police were called to another incident. One neighbour said, "That lad is an absolute menace. People might feel sorry for him because of his size but he has caused all sorts of problems with his drinking and vandalism. He would be forever throwing eggs or stones at people and some locals were very frightened of him. He's obviously very distinctive and people were worried he would kick off at them whenever they saw him in the street. We're just relieved he is getting his comeuppance at last. The fact he is only small doesn't make him any less of a yob."

Sgt Kevin Mountain, of Lancashire Police said, "There were several antisocial behaviour complaints over a significant period of time about this young man's behaviour. It includes causing damage to property, climbing on roofs, throwing objects and being found drunk. The order is an attempt by Chorley neighbourhood police to search for long-term solutions to these issues."

Under the detailed order, Wilkinson is prohibited from "acting or inciting" others to act in an antisocial manner. He cannot use any abusive, insulting, offensive, threatening or intimidating language or behaviour or threaten violence or damage. He is also banned from getting drunk or being in possession of any open container of alcohol in any public street or open space. The teenager cannot throw any object, including stones and eggs in such a way as to cause damage, alarm, harassment or distress.

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I just realised he's not actually a football hooligan, but hey
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"Huge fight breaks out after soccer game in the Ukraine"
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Authorities Count the Cost of Bonek Football Hooligans’ Unruly Behavior
thejakartaglobe.com (Indonesia)

With fans of Persebaya football club back home in Surabaya after their trip to Bandung to watch their team play, authorities are now trying to determine who will pay for the damage caused by hooligans to state railway company property. Surabaya Mayor Bambang Dwi Hartono has refused to compensate PT Kereta Api Indonesia for the damage caused by the hooligans, saying there was no such allocation in the city’s budget.

“There is no regulation concerning the payment of damages. If [the damages are] paid, we might break a rule. We might be investigated by the Supreme Audit Agency [BPK],” he said.

Bambang also aired doubts that the Persebaya supporters, known as Bonek — short for bondo nekat, Javanese for “reckless mob” — were responsible for all the damage. He pointed out that the train carrying the hooligans back to Surabaya had been pelted with stones as it passed through Central Java. Nur Amin, spokesman for KAI, said the attacks on the train had smashed windows and wrecked seats, fans, ceilings and toilets. The train engineer and a number of guards were also injured in the attack. KAI estimated the cost of repairs to be at least Rp 600 million ($64,200), not including the damage to stations along the way. “Of course, we will take steps to ensure that someone is held responsible for this,” Nur said.

Wastomi Suheri, chairman of the Surabaya Supporters Foundation, claimed that at least three hooligans died on the trip after falling from the roof of the train. One of them was still unidentified, while 30 others sustained head or facial injuries, he said.

A Fathoni, 21, a resident of Gresik, East Java, died when he fell off the train’s roof in Nganjuk, East Java, en route to Bandung. Ari Sulistiyo, 16, a student of a vocational school in Surabaya, died when he fell at Kali Ijo Bridge in Banyumas district, Central Java, after he became tangled in electric cables. “The unidentified body we believe to be a Surabaya supporter, despite the lack of ID. The body is now at a hospital in Banyumas,” Wastomi said.

The wounded fans are still being treated at several hospitals in Banyumas and Yogyakarta. Twelve have not returned home yet. We believe they are among the wounded supporters being treated at a number of locations. We will gather data immediately,” Wastomi said.
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