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In occasione della sfida di sabata di “Upton Park”, conclusasi con il successo di misura dei “Blues” sul campo del West Ham, i tifosi degli “Hammers” sono finiti nel mirino del difensore del Chelsea Terry, il quale li accusa, mezzo stampa, di avere dedicato cori sgradevoli a lui ed compagno di squadra Lampard. I fans di casa avrebbero ironizzato su due recenti fatti di cronaca: le accuse della ex fidanzata a Lampard, definito “senza cuore” ,ed una circostanza in cui la mamma del difensore era stata sorpresa a rubare in un centro commerciale. Cinquanta agenti, con l’ ausilio di un elicottero, cani e cavalli, hanno scortato i fans del Bristol Rovers sul campo del Swindon, visti i pessimi precedenti fra le due tifoserie. Sono stati operati cinque arresti per alcuni contatti occasionali ma gli agenti si sono detti sostanzialmente soddisfatti per essere riusciti a limitare al minimo i preventivati incidenti.
Terry outrage: Chelsea skipper slams vile chants but admits: I riled Hammers fans
by NEIL ASHTON ( “Daily Mail” )
John Terry last night condemned West Ham’s supporters for the disgraceful taunts aimed at him and team-mate Frank Lampard during Chelsea’s 1-0 victory at Upton Park. West Ham fans sang ‘you let your children down’ to former Hammer Lampard throughout the game, a reference to his infamous call to a London radio station last Friday in which he sought to defend himself on air against accusations of being a bad father.
Terry revealed that his mother, along with several members of his family, did not attend the game after West Ham websites encouraged supporters to sing ‘John Terry’s mum is a thief’ following her recent brush with the law.The Chelsea captain, who was disgusted by the abuse, said: ‘When we scored I went running to Frank and gave them a bit back, but there’s nothing wrong with that. The referee had a quiet word and told me not to wind them up but if I can take it, they have to get a little bit back as well. They have to respect it, but when we gave them some back they all got the a***.’West Ham fans have developed a reputation for being among the most spiteful in the country and abuse former players when they return to Upton Park.
Paul Ince was still the target of hate-filled chants when he went back last August as Blackburn manager, 19 years after incurring the supporters’ wrath by being pictured in a Manchester United shirt before he had joined them.Lampard has had to endure stick for years, too, but other stars, such as David Beckham, have also been singled out for vile abuse in the past.
Out of order: Lampard receives abuse from Hammers fans at Upton Park
The only consolation for the Chelsea midfielder and his team-mates is that it could help prepare them to face the hostility of 90,000 Barcelona fans at the Nou Camp tomorrow evening in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final.But Terry, who, along with Lampard was given a police escort to the team bus after the game, is still fuming about West Ham.He said: ‘I will take it and I will give it back. Frank and I were so fired up before this game and we told the lads we couldn’t let it slip.’Frank and I are big enough to take it, but my family are all West Ham fans and some of them did not go to the game because there were things on a website about the songs they were going to sing.’When we get stick like thatwe are more determined to shut them up. We did that.’I think West Ham’s fans cross the line but I’m not going to give them the chance to have a whinge at me. There are certain things in life you enjoy. We came to get three points and their fans walked away with nothing. You can’t buy that.'”
Police operation hailed as success
Swindon Advertiser
26 April 2009
By James Wallin
“SWINDON Town’s clash with Bristol Rovers passed off without incident thanks to a successful police operation.
Five people, among them fans from both sides, were arrested for minor offences but large scale trouble was avoided.
The match, which saw Swindon win 2-1 to escape the drop, was brought forward to midday to avoid drunken misbehaviour.More than 50 police officers, as well as officers from the British Transport Police, with dogs and horses were on hand to escort Bristol fans to and from the ground. The police helicopter was also drafted in to seek out any potential flashpoints between rival fans.
Although there were minor scuffles and insults from Rovers fans to passers-by, violence was averted.
PC James Neighbour, football liaison officer for Swindon Police, said: “When it’s a local derby the risk is intensified so it was important that the match was appropriately policed. That policing successfully got the supporters from the town centre to the ground and back to the railway station.“We had a decent number of officers on duty, which mean’t that everything went off without too much incident.”There were five arrests, mainly for public order offences.
“This fixture has had violence in the past so we were very aware of the potential there but you are always talking about a very small percentage of the people watching the match.
“Swindon fans generally are very good supporters and considering we had 11,00 people there and only five arrests it shows that it’s only down to a very small number.”
Extra train services were laid on for the event to ensure that fans were able to leave quickly and peacefully.
The fixture has attracted violence in the past, including two years ago when Town fans were attacked by 20 thugs armed with baseball bats.
In 2006 shoppers looked on as 40 fans clashed outside The Bedroom bar on Bridge Street. In the same year a clash between up to a 100 fans at the Queen’s Tap pub caused thousands of pounds’ of damage.”