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Questa stagione verrà ricordata come molto negativa per i club calcistici del Nord -Est d’ Inghilterra. Infatti, a novanta minuti dalla conclusione della “Premier League”, Newcastle, Middlesbrough e Sunderland sono invischiati, insieme al solo Hull, City nella lotta per evitare il penultimo ed il terz’ultimo posto che significherebbero “Championship”. Intanto, una interessantissima sentenza potrebbe rivoluzionare gran parte delle strategie degli investigatori nella lotta alla violenza calcistica. Una Corte d’ Appello inglese ha ordinato la distruzione di foto segnaletiche di soggetti ritratti in mezzo alla folla in occasione di eventi pubblici, traendo spunto per tale decisione da un ricorso presentato per una singola fattispecie. Questa decisione, appellata dalle stesse forze di sicurezza, potrebbe significare per gli agenti l’ obbligo di cancellare decine di schedari con immagini di tifosi o di manifestanti, fotografati senza che essi fossero coinvolti in episodi costituenti reato. Continuano, invece, le udienza per i fans coinvolti negli incidenti dell’ ultimo Carlisle-Millwall.
What’s gone wrong in the north-east?
“It has been a season to forget in the north-east.
Middlesbrough are on the brink of relegation, while Newcastle and Sunderland are also battling to avoid dropping out of the Premier League.BBC Local Radio’s commentators in the region have witnessed the trio’s struggles at close quarters and are well placed to analyse their respective predicaments.Here, they look at what has gone wrong at Newcastle, Sunderland and Middlesbrough and explore how things can be turned round.
Can you put your finger on what has gone so wrong this season, both for your own club and north-east football in general?Looking at Sunderland, the problems arose from Roy Keane’s transfer dealings in the summer.He bought unwisely – the significant mistakes were El Hadji Diuof and Pascal Chimbonda – but then the loan of Djibril Cisse has, with hindsight, also proved to have been a mistake.The first two players, and latterly Cisse, disrupted the strong team spirit that had been embodied by Sunderland the previous season and Ricky Sbragia, while enjoying a brief honeymoon period, inherited a fractured squad made up of too many individuals and not a squad built for togetherness and graft.”
Police told they can’t keep pictures of arms trade activist
Daily Mail
22 May 2009
By Matthew Hickley
Police could be forced to destroy huge archives of surveillance photographs taken at protests, riots and football matches following a landmark judgment.Appeal Court judges ruled yesterday that a law-abiding arms trade activist had his human rights breached when police took photos of him at a protest and kept them on file.
In a judgment that could change the way all UK police forces monitor protesters, the Metropolitan Police was told to destroy all pictures of Andrew Wood with Article 8 of the Human Rights Convention
It could mean police will have to sift through hundreds of thousands of stored surveillance photos and destroy pictures of any innocent subject who complains.However, a one-month delay was granted yesterday to allow an appeal to the House of Lords. The ground-breaking case marks another blow to ‘Big Brother’ surveillance tactics increasingly favoured by police.It follows last month’s European Court ruling forcing the Home Office to stop indefinitely storing DNA profiles of people who are arrested but never charged.Forces across the UK have spent years amassing huge numbers of ‘overt surveillance’ pictures, and police photographers are a familiar sight at major gatherings.Enlarge Police photographers have become a common sight at public eventsPolice photographers have become a common sight at public eventsSenior officers claim the tactic helps identify extremist activists, violent football thugs and anarchists trying to hijack mainstream events. It also provides vital evidence for later prosecution.Yesterday’s decision centred on Mr Wood, a leading member of the UK-based Campaign Against Arms Trade.Mr Wood, who has never been arrested, attended the AGM of Reed Elsevier PLC, parent company of Spearhead Exhibitions, which runs arms trade fairs.Mr Wood, of Oxford, was entitled to be at the meeting at a Central London hotel having bought a share in the company.But an intelligence unit of Scotland Yard, which was policing a protest outside, photographed him, later claiming he had been seen talking to violent activists.Mr Wood, backed by rights group Liberty, complained that taking and keeping photographs of him breached his right to privacy under European law. He lost his initial case last year but yesterday two out of three Appeal Court judges ruled in his favour, declaring the police tactics a ‘disproportionate interference’.Lord Justice Dyson said it was legitimate for police to take the photographs, but it should have been clear within days Mr Wood was of good character and there was no need to keep his pictures.Lord Dyson added the justification police offered in court – that Mr Wood might commit an offence at an upcoming arms trade protest – was not enough to justify interference with his rights.Lord Collins of Mapesbury said he was ‘struck by the chilling effect on the exercise of lawful rights’ being followed by a police photographer has.But Lord Justice Laws disagreed, saying he believed the police acted within ‘the margin of operational discretion’ in keeping the photographs.A Metropolitan Police spokesman last night defended the force’s conduct, saying overt photography was ‘truly valuable’Chief Superintendent Ian Thomas, who runs the Met’s public order branch, said: ‘Overt photography helps us build a picture of who is involved in organising any potential disorder or crime.’It may also provide us with evidence for legal proceedings.’There is nothing secretive or covert about the way we do this, and this practice is very well understood in protester circles.’It is understood Scotland Yard is considering whether to appeal”
Review: Awaydays
Tottenham, Wood Green and Edmonton Journal
20 May 2009
Duncan Hepburn
“THE football hooliganism film theme has been stamped to death in a metaphorical terrace war – but AWAYDAYS (15) has something more than just violence.Adapted from his novel, Kevin Sampson has put a lot of though into this Merseyside-based tragic romance between two young men.When Carty (Nicky Bell) meets Elvis (Liam Boyle) he sees it as his way into The Pack – a late 1970s group of hooligans who wear green anoraks, buttoned-up polo shirts and Adidas trainers.But the friendship between the two is volatile and often dark with homoerotic sub-tones which are never truly touched on.Elvis seems to want to swap the hooligan culture for a life of art whereas artist Carty longs to be accepted as one of the boys – and it builds to what seems an inevitable and explosive end to their relationship.A mention must also go to the soundtrack, including Echo & The Bunnymen, Joy Division, The Cure, Magazine, Ultravox and The Rascals – all who add to the period feel of the film. If you want something more from your footie film than swearing, heads being kicked-in and pints of lager being downed, then Awaydays offers a more touching insight into the culture”
Window smashed ahead of Utd clash
Cumberland News
22 May 2009
A BARE-CHESTED man smashed a pub window with his fist before Carlisle United’s last game of the season against Millwall
“But he told Carlisle Magistrates’ Court he had only been trying to help an elderly couple get past the police blockade so they could catch their train.John Taylor was one of two men to appear before the court yesterday on charges related to the last day of the dramatic relegation battle earlier this month, although neither supported either team. Taylor, 48, of King’s Lynn in Norfolk, said he was only in the area as part of a weekend away in the Lake District with his wife.He went to the Griffin, a dedicated away fan pub in Botchergate, to meet up with his nephew – a Millwall supporter who was going to the match.By about 2.30pm police had stopped letting anyone in or out of the pub and Taylor, 48, was worried about an elderly couple who needed to get to the train station.He banged on a window to attract an officer’s attention and the window smashed.A member of staff was watching and gave police a description of the bare-chested man. Taylor pleaded guilty to a charge of criminal damage but said his actions had been reckless rather than malicious.Magistrates accepted he was a man of previous good character and ordered him to pay £200 compensation plus £60 court costs.Stuart Younger was the second man to appear before the city magistrates, and he too had been in the Griffin Younger, 27, of Blackthorn Grove in Meanstrie, Scotland, pleaded guilty to a public order offence of threatening behaviour.He was in Carlisle to meet friends he had made on holiday who were Millwall fans.As he walked to the ground with them, along Warwick Road, Younger and a Carlisle fan swapped abuse and ended up in a scuffle.He was made the subject of a three-year football banning order, although it does not apply in Scotland, except for national games against England or Wales.Younger was also fined £350, ordered to pay £60 costs and a £15 victim surcharge”