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L’ allenatore del Chelsea si esprime sulla sanzione che la FIFA ha comminato al Chelsea, la quale imporrà al club londinese, salvo riduzioni in appello, di non tesserare giocatori per due finestre di mercato. Per Ancelotti la squadra è già competitiva e le speranze di una revisione della pena sarebebro concrete. Sono stati raggiunti da “banning orders” tifosi di squadre cosiddette minori, il Morecambe ed il Borrow mentre la polizia è in allerta per la sfida che opporrà, il prossimo mese, il Blackburn ed il Burnley a “Ewood Park”. La tifoseria dei “Clarets” ( foto ) è da sempre nota per una reputazione decisamente rude ed è recentemente tornata in “EPL” dopo diversi anni spesi nelle categorie minori per cui la partita sarà sentitissima.
Ancelotti calm over transfer ban
Ancelotti is confident he has a squad capable of challenging
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Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti is confident the transfer ban imposed on the club will not affect their Premier League ambitions in the short term.
World governing body Fifa recently found Chelsea guilty of inducing Gael Kakuta to break his contract with Lens.”The transfer embargo is not a problem because we have a good team and very good players,” said Ancelotti.”The club are appealing and we have to wait for a good result for us. We hope that they overturn the decision.”Chelsea, who cannot sign any new players during the next two transfer windows, tied several key players to long-term contracts in the summer and this is one of the main reasons the Italian remains optimistic, even if Fifa was to uphold the ban.Captain John Terry and defender Ashley Cole signed new deals just a few days before Fifa banned the Premier League outfit while Didier Drogba, John Mikel Obi and Florent Malouda have also signed extensions at Stamford Bridge recently.”We don’t need other players,” Ancelotti said.”In the future, it may be a problem but we have to wait for Fifa to maybe reverse the decision.
(BBC Sport )
Warning to hooligans
The Bee
11 September 2009
Football hooligans are again being warned to stay away from Ewood Park when Blackburn take on Burnley next month.
Police have been visiting known troublemakers advising them to stay away on October the seventeenth.Organisers are promising a family friendly atmosphere and say they’re confident that the scenes at Upton Park when Millwall played West Ham last month won’t be repeated.Chief Inspector Jeff Brown said: “There will be a large number of people at the match and there will also be a significant number of police officers on duty in Burnley.“In order to assist us in ensuring that everyone gets to the match on time and in safety, arrangements were agreed between Blackburn Rovers, Burnley FC and the police in both areas that away fans travelling to Ewood Park must attend in coaches. Fans purchasing away tickets at Burnley must also pay for coach travel to and from Ewood Park and the club I believe, have subsidised this cost.“Anyone who travels or attempts to travel independently will not get anywhere near Ewood Park regardless of whether they have a ticket or not.”Commenting on the rivalry between the two clubs Chief Inspector Jeff Brown added:“Burnley and Blackburn Rovers share a long history. I am confident that this match will be a superb game of football which will be thoroughly enjoyed by both sets of fans. Our job is to work with the clubs to ensure that it takes place in complete safety.”
Football thuggery: ‘Authorities must stamp out such behaviour’
Edinburgh Evening News
11 September 2009
THE levels of on-field violence revealed today by the Evening News paint a sorry picture of football at an amateur level. Some of the incidents recorded over the past few years in the Lothians are little short of outright thuggery.Football is a contact sport and emotions can run high, not least in the professional game where players and clubs are often disciplined for dirty play. Both Hibs and Hearts were recently hit by heavy fines due to the number of players that had been yellow or red carded for misconduct.But few professional players would ever consider head-butting or punching an opponent or a referee, in the knowledge that this could be a career-ending mistake.In the amateur game the financial stakes are not as high. But that does not give players a licence to behave like animals, and it is good to see that the worst offenders are receiving lengthy bans from the game.Those who wonder where many children pick up antisocial habits should look no further than violent and disrespectful players and touchline thugs. The football authorities at all tiers must continue to try to stamp out such behaviour – especially at the grass roots – before it becomes acceptable practice to the youngsters who are the players and fans of the future.Referees deserve the same levels of respect and protection which those that officiate at rugby matches receive. Some have already quit the game as a result of attacks and abuse. Those who have forced them out should remember that without officials there can be no structured matches or leagues in the first place, leaving kick-abouts in the park with jerseys for goalposts as the only option for many.
Barrow soccer fan’s three year ban extended
NW Evening Mail
11 September 2009
A FOOTBALL hooligan scored an own goal by appealing against his banning order.
Andrew Leitch was banned from all matches for three years by Barrow magistrates on July 13.It followed his conviction for a public order offence at a Barrow AFC game on Boxing Day last year.
Leitch, 29, appealed against the football banning order at Barrow Crown Court yesterday.But Judge Paul Batty QC ruled that three years was insufficient – and increased the order to four years.Mr David Dunk, prosecuting, told the court the order had been made on July 13, prohibiting Leitch from going to any regulated football match in England and Wales and also banning him from the area around Holker Street on match days. Mr Dunk said the order arose from an incident at Holker Street on December 26 last year at a game against Wrexham.The trial at Barrow magistrates court in July had heard evidence from two police officers – PCMatthew Knott and PC Ian Stables.Wrexham had equalised in extra time and Leitch was seen running down the concrete steps towards the opposition fans screaming and swearing. He was warned about his behaviour by a policeman but continued to swear. He was warned he would be arrested if he didn’t moderate his conduct but he continued to swear at officers. He was described as being aggressive towards the officers and was arrested and removed from the ground, before swearing at Detective Constable Barrass.Mr Dunk told the court that DC Barrass, of Barrow police’s Area Intelligence Unit, had given evidence about other incidents.
They included:
* Confrontational behaviour at a home game against Workington on September 7 2007.
* Being ejected from the ground on October 3 2007 for becoming aggressive after being served with a letter from the Barrow AFC board of directors. It was later posted to him asking him to moderate his behaviour.
* Being ejected from Barrow’s semi-final play-off against Telford on May 4 2008.
* Acting in an agitated manner after the away game against Middlesbrough in the FA Cup on January 3.
The crown court was shown video footage of Leitch in the Holker Street ground at the Workington game and also outside the ground afterwards.DC Barrass said: “Barrow fans were being moved away by police from where the Workington fans were about to exit the ground. Police had to resort to getting their batons out. Mr Leitch is in the middle. Police had to form a cordon to stop the Barrow fans getting to the Workington fans.”The court was also shown video footage from outside the Middlesbrough ground after the game, where Leitch remonstrated with officer.Miss Cecelia Pritchard, defending, said Leitch was a long-standing Barrow AFC supporter and had been involved in fund-raising for the club.Talking about the Workington game, she said: “I would suggest that many people would find the bad language to be distasteful but quite common and frequent at football matches.”About the Telford game, Miss Richard said Leitch told her he hadn’t been able to avoid being pushed forward by fans behind him.Of the Middlesbrough incident, she said he had been remonstrating with police officers because they weren’t letting the group go to the train station together and they were in danger of missing the last train home.Talking about Leitch’s arrest at the Wrexham game, she said Leitch claimed he had been asking police why they weren’t doing anything about Wrexham fans on the pitch. He hadn’t accepted the letter given to him at the ground because he was “put out and embarrassed” by it.Miss Pritchard said Leitch was somebody who could be “mouthy” with police but was not someone likely to cause or incite violence – a key test of whether a football banning order should be imposed.Five character references were given to the judge.Judge Batty, referring to the Wrexham game, said: “This was an unpleasant case of threatening words and behaviour all too common at some football matches by a very small minority of individuals who are not, in the judgement of this court, fans at all but, as I have already observed, hooligans.“This case was not an isolated incident but was one of a course and pattern of conduct of which this appellant should be ashamed. We have no hesitation in concluding that the grounds for making a football banning order are made out in this case.“The question we have had to consider was whether the banning order or three years that was imposed by the magistrates court – the absolute minimum – was a sufficient sentence. With due deference to the justices who heard the original case, this court formed a view that three years was not a sufficient ban for this appellant. We seriously considered imposing the maximum that the court could for an offence.”Leitch, a self-employed brick-layer, of Gatacre Street, Walney, was also ordered to pay £245 costs.
No sympathy for hooligans
NW Evening Mail
11 September 2009
WITH English football about to take its rightful position at centre stage in the 2010 World Cup in South Africa, it’s paramount that the thousands of fans who will follow them, conduct themselves in the correct manner.
Recently we have had the shameful scenes of a running battle between opposing fans following a League Cup match between West Ham and Millwall.The authorities have promised to deal with the perpetrators accordingly, possibly banning them for life from British football stadia – and rightly so.This is the right message to send out to those for whom the Beautiful Game is merely an excuse to behave in a socially unacceptable manner.So to is the decision by Barrow Crown Court to dismiss the appeal by Andrew Leitch to have his three-year ban from English and Welsh football grounds decreased.Leitch’s ban followed a conviction for a public order offence at Holker Street during a Barrow AFC game.Indeed Judge Batty’s ruling that three years was insufficient, increasing the length of the order to four years, is to be applauded.In the run-up to next year’s World Cup all eyes will be on England and its fantastic following of football fans.As with the Bluebirds’s followers, the overwhelming majority behave themselves impeccably.The game is there to be enjoyed by all and the anti-social actions of the few cannot be allowed to spoil that enjoyment for the many.
Football banning order for Morecambe man
The Visitor
12th September 2009
A MORECAMBE man has today been given a three year football banning order and ordered to pay back over £200 after he was arrested at a football match in April this year.
Nathan Carr, 18, appeared before Lancaster Magistrates Court today (Thursday 10th September 2009) where he was convicted of Section 5 Public Order (using threatening words or behaviour to cause harassment, alarm or distress) and given a 3 year football banning order. Carr was also fined £90, ordered to pay £100 costs and a £15 victim surcharge.The punishment comes after Carr was seen by officers to be shouting abuse at Bradford FC fans and trying to encourage them to fight after Morecambe FC’s league two fixture against the team on the 10th April 2009.Despite being warned by officers he continued his behaviour and was arrested by mounted officers.Carr pleaded guilty to the charge of public order but appealed against the banning order.A police spokesperson said, “This was an isolated incident in an otherwise good natured fixture and Carr’s behaviour risked spoiling the event for many people within earshot of his language.”This sort of mindless attitude is at odds with the vast majority of Morecambe fans whose behaviour is always exemplary that has won praise from various quarters. For this reason it was important to take strong action to send a clear message that this sort of behaviour is not welcome nor will it be tolerated at Morecambe matches.”Carr is only the 6th Morecambe FC fan to be handed such a ban which is a reflection of the good natured atmosphere at Morecambe matches.”