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E’ già terminata l’avventuta di Sol Campblell con la maglia del Notts County. Il difensore ha lasciato la squadra allenata da Sven Goran Eriksson dopo solo una partita disputata tra il disappunto di tifosi e staff societario. Pare che il giocatore non sia riuscito ad adattarsi a militare in una categoria inferiore, nonostante che i progetti del club fossero e restino ambiziosi. Tre tifosi sono stati arrestati per gli incidenti avvenuti nel derby di Birmingham, vinto di misura dai “Villans” ( fans in foto ) sul campo del City. Intanto un ex volto noto della tifoseria degli Hibernians di Edimburgo ha mosso pesanti accuse alla polizia, dicendo, sostanzialmente, che gli agenti amerebbero letteralmente dare la caccia ai “casuals” e gli incarichi per la gestione dell’ ordine pubblico negli stadi. Non è mancata una immediata reazione, alquanto risentita, degli operatori di polizia. A proposito di rapporti fra supporters e forze dell’ ordine, quelli del Sunderland continuano a contestare la versione ufficiale degli incidenti avvenuti alla stazione di Newcastle in agosto, quando un gruppo di fans dei “Black Cats” si è scontrato con il servizio d’ordine che stava tenendo separata la “firm” dei biancorossi da un gruppetto di sostenitori locali in cerca del contatto. Se da un lato la polizia parla di scontro preorganizzato tra le due tifoserie evitato grazie ad un’ operazione di “intelligence”, i tifosi biancorossi accusano gli agenti di cariche indiscriminate e mano pesante nei loro confronti.
Eriksson ‘let down’ by Campbell
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Notts County director of football Sven-Goran Eriksson admitted he is disappointed by Sol Campbell’s decision to quit the club after just one match.
The former England boss signed Campbell on a five-year deal last month.Asked if he felt let down by the ex-England defender’s swift exit, Eriksson said: “Yes, a little bit.”I am very disappointed, very much so because we signed him and we thought we should have him for longer,” he told Sky Sports News.”But I think everyone has the same feeling, the players, the staff, the directors, the fans, because he’s a big name and a very important player.”
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Infamous Scots casual claims violence is good for game
Deadline Press & Picture Agency
24 September 2009
ONE of Scotland’s most violent football casuals has claimed that his thuggish behaviour has been good for the game.
Andy Blance – who has served jail time for a horrific axe attack – reckons that the streets are safer on match-days because hooligans’ violence attracted more attention from cops.The 42-year-old, a former leader of the infamous Capital City Service gang, claims police should spend more time hunting other offenders than dealing with hooligans.And, he said, officers ENJOY the running battles they have to police because they see it as a game.Last night the Association of Chief Police Officers Scotland (ACPOS) reacted angrily to the claims, slamming Blance’s comments as “ludicrous”.And a senior justice politician blasted his “bizarre” logic adding that increased police presence had made terraces safer – not brawling thugs.
Fight:Blance said: “I honestly think we had a positive impact on the game.“It made grounds far safer places for normal people to go, because there were so many police brought in and the casuals had to find somewhere else to go to fight.“Joe Bloggs in the street was safe because we were all somewhere else.“A lot of people would have to admit that the casuals made it safer for normal fans to actually go to the game.“It meant people could walk down the road to the game and no-one would bother them.“We were fighting people that wanted to fight us.“There are a lot worse people in the world than football hooligans, there are rapists and murderers out there – but football hooligans get all the attention.
Horrific:“Undoubtedly the police could spend their time and money much better than worrying about football hooligans.”Andy Blance and Irvine WelshBlance was jailed for five years in 1991 after a horrific axe attack on a pub bouncer in Dunfermline.The former bouncer has a criminal record with more than 50 offences.After being released from prison Blance went back to battling rival firms with the CCS.He insists that violence between rival club firms – often nearer to pitched street battles than brawls – is just a game, which even the police enjoy taking part in.Blance said: “At the time it was the thing to do – it was like how in the sixties there were mods and rockers, in the seventies there were skinheads and punks.
Buzz:“In the eighties all that stuff was part of the culture, I was at an age to get into it – so I did.“It was a buzz – it was a gang of guys fighting another gang of guys and it was about adrenaline and excitement.”“It was all a game, we all knew what we were doing – even the police regarded it as a game.“They liked nothing better than running at us all with their batons.“It was cat and mouse – and they loved it too.”But a spokesman for the ACPOS said: “The comments made in this book bear no relation to the true position with regard to the policing of football in Scotland.‘Ludicrous”.“Police are deployed at football matches and in the surrounding areas simply to ensure public order and when a match passes off peacefully that is considered a successful operation.“No officer would derive any benefit or pleasure from having to deal with disorder or hooligan behaviour. To say that hooligan behaviour somehow enhances the experience of football is, frankly, ludicrous.”Bill Aitken MSP, Justice Spokesman for Scottish Conservatives, slammed Blance’s claims about police.He said: “This mans logic is bizarre – I do not think for a moment that police officers enjoy putting themselves at risk, albeit armed with a truncheon in order to cope with football thugs.“The increased police attention to football disturbances in recent years has cut the trouble significantly and allowed decent, normal fans the opportunity to enjoy games in peace.”Blance insists he’s now just a regular fan, but has recently released a book – called Hibs Boy – charting his experience of two and a half decades of football violence with the CCS.The book – which launched in April – contains a foreword by best-selling Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh – a friend of Blance’s.
Soccer disorder men held
TeleText
24 September 2009
Three men have been held on suspicion of violent disorder after an appeal to trace those involved in football-related disorder in Birmingham.Officers are investigating the violence following Aston Villa’s recent 1-0 win at Birmingham City.West Midlands Police said a total of ten men had either handed themselves in or made contact with police.
Fans want ‘truth’ over station clash
Sunderland Echo
24 September 2009
By Tim Booler
Black Cats fans will take to the streets to demand “the truth” about a violent clash which left three people seriously injured.
They will be handing out 10,000 leaflets about the incident with police at Newcastle Central Station – before and after Sunday’s home match against Wolves – to also urge more people who witnessed it to come forward.The national Football Supporters’ Federation (FSF), has been gathering evidence about what happened when fans returned from a friendly at Hearts, Edinburgh, on August 8.Some SAFC supporters are said to be taking legal action against Northumbria Police, which has been accused of using excessive force and criticised for its handling of the situation, which saw three people needing hospital treatment.Police say they mounted an operation at the station to prevent a pre-arranged fight, between hooligans from rival gangs from Sunderland and Newcastle United.The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC), decided the incident did not warrant further investigation and said Northumbria Police acted appropriately, a decision which has been officially challenged by the FSF.Now the Sunderland-based organisation has produced a leaflet about its campaign for a full and independent investigation into the incident, which left some supporters needing counselling after they thought an injured fellow fan was dying in front of them.The flier outlines the authorities’ stance that an announcement at Hearts said the train was going back to the North East; about 40 SAFC fans started kicking and punching police dogs; four dogs were injured having “never faced that level of assault before”; that the IPCC is happy for local police to investigate the incident and their actions were “understandable, proportionate and justifiable.In contrast, fans say the Hearts announcement gave Sunderland as the train’s destination – showing fights could not have been pre-arranged; police instigated the violence by setting dogs on supporters and aiming baton blows at the head; no police dogs received veterinary treatment for injuries; and the IPCC failed to interview any witnesses and rushed its judgment to clear Northumbria Police.The IPCC has said it stands by its decision and is content for the investigation to remain with Northumbria Police.Police today revealed they had made six more arrests as part of investigations into the incident.Chief Superintendent Neil Mackay, head of Northumbria Police’s Operations Department, today confirmed they were made last Thursday, bringing the total to 38″As we’ve said previously, the police operation was in place after we received information about a pre-arranged fight between two hooligan groups who associate themselves with Newcastle and Sunderland football clubs.”A criminal investigation is under way to identify and arrest the main offenders from both those groups and ensure that action is taken against them.”We’ve already identified a number of these people via CCTV footage, video footage and by speaking to witnesses. The small minority of people who spoil football for the genuine fans will be dealt with.”No charges have yet been brought and those arrested remain on police bail.