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Chris Loftus e Kevin Speight sono i nomi dei due fans del Leeds che vennero uccisi il 5 aprile del 2000 ad Istambul da un gruppo di tifosi locali del Galatasaray armati di coltelli e rasoi. Nel tragico decimo anniversario i supporters dei “bianchi” ( ed, invero, non solo loro ) hanno tributato il proprio commosso ricordo alle sfortunate vittime della barbara aggressione. Anche la società del Leeds ha dato vita ad iniziative ufficiali ( foto ) nonchè ad una raccolta di fondi. In Champions’ League l’Arsenal ha abbandonatao la competizione dopo essere stato sconfitto per 4-1 al “Nou Camp” di Barcellona. Nel campionato nordirlandese il Linfield si è aggiudicato la sentitissima stracittadina di Belfast superando per 3-1 i rivali storici del Glentoran.
Barcelona 4 – 1 Arsenal (agg 6 – 3)
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Lionel Messi lit up the Nou Camp with a stunning four-goal haul to destroy Arsenal and maintain Barcelona’s bid for back-to-back European triumphs.
Nicklas Bendtner stunned the Spaniards with an 18th-minute opener to put Arsenal ahead but Messi levelled within three minutes.Pedro teed the Argentine up for his second and a cool lob completed his first-half hat-trick in some style.Messi put the seal on victory with a late solo strike for his fourth.The 5-3 aggregate win sets up an intriguing semi-final meeting with Jose Mourinho’s Inter Milan, though in this kind of form few teams will be able to deny Barcelona a second successive European triumph.
( BBC Football )
10 YEARS ON – NEVER FORGOTTEN
Leeds United are remembering Christopher Loftus and Kevin Speight over the Easter weekend.
The club will holding a minute’s silence ahead of the home game against Swindon Town on Saturday April 3 and the players will also be wearing black armbands as an act of remembrance for the two Leeds fans, who were tragically killed in Istanbul on the eve of our UEFA Cup semi-final clash against Galatasaray on April 5 2000.Fans wishing to lay flowers in remembrance ahead of the game on Saturday are asked to do so at the Billy Bremner statue and not beneath the plaque w
hich is situated close to the exit gates from the away enclosure.Family and friends of Chris and Kevin will also be paying their respects by laying flowers at the statue on Monday.This year marks the 10th anniversary of the passing of Chris and Kevin and when Leeds travel to Yeovil on Monday the players will again be wearing black arm bands. Yeovil Town have also expressed their sympathies and their players will also be wearing black armbands as a mark of respect.
Our travelling fans at Yeovil will pay their respects by turning their backs for the first minute of the game at Huish Park, as the Leeds fans did at Galatasaray ahead of that fateful game 10 years ago. Both Yeovil Town and the media are aware of the significance of the occasion and, on behalf of the club and the familes and friends, we would like to thank Yeovil for their kind gesture.Also to mark the anniversary, and family and friends of Chris and Kevin have spent the past nine months raising funds for Children’s cancer charity Candlelighters in the name of Leeds Fans Remembrance. A collection will also take place for Candlelighters on the day of the Swindon game and we would ask all our supporters to give generously.Leeds United manager Simon Grayson said: “It will be an emotive occasion on Saturday. This really puts things into perspective when you remember that these two lads died going to watch a football match. Words and actions are difficult, but I hope Saturday will be a fitting tribute to their memory.”The families and friends have worked so hard in raising money as well this year in the memory of Chris and Kevin, and hopefully people will support the collection on Saturday and will remember the lads.”The Swindon game will be followed by a gala dinner in the Conference and Exhibition Centre organised by Leeds Fans Remembrance. Simon and a number of players will be attending the start of the evening to sign autographs and forMore information about the gala dinner and Leeds Fans Remembrance, whose target is to raise £100k in memory of Chris and Kevin, can be found at www.leedsfansremembrance.com.
( leedsunited.com )
Linfield 3-1 Glentoran
Billy Joe Burns celebrates after scoring Linfield’s first goal
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Linfield tightened their grip on the Carling Premiership trophy as a 3-1 win at Windsor Park saw them go five points clear at the top with a match in hand.
Gary Hamilton fired in the opener off a post in the 14th minute but Billy Joe Burns rose unchallenged to head in the equaliser six minutes before half-time.Substitute Paul Munster scored the winner with a fantastic strike into the top right-hand corner after 73 minutes.Colin Nixon was sent-off on 88 minutes and Robert Garrett made it 3-1 late on.
( BBC Northern Ireland )
Dopo il grande successo di “Lads 2009” ecco il suo naturale seguito: “LEONI FUORI GABBIA”.
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Un noto leader di una Firm, richiesto di commentare i consueti incidenti procurati all’estero dai Lads, dichiarò alla stampa “Margaret Thatcher ci deve condannare pubblicamente ma dentro di sè sarà sicuramente orgogliosa del lavoro fatto dai ragazzi”.. Questo libro si propone come un viaggio attraverso quarant’anni di trasferte oltre Manica dei Casuals britannici al seguito delle selezioni nazionali e delle squadre di club. La narrazione delle principali trasferte può facilmente diventare il paradigma per descrivere centinaia di giornate nelle quali le firms hanno esportato all’estero il loro bagaglio di fedeltà, nazionalismo, alcoolismo e, spesso, anche violenza. Il volume si propone come naturale seguito di “Lads 2009”, dello stesso autore, che illustra la scena attuale dei mobs britannici tra le mura domestiche. Sangue, birra e Red Hand gli ingredienti ricorrenti di un cocktail spesso esplosivo |