LIBRI DISPONIBILI:Leoni fuori gabbia” ( nuova uscita ) Euro 22,00 + posta prioritaria 2,20 oppure posta raccomandata tracciabile 5,35.Puoi effettuare un bonifico a favore di Luca Tomaselli IBAN: IT31 R0306901 0061 0000 0090 634 BIC TI TMM, ricaricare la poste pay numero 4023600577836960 Luca Tomaselli oppure pagare mediante PayPal all’ indirizzo: idlcasualsutd@interfree.it.Ricordarsi sempre di inviare i dati per la spedizione quando essi non sono già ricompresi nella notifica dell’avvenuto pagamento, a: italianlads@gmail.com.Il volume è anche in vendita su www.lulu.com con offerta di varie modalità di spedizione. ORA ANCHE SU EBAY!”Lads 2009″: Euro 25,00+posta prioritaria 5,20 oppure posta raccomandata tracciabile 7,35.Si possono effettuare il bonifico bancario o il pagamento PayPal/ PostePay agli estremi di cui sopra. Il volume è disponibile fino ad esaurimento delle ultime 5 copie anche su E-Bay.Alternativamente il libro è disponibile su www.lulu.com oppure su www.amazon.com , anche qui con offerta di varie modalità di spedizione.Finalmente disponibile anche “The Final” di “Three Italian gentlemen “( edizioni Boogaloo ), Euro 15,00 + posta prioritaria 4,00 oppure posta raccomandata tracciabile 5,35. E’ possibile acquistarlo su EBAY o scrivendo a italianlads@gmail.com . Acquistando più volumi le spese della posta raccomandata si riducono: per 2 volumi ( qualsiasi ) Euro 9,85. Nessuna spesa postale per acquisto di almeno 4 volumi.Chi paga con bonifico bancario o poste pay si ricordi sempre di allegare la ricevuta scannerizzata in email e di unire l’ indirizzo per la spedizione

 

“WSC”, rivista che è una pietra miliare nel mondo dei supporters d’oltre Manica, ironizza sulle pubblicizzatissime operazioni antihooligans poste in essere dalla polizia in vista della spedizione di circa trentacinquemila fans ( foto ) dell’ Inghilterra in Sud Africa. Oltre tremila persone, ritenute sospette, hanno dovuto consegnare i propri passaporti affinchè non potessero espatriare e, con grande risalto mediatico, sparuti gruppetti di contravventori sono stati intercettati negli aereoporti. WSC evidenzia come solo 5 dei 3000 interdetti dagli stadi avessero ricevuto il “banning order” in occasione di sfide della selezione nazionale. In realtà tutta l’operazione è parsa un gigantesco spreco di risorse. Sul fronte del calciomercato il portiere James, il quale aveva ricevuto offerte anche dal Sunderland,Fulham e Celtic, ha scelto di indossare la maglia del Bristol City.

 

Operation Phantom Hooligan

July ~ The police operation to stop hooligans travelling to South Africa was launched with a blaze of publicity. Now the World Cup has ended the Football Supporters’ Federation’s Michael Brunskill explains the problems with the campaign and what it meant for the average supporter

 

Most reports in June followed exactly the same lines. Something like: “Police crackdown on hooligans travelling to South Africa for World Cup.” If it’s a tabloid they probably also threw in a few choice words that no one uses in real life, like “amok” and “yobs”. Our journalist then explains how the fans were taken to court and prevented from travelling. If it was a TV station or newspaper that can afford to send a reporter to an airport, the feature would finish with a quote. “I think it’s fine, if you’ve got nothing to hide you’ve got nothing to fear. No one wants hooligans at the World Cup,” says Terry Supporter of Anywhere, England.This is totally compliant reporting – regurgitating a spoon-fed story from a police press officer. But, as the numbers show, things aren’t as simple as they appear. Of the 3,000 plus fans that have banning orders in England and Wales, only five have received them for violence or disorder while following England. Read the reports and you’d be forgiven for thinking it was hundreds, if not thousands. Yet the overwhelming majority of those with banning orders have absolutely no intention of travelling to South Africa – the idea that hundreds of thugs might be caught at the border is a tabloid myth.According to the last lot of Home Office figures (link to a PDF download) not one fan of England or Wales breached their order by following either nation away from home in 2007-08 and 2008-09. Yet the BBC, Sky, Metro and ITN (to name but a few) saw fit devote a huge amount attention to this story. Why? Though all the reports make allusions to arrests none of these were fans with current banning orders. The arrests fall into two categories – those stopped on “intelligence” and those who failed to hand in passports. There would be no problem if the police are detaining people who have been convicted of violent offences and given banning orders by a court of law. But that’s not the case. We know of one fan who was pulled out of line and hauled to court only for the judge to throw the case out and award £1,000 compensation to pay for a new flight. Yet the Football Disorder Act 2000 allows police to forcibly detain supporters at the airport, all on one officer’s say-so.There was also lot of press about those with banning orders not handing passports in. But the assumption that someone with a banning order who fails to surrender their passport is a hooligan looking to travel doesn’t ring true either. Dr Geoff Pearson’s research at the University of Liverpool shows when such fans don’t hand in passports it’s usually because they don’t have one. So they’re hardly candidates for a trip half-way around the world.Plenty will argue that the end justifies the means but these stories play on the stereotype of a football fan from ten years ago. English fans have been extremely well-behaved in recent tournaments and instead of warning England supporters not to travel foreign authorities now actively welcome them, and work with the Nationwide FSF Fans’ Embassy to make sure everyone has the best time possible.These reports create assumptions about a continuing major hooligan problem which then translates into needlessly excessive policing and stewarding of football fans, both at home and abroad. In the end, the police get more resources, the media get an easy story and the public’s thirst for scare stories is quenched. Everyone’s a winner, except the football fan of course. But then again we’re hooligans, we get what we deserve. Did you not see the news?

(WSC )

 

England goalkeeper James was linked with a move to Celtic

Bristol City have signed England goalkeeper David James following his release from Portsmouth.

James, who turns 40 on Sunday and lives in Exeter, has signed a one-year deal at Ashton Gate, but has the option of staying with the club for another year.“I’ve had offers to stay in the Premier League but it is more important that I play football for the right club and be a family man,” said James.He will be introduced to City fans at Saturday’s friendly with Blackpool.The former Liverpool man, who has played 53 times for his country, left Portsmouth on a free transfer this summer and had been linked with Fulham and Sunderland.James, who played in three of England’s matches in this summer’s World Cup, pulled out of transfer talks with Scottish Premier League side Celtic on Monday.

 

( BBC Football )

 

 

PORTA SOTTO L’OMBRELLONE……….

Dopo il grande successo di “Lads 2009” (ultimissime copie )

AnteprimaIN ESAURIMENTO 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

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