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November 27, 2008

The Gonzalo Acro case: where is Spartacus?

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Barra bravas are the subject of the week in Argentina. The intrigue surrounding the murder of Gonzalo Acro has taken another twist, after a video recorded by one of the suspects, previously still on the run, and released by Olé on their website on Wednesday, arrived in court (though the paper themselves don't expect it to [. Click to continue reading...

November 26, 2008

Week 16: The good, the bad and the ugly

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Action from the MLS final, the FAI Cup final, the Champions League, the Championship and Argentina's Apertura all feature in this week's good, the bad and the ugly. Click on the links below to read more about the stories. Well done to Columbus Crew after their MLS Cup final win over New York Red Bulls by [. Click to continue reading...

November 25, 2008

Would everybody please stop getting shot (or stabbed)?

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This week, I've written for ESPN Soccernet on the murder of Daniel López in Colón's stadium during their match against Banfield on Saturday, along with the death, early on Sunday morning, of Rodrigo Silva, the Huracán barra who was shot three-and-a-half weeks ago by members of San Lorenzo's firm. There's also a look at the [. Click to continue reading...

November 22, 2008

Tragedy

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That's how San Lorenzo's fans are seeing things after their team dropped yet more points on Saturday night. Lanús decided to have one of their good days and completely overran the joint leaders in the Nuevo Gasómetro. Boca can overtake San Lorenzo by winning on Sunday, whilst if Tigre win they'll be all on their [. Click to continue reading...

November 19, 2008

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Week 15

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Diego Maradona, Fabio Capello, broken shoulders, death threats to referees and more South American violence all appear on this week's good, the bad and the ugly. Click on the links below below to read more about the stories. The Good Fabio Capello the England manager secures an away win in Germany and finishes his first year on [. Click to continue reading...

Uruguay Suspends League After Weekend Fan Violence

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While Uruguay's national team takes on France tonight in an international friendly at the Stade Denis in Paris, their league's first division matches have been suspended by the Uruguayan Football Association due to fan violence over the weekend. An official statement from the federation stated that "The Executive Committee has decided to suspend, as a preventative measure, the activity in the professional first division until further notice. Click to continue reading...

November 12, 2008

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Week 14

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Asian Champions League Winners, four-goal heroes in Spain, Real Madrid dumped out of the Copa del Rey and violence in Bolivian football all feature on this week's the good, the bad and the ugly. Good It was good for Japanese side Gamba Osaka as they became the second team from Japan to win the Asian Champions League [. Click to continue reading...

November 2, 2008

Party pooping

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Huracán won the match against Estudiantes which marked the 100th anniversary of their founding on Saturday, but the big day was tragically overshadowed when three of their fans were shot - probably by members of the barra brava of their local rivals San Lorenzo - as their coach returned to Parque Patricios after the match [. Click to continue reading...

October 12, 2008

Catania Fans in the Feel-Good Story of the Week

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Violence is, unfortunately, a pretty common extracurricular activity at Italian football games. So when you hear that a group of visiting Chievo supporters were accosted by bad Catania apples and had the GPS stolen out of their car a couple weeks ago, it comes as no surprise. But what you don't hear often is that [. Click to continue reading...

October 2, 2008

Rapid Bucharest Fans Riot; Coach Suspended.

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If you're looking for a place to find fantastically dramatic happenings and off-beat footballing stories, Romania, even Eastern Europe as a whole, is probably your place. If you're a coach looking for an owner who isn't an entire suit short of a full deck, it probably isn't. As is the case with small-ish Eastern European league, [. Click to continue reading...

September 30, 2008

Daily racism/violence updates

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I embedded a video of the craziness in Spain and Barca and Espanyol the other day. But, like only soccer can do, there's more.

Apparently Tottenham was abusing Sol Campbell. If not racist chants, than homophobic ones. And Scotland has had some racist chanting.

But some are taking it further than words. Click to continue reading...

September 29, 2008

SPANISH FOOTBALL - MORRONS & VIOLENCE

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Situation: It´s Saturday & ESPANYOL plays FC BARCELONA in a "high risk" local derby. That´s not the problem, the problem is when FC Barcelona radicals called "Boixos Nois" ( "Our Boys", shows us... Read all the news, results, details & comments in English on Spanish Football & Sports Click to continue reading...

Trouble in Barcelona, But Who’s to Blame?

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Barcelona came from behind and won the Catalan derby 2-1 with two late goals, but the big news was the crowd violence. With home team Espanyol leading twenty minutes from the end, Barcelona's notorious Boixos Nois supporters began raining flares down on Espanyol fans, as you can see in the video above. Click to continue reading...

People Resemble the Things They Despise

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1. Everton - Liverpool. And yet, no amount of having a soccer blog could keep me from writing email throughout this tedious chore of a match. 2. Espanyol - Barcelona. Madness, violence, confusion, controversy: this was the match of the season for every one of soccer's wicked shadow synonyms. After giving up a goal on a [. Click to continue reading...

September 24, 2008

Back together LINKS

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Look at the happy couple. Cheryl said the wedding is back on and she has forgiven Ashley for his sins.

Not only that, she's gonna let him party and hang with the boys without bother.

Sounds fishy to me.
  • Remembering soccer at Yankee Stadium. [Goal!]
  • Kahn snubs return from retirement.
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Carling Cup: Hammers and Fulham crash out, Gunners hit for six

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Premier League sides West Ham and Fulham crashed out of the Carling Cup at the third-round stage at the hands of Football League opposition.

Eight arrests as violence mars south Wales derby

Arsenal 6 - 0 Sheffield Wednesday
Arsenal young guns run riot

Rodrigo given all clear after Pogatetz horror-tackle Click to continue reading...

September 23, 2008

Carling Cup: Swansea and Cardiff savour rivalry before resumption of hostilities

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Tonight's derby, a fixture historically marred by violence, is the first in nine years. Click to continue reading...

September 19, 2008

AC Milan, Tottenham open UEFA Cup bids with wins

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Seven-time European champion AC Milan began a rare foray into the UEFA Cup confidently Thursday, and Tottenham secured its first win of the season in the first leg of the opening round.

Both teams have endured torrid starts to their league campaigns, but Milan beat FC Zurich 3-1 and Spurs secured a slender 2-1 advantage over Wisla Krakow.

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September 18, 2008

The SIX greatest football rivalries EVER: Liverpool, Arsenal, Spurs, Manchester United, Celtic and Rangers take a bow!

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As football fans we all like a nice rivalry to spice things up, but have these pairings gone a little too far in their mutual hatred of each other? Probably not! 6) Brazil - Argentina Oh boy, when these two nations meet, expect fireworks (and by fireworks I mean violence)! Even ... Click to continue reading...

September 12, 2008

RID ALL FOOTBALL & SPORTS OF RACISM!!!

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This subject transcends Spanish Football & Sports, it is so important & such a problem that all Sports Blogs should make space & condemn it publically. Unfortunately Racism is still being... Read all the news, results, details & comments in English on Spanish Football & Sports Click to continue reading...

September 5, 2008

Football Headlines From Italy

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La Gazzetta dello Sport Balotelli: A true Italian - makes his Azzurri debut this evening against Greece (il grande momento) President Berlusconi speaks out on violence (by defending Napoli?): Napoli shouldn't pay Zamparini, 27 sackings - From Palermo, Out goes Colantuono, in comes Ballardini _________________  Balotelli was born in Palermo and is the son of Ghanaian immigrants. Click to continue reading...

September 3, 2008

Spreading like Wildfire, losing Control

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So Napoli ‘fans' are banned from away trips until 2009/10 after they smashed up a train and assaulted Italian railroad staff en route to their first road game of the season at Roma. While Italian police believe the violence is being orchestrated by Italy's mafiosi, FIGC President Giancarlo Abete spoke of the need to "eradicate the groups of delinquents who are polluting the world of football. Click to continue reading...

September 2, 2008

Napoli Fans Banned From Away Games For The Season

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Suffice it to say, the opening week of the Serie A season hasn't gone so well for Napoli fans. Yes, their team fought hard for their draw with Roma in the derby, but because of a group of, quite frankly, idiots, that's the last away game they'll be able to attend all year long. One [...] Click to continue reading...

September 1, 2008

A very Finnish ‘riot’

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I live in the most violent country in Western Europe. Homicides are more common here than anywhere else that wasn't run by communists until the early 90s. Someone was stabbed in the chest in the central square of Tampere on Friday night, I have seen numerous fights there, and when people are drunk you know [. Click to continue reading...

August 28, 2008

Miss Essex FM final - tonight

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Samantha Harris from Stock - one of tonight's finalists

The final of Miss Essex FM takes place tonight (Thursday) at the Festival Leisure Park in Basildon. longpier.com reluctantly agreed to give up 3-hours of telly watching to see 24 lovelies from across the county battle it out at Liquid & Envy nightclub in Bas Vegas. Click to continue reading...

August 25, 2008

Warning: Websites Are More Dangerous Than Football Grounds

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Going to see a football match at Old Trafford, Goodison Park, Stamford Bridge or any other ground in the Premier League is a far different experience than what happened 20 years ago. No more terracing. No violence between the opposing sets of fans, and no more cheap tickets that would allow a larger percentage of [. Click to continue reading...

August 13, 2008

Two setbacks

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The sporting security authorities suffered a blow on Tuesday, when it was announced that Javier Castrilli, 'El Sheriff', Subsecretary of Sporting Events Security, had resigned from his post. Disagreements with Aníbal Fernández, the Minister of Justice and Security, led Castrilli to feel that, 'the most healthy and least traumatic option [for me] was to resign. Click to continue reading...

August 9, 2008

Another promotion celebration, and a debut double for Sava

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Following San Martín de Tucumán's winning start to their first season back in Primera A last night, it was the turn of Godoy Cruz to cause a shock, and not only did they win, they did so away from home against one of the more impressive teams of the last few years. Two goals from [...] Click to continue reading...

July 31, 2008

More Trouble for Joey Barton (So We Have More Web Comics Making Fun of Him)

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Good news for one man violence machine Joey Barton: he was released from prison recently. Bad news for one man violence machine Joey Barton: the English FA have charged him with violent conduct for what he did to Ousmane Dabo's face. Not sure if the FA had to wait until the Bart man was out of clink [. Click to continue reading...

July 28, 2008

Joey Barton: A Poor Example to Children

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SERIAL thug Joey Barton slipped out of Strangeways Prison, Manchester, into the arms of Kevin Keegan. Keegan, a decent bloke who believes in forgiveness and redemption, says the Newcastle player deserves a second chance. No. Barton has had plenty of chances to prove himself and he's done just that. Click to continue reading...

Cass: Movie Trailer For New Film About Hooligans

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Cass, a new movie scheduled for release in the United Kingdom this Friday August 1, is a true story about a West Ham United supporter and his remarkable life. Quite a few of the West Ham fans who responded to the articles about the violence at the recent Columbus Crew match mentioned the upcoming movie. Click to continue reading...

July 26, 2008

West Ham vs. Columbus Crew: the Fight and Reflections on Hooliganism

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As we close out the soccer week in America, I've got to reflect on the MLS All Star game and events that led up to it. I've always been a critic of the MLS all star game – more the format really than the match itself. In fact, if America insists on a All Star game, I suggested in an earlier post that we look to Australia's State of Origin rugby league match up and emulate their format for our match. Click to continue reading...

July 22, 2008

Columbus, You Have a Problem

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Referring to West Ham as "Brits" potentially kicked off the violence before matchday I have deliberetly allowed two days to pass since the initial reports about the fracas at Crew Stadium have passed to comment on this site. I wanted to see what action was taken by the club and what the fallout was before rushing [. Click to continue reading...

July 21, 2008

Quote of the Day - Redux...

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"Whilst incredibly unfortunate, to be honest, news of this incident hardly comes as a shock. English fans on pre-season tours abroad have a history of becoming involved in trouble and when you have a club with a sizable travelling support, it is inevitable that there will be those amongst their number looking to kick off some kind of confrontation. Click to continue reading...

July 14, 2008

The Barbarian Invasion: Toronto's and NASL's 1984 Swan Song

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Like the Visigoths sacking Rome, Toronto's barricade-breaking fans probably weren't aware their violence would herald the end of an empire. Following their second game, best-of-three series 3-2 loss to the Chicago Sting on October 3rd, 1984, pitch-invading Toronto Blizzard fans caused so much disruption at Varsity Stadium that the trophy presentation was forced into the Sting's dressing room. Click to continue reading...
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