Eurosport - Mon, 16 Mar 12:44:00 2009
British police have arrested five men in Scotland over the violence that erupted after last year's UEFA Cup final between Rangers and Zenit St Petersburg in Manchester.
The men, aged 21, 24, 27, 34 and 36, were held on suspicion of violent disorder following dawn raids at their homes in the Glasgow area by Manchester and Strathclyde police.
Rangers fans battled with riot police in Manchester after the Scottish club lost to Zenit in last May's final.
One Russian fan was stabbed, 15 police officers were injured and there were more than 40 arrests after street fighting broke out in the city centre.
Police estimated around 150,000 Rangers fans travelled down from Scotland for the match and officers sifted through hours of closed circuit TV footage to try and identify those suspected of being involved in the rioting.
In January, detectives released pictures of 49 people they had identified as suspects.
"The appalling events of 14 May 2008 have not been forgotten by GMP or the people of Manchester," said Detective Superintendent Geoff Wessell.
"The operation to bring those responsible to justice has been large and complex, but we have to remember that we were dealing with wanton violence on a large scale.
"Trouble of that magnitude takes time to investigate properly and it cannot be allowed to go unpunished."
Police said the arrests would be the first in a series of coordinated raids.
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Comment 18 - 37 of 37
To comment 36 (big10).
Take religion out of the equation...and broaden your narrow mind.
TYPICAL PROTESTANTS-LOCK EM UP
AND AS FOR RANGERS WINNING THE LEAGUE THE TEO TEAMS ARE POOR THIS TERM BUT THINK RANGERS SHOULD STILL WIN THE LEAGUE ITL BE CLOSE THOUGH
POINT 30 DARCHEVILLE HAS LEFT AND NIGUEZ IS AARON , AND YOUR NOW CALLING BRITTISH CITIZENS FOREIGN IN LAFFERTY AND DAVIS AND THANKS FOR YOUR BACKING FOR THE LEAGUE
James, I hope you beat Celtic to the league title this year mate. Do ya think ya can take em?
Anyway not as many as Celtic.
Lafferty and Davis arnt scots. That makes 13
Darcheville, niguez, and I said 12. But it seems the first team squad has 11. thats a lot my friend
AS FAR AS AM CONCERNED ITS PAPAC, BOUGHERRA, EDU ,HEMDANI, VELICKA, AARON, MENDES, NOVO AND DE BEASLEY NINE FOREIGNERS SO WHERE DO YOU GET 14 FROM ?
POINT 27 NAME THEM THEN
I counted around 12 foreigners at gers, and around 16 at celtic. Hmm not many foreigners there huh
DOM I DONT HATE ENGLAND PAL AND AS FOR FOREIGN PLAYERS IN THE RANGERS SQUAD CHECK AS THEIR AINT THAT MANY
James have a look at your rangers squad, and I think you will find a hell of a lot of foreigners mate. I cant see Scotlands national team catching up with Englands for a hell of a long time. Also I dont believe the England team is great, actually we are average at best. By the way I dont hate Scotland, but im sure you hate us. Domenico
NIce to see uphill gardener spoutin his usual pi*h. He calls Rangers supporters all thugs sayin we kill people, but a week ago he was supporting the IRA. You still pretending to not be a celtic supporter ya fu**in loser. If you read the story titled " SPL rule out final-day decider " and see who has the first post in the comments. Ahh uphill the manky closet Celtic fan who says " it will be all over by then the celts will lift the trophy 4-5-6 in a row ". Not much faith in the Hibees there eh mate. Theres plenty of decent Celtic fans without glory seeking cling-ons like u.
Go leave some comments on the Hibs team, if anyone bothers writing about the 6th place strugglers
Come on here football fans who stab people Italian or Scots should be banned im afraid Rangers fans let down a great reputation for SCOTS fans worldwide! GAOL all troublemakers and give them long sentences there is no excuse-Good supporters are faithful through+through+unlike 99%of Rangers fans at the Cup Final would stay to watch the Losers medals being handed out!It is not like Rangers never tried ??Sure it's better to Win but i was shocked to see Rangers fans streaming from the ground with 5 minutes to go???Negative or what ?That is definetly going to count against Rangers+watch out for St Mirren who could well see the title coming to Parkhead before the final game+Ibrox is no longer a fortress Read em and weep come on the Hoops!!BEST SUPPORTERS IN SCOTLAND WIN OR LOSE unlike 90%of Rangers fans who dissapear when there team lose[Learn to support your team through good and bad]CELTIC FOR 4 IN A ROW!!FITNESS COST RANGERS THE CUP AND WILL COST THEM THE TITLE!
SEE WHEN IT COMES DOWN TOO IT POISON SPL CLUBS ARE PLAYING WITH ALOT OF YOUNG SCOTTISH PLAYERS WHICH WILL BE GOOD FOR OUR NATIONAL TEAM WHAT ARE EPL CLUBS DOING FOR ENGLAND , AND SEE WHEN THIS HOME GROWN RULE COMES IN WHAT ARE EPL CLUBS GOING TO DO ?? AND SEE WHEN THE BANKS CALL IN THE EPL DEBT YOUR LEAGUE IS CLOSE TOO BANKRUPTCY DONT YOU SEE IT ? OPEN YOUR EYES FFS YOUR CLUBS HAVENT LEARNT FROM LEEDS AND ONE MORE THING PLATINI IS STATING THAT CLUBS WITH DEBT WILL NOT BE ALLOWED INTO EUROPE SO IT DONT LOOK GOOD FOR THE EPL OR THE ENGLAND NATIONAL TEAM
And even get me started on your national team. I think if Scotland had played Spain , it would have been close to double figures.
If the EPL is @#$%, then that must make the SPL something even stinkier.
AND AS FOR YOU SAM YOUR EPL IS S.HITE YOUR NATIONAL TEAM IS S.HITE YOUR NATIONAL TEAM HAS HARDCORE CASUALS THAT FOLLOW THEM AND AS FOR YOUR CLUB TEAMS ITS A DISGRACE THAT YOUS ARE EVEN STILL IN EUROPE BECAUSE OF YOUR TROUBLE MAKING AT HOME AND ABROAD , WHY THE GOVERMENT CONTINUALLY TURNS A BLIND EYE TOO IT I DONT KNOW , MY ONLY CONCLUSION IS MONEY AND AS FOR RIOT IN MANCHESTER FFS KINGS CROSS IS LIKE THAT NEARLY EVERY NIGHT OF THE WEEK
GARDENER SHUT UP YA A.RSEHOLE YOU KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT FUKIN NOTHING KEEP YOUR TRAP SHUT AND STICK TO WHAT YOU KNOW R.APE A.IDS AND THE HIBEES FFS AND AS FOR THE REST OF YOU IVE NEVER HIT ANYONE OVER SUPPORTING A FOOTBALL TEAM AND IM A GERS FAN OR RELIGION ITS BULLS.HIT TO SAY AW RANGERS FANS ARE HORRIBLE YOU WOULD HAVE TO SAY THAT ABOUT CELTIC FANS WHO BEAT UP A BOY AFTER WINNING A TROPHY , IN SHAWBRIDGE STREET GLASGOW HIS ONLY CRIME BEING NEAR AN ORANGE HALL IT HAPPENS BOTH WAYS BUT THER IS A GOOD AND BAD ELEMENT IN ALL FOOTBALL SUPPORTERS
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