UEFA Cup - Men arrested over UEFA violence

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.

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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.

Reuters

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  1. To comment 36 (big10).
    Take religion out of the­ equation...and broaden your narrow mind.

    From Troika, on Fri 20 Mar 10:04AM
  2. TYPICAL PROTESTANTS-LOCK EM UP

    From big10, on Fri 20 Mar 12:13AM
  3. 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

    From jamesm watp, on Thu 19 Mar 10:25PM
  4. 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

    From jamesm watp, on Thu 19 Mar 10:20PM
  5. James, I hope you beat Celtic to the league title this­ year mate. Do ya think ya can take em?

    From laboca123, on Wed 18 Mar 4:26PM
  6. Anyway not as many as Celtic.

    From laboca123, on Wed 18 Mar 2:12PM
  7. Lafferty and Davis arnt scots. That makes 13

    From laboca123, on Wed 18 Mar 2:11PM
  8. Darcheville, niguez, and I said 12. But it seems the­ first team squad has 11. thats a lot my friend

    From laboca123, on Wed 18 Mar 2:08PM
  9. 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 ?

    From jamesm watp, on Wed 18 Mar 1:17PM
  10. POINT 27 NAME THEM THEN

    From jamesm watp, on Wed 18 Mar 1:11PM
  11. I counted around 12 foreigners at gers, and around 16­ at celtic. Hmm not many foreigners there huh

    From laboca123, on Wed 18 Mar 12:27PM
  12. DOM I DONT HATE ENGLAND PAL AND AS FOR FOREIGN PLAYERS­ IN THE RANGERS SQUAD CHECK AS THEIR AINT THAT MANY

    From jamesm watp, on Wed 18 Mar 9:41AM
  13. 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

    From Jamie, on Tue 17 Mar 8:25PM
  14. 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

    From Gavin C, on Tue 17 Mar 8:03PM
  15. 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!

    From Gary Murray, on Tue 17 Mar 7:47PM
  16. 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

    From jamesm watp, on Tue 17 Mar 7:26PM
  17. And even get me started on your national team. I think­ if Scotland had played Spain , it would have been close­ to double figures.

    From Jamie, on Tue 17 Mar 6:43PM
  18. If the EPL is @#$%, then that must make the SPL­ something even stinkier.

    From Jamie, on Tue 17 Mar 6:34PM
  19. 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

    From jamesm watp, on Tue 17 Mar 6:14PM
  20. 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

    From jamesm watp, on Tue 17 Mar 6:09PM
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