Athens report from UEFA

[Guest spk]

LIVERPOOL fans have been condemned as the WORST in Europe in a scathing UEFA report.

 

UEFA president Michel Platini will hand the controversial dossier to Britain's Sports Minister Richard Caborn in Brussels on Tuesday.

 

UEFA spokesman William Gaillard said: "We have an independent police report mentioning 25 incidents since 2003 caused by Liverpool fans away from home. That's the most of any team in Europe. We should all be very pleased that no one was hurt."

 

The report follows an investigation into violence that marred the Champions League final in Athens and accuses the Kop fans of causing most of the trouble.

 

Scores of fans with genuine tickets were denied entry to the Olympic Stadium in Athens last month.

 

Hundreds of others holding forgeries managed to get in to see Liverpool's 2-1 defeat by AC Milan.

 

Gaillard added: "We had 102 flags in the stadium, but by the time the game began there were only two left. People climbed up amid incredible danger in order to steal them, and we know a majority were Liverpool fans."

 

A senior UEFA insider told the News of the World that Caborn would have "serious food for thought" after reading a "thick dossier" on the disorder in the stadium.

 

Liverpool will mount a strong defence of their fans and point out they submitted their own report to UEFA before the final, highlighting their serious concerns about crowd control.

 

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Source: http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/story_page...rt/sport2.shtml

 

Presumably we can expect a slapped wrist and a fine if this is correct but i'm really starting to grow converned about the behaviour of english fans going abroad lately.

[RafaShanks]

Not even gonna bother reading any of this.

 

Clueless inept c**ts!!!

[Stevie H]

had a feeling uefa would get something like this out to swerve the accusations that they couldn't organise an orgy in amsterdam.

[Guest Snorky]

name the 25 incidents ?

[NWR]

Liverpool have not played 25 away games in the cl in the last 4 years have they?

Or are they saying there were more than 1 incident per match?

[Logic]

Do monkey chants count as "incidents" in the eyes of UEFA?

 

How about other racist chants?

 

[sirstan]

Also how old is the report - unlikely it was compiled in the last week. If it pre-dates the final then that must put them in a worst light?

[Chili Palmer]

I think we should get together and organize the assasination of William Gaillard.

 

I'm sure we have a few hit men in our bad crowd.

[Guest Snorky]

Can't see anyone being scared of this hitman.

 

[Chili Palmer]

Can't see anyone being scared of this hitman.

 

 

TBF he was nasty on pop idol.

[Knox_Harrington]

had a feeling uefa would get something like this out to swerve the accusations that they couldn't organise an orgy in amsterdam.

This is just the start of it.

 

We'll have the most incidents because we take the most fans with us wherever we go. It's hardly rocket science.

[Guest DanTheDaggerman]

What have UEFA defined as an "incident" and do all "incidents" count the same in their eyes?

 

For example, does the trouble in Lille count as one incident for ManU and Lille?

Edited June 3, 2007 by DanTheDaggerman

[£440,000]

The best thing is the 'incident' they've highlighted is that some flags were stolen!

 

I should imagine we've played the most away games as well so that might help explain why we've been involved in the most 'incidents'.

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[CarraLegend]

What a load of s***, we've probably got the biggest away support in Europe and have more than likely played more European games than most/all other clubs since 2003, hardly a shock there'd be a few incidents. Platini despises us and Gaillard is an annoying t***.

[Joshytoohotty]

What a f***ing joke.

 

So the mancs aren't highlighted as trouble makers despite kicking off at every knock out stage in this competition?

 

It's obvious that they're trying to cover their backs because they've realised that they very nearly caused a major disaster last week, and thus are trying to pin the blame all on us by making us out to be a bunch of thieving, bunking hoolies, not that that is much different from the general consensus of us outside of Liverpool I suppose.

 

Funny that before the final UEFA were saying how the two sets of fans had exemplory records and how they expected no trouble what so ever. They also praised our behaviour in Istanbul. Now that the s*** is being directed their way the c**** are pretending we're a load of scum so they can pin the blame on us.

 

Typical, f***ing typical.

[ricflairandy]

Platini is a c***. Hell do everthing he can to get us banned.

[Guest Kaizer]

I guess we were good enough when the UEFA guests/tops stood on the top of Hotel Grande Bretagne taking pictures of the fans making Syntagma Square their own.

 

Would be really interesting to learn what these incidents actually are.

[£440,000]

I guess we were good enough when the UEFA guests/tops stood on the top of Hotel Grande Bretagne taking pictures of the fans making Syntagma Square their own.

 

Would be really interesting to learn what these incidents actually are.

 

Exactly. What constitues an incident?

 

Did anyone read the Nicky Campbell thing in the Guardian where he got in a taxi with a guy who works at UEFA who told him that Gaillard is a joke. And that Platini is called Blatini round the UEFA offices cos of his relationship with Blatter.

 

Can't stand Campbell, but was interesting nonetheless.

[Falconhoof]

In all these away games, has one single major incident of disorder been reported by Sky news, BBC, ITV, the newspapers ? The police or UEFA ? Why now ?

 

Its a diversionary tactic, a whitewash by UEFA over criticism of their organisation and control.

[JohnnyH]

In all these away games, has one single major incident of disorder been reported by Sky news, BBC, ITV, the newspapers ? The police or UEFA ? Why now ?

 

Its a diversionary tactic, a whitewash by UEFA over criticism of their organisation and control.

 

Exactly right.

[Ste M]

Found this whilst looking for any comments made by UEFA spokespersons before the final:

 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtm...22/sfnbon22.xml

 

Penultimate paragraph.

 

The f***ing two-faced smackrat.

[NWR]

They are doing this on Talksport.

I read on another board that one liverpool fan rang in and said "The trouble in Athens was caused by United and Chelsea fans trying to get in the ground without tickets."

His view was that United and Chelsea fans bought plane tickets and hotel rooms before the semi finals.

Sounds like a load of crap to me.

[Gunga Din]

They are doing this on Talksport.

I read on another board that one liverpool fan rang in and said "The trouble in Athens was caused by United and Chelsea fans trying to get in the ground without tickets."

His view was that United and Chelsea fans bought plane tickets and hotel rooms before the semi finals.

Sounds like a load of crap to me.

 

probably is, although for UEFA to come out and brand us the worst fans in Europe is f***ing laughable.

[CarraLegend]

They are doing this on Talksport.

I read on another board that one liverpool fan rang in and said "The trouble in Athens was caused by United and Chelsea fans trying to get in the ground without tickets."

His view was that United and Chelsea fans bought plane tickets and hotel rooms before the semi finals.

Sounds like a load of crap to me.

 

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[NWR]

for UEFA to come out and brand us the worst fans in Europe is f***ing laughable.

 

For the record, I agree.

 

 

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Tired?

Edited June 3, 2007 by NWR