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Post by tommysermanni on Jul 4, 2024 16:36:49 GMT
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/sport/football/crowd-trouble-sees-police-called-as-pre-season-friendly-in-scotlands-central-belt-is-abandoned-4690107Some crazy footage on Twitter. The referee decided the match could not continue at half-time A pre-season friendly match between Broxburn Athletic and Edinburgh City was abandoned last night due to crowd trouble. Police were called to the disturbance at Albyn Park in West Lothian and the match was not allowed to continue beyond half-time. Broxburn gained promotion from the East of Scotland League to the Lowland League last season and hosted League Two Edinburgh City as part of their summer preparations for the 2024/25 campaign. The two teams were tied at 0-0 at the interval, however the evening ended early due to concerns over safety. Witnesses claim a group of youths following City entered an area of the ground full of locals after setting off pyrotechnics. Police arrived at the ground to restore order as fans fled amid the clashes. After discussions with police, the match officials decided to call the game off despite appeals for calm. It is not clear at this point whether the game will be rescheduled for another date.
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Post by chris on Jul 4, 2024 17:34:21 GMT
Apparently it was a crowd of kids from Edinburgh City causing all the bother, who are infact banned from attending home games
At one point alot of fans and the club were often praising them and encouraging them saying how great they were
Reminds me of somewhere ....
Didn't we have a bit of bother at edinburgh city last time we played them away
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Post by cliftonbill on Jul 4, 2024 18:46:52 GMT
Apparently it was a crowd of kids from Edinburgh City causing all the bother, who are infact banned from attending home games At one point alot of fans and the club were often praising them and encouraging them saying how great they were Reminds me of somewhere .... Didn't we have a bit of bother at edinburgh city last time we played them away A real issue for Scottish football, pre-pubescent wannabe ‘Ultras’ (lol) wreaking havoc, or so they like to think, at lower division matches. Not sure what the answer is. On the one hand, the continued existence of our clubs depends on new supporters. On the other hand..well, dialogue clearly required. 🤨
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Post by chris on Jul 4, 2024 19:29:26 GMT
The main problem is they see fan groups like the union bears of rangers or the green brigade at celtic and the notoriety they get, and think they want to be like them.
Online ultra groups from Eastern Europe are glorified with fights and stuff being streamed online,
It's not hard to be on twitter and find the conversations between the groups of wee guys, all of whom end up being banned from the clubs they goto the games of
The main reason they turn up is nobody will take them to see celtic or rangers
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Post by jimbo42 on Jul 4, 2024 20:01:02 GMT
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Post by Roy of the Rovers on Jul 15, 2024 18:06:52 GMT
I see that City are introducing compulsory ID cards for kids. They will be free and have the kids pic on them and to get one they must have permission from a parent or guardian.
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Post by jimbo42 on Jul 15, 2024 20:43:16 GMT
In this day of rights, data protection, etc can't help thinking they might be on dodgy ground with that idea.
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