AIK STOCKHOLM - HAMMARBY IF
Two reports from 2 different lads

Report One
After the game the police blocked the way for all the Hammarby fans and made them go down in the undeground but then the riots broke loose, with woodsticks, stones, karate-kicks etc. the Hammarby fans attacked the police and their police horses also which is quite unusual, several police officers and horses got seriously injured. When it finally calmed down outside the stadium more riots broke loose this time between AIK and Hammarby supporters in Oldtown, Stockholm.

Report Two
Before the game small troubles broke out between Hammarby lads and Aik lads in the Subways. After the game angry and dissapointed Hammarby supporters (Aik-Hammarby 1-0) attacked the police by throwing stones and other missiles at them. The Hammarby Hools tore down security fences that the police had set up to seperate the Hammarby Lads from the Aik Lads. Two Hammarby Lads did attack mounted police, they used sticks with spikes and the horse was seriously injured. Later that night a prearanged meeting took place at the old town district in Stockholm involving 80 lads. The game was the subject of a heavy police presence following threats of violence from both sides.

rotherham - swansea city
An inquiry has begun into the death of a Swansea City fan who died after being trampled and fatally injured by a police horse during clashes between rival fans. Swansea City supporter Terry Coles, 41, died in hospital after suffering a fractured skull and crush injuries before the Third Division championship decider at Rotherham. South Yorkshire Police Assistant Chief Constable Tim Hollis said the tragedy happened as rival supporters threw missiles at each other as about 100 Swansea fans were escorted to Rotherham's Millmoor Lane ground.
Security video footage of the incidents showed people crouching against a wall outside the ground trying to escape the missiles. The police horse, one of three in the vicinity, was cantering down a slope to deal with the trouble when it collided with Mr Coles. "The victim had not seen the horse and he appeared to be walking into the line of the animal," said Mr Hollis. "It quite clearly rides over him."
Police arrested 19 fans before the match which ended in a 1-1 draw, securing the title for Swansea. Play was stopped twice following pitch invasions after each goal. The arrested supporters have been charged with a variety of offences including affray and being drunk and disorderly. All 19, a mixture of Swansea and Rotherham fans, have been bailed to appear in court on 8-10 May.

Plymouth Argyle - Swansea City
Seven fans were arrested and hundreds of pounds worth of damage was caused in incidents involving Plymouth Argyle and Swansea City fans before the match. Police kept rival fans apart after trouble broke out in the Noah's Ark pub, where around 130 Swansea fans had congregated. More than 30 officers from the Tactical Aid Group were called in to contain them and keep a group of around 70 Plymouth fans from clashing with Swansea fans.

From the South Wales Evening Post
SWANS FANS ARRESTED IN BIG MATCH TROUBLE
Seven people were arrested and hundreds of pounds worth of damage caused in angry scenes involving Swans fans at the weekend.
Police battled to keep opposing fans away from each other in the run up to Saturday's match between Plymouth Argyle and Swansea City.
About 130 Swansea fans congregated in the Noahs Ark pub in Courtenay Street in the city centre before lunchtime, and more than 80 officers from the tactical aid group were called to contain them.
A hard core of supporters tried to break throughthe police lines, but were forced back into the pub after a minor scuffle.
A 27 year old man was arrested for disturbing the peace. At the same time, between 30 and 50 fans were causing havoc in the Brittania Inn Milehouse. The Swans fans had arrived in the city by coach and train, and were later escorted to the ground for the game that Plymouth won 1-0.
There were minor scuffles on the way with Argyle supporters, and one 31 year old Swansea man was arrested for disorderly behaviour.
There were further scuffles outside the ground, before and after the game, as police battled to keep control.
Four others were also arrested on public order offences and were appearing in Plymouth Magistrates court today.

Galatasaray - leeds united
Two Leeds United fans were stabbed to death after a group of Leeds fans were attacked by Turks the night before this match, a number of other Leeds fans were taken to hospital with stab wounds also.
The two Leeds fans, Christopher Loftus, 37, and Kevin Speight were stabbed less than 24 hours before the match sparking debate over whether it should be called off in case of more trouble.
But UEFA decided the match would go ahead under heavy security, nearly 8000 police being on duty.
It is understood that around 14 Turks were arrested in connection with the incident.
A Turkish television channel, NTV, reported that the knifeman had been identified from television pictures.
Sixteen British fans have also been deported from Turkey as a result of clashes. Another man remains seriously ill in hospital as a result of the trouble.
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View from the Terrace would like to give it's heartfelt sympathy to family and friends of the deceased and hope that the muderous Turk scum will be brought to justice. Is football really worth all this!

birmingham city - wolves
From BBC News
A man is critically ill in hospital after violence involving 100 rival fans before a football match, police said. The man suffered brain injuries after a confrontation and street fights before a crunch Division One derby game between Birmingham City and Wolves.
A second man also received serious head injuries and is in hospital under police guard. West Midlands Police first received reports of a disturbance at a pub in the Balsall Heath area of Birmingham. The trouble spread to other areas and at one point 100 people were involved.
As officers battled to control the situation there were reports that flares were being fired at opposing fans from hand-held launchers. Stones and bottles were also thrown and a number of fans suffered minor injuries. The violence disrupted traffic already diverted because of road closures due to the Rover march.
'Organised violence'
Motorists were forced to make U-turns to avoid missiles raining down on the road. One driver said: "It appeared the violence was organised, as many of the young men in and around the scene were talking on mobile phones and seemed to be directing others away from confrontation with knowledge.
"No one seemed to be wearing club colours. It looked like they had made an effort to blend in.
"Officers arrived at the scene in at least five vans in a matter of minutes as well as an ambulance and fire engine."
Police said they were having difficulty identifying the man who was critically injured although they believed he might be a Birmingham City supporter. One man has been arrested in connection with the outbreak of violence and is being held in police custody.

Belgium - Holland
Fifty fans were arrested at Belgium's friendly game with fellow Euro 2000 tournament hosts the Netherlands, Brussels police said on Thursday.
Spokesman Jean-Louis Begine there had been 15 arrests for disorder and five for violence, acts of vandalism and possession of drugs
"They were Dutch and the arrests were made before, during and after the match," he said. "The gendarmerie made a further 30 arrests. We consider this number to be relatively low." No one at the gendarmerie, the federal police force, was immediately available to comment. Wednesday's friendly was held at Brussels' re-named King Baudouin stadium, formerly called the Heysel stadium where five Euro 2000 matches will be staged. There was a capacity crowd of 50,000 and the match was widely considered to be a last test of the city's preparations for Euro 2000 which begins at the stadium on June 10.
The game ended in a 2-2 draw.
(From Reuters)

werder bremen - arsenal
Report from Arsenal
As soon as Arsenal drew Werder Bremen there was a lot of talk about Hamburg the night before the game,purely for reasons of drinking and prostituting on the famous Reiperbahn..Exactly 19 fella's decsended on the R-Bahn about 5/6 O'clock and some serious boozing commenced...Around this time it is true that 1 of the chaps received a call from a German lad he knows,asking if Arsenal were in Hamburg and "up for it"....rather than explain that there was only 19 of us and we just wanted a beer and a bird....He was told that we weren't about........Big mistake!!!!...By now Bremen and Hamburg had already been in touch with each other(this we found out later)....Anyway about 1.30am like good English-men we were well and truly pissed..2 fella's were off "window shopping" so the EXACT count was 17......2 lad's were on the front step of the bar when out-of-the-blue what seemed like 20/25 (Maybe less)...German-thug-looking-types came round the corner......"Put down your bottles and fight" announced their self-appointed spokesman as the afforementioned bottles rather unsportingly flew past his head..even less sportingly he produced an iron bar from his coat just in time to see our 2 hero's leg it into the bar shouting "Krauts" "Their here" e.t.c.....6/7 hours into a heavy drinking session the others must have been thinking "What the fuck are these idiots on about"....But when the rocks started bouncing off the windows they soon woke up...Initially 2 or 3 lads got out the door before the CUNT that owned the bar closed the door behind them.....they were lucky we got the door open pretty quick and they ran back inside...another failed attempt to come out was pushed back under a hail of rocks and bottles....It was only at the 3rd attempt that all of us,a selection of bottles,ashtrays and what seemed like every bar-stool got out on to the pavement...the 2 mobs roared and screamed up at each other and to our amazement the Germans started to run...NOT 1 stood and threw a punch,some got chased nearly 150 yards from the bar...if they had stood and made a fight of it they might have done O.K.as they looked big-cunts and we were mostly paraletic...but they didn't and to be honest if that's their idea of a "welcome to Hamburg" then they're a pretty sad bunch....and we were just out for a quiet drink.....Werder/Hamburg-we're not impressed and we hope that's not the best you can offer, as it's pretty damn poor.
Report from German lad
From the day Bremen drew Arsenal in the uefa-cup Arsenal´s boys were supposed to drink in Hamburg the night before the match. But then one cockney told a Bremen lad on the phone that they weren´t but were arriving in Bremen on the day of the match instead. So no action was planned.
The night before Arsenal were spotted by some Hamburg in the LondonPub/Reeperbahn. A quick phone call to Bremen and at 1 o´clock in the night a German mob consisting of 8 Bremen and 9 Hamburg attacked the pub. Fighting went on for about 3 minutes, bricks, bottles, iron-bars and traffic-signs were thrown and the 25 Arsenal were at least once forced back in the pub. In the end the Germans had to run, police sirens now in the background. Arsenal are supposed to have had the better mob that day, but at least they showed some respect for the Germans - first on the phone, when the guy who actually was in Hamburg himself was obviously lying and then during the fighting when they needed 3 minutes to get out of the pub and were forced back at least once. Hamburg and Bremen hope that Arsenal enoyed the polite and friendly "Welcome to Hamburg, gentlemen!"

AS Roma - leeds united
Around 7000 Leeds fans made the trip to Rome for this UEFA Cup tie. There were a few incidents during the day of the match with groups of Roma fans, who were usually armed with weapons, attacking smaller groups of Leeds fans, on most occassions the outnumbered Leeds fans came out on top, running the Roma mob.
More trouble took place before and after the match. In one incident a group of 300 Roma armed with knives, iron bars, belts etc. carried out a cowardly attack on a group of about 30 Leeds lads resulting in a number of injuries to the Leeds lads, one of who was aged about 16 and was stabbed. As uasual the police seemed slow to react and took the heavy handed approach towards the Leeds fans and not the Roma fans who seemed happy to hide behind the police.
Report from Leeds fans
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The following is a response to the above report, by a Roma fan:
You forgot to say that Leeds lads passed their time insulting AS Roma fans, throwing bottles all the time etc. etc. and that:
1) the group of 30 Leeds attacked first, they came from their sector near to our sector chanting for Lazio and saying to us "come on, fight", and we fought.
2) real ultras were in the same number of Leeds but there has been the reaction of "normal" fans who were there, so this is the reason of 300 people.
3) the 16 boy was there with his father but he threw bottles against Roma fans, and his father too
4) I have not seen, in the place were I was, Leeds running Roma mob.
5) Roma fans hate the police and are not certainly happy to hide before them also 'cause police hate them. Infact the police on their horses attacked also us
From Lorenzo
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View from the Terrace view is that whatever went on the stabbing of the Leeds fan can be justified in no way and was no more than a cowardly act.

cardiff city - bristol city
The first trouble kicked on at 1530 when about 30 Bristol lads arrived in Cardiff. Fighting broke out in Wood St, Bristol held there own in a toe to toe with 20-30 Cardiff lads before heading back to the train station where they were ambushed by more Cardiff lads and sent scattering across the concourse.This was about the only incident of note between the two rival groups, though Cardiff lads spent most of the night fighting with riot policed. An attempt to attack the Firkin pub where the nearly 200 Bristol were being held was halted by large numbers of police.
More details of the nights events can be found at http://www.astroatlas.com/soulcrew/welcome.htm

HUDDERSFIELD TOWN - MANCHESTER CITY
From the Huddersfield Examiner Monday
Young boy among injured fans
By NEIL ATKINSON
AN eight-year-old boy was hurt as the ugly and frightening face of football hit Huddersfield last night.
A huge police operation was mounted to keep apart rival Huddersfield Town and Manchester City fans for several hours as the two teams met in a vital game.
But there were 34 arrests, several injuries - including to the young boy - and a massive bill for policing and security.
One man was still in Huddersfield Royal Infirmary today after being attacked and knocked unconscious in a clash between rival gangs in the town centre before the kick-off.
And the family of eight-year-old Daniel Massey told how he was caught up in a terrifying melée involving rival fans after the match, which ended in a 1-1 draw.
Daniel was set upon by football thugs who clashed after the game as he and a relative walked back to the town centre.
His mother Lynn, of Hayfield Avenue, Oakes, was extremely upset when her son returned home injured. He was taken to the Infirmary for a check-up for bruising.
"A big fight started outside Huddersfield Sports Centre. Fans began kicking and punching Daniel on the floor," said Mrs Massey.
Trouble flared in the town centre well before the kick-off, with clashes between fans in Kirkgate, Northumberland Street and Leeds Road from as early as 4pm.
And there were more problems en route to the stadium and at the game itself, with police having to use mounted officers and extra manpower to segregate the fans.
Huddersfield Town paid for extra security staff inside the stadium, but there were more than 20 arrests at the ground.
Fourteen fans were charged with drink-related offences, 17 with public order crimes and one for criminal damage. Two Manchester teenagers, aged 14 and 17, were charged with burglary after allegedly breaking into a storeroom at the McAlpine and stealing Town season tickets.
Thirty of those held came from Manchester. All have been bailed to appear in court later.

Tottenham - Chelsea
Below in an extract from the Met. Police web site news section
80 arrests at Tottenham V Chelsea football match
Officers undertook a proactive police operation to prevent possible violence at today's (5/2/00) football match between Tottenham Hotspur FC and Chelsea FC at White Hart Lane.
Prior to the game Met officers visited the Park Hotel Pub in Willoughby Lane, Tottenham where away supporters had congregated. Searches were conducted in the pub and a number of offensive weapons were recovered.
These included a meat cleaver, CS spray and various knives (believed three). A number of arrests were made in the pub (not known how many at this stage). Those arrested were taken to Woodgreen or Islington police stations.
Following the searches at the pub, away supporters made their way to White Hart Lane, where threats of violence were made between supporters. Officers, including officers on horseback, and police dogs separated home and away fans before the situation escalated into actual violence.
80 away fans were arrested and have been taken to Islington Police Station to prevent a breach of the peace. It is not believed that any home supporters were arrested. A baseball bat and flick-knife were recovered from the away fans outside the ground.
There were no injures to police officers although a police dog sustained minor injury. It is not believed that any of the home or away supporters were injured as officers were able to separate the rival groups.
Some genuine supporters experienced delay in getting into the ground. Chief Supt Steven James - officer in charge of policing the football match commented: "Early intervention by police prevented serious violence as it was quite obvious that the away supporters were intent on causing serious injury. The carrying of such lethal weapons is outrageous."

ASTON VILLA - LEEDS UNITED FA Cup TIE
A 35 years old Leeds fans was stabbed in the chest by a group of blacks in Brimingham city centre near New Street Station. Some rumours are that the attackers were Birmingham Zulus but they may have been just local youths. The stabbed fan was one of a number of ticketless fans who had watched the match on TV in a Birmingham pub. After the game Leeds fans were involved in clashes with rival fans and police.
Hopefully the Leeds lad will pull through alright and that the police will do there best to catch the cowardly attackers, anybody that carries a knife deserves to be locked up in my opinion.

Extract from West Midlands Express & Star
Stabbing as fans clash
A man was stabbed in a weekend of football violence in Birmingham which also involved street battles between Wolves and Birmingham fans.
Around 60 rival fans hurled seats and bottles in the clash outside Bar St Martin near the Rotunda at 5pm on Saturday.
Police were expecting trouble following the Wolves derby against Walsall at Bescot Stadium but instead trouble flared in Birmingham after fans travelled to the city following the game.
Police arrived within minutes and one Wolves fan was arrested while the others were escorted on to the trains.
Yesterday a Leeds United football fan was stabbed in the chest outside a pub in Birmingham city centre following a match against Aston Villa. Police believe the victim was attacked by members of the Zulus hooligan gang who attach themselves to Birmingham City football club.
The man, aged 35, had travelled down from Thirsk, North Yorkshire, to watch the match with friends at the Yard of Ale pub in New Street. But when they stepped out of the pub they were confronted by three men and one of them stabbed him in the chest narrowly missing his heart and lungs.
The knifeman then ran off along an alleyway by the Britannia Hotel. The injured man was taken to Birmingham's City Hospital and his injuries are not thought to be life threatening. Inspector Mark Bramwell, of Steelhouse Lane Police, said they believed the attack was football related. He said: "From what the injured man has told us about the conversation between the two groups we believe the three men were Zulus."

CAMBRIDGE UTD- BOLTON FA Cup TIE
There was a big kick off before the game with around 20 on 20 with Bolton lads seeming to be giving it their all. Then a Cambridge lad stabbed a Bolton fan in the neck. There was running battles after the game with the Bolton lads up for revenge. The police managed to keep the two sets of fans apart straight after but in the town later Bolton outnumberd Cambridge and kicked them all over the place.
Report by a Bolton lad.

Extract from Bolton Evening News
Wanderers fan stabbed
A BOLTON Wanderers fan was stabbed in the neck just minutes before Saturday's FA Cup clash against Cambridge United. A brawl involving more than 20 fans - including six from Bolton - took place outside the city's Abbey Stadium.
During the scuffle the 34-year-old Bolton fan had a knife plunged into his neck. He needed seven stitches at Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, and was later discharged.
The incident marred the Wanderers' fifth round FA cup victory when 7,500 fans watched Bolton beat Cambridge. The victory saw Wanderers march into the quarter finals of the competition. Police in Cambridge said the fighting was the only trouble of the afternoon.
A spokesman said: "You always get some rowdiness but this wasn't a violent game by all means." The stabbing took place at 2.40pm. A 20-year-old man from Cambridge was arrested in connection with the stabbing and later released on bail pending further inquiries.
A 35-year-old man from Bolton was arrested for a separate assault and was also released on bail. They are both due to report back to police in March.

Southend - Swansea
From the News of the World (Welsh edition)
There was tension before the match as around 50 Swansea thugs invaded the West Bank Stand to confront Southend fans.
Police and club stewards rushed to the scene, as more of the 500 strong travelling Swansea contingent threatened to join in the punch up. The trouble lasted several minutes, before police dispersed it, and formed a cordon seperating the two sets of supporters.

From the SOUTH WALES EVENING POST
SWANS FANS IN MATCH VIOLENCE
Swansea football fans had to be held back by police when violence flared during Saturday's away match in Southend.
Trouble started before kick off, when a minority of Swansea supporters decided to walk around the edge of the pitch, out of their allocated stand.
A scuffle followed, when Swans fans started to throw punches over the wall where Southend supporters were standing.
Police officers arrived and formed a wall to stop any further violence, and most of the game, which ended in defeat for the Swans, passed without further incident, although there were isolated incidents. Police also intervened to stop a further scuffle outside the ground.
Swansea police football liason officer Lyn Phillips said: " We had a bit of trouble at the match, but there were no arrests, and we managed to get it under control."

Roda JC - Ajax 1/8 finale Dutch Cup
After a terrible match that Ajax lost 1-0, the ajax Hoolies took out there frustrations on some stewards and seats. Seats were thrown on to the pitch and some stewards were attacked. A couple of arrests were made after the match.

AUXERRE - monaco
Before the game, incidents broke out on the terraces between Auxerre fans and some local youths (not hooligans). At the end of the match, the pitch was invaded, seats were destroyed and some clashes between rival fans broke out.