Ranger thugs admit UEFA cup violence

Chris Osuh

November 21, 2009

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Violence erupted in the streets of Manchester on the night of the UEFA Cup Final

NINE soccer yobs have admitted offences committed on the night the UEFA Cup Final brought chaos to Manchester city centre.

Supporters threw bottles and fought running battles with police after the failure of screens showing the match between Glasgow Rangers and Zenit St Petersburg in May last year.

Eight men and one boy entered guilty pleas before His Honour Judge Blake at Manchester crown court yesterday.

They are expected to be sentenced next spring.

Mark Stoddart, 25, of Westmuir Street, Glasgow, pleaded guilty to section 47 assault and two offences of violent disorder.

The assault charge related to an assault on Pc Mick Regan, who was kicked and stamped on by a baying mob after becoming separated from colleagues.

John Saunders, 31, of Fullarton Road, Cumbernauld, Glasgow, pleaded guilty to two counts of violent disorder.

Michael Hindley, 21, of Westmorland Close, Leyland, Chorley, pleaded guilty to violent disorder.

Gordon Forrest, 45, of Ledi Drive, Bearsden, Glasgow, Strathclyde, pleaded guilty to violent disorder.

James Bell, 42 ,of Corrie View, Cumbernauld, Glasgow, Strathclyde, pleaded guilty to violent disorder.

Thomas Murphy, 28, of Flatterton Road, Greenock, Renfrewshire, Strathclyde, pleaded guilty to violent disorder.

David McCullough, 21, of Moorcroft Drive, Burnage, Manchester, pleaded guilty to violent disorder.

David Annette, 25, of Yarrow Road, Chorley, Lancashire, pleaded guilty to violent disorder.

A 17-year-old boy from Glasgow who cannot be named for legal reasons also pleaded guilty to violent disorder.

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adders, Co.Cavan ex Manchester (21/11/2009 at 10:09)

And yet we have recently had the daft suggestion that Rangers and Celtic be admitted to the Premiership ! The Home Internationals were scrapped after Scots fans pulled down the crossbar at Wembley. Yet Phil Gartside still came up with the stupid idea of allowing these marauding Old Firm supporters to come down wreaking mayhem.
Don`t get me wrong, any Scots reading this. I love the country and have had many holidays there, I love the accent (s), with its regional variations. Scots people, like the Irish make you so welcome, Celts have big hearts. It`s just the lunatic minority we don`t need coming causing trouble like they did on this occasion.
They tarnish the image of one of the finest countries on the planet.

PATRICK DOWLING (21/11/2009 at 12:58)

UTTER SCUM,,,, FLOGGING IS THE ANSWER

Laura Norder, Didsbury (21/11/2009 at 14:00)

You talk some tripe... been kissing the Blarney Stone perhaps?

The 'crossbar incident' was not the catalyst for the Home Internationals being removed from the footballing calendar, it was the English FA looking to capitalise on alternative money-making schemes.

England has plenty of hooligans - look what happens when the national team play abroad - so don't go getting up yourself thinking you can claim some sort of moral high ground - because you can't.

thebigg72, leyland (21/11/2009 at 14:51)

how can you report just one week ago that the screen did NOT fail and that it was in fact switched off on police instructions and this week still churn out the myth that it was a technical fault ?

adders - the crossbar at wembley was broken by Scotland fans in 1977 more,I would suggest,in an act of exhuberance than hooliganism.The home internationals continued into the 80s when the rise of English casuals forced the ending of the tournament.

Iain ,Lancs

A Salfordian, salford (21/11/2009 at 15:10)

"They are expected to be sentenced next spring" Its taken over a year to get them before a judge and now we wait another 5 months to sentence them.Why the delay? Get them locked up now.

adders, Co.Cavan ex Manchester (21/11/2009 at 15:50)

thebigg72, Leyland: Yhank you, I stamd corrected on the crossbar incident. As for the person commenting on England`s hooligans, yes, I am aware of those imbeciles as well. But you wouldn`t want them up in Scotland causing mayhem, would you!

adders, Co.Cavan ex Manchester (21/11/2009 at 15:58)

Just as football clubs all have a minority of badly-behaved fans, so do all countries. A moron is a moron, no matter what nationality he is, so I certainly was not taking the moral high ground, Laura Norder, just commenting mainly on the incidents in Manchester. I`m told I was wrong about the home internationals being scrapped because of the crossbar incident, and I apologize for that error on my part.

The Silky Blue Moon. Anything that is possible no matter how unlikely, happens all the time, Manchester (21/11/2009 at 17:04)

The events of 1977 regarding the hooliganism in the ground and the riots in London throughout the night was one of the reason that led to the British Home Tournament being cancelled in 1984.

1979 marked increase in hooliganism and falling attendance's which would result in it’s cancelation in 1984.

1981 British home championships not completed. The Troubles in Northern Ireland being the cause. This problem was later cited as a significant contributor to the competition being discontinued in 1984.

1983 In 1983 England and then Scotland announced their withdrawal from future competition after the 1984 competition with the arrangement of the Rous Cup between the two nations to eliminate Wales and Northern Ireland, who were seen as weaker opposition. The 1983 tournament was a tight contest, which England won with a final victory at home over Scotland following an opening victory over Wales and a draw in Belfast. The game at Wembley was played in midweek in an attempt to curb the large number of traveling Scottish supporters.

English support to Hampden was negligible in comparison until 1987 when minor scuffles broke out on the terracing at Hampden. In 1989, major disturbances across Glasgow were reported as significant numbers of English hooligans appeared at this fixture for the first time. With English Club sides banned from European football at the time, the FA were anxious not to see the national side banned too and the Scotland-England match was a high profile game that brought interest from across the world. This was a major factor in the demise of the fixture.

It may be 33 yrs but it will never be 37yrs. (22/11/2009 at 11:26)

The Silky Blue Moon. Anything that is possible no matter how unlikely, happens all the time, Manchester (22/11/2009 at 14:15)

Barbarians with brains full of rusty ball-bearings. Ve needs to tinker vidz zer bwains.

Brook Lands (23/11/2009 at 11:16)

Some of the fans who follow Scottish football be it at club or country level take the film Braveheart to literal they get tanked up and then everyone thinks they are Mel Gibson, on a mission. Let us hope good sentencing prevails here.
It may be 33 yrs but it will never be 37yrs.,

And it looks like you're taking the film Forrest Gump too literally.

It may be 33 yrs but it will never be 37yrs. (23/11/2009 at 16:59)

Is it me or have I missed something who mentioned Forrest Gump.

David of Ashton, Ashton (23/11/2009 at 22:26)

So they will get their telling off, 2 years after the debacle, no mention of the efforts to get these clowns to Court.

Brook Lands (24/11/2009 at 00:00)

Is it me or have I missed something who mentioned Forrest Gump.
It may be 33 yrs but it will never be 37yrs.,

It's either "something that" or "someone who" please try harder next time.

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