Tag Archives: Soccer Riot
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Soccer Fans in Prague Get Pretty Worked Up Over the Prague Derby (Video)
We’re pretty accustomed to seeing soccer fans brawl and riot before, during and after significant matches. And since few matches are as significant to fans as a derby match–i.e., a match between a heated intercity or regional rival—these matches often surpass all others in fan violence. We saw this last week in Newcastle, England, where [...]
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During Disgraceful Soccer Riot, One Fan Is Very Amused Because He Stole a Police Officer’s Hat (Video)
A “giant-killer” is the English soccer equivalent of a Cinderella team in the NCAA Tournament. You see, the FA Cup is a tournament held concurrently with the English soccer season, and all club teams in the English pyramid system are eligible to compete regardless of which level they play in. Thus, every single year there [...]
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Newcastle United Hooligan Punches Police Horse in the Face (Videos)
While fans of Manchester City were busy making out after their team’s big victory over Chelsea in the FA Cup semis yesterday, fans of Newcastle United were busy punching police horses. Talk about a juxtaposition. What would bring a soccer fan to punch a horse? Well, actually, just about anything I guess. His team won, [...]
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AC Milan Fans Riot While Celebrating Arrival of Mario Balotelli (Video)
As big as football is in the United States, the sport still cannot quite boast about having the country’s undivided attention the way, say, hockey captures the undivided attention of Canadians. And as big as hockey is in Canada, it still somehow pails in comparison to the love of soccer pretty much everywhere else. Need [...]
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Referees Brutally Attacked During Amateur Soccer Game in Chile (Video)
It’s been a while since we brought you a story about fans and players brutally attacking a referee at a soccer game. Unfortunately, given the nature of soccer fans in certain parts of the world, by “a while” I mean only about five weeks. In any case, the story we have for you today is [...]
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Boca Juniors Fans Rioted Yesterday in Buenos Aires…Just for the Hell of It (Video)
Back in the day, the main job of South American riot police used to be squashing Marxist demonstrations against heavy-handed oligarchic dictators. These days, however, I think South American riot police only exist to deal with soccer riots. After all, on Wednesday alone there was not one, but two major soccer-related incidents to which riot [...]
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Danish Soccer Fans Invade Pitch, Engage in Flare Warfare After Tense Game (Video)
When Brondby IF and FC Copenhagen get together to play the Copenhagen Derby, it’s always a case of the haves versus the have-nots. While Copenhagen is easily the best, most successful club in Denmark year in and year out, Brondby almost always finds itself at the bottom of the standings. That was once again the [...]
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Tajikistanian Soccer Players Brawl, Then Fans Invade and Chase Opposing Team Off the Field (Video)
Tajikistan may not be a world soccer powerhouse, but they sure as hell can riot with the best of them. At a Tajikistan Premier League match back in August (I guess news travels slow out of Tajikistan?) between Istaravshan FK and Energetik Dushanbe, after conceding a goal to Istravshan in the 81st minute, the goalie [...]
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Fans and Players Riot at South American Soccer Match (Video)
Brawls between fans at sporting events are not terribly uncommon. For that matter, neither are brawls on the field between players. However, what is uncommon are brawls that involve both fans and players. Nevertheless, that is exactly what happened on Tuesday during a soccer match in Paraguay. Paraguay’s Cerro Porteño was hosting Argentina’s Club Atlético [...]
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Fans Brawl in Stands During Friendly Between Honduras and El Salvador at RFK Stadium (Video)
This past Saturday afternoon at RFK Stadium in Washington D.C., the national soccer teams from Honduras and El Salvador played what soccer folk call an “international friendly” (i.e., an exhibition match) as a warmup before next week’s semifinal round of World Cup 2014 qualifying. However, it seems that someone failed to tell the 41,780 people [...]
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World Cup Stab-Proof Vests on Sale Now! No Joke
Soccer is not a game for the faint of heart. I mean yeah, I’m talking about playing it, but mostly I’m talking about even being interested in it. Everyone knows soccer fans are nuts and have a tendency to riot when they get upset, and the last thing anyone wants is to actually bleed to [...]
