No Maccabi Tel Aviv fans at Villa Park.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

This is not a political thread, football fans are not allowed to watch their football team on foreign soil.

WTF is going on?

Lancashire Police can safeguard the East Lancashire derby, admittedly with extreme measures, so surely West Midland Police can safeguard a few hundred Jews flying into Birmingham airport?

Starmer and his cohort of genocide supporters are now crying foul and claiming the Brummie Bizzies are anti-Semitic.

FFS!

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2025/oct/17/government-officials-seek-lift-ban-maccabi-tel-aviv-fans-aston-villa-game

Repeat: This is football related and not a political thread.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Who wants visiting hooligans?

West Midlands police said on Thursday it had classified the fixture as ?high risk? based on intelligence. The force also cited violence that occurred during a 2024 Uefa Europa League match between Ajax and *Maccabi in Amsterdam.

A report by Dutch police into the *disorder during that match found Maccabi fans had torn a Palestinian flag down from a local building and burned it, shouted ?**** you, Palestine? and vandalised a taxi. Maccabi fans were also taped chanting: ?Ol?, ol?. Let the IDF win, **** the Arabs.?

After the match there were what the Amsterdam mayor called a series of ?hit-and-run? assaults on Maccabi fans, which led to five people being taken to hospital and a further 20 to 30 were injured. Sixty-two people were arrested, mainly for public order offences. Four local people were given short jail terms for the violence against Maccabi fans.

What's wrong with allowing the Jews in and then if they decide to "Do a Millwall" arrest and charge them with the relevant crime?

Have our Police gone soft?

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Who wants visiting hooligans?

West Midlands police said on Thursday it had classified the fixture as “high risk” based on intelligence. The force also cited violence that occurred during a 2024 Uefa Europa League match between Ajax and *Maccabi in Amsterdam.

A report by Dutch police into the *disorder during that match found Maccabi fans had torn a Palestinian flag down from a local building and burned it, shouted “**** you, Palestine” and vandalised a taxi. Maccabi fans were also taped chanting: “Ol?, ol?. Let the IDF win, **** the Arabs.”

After the match there were what the Amsterdam mayor called a series of “hit-and-run” assaults on Maccabi fans, which led to five people being taken to hospital and a further 20 to 30 were injured. Sixty-two people were arrested, mainly for public order offences. Four local people were given short jail terms for the violence against Maccabi fans.

What's wrong with allowing the Jews in and then if they decide to "Do a Millwall" arrest and charge them with the relevant crime?

Have our Police gone soft?

[ballcock]

Seeing has Starmer as condemned the actions of the WM police, lets see if he is going to use his power to overturn it

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Seeing has Starmer as condemned the actions of the WM police, lets see if he is going to use his power to overturn it

It's the thin end of the wedge for me ballcock. Since when did our local Bizzies have the power to stop us watching a game of footie?

[alfinyalcabo]

Since when did Israel become a place in Europe.! That's where the problem lies. They should never ever have been allowed into European competition in any sport or competition .

This is another reason why im losing interest in football.
Having said that,if they are allowed in European competitions then their fans shoul be allowed to support them. The police force should be ashamed of themselves with their decision.

Surely this can't be a anti semitic decision by the police or can it. 🤔

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Since when did Israel become a place in Europe.! That's where the problem lies. They should never ever have been allowed into European competition in any sport or competition .

This is another reason why im losing interest in football.
Having said that,if they are allowed in European competitions then their fans shoul be allowed to support them. The police force should be ashamed of themselves with their decision.

Surely this can't be a anti semitic decision by the police or can it. ��

How dare you even suggest our finest are possibly anti-Semitic, racist, misogynist, chauvinistic pigs Alfie?

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Emily Damari, the hostage held by Hamas, eloquently writes: "I do wonder what exactly has become of UK society. This is like putting a big sign on the outside of a stadium saying: "No Jews allowed."

Or no football hooligans allowed? Either way the decision is a disgrace.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Seeing has Starmer as condemned the actions of the WM police, lets see if he is going to use his power to overturn it

Not helping themselves are they?

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/oct/19/tel-aviv-football-derby-between-hapoel-and-maccabi-called-off-after-rioting

[sinkov]

Not helping themselves are they?

https://www.theguardian.com/football...-after-rioting

Just nine arrests, fecking ***** cats, back in the day, there'd have been nine arrests before the Suicide Squad got out of the train station.

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Just nine arrests, fecking ***** cats, back in the day, there'd have been nine arrests before the Suicide Squad got out of the train station.

Don't know if you will remember the name mon ami but around 1968-70 I used to travel with a group that included Andrew Porter. We would have sorted out a few Tel Aviv footy fans before we'd got to the end of a Euston platform. We were so bad even the British Transport Police gave us a wide berth. We once ran across some Millwall fans who were travelling across London to visit Loftus Road. I can still vividly recall the carnage but the Met Police anti-footie hooligan team arrived and gave us all a proper kicking.

The West Midlands bizzies ought to be ashamed of themselves. Let the Jews in and then kick the $hit out of them if they misbehave.

Same goes for the Brummie Muslims who would no doubt be up for a spot of bovver. Soft on crime my arse.

[sinkov]

Haven't heard about Andrew for a while, is he still inside ?

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Haven't heard about Andrew for a while, is he still inside ?

I lost contact with him about 45 years ago mon ami. When the FA banned him from travelling to all England games he sort of gave up.

Where does the time go?

[The Bedlington Terrier]

Yesterday I was listening to the Lisa Nandy hogwash on the "restriction of freedom" of Jews travelling to the UK to watch a football match. The hypocrisy is sickening. We can't even get on a train with a Palestinian flag to go to London to protest about the IDF massacres of innocent women and kids.

Do with the Jews what Lancashire Police do with us if we want to go to Ewood Park.

Put them on planes in Ben Gurion Airport, fly them into Birmingham and bus them directly to Villa Park. Rinse and repeat on the way home. Simples.

[Supersub6]

Yesterday I was listening to the Lisa Nandy hogwash on the "restriction of freedom" of Jews travelling to the UK to watch a football match. The hypocrisy is sickening. We can't even get on a train with a Palestinian flag to go to London to protest about the IDF massacres of innocent women and kids.

Do with the Jews what Lancashire Police do with us if we want to go to Ewood Park.

Put them on planes in Ben Gurion Airport, fly them into Birmingham and bus them directly to Villa Park. Rinse and repeat on the way home. Simples.

The club have said that they don't want any tickets for the game at Villa Park therefore opening the doors for any ticket tout who is interested in promoting trouble whilst making money. There is now less control than if the club had been given the chance to go.