Egypt football ban sparks deadly clashes in Port Said - Polidicks

[QUOTE][IMG]http://static.bbc.co.uk/frameworks/barlesque/1.21.3/desktop/3/img/blocks/light.png[/IMG] Clashes have broken out in the Egyptian city of Port Said after its football club was suspended over match violence that killed at least 74 in February. One protester was shot dead and several injured as hundreds of angry fans of al-Masry club battled security forces. The two-year ban was imposed on the club, one of Egypt's top teams, because of the violence at its stadium during a game with Cairo's al-Ahly. A criminal investigation into the incident is continuing. On Friday the Egyptian Football Association suspended al-Masry from competitions until the end of 2013. Al-Ahly was ordered to play four games behind closed doors. The club's coach and captain have been suspended and fined. Supporters of the Cairo club denounced the punishment on al-Masry as weak, saying they would hold a sit-in at the team's grounds on Sunday. Old rivals Last week, Egypt's chief prosecutor charged 75 people with murder or negligence over the 1 February violence. Nine police officers were reportedly among those facing charges. Rumours that the police had failed to intervene sparked days of clashes across the country in which a further 16 people died. Al-Masry won the game 3-1, but as the match ended their fans invaded the pitch, attacking al-Ahly players and fans. The two teams are long-standing rivals whose games have required a large security presence. But there were claims that fans had been allowed to take knives and other weapons into the stadium. In the days following the riot, large protests blaming the military government for the deaths were held outside the interior ministry in the capital, Cairo. The BBC's John Leyne in Cairo says many Egyptians believe the authorities either orchestrated the violence or allowed it to continue because of the al-Ahly fans' support of the revolution which overthrew Hosni Mubarak last year. The football league season was cancelled in the wake of the unrest and has not yet restarted.[/QUOTE] Source: [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17496555[/url] [b]Areyoufuckingkiddingme[/b]. This is why I hate major sporting leagues.

It's stuff like this that makes soccer fans look like raging fuckwits. [editline]24th March 2012[/editline] And it's annoying.

Seems to me that only soccer fans kill eachother. Never see it in Australian Rules Football, or in rugby, or American Football

[QUOTE=download;35271629]Seems to me that only soccer fans kill eachother. Never see it in Australian Rules Football, or in rugby, or American Football[/QUOTE] Well, there's Canadian hockey fans but they just cause millions of dollars of damage because their favorite team loses the finals.

only thing that I get is ear damage from my dad yelling at the TV if his team losses in American Football.

What happens is that some sporting clubs give voice to a certain political or religious opinion and when two clubs meet that have fans with different views things like this can happen(Celtic, Rangers, Red Star Belgrade, Lazio). This Egypt thing seems strange however as they seem to have made their minds up about recent events pretty damn fast and then started a full blown brawl in record time. Of course their are other clubs that pretty much just have bands of common hooligans running around the place and fight others in a bizarre tribalistic way. Some English clubs are notorious for it. Anybody see Greenstreet? dumbest film I've ever seen.

It's funny reading these comments because anyone who doesn't understand football will never know.

Football (soccer) should be banned everywhere it's a complete waste of time and causes too many problems. why watch 90 minutes of men running around after a ball when you could do something more creative.

[QUOTE=smidge146;35272790]Football (soccer) should be banned everywhere it's a complete waste of time and causes too many problems. why watch 90 minutes of men running around after a ball when you could do something more creative.[/QUOTE] Such as gaming!!! :v:

[QUOTE=smidge146;35272790]Football (soccer) should be banned everywhere it's a complete waste of time and causes too many problems. why watch 90 minutes of men running around after a ball when you could do something more creative.[/QUOTE]yeah, how about we ban all fun?

[QUOTE=smidge146;35272790]Football (soccer) should be banned everywhere it's a complete waste of time and causes too many problems. why watch 90 minutes of men running around after a ball when you could do something more creative.[/QUOTE] we should ban you instead

[QUOTE=smidge146;35272790]Football (soccer) should be banned everywhere it's a complete waste of time and causes too many problems. why watch 90 minutes of men running around after a ball when you could do something more creative.[/QUOTE] "I don't like this and think it's boring so it's a waste of time and should be banned"

Football causes a shit load of hostility in the UK.

[QUOTE=smidge146;35274029]Football causes a shit load of hostility in the UK.[/QUOTE] That's a problem with the people, not the sport.