Some Supporters aren’t helping their Club’s UEFA Cup chances

By: Bob | July 26th, 2007

partizan-uefa-cup.jpg
We are still in the early stages of the 2007-2008 UEFA Cup and already the tournament is shaping up to be a real battle. A battle, that is, to see which club can prevent its own fans from getting it kicked out of the competition.

Following in the footsteps of Legia Warsaw, who were booted out following their supporters’ Intertoto Cup meltdown, the Serbian side Partizan Belgrade have been told that they too can’t take part in the reindeer games because of their fans’ actions against the Bosnian club Zrinjski Mostar.

Violence in the Balkans. That is so 1995. And 1895. And 1395.

“The UEFA Disciplinary Committee decided at Thursday’s meeting in Nyon, Switzerland, to expel Partizan from European competition for a year and fine the club 50,000 Swiss francs,” Partizan said on their Web site.

“The decision was based on the fact that Partizan had been punished in 25 of their 36 European matches in the last five years while UEFA made it clear recently that it would take a tougher stance on violence.”

Good for UEFA. It is important to set a precedent that it violence will no longer be tolerated after the 25th time.



The Offside Soccer ForumsTeam/International ResultsBet on Soccer games Buy Soccer TicketsTravel to soccer games



Subscribe
 

rss_icon The Offside RSS Feeds

Print
Print article
Share
del.icio.us:Some Supporters aren't helping their Club's UEFA Cup chances digg:Some Supporters aren't helping their Club's UEFA Cup chances reddit:Some Supporters aren't helping their Club's UEFA Cup chances fark:Some Supporters aren't helping their Club's UEFA Cup chances Y!:Some Supporters aren't helping their Club's UEFA Cup chances stumbleupon:Some Supporters aren't helping their Club's UEFA Cup chances

Comments  

  • Dusan |  July 27th, 2007 at 11:08 am

    cornercorner

    I love Partizan,but this is to mach. ..

    Posted from Serbia And Montenegro Serbia And Montenegro

    cornercorner

Comments are closed


World Cup 2010 News
Offside RSS Feeds

Search The Offside


 

rounded_corners









Categories


rounded_corners

Send Your Tips!

Found a great story, photo or video that's perfect for The Offside?
Email tips[at]theoffside[dot]com

Related Links


Write for The Offside

LATEST COMMENTS


Archives