Everton fans new bad boys on block?

[bluebastardo]

Liverpool Echo.co.uk - Everton FC - News - Everton FC fans blamed for rise in number of football fans arrested at matches in Liverpool

 

[heatmeiser]

Rob Merrick is a complete tit.

The blogger 'StewPot' picks holes in his 'article' rather eruditely in a few of the comments below it.

Rob Merrick is a lobby editor for the Press Association, and all he is doing here is as known in the newspaper industry as "cheap sensationalism" which is also known as "gutter press" e.g. The Sun.

Similar press releases have been released in various other regions, pointing the finger at Aston Villa fans, Man. Utd fans etc. etc.

As my previous blog stated, his facts are wrong in the article with several anomalies on his statistics, on banning orders should read Liverpool 76, Everton 56, recorded on the 10th November 2009. His figure for Everton arrests is also wrong!

This type of press release then causes disillusioned un-educated Liverpool fans to rise to the bait!

The Home Office actually praises the drop in arrests and banning orders, policing minister David Hanson said:- "Hooligans once blighted our national game, but we now set an example to the rest of the world in how we police football matches." So why point fingers? It is a press release to instigate a reaction, and it has achieved that purpose.

Hooliganism has changed significantly since the Taylor Report in 1990.

Everton fans showed tremendous respect to Liverpool Football Club, and their fans, after the Hillsborough disaster, but there is not the same respect shown by Liverpool fans for the 39 Italians killed at the Heysel Stadium.

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

some interesting comments below the article

JB_Kirkdale wrote:
I expect Moyes or Kenwright will be appearing in the press soon blaming or at least hinting that Liverpool fans were to blame.
They do it for everything else and Everton fans swallow it hook line and sinker which then deflects any criticism away from themselves.

JB_Kirkdale wrote: The comedy club never let me down.
Bent ref and bending rules...great stuff.
Manorblue, I think you will find Heysel was the straw that broke the camels back, it was the fault of many clubs including Everton that got English teams banned from Europe.

they do seem a bit handy in kickin' people out at times, i wonder how many were r/s for being in our end ?
although it did kick off in the fam enc last week, had to grab the culprit from behind to stop him windmilling the bloke infront (who's kid had stood on the seat and blocked a blokes view), the stewards arrived when it was all over but the victim was clearly wound up and the stewards thought he started it,an 'arl fella told them what had happened and they are gonna look at the cctv and press charges. the bloke kickin off was about 60 ffs and i hope he gets banned, kickin off around all the kids ....including 1 that was with him.


is there a per capita figure for this report ? i bet wigan arent far behind with crowds a third of the size.

 

[Hayee]

some interesting comments below the article



they do seem a bit handy in kickin' people out at times, i wonder how many were r/s for being in our end ?
although it did kick off in the fam enc last week, had to grab the culprit from behind to stop him windmilling the bloke infront (who's kid had stood on the seat and blocked a blokes view), the stewards arrived when it was all over but the victim was clearly wound up and the stewards thought he started it,an 'arl fella told them what had happened and they are gonna look at the cctv and press charges. the bloke kickin off was about 60 ffs and i hope he gets banned, kickin off around all the kids ....including 1 that was with him.


is there a per capita figure for this report ? i bet wigan arent far behind with crowds a third of the size.

i'm really lucky where i sit because the vast majority are STH's, we all know eachother and the stewards, i can honestly say in 15yrs ive never seen anyone kicked out from around me!

 

[Reidy's Bottle Of Grecian]

i'm really lucky where i sit because the vast majority are STH's, we all know eachother and the stewards, i can honestly say in 15yrs ive never seen anyone kicked out from around me!

the whole of the family enc is season ticket holders, it sold out completely.

 

[Rook]

I have to admit, its hard to control your anger watching Lucas Neill take an extended 90min walk around goodison and collecting 40K/week.

I'm not saying violence is justifyable in any circumstances but if it is on the rise at goodison then its plausable that he made us temporarily insane.

 

[bigblueboy]

top of the league.....

if hibbo scores we will go 9 points clear with a court appearence in hand...........

 

[devonblue]

iceland closed thier doors at 2 last saturday is that usual

 

[Ezekiel]

do any blues still buy the echo?

 

[PARKENDPIE]

do any blues still buy the echo?

no its the red echo and since it moved to oldham its got worse
just like citytalks football shows they get 45 mins every night we get 10 TRFC GET 5
AND EVEN WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT US THEY ALWAYS GO BACK TO THE R/S

 

[Ezekiel]

no its the red echo and since it moved to oldham its got worse
just like citytalks football shows they get 45 mins every night we get 10 TRFC GET 5
AND EVEN WHEN THEY TALK ABOUT US THEY ALWAYS GO BACK TO THE R/S

it's a daily version of the kop. it's treated potentially half it's readership with contempt and blues should boycott it and drive it out of business.