george Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 Thai football free-for-all aftermath: PM Abhisit urges football fans refrain from violence BANGKOK: -- Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has expressed concern at a possible decline in the popularity of football matches in Thailand, urging fans to refrain from using violence after a bloody clash at a Bangkok stadium Saturday night in which many were injured. Violence should be avoided, said Mr. Abhisit. Thailand’s football is heading in a positive direction because growing numbers of fans are watching the sport, and any violence would only reduce its popularity. Football in Europe has suffered serious declines in popularity due to a series of incidents of fighting by hooligans in the past. It took several years for the sport to recover, he said, urging Thai football clubs to implement stringent measures with their fans. Pichet Munkong, chairman of Thai Port Football Club, apologised to football fans and the public nationwide after fans from his football club invaded the playing field of Supachalasai Stadium in Bangkok, throwing lighted flares and fighting with fans of Thai Premier League champions Muang Thong United (MTU). The free-for-all fight erupted after players of FA Cup winners Thai Port Football Club protested when MTU were leading 2-0, charging that the last goal which came 10 minutes before the match ended was a handball. A number of people were hospitalised following the incident, with Muang Thong United being declared winner as Thai Port FC refused to continue playing. Police said they were looking for troublemakers and they would be charged for bodily assault. -- TNA 2010-02-21 [newsfooter][/newsfooter] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tominbkk Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 Last place I'm going to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigWheelMan Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 I see the fans are following the game in the good old British tradition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrtoad Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 Should have had Pattaya SWAT there to organise the security Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPI Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 I see the fans are following the game in the good old British tradition. I thought that the Burmese had killed off all of the warriors!! It's good to see young men and women having a good time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thailand Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 Would be interesting to know the colors of the shirts of the opposing teams. Sorry to hear there were injuries, not too serious I hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gpdjohn Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 Is the Yid Army in town ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CelticBhoy Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 I see the fans are following the game in the good old British tradition. English. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soutpeel Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 I see the fans are following the game in the good old British tradition. English. Our friends north of the border dont have a problem tearing up stadiums, may I present the events at Wembley on the 4th of June 1977 as evidence... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seahorse Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 I see the fans are following the game in the good old British tradition. English. No such thing as a Scottish football hooligan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvanDobsky Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 I see the fans are following the game in the good old British tradition. English. Our friends north of the border dont have a problem tearing up stadiums, may I present the events at Wembley on the 4th of June 1977 as evidence... ah yes, Hibs, Aberdeen, the old firm, all best of friends eh? shame it's caught on here though what colours do the teams play in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonywebster Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 (edited) it is a bit tame to be fair, and the Thai police show their usual prowess and stand by watching, nobdiy to extort you see anyway here it is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wF1INxBuGU actually it looks more like security guards than police Edited February 21, 2010 by tonywebster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrtoad Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 I see the fans are following the game in the good old British tradition. English. A bit ironic coming from an old firm supporter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonywebster Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 I see the fans are following the game in the good old British tradition. English. A bit ironic coming from an old firm supporter. but the excuse will be that it is not football hooliganism, it is racial intolerance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaps Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 I see the fans are following the game in the good old British tradition. English. Just a little game we play....init Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigC Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 Is the Yid Army in town ? thats it where ever there is trouble i will be there if she is. mght even start some Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dom samui Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 Stupid game>>>crazy fans... :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rangers Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 I see the fans are following the game in the good old British tradition. English. Our friends north of the border dont have a problem tearing up stadiums, may I present the events at Wembley on the 4th of June 1977 as evidence... We never tore up the stadium, just the pitch. Souvenir's you know. I was there and it was great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soutpeel Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 I see the fans are following the game in the good old British tradition. English. Our friends north of the border dont have a problem tearing up stadiums, may I present the events at Wembley on the 4th of June 1977 as evidence... We never tore up the stadium, just the pitch. Souvenir's you know. I was there and it was great. Sure it was just the pitch ?.....distinctly remember members of the tartan army snapping crossbars as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverdie Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 Should have had Pattaya SWAT there to organise the security Ohh something tells me that they are a little bit busy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slapout Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 The link does seem to reinforce the purported tendency here, for a group to gang up on a individual. If this is, as described, an example of a violent, bloody, free for all, the participants seem to need some coaching/coaxing in effort. I have observed, that the girls/women , if turned loose, would put on a better show. They also seem more fair in that they do not seem afraid of one on one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagwan Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 Stupid game>>>crazy fans... :D Yeah. Same same basketball and baseball if what I see on TV is the norm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bagwan Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 We never tore up the stadium, just the pitch. Souvenir's you know. I was there and it was great. Well it makes a change from crossing the border to steal sheep - presumably thought more alluring than the average lassie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NADTATIDA1 Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 I wonder if carried on outside,or do you think everybody would of just been shouting "gin khao" and looking for there favourite noodle stands,storm in a teacup really...no security or uninterested security!! people can do what the want and lets face it they did not do that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooninthai Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 I see the fans are following the game in the good old British tradition. English. Our friends north of the border dont have a problem tearing up stadiums, may I present the events at Wembley on the 4th of June 1977 as evidence... ah yes, Hibs, Aberdeen, the old firm, all best of friends eh? shame it's caught on here though what colours do the teams play in? Not to mention the friendliness between Glasgow Ranger & Glasgow Celtic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickBradford Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 I was watching on TV and it looked fairly minor (impossible, of course, to see what was happening out of shot). The commentators seemed pretty laid back about it. The headline "Many Injured.." makes it sound like a mini-Heysel, the copy "some hospitalized" sounds closer to the mark. Certainly, plenty of flares were thrown onto the pitch, which argues that nobody is frisked on the way in. That may have to change. The disturbance didn't start until several minutes after the second goal, which the Thai Port players had not challenged. The flares appeared to be coming from a Thai Port area of the stands. Both goals were headers scored by Muang Thong's contingent of tall Africans, so I hope this was not the cause of the poor reaction from the Thai Port fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jinky Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 I see the fans are following the game in the good old British tradition. English. Our friends north of the border dont have a problem tearing up stadiums, may I present the events at Wembley on the 4th of June 1977 as evidence... What's your problem you have a nice new stadium now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bifftastic Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 (edited) I see the fans are following the game in the good old British tradition. English. No violence at the old firm games then? These issues can only be solved by expensive measures. In the UK the clubs pay for the policing at the games and are fined and can be banned from competitions following FA charges of 'failing to control' their supporters. This, and laws enabling police to declare areas around grounds as 'no go' areas moving on, or arresting anyone who doesn't disperse when told, plus cctv and video footage, all ticket games, registration with address verification before ticket purchase (for 'high risk' games)mean that anyone involved in this kind of behaviour knows the law is 'on them'. Train stations, streets, highways, bristling with cctv, police units dedicated to infiltrating/monitoring of hooligan elements, follow up arrests (you can get the 'knock on the door' six months later then end up with a prison sentence). All of this took years to implement and cost(s) millions of pounds. And was only implemented after many years of repeated violence at nearly every football match in the top leagues. If the Thai authorities can jump in quickly and there is proper segregation/ticketing and adequate security/policing at matches, they can prevent the rise in popularity of the game equating to a rise in violence and disorder. The lessons have been learned in (some) other countries. The press don't help by exaggerating the extent of the trouble. Hope no-one was seriously hurt. Edited February 21, 2010 by bifftastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 Sure it was just the pitch ?.....distinctly remember members of the tartan army snapping crossbars as well... We had no option. How on earth would we be able to get them on the train back north otherwise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NanLaew Posted February 21, 2010 Share Posted February 21, 2010 I see the fans are following the game in the good old British tradition. English. No violence at the old firm games then? Not in recent memory... unlike Millwall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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