Hooliganism in Indian Football

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Dear All,
Hooliganism is common in many football famous countries which sometimes results in lots of destruction. Indian football also sometimes experiences hooliganism, however in much smaller scale. Do share incidents of hooliganism here.

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This article was today published in our blog by an East Bengal supporter, who reports on the unfortunate incident happening during the Federation Cup semi final between East Bengal and Prayag United.

The authors wishes to remain anonymous.


Article : Prayag United Fans beaten up brutally , Stands set on fire, buses ransacked

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Excerpts from the article :

This occasion proved unbearable for so called BIG CLUB’S [BORO DOL] fans. Taking advantage of their large number of attendance they mercilessly beat up Prayag fans. East Bengal fans burnt Prayag flags, light up fire in the Prayag’s gallery they kicked United supporters out of the stadium ,throwed stones and shoes on them. Even ladies were also abused. At the end of the day’s play, the angry East Bengal mob questioned ”Who are Prayag fans? They all are Mohun Baganis , we won’t tolerate any others in our stadium”. To celebrate their victory Red and Gold fans ransacked United’s buses also. Brutally injured supporters of United SC admitted to the local hospital. Someone’s face, someone’s head was broken

IFA was requested by Prayag to provide a separate gallery for their fans but IFA failed to do so. Thus the fans had to sit together which escalated tension between the 2 parties. So in reality, its the faliure of IFA. But even then, the violence is unjustified.

Do take a look at the images from the incident and the full article.

archak

it is a shame for fans. take a look at epl and learn it

rudra

"archak&quot wrote:

it is a shame for fans. take a look at epl and learn it

Isn't hooliganism more common in EPL and England football?

archak

it used to be in the 90s now the police, the fa and the fans have taken a strict measure against them.
they have cctv cameras, anti-hooliganism hotline which is toll free, etc

ashindia

Even today I have seen few instances where angry E.B fans were damaging seats. <!-- s:handgestures-thumbdown: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/handgestures/thumbdown.gif" alt=":handgestures-thumbdown:" title="Thumb Down" /><!-- s:handgestures-thumbdown: -->

archak

after spending so much for the messi match in refurbishing the ybk this is how u treat it. great keep it up guys and next time donot dream of seeing any future stars

rudra

Indian Football : Fan Violence in Kolkata Football – Time to Change?

By : Somnath Sengupta
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Nice article after the recent incident after EB 1-4 loss against Aryans

teji

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video of the incident...

shankar

"rudra&quot wrote:

Indian Football : Fan Violence in Kolkata Football – Time to Change?

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Nice article after the recent incident after EB 1-4 loss against Aryans

the reason why bengal teams are not doing what they are quite capable are also due to these blind fans who dont understand the game clearly and follow their team and want them to win everytime....
dont man utd get beaten by relegation threatened team and dont their fans yet keep faith in them or take example of arsenal who have i feel has more truthful fans dont they keep faith....
or else consider our own indian owners club who are struggling and have highly emotional fans but they never showed this attitude towards players by beating them or accusing them of bribing
i really dont understand why will any one who is not a forced follower will follow either of them.... <!-- s:confusion-scratchheadyellow: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/confusion/scratchheadyellow.gif" alt=":confusion-scratchheadyellow:" title="Yellow Scratching Head" /><!-- s:confusion-scratchheadyellow: -->

Arsenalkid700

Nice article after the recent incident after EB 1-4 loss against Aryans[/quote]
the reason why bengal teams are not doing what they are quite capable are also due to these blind fans who dont understand the game clearly and follow their team and want them to win everytime....
dont man utd get beaten by relegation threatened team and dont their fans yet keep faith in them or take example of arsenal who have i feel has more truthful fans dont they keep faith....
or else consider our own indian owners club who are struggling and have highly emotional fans but they never showed this attitude towards players by beating them or accusing them of bribing
i really dont understand why will any one who is not a forced follower will follow either of them.... <!-- s:confusion-scratchheadyellow: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/confusion/scratchheadyellow.gif" alt=":confusion-scratchheadyellow:" title="Yellow Scratching Head" /><!-- s:confusion-scratchheadyellow: -->[/quote]

Exactly. Most Bengali's start supporting East Bengal or Mohun Bagan because of there history and from that expect them to do well all the time. That is why Bengali football has went down also because if one of them are not winning then why go? Most don't know whats it like to be a real fan. Same with Goa soon also which is what started the Goa vs Kolkata war which makes Indian Football look like a bad football country.