Typical they let us down again, as if the police have not enough to worry about. they should think themselves lucky they can afford to watch England. To update and edit this on youtube it was the Marseille ultras who started it, at a café where England supporters where sitting minding their own business.
As always, every club/nation has a handful of idiots who will cause bother. I'm sure they're not the only ones to be getting into bother.
One England football fan and one local man have been arrested after police used tear gas to break up trouble in Marseille ahead of Euro 2016. Earlier reports had said two England fans were arrested, but this was later clarified by French police. Ch Supt Steve Neill, a British policeman in Marseille, said the "confrontation" had been between local youths and some England fans. Police said Thursday night's incident had been dealt with quickly. The clash with locals took place outside a pub in the Old Port district at about midnight. Four French policemen had been lightly injured as they moved in on England fans, the news website France Bleu reported. Many of the fans had been drunk, it said. After the tear gas was released, the police restored calm to the area at about 02:30 local time. There had been no damage to local property, they said. 'Small minority' Mr Neill, who is in charge of England fan security, told BBC Radio 5 Live: "Local police moved in very quickly and utilised some tear gas to disperse the local youths and close the pub. "The use of tear gas seems quite dramatic to us from England and the United Kingdom because we are not used to seeing it - but in mainland Europe it is a regular tactic and they restored order fairly quickly." Assistant Chief Constable Mark Roberts, the National Police Chiefs' Council lead for football policing, said England supporters had been in Marseille on Thursday "without issue" before a group of approximately 70 local youths had approached the pub where they had congregated. please log in to view this image Image copyrightAP Image captionPolice carrying riot shields moved in to separate clashing groups Footage of the incident showed men hurling chairs, a fist fight outside a fast-food restaurant and chanting England fans surrounded by police officers with dogs. "We need to keep it in context - there are thousands of England supporters who will come here and have a fantastic time," Mr Neill said. "There is a small minority who drink too much and get involved in some anti-social behaviour." Supporters have travelled to Marseille ahead of England's opening Euro 2016 game with Russia on Saturday. Geoff Pearson, a senior lecturer in criminal law at Manchester University, said he had been outside O'Malley's Irish pub when the clash happened. He said only a "handful" of England fans had been involved. "The police response was disproportionate," said Dr Pearson, who has studied the policing of football crowds. "The England fans had done nothing wrong." 'Indiscriminate' Kevin Miles, chief executive of the Football Supporters' Federation, which runs the fans embassy in Marseille, said: "It's the police's job to prevent a confrontation and they used French methods to do so, which we're not particularly used to. "They used tear gas, which is a little bit indiscriminate for my liking, but it did the job and the problems were over." Both tournament organisers Uefa and English football's governing body, the FA, urged fans to behave respectfully. The FA said it was "really disappointed by the scenes of disorder in Marseille" and that it condemned such behaviour. "It is in the hands of the authorities to identify those involved and deal with them appropriately," it said.
Have you not heard/read the reports about this being retaliation . . . . not a rampage I don't know, mind . . . . it's just what I've heard
Never expected any less of the travelling England fans, there's always a handful who embarrass themselves, nowt half as bad as that ridiculous band that follows them around making all that racket, with the same 3 songs on repeat. Boring bastards.
I'd be fleeing from the Russkies like they don't give a **** about silly things like consequences of murder! Also I've just discovered if you tilt your iPhone sideways you get the desktop version of this site.
England fans in Marseille, could only end one way Plenty of local riff-raff, to help kick the tournament off.
Took hours to make that. Well proud of it. Word of Russian fans stealing England flags and posing with them upside down and back to front. Must be their Mischief Mission of the Tournament. They've got a sunderland one. please log in to view this image please log in to view this image please log in to view this image please log in to view this image Very strange. Am I missing something?
The sad truth is that when you hear stories of England fans getting into scuffles it's just very expected that they are in the thick of beginning issues. The facts may be different but there's no shaking the prejudice as it has good cause!
High state of security for other reasons than football. fan misbehaviour could be a diversion for something more sinister so the police have no choice.I think any misbehaving fans will be in for the same treatment for obvious reasons. It will be the polices' fault for over-reacting of course.
In the landscape version I get a lot more information on my screen, poster details, signatures, thread replies&views, who posted on it last etc I don't get any of this in portrait.
what bugs me is we stop all our bad lads from traveling ,but all the nutters from everywhere else can just tappylap along for a ruck
