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At a rally organized by students against the Italy’s Interior Minister, Roberto Maroni, in Bologna, some ultras elements showed up to protest against the supporter’s card (tessera del tifoso).
During the protest some incidets occured, 2 policemen injured, 1 ultras arrested but for only a couple of minutes:
One of Hammarby’s top groups, Ultra Boys, celebrated 10 years of existance at the game against GAIS.
Here is a video from this game:
A day of rain and clouds and – for the record – Austria Salzburg won their last home game 3-0 against this season’s closest rivals, Grünau, in front of the expected full house of 2250 fans. For lovers of tautology that was the third consecutive promotion on the trot. Goals from Lubo Neubauer, Stefan Leitner and Xandi Seywald put the lid on a difficult and ultimately decisive season for the team and the supporters. After the first two seasons of thrashing hamlet teams and tractor boys, this year was the first time the side had really had to battle, and despite being up against it on a number of occasions, somehow – bar Bürmoos – there had always been a happy end. And that’s part of what Saturday was really all about.
At this point I have to remind the five people reading this abroad who aren’t familiar with the story just what this is all about; partly a question of sponsorship vs. ownership but above all a question of identity and pride. Three years ago Red Bull came in to buy a financially ailing Austria Salzburg, which at the time seemed OK; just that without asking the fans or taking the history of the club into consideration, the decision was taken to re-establish the club with a new name, Red Bull Salzburg, and to eradicate a long tradition of playing in purple and white in favour of introducing the corporate colours of the sticky drinks giant – red and white.
While convicted, Loris, a brother and a great friend of mine, asked me: “How is it going with the terraces?” It wasn’t meant to be a rhetorical question. In fact, this question sounded more or less like, “How’s mummy?”
A mother: a big water melon slice made of cement is like a mother to us.
A motherly arc where, everyday, the bodies of those who stay together all their lives swarm. If you live in a big city and you support a great team, you cannot possibly understand what a fan of Cosenza or Ancona feels like. Everything is wide in great cities, even supporters groups.
And that’s the big deal. I couldn’t lie to Loris, I had to tell him the truth. Our group had become a crowd of small groups. The greatness of the 1980s was just a memory. Nuclei Sconvolti didn’t exist anymore and you could feel it, especially when we played away. I read Valerio’s book. He explains the phenomenon clearly. Marchi often goes to the UK. He was one of the first to describe the firm phenomenon, and what happened in the 1980s, when supporters began to understand that it was necessary to disguise themselves. No more picturesque looks, no more chants, no more choreographed parades.
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