Villan4Life Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Any good greek players or players in greek league to snap up? Konstantinos Mitroglou anyone? http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/31627613 The Greek government has suspended professional football in the country indefinitely. The suspension follows violence at Sunday's Super League match between Olympiakos and Panathinaikos, as well as a brawl between club officials at a board meeting on Tuesday. The league has already been suspended twice this season - in September and November - because of violence. Newly-elected ruling party Syriza have pledged to stamp out the problem. The suspension affects the country's top three divisions. "We have a new government who are looking to bring this subject up for discussion and implement state laws related to it," said Super League president Giorgos Borovilos. "The government wants games to start again as soon as possible, but for that they want to see immediate reactions from all of us." Fans hurled flares, rocks and bottles at officials during Panathinaikos's 2-1 victory over leaders Olympiakos. An executive meeting of Super League officials was then called off after a Panathinaikos official claimed he had been punched by Olympiakos security personnel. The two Athens clubs are known as the 'eternal enemies' and share a fierce rivalry. This season's first suspension was caused by the death of a fan after clashes between supporters of third-division teams Ethnikos Piraeus and Irodotos. The second sanction followed an assault on the assistant director of the refereeing committee. line 'It will make no difference' Greek football journalist Panos Polyzoidis, who was at the Panathinaikos-Olympiakos match, told BBC Radio 5 live: "We saw things that are not unseen before in Greek football. "Flares were thrown at visiting players, but there were a couple of provocative moves by the guest team, Olympiakos. Their chairman and manager went towards the stand and made some gestures inviting people to invade the pitch, and they did, about 20 people, that lasted for five to 10 minutes. "It is difficult to say [how long it will last]. The league was recently suspended, but this decision indicates the government's inability to come up with concrete measures to tackle the problem. "It will make no difference to fans' behaviour. Football-related violence has been going on 30 or 40 years and the state has not taken any systematic measures to tackle problem." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Not the first time its happened is it. I think they will only suspend it for a short period. Sorry state of affairs though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFCforever1991 Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 Take is Olympiakos will still play their Europa League match tomorrow.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderPower_14 Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 It seems really, really easy to just ban anyone who invades the pitch for a decade and ban anyone inciting fans to run on the pitch for a season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 It seems really, really easy to just ban anyone who invades the pitch for a decade and ban anyone inciting fans to run on the pitch for a season. How is that enforceable? Let's say I'm banned from a football ground I can just get someone I know to buy a ticket for me. Jail sentences might be a deterrent, football ground bans are a nonsense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderPower_14 Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 It seems really, really easy to just ban anyone who invades the pitch for a decade and ban anyone inciting fans to run on the pitch for a season. How is that enforceable? Let's say I'm banned from a football ground I can just get someone I know to buy a ticket for me. Jail sentences might be a deterrent, football ground bans are a nonsense. You make security aware of people who are banned with photos etc and kick them out if you see them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 It seems really, really easy to just ban anyone who invades the pitch for a decade and ban anyone inciting fans to run on the pitch for a season. How is that enforceable? Let's say I'm banned from a football ground I can just get someone I know to buy a ticket for me. Jail sentences might be a deterrent, football ground bans are a nonsense. In UK law under the Football (Offences and Disorder) Act of 1999 you can be required to report to a police station up to two hours before a specific game kicks off and stay there until two hours after the final whistle. The police can also ban you from using public transport and/or from entering particular areas (say streets surrounding a stadium, a pub or a city centre) on match days too and they can require you to surrender your passport up to five days before a game kicks off overseas if they believe you are planning to attend. Failure to comply can result in a prison sentence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mic09 Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 I always said that whenever there is any trouble at football matches (in countries such as Greece or Poland) there should be armed snipers on roofs of the stands. Just shoot whoever causes any trouble. I can guarantee football stadiums would be the safest place on the planet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post The_Rev Posted February 26, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted February 26, 2015 Yep. Nothing could possibly go wrong if you had people firing high powered rifles indiscriminately into large crowds. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 I been to a game before and as a greek would never go again. the fans are animals. these people literally have nothing except football. its like life or death when they lose. the safety of fans is awful. their is a lack of CCTV also which doesnt help finding those hooligans. they need to ban away fans and flares from these games that seems only solution Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 I always said that whenever there is any trouble at football matches (in countries such as Greece or Poland) there should be armed snipers on roofs of the stands. Just shoot whoever causes any trouble. I can guarantee football stadiums would be the safest place on the planet. Sounds reasonable. Maybe put tanks behind each goal too, facing toward the crowd. Talk about a deterrent! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa_shere Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 After Olympiacos messed my bet up tonight in the last second I hope they get suspended 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brommy Posted February 26, 2015 Share Posted February 26, 2015 So the ban is to last just one week and only cover their 'Super League'. Their initial use of 'indefinite' made it sound like the ban would last months! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marka Ragnos Posted February 27, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted February 27, 2015 (edited) the fans are animals. these people literally have nothing except football. its like life or death when they lose. ... Why does this sound perfectly reasonable and even kind of cool to me? Edited February 27, 2015 by Shifted To Neutral Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 I been to a game before and as a greek would never go again. the fans are animals. these people literally have nothing except football. its like life or death when they lose. the safety of fans is awful. their is a lack of CCTV also which doesnt help finding those hooligans. they need to ban away fans and flares from these games that seems only solution I've always said we should have a machine gun nest on top of the Trinity Road Stand to get the away fans who always find themselves on the pitch when the opposition score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa89 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 You make security aware of people who are banned with photos etc and kick them out if you see them Like I said, it's not enforceable. "Here's photo's of 25 people who are banned. If you see any of them in the crowd of 50,000 that are coming to the game be sure to kick them out." In UK law under the Football (Offences and Disorder) Act of 1999 you can be required to report to a police station up to two hours before a specific game kicks off and stay there until two hours after the final whistle. Interesting but I suspect it, like a lot of laws, isn't actually enforced or used in the real world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 It's used regularly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 27, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted February 27, 2015 And The Rev would know. He's always texting me for updates on the Villa score as he can't get internet reception in his local police station. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 (edited) I've got my own parking place at Stechford, sadly. Edited February 27, 2015 by The_Rev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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