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Paul B

By Paul B
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Guest Ant

Guest Ant

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Are the famous man utd going to rome to see the pope?

sutty

sutty

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Wonder if they'll get a taste of Roma fans' usual welcome...

 

Welcome to Rome. Have a knife up your nought

Lee W

Lee W

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Wonder what sort of witty banners they'll be unfurling.....

 

"We all hate Scousers"

 

"We won it two times"

 

"Salford United 15-2"

StevieC

StevieC

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With the trip to Rome there's a sale on United fans' arses - tomorrow night they'll be getting slashed...

 

 

Pops at the Mancs aside, how the f*ck do Roma keep getting away with this? It's patently their fans who are out of control- why not stage the match in a neutral venue if it's got so bad warnings have to be issued?

Bigal

Bigal

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Pops at the Mancs aside, how the f*ck do Roma keep getting away with this? It's patently their fans who are out of control- why not stage the match in a neutral venue if it's got so bad warnings have to be issued?

 

couldnt agree more, we were at a CL group match there and it was awful, bricking and smashing of the coaches, their fans having tear gas used against them.

 

A mate said one of his mate was slashed at the back of his legs. f***ing awful.

Ostrich Man

Ostrich Man

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its ridiculous if european visitors to manchester or liverpool were regularily getting slashed/stabbed etc thered be hell to pay.

 

 

3 middlesbrough fans were done last time werent they.

 

 

if its not in the ground, the authorities dont do diddly

Bigal

Bigal

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thats true, at the game we were at, there bottles being thrown at us, and the police were so busy looking at us, they wouldnt have known, unless they thought it actually rained bottles!

Flight

Flight

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Wonder if they'll get a taste of Roma fans' usual welcome...

 

 

 

United written warnings urge fans to be on guard in Rome

 

 

Manchester United have moved to avert potential trouble by warning supporters of the ?real danger? of being attacked before their Champions League quarter-final, first leg against AS Roma in the Italian capital tomorrow evening.

 

After the incidents of crowd violence in Italy in February, when a policeman was killed, not to mention the history of mayhem between English clubs and Roma in Europe, United have taken the extraordinary step of issuing detailed letters to travelling fans, warning them about the threat of hooliganism, crime and the ?primitive conditions? of facilities in the Olympic Stadium.

 

United are taking about 4,500 supporters to Rome and a further 1,500 are expected to travel without tickets for a match that could generate a hostile atmosphere in a city famed for its culture and elegance.

 

Fans have been urged to take the public transport shuttles to the ground and not to use the metro trains to the Piazzo Faminio, or the Pontenenni bridge, because these are the most common routes taken by Roma?s notorious ?Ultras?. The Campo de Fiori has also been singled out as a no-go area by United.

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* Saha fit to play

 

Last season, three Middlesbrough fans were stabbed and ten were injured in the square during an ambush by about 80 Ultras the night before their Uefa Cup tie. Liverpool have had problems dating back to the 1984 European Cup final, when numerous stabbings were reported. Fourteen Liverpool fans were stabbed by Roma fans before and during a Uefa Cup tie in 2001.

 

While the incidents that blighted United?s 1-0 win away to Lille in the previous round, when supporters were fired on with teargas by riot police at the Félix-Bollaert Stadium in Lens, are fresh in the memory, the death of Filippo Raciti on February 2 after Catania fans went on the rampage at a derby match against Palermo and Roma?s supporters? poor record of behaviour has put United on alert. Supporters will be kept in the stadium for 90 minutes after the match has finished.

 

The letter read: ?Fans of other English clubs who have made their way independently to the stadium have reported on a number of occasions problems with getting back to the city centre after the game and there is a real danger of being attacked by the ?Ultra? fans of AS Roma. We realise that fans travelling independently may not wish to give up that independence, but we ask you to consider your own safety and welfare as being of paramount importance.?

 

Greater Manchester Police are sending three officers to Rome, although there is a fear that the death of Raciti has resulted in a hardening of the Italian police?s zero-tolerance approach.

 

Last night, Roma fans inundated websites with ominous messages about planned acts of violence, although Rosella Sensi, the Italian club?s managing director, said she did not expect any trouble. ?I don?t perceive any tension,? she said.

 

On the pitch, United will not be helped by the absence of Nemanja Vidic, who was confirmed to have suffered a broken collarbone during the 4-1 victory against Blackburn Rovers at Old Trafford on Saturday. United hope that the Serbia defender will be back in ?four or five? weeks, although it is unlikely that he will play again this season.

 

Sir Bobby Charlton has hit out at Real Madrid and Barcelona for attempting to unsettle Cristiano Ronaldo.

 

?I think anybody associated with Manchester United would be perturbed when, a few months before the end of a very important season, someone starts to make claims for Ronaldo,? Charlton said. ?He?s our player and while he?s under contract to us I don?t think it?s anybody?s right to come and hopefully start the process of trying to change him into being one of their players.?

 

 

The Times

 

 

Last night, Roma fans inundated websites with ominous messages about planned acts of violence, although Rosella Sensi, the Italian club?s managing director, said she did not expect any trouble. ?I don?t perceive any tension,? she said.

 

 

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RP

RP

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Funny how it's suddenly a really serious situation. The mancs have sent letters to their travelling fans warning them to be careful and it is front-page news (or back-page at least).

 

Anyone remember that being the case when we have been there?

 

Thought not.

 

Obviously the mancs getting their defence in place early.

Lee W

Lee W

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lol @ the poor 'ickle inbreds abroad with all those nasty Romans.

 

In other news, I'm just wondering when the ticket-tout will "hit out" at the Manc's tapping Owen Hargreaves up for the past two years.

 

Hypocritical old t***.

Ostrich Man

Ostrich Man

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Funny how it's suddenly a really serious situation. The mancs have sent letters to their travelling fans warning them to be careful and it is front-page news (or back-page at least).

 

Anyone remember that being the case when we have been there?

 

Thought not.

 

Obviously the mancs getting their defence in place early.

either that or the powers that be at your club dont really give a f*** about the fans.

Bigal

Bigal

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either that or the powers that be at your club dont really give a f*** about the fans.

 

i only went to the match after the UEFA game, and we were told by the club to meet at a park to get the coaches provided by the club

sutty

sutty

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either that or the powers that be at your club dont really give a f*** about the fans.

 

Warnings were issued with the tickets when I went out there OM.

 

It didn't make the papers though

Ostrich Man

Ostrich Man

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Warnings were issued with the tickets when I went out there OM.

 

It didn't make the papers though

so the press picking up on us doing it and ignoring you doing it is us getting our defence in early.

 

 

style.

 

I wish Niall Quinn was in charge

so do I.

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