Fans banned from match

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WTAF?!

https://news.sky.com/story/maccabi-tel-aviv-fans-will-not-be-allowed-to-attend-aston-villa-match-amid-safety-concerns-13451240

Maccabi Tel Aviv fans banned due to safety concerns AGAINST them?

Since when is it ok to victim blame and penalise people who have done nothing wrong? Surely the right course of action would be either to ban ALL fans of both sides or better police the event?

So are Jews not welcome at sports games now? Because some people are racist bullies?

I genuinely can’t believe this has been allowed. Where does it end? Can Jews no longer safely access society? What if the risk is high elsewhere, will they be banned then?

What do you think? AIBU to think this is discriminatory and a slippery slope?

Given the location of the Villa ground this is probably a sensible move. I imagine mass “free Palestine” crowd in the vicinity

Wouldnt it be more sensible to punish those who promote and partake in hate crime?

Antisemitism is acceptable here.

Gosh of course it would but the reality is that the safety of the fans would be hugely compromised.

Quite.

Will they extend this safety control method to ban women from the streets at night as we know it’s not safe?

Im honestly shocked.

But their liberties are being removed.

Why don’t they ban both sets of fans?

Jew-hate has become legitimised and condoned in the UK in 2025. Horrified, but not surprised

Did Ukrainians storm Russian towns, slaughter 1200 people and kidnap innocent civilians, returning some alive 2 years later and some dead bodies, some yet to be returned?

No?

Israel, like Russia, shouldn’t even be playing until Netanyahu has been handed over to the ICJ for war crimes.

This is boring now. Israel are commiting genocide. Fact

Not fact.

😂😂 of course. Sorry all the hundreds of organisations, including prominent Jewish ones are lying.

Don’t macabi fans have a reputation for being vile and violent? Probably for the best to keep everyone safe.

Wow! There are shameful attitudes on this site.

I didn’t say it wasn’t genocide. I abhor what’s been going on BOTH sides, awful. But you can’t compare Russia and Israel, the wars started for completely different reasons.

Well done Aston Villa. Macabi Tel Aviv fans terrorised local people in Amsterdam in Nov 24. when they played Ajax. They targeted Arab taxi drivers and beat them up, went through Arab/Asian districts shouting racist slogans at the communities and harassing women.
They are well known thugs throughout the football world.

Source of that info please?

I agree with you wholeheartedly.

It’s a fucking disgrace.

This is England. 2025. 😢

Why do you ask when you know?
Utterly vile and complete hooligans. It’s good they’re banned.

www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/11/what-happened-amsterdam-israeli-football-fans

Then don’t let anyone attend the match if they can’t control the crowds.

I understand where you’re coming from but similarly, the police do sometimes need to be pragmatic.

No the Israelis have gone back to Israel. It’s Hamas who are now shooting Palestinians. Look at the news.

The first incidents were reported on Wednesday evening, the day before the match. Police say Maccabi fans tore a Palestinian flag down from the facade of a building and burned it, shouted “fuck you, Palestine”, and vandalised a taxi.

Verified social media videos show Maccabi fans setting off flares and fireworks and chanting in Hebrew “olé, olé, let the IDF [Israel Defense Forces] win, we will fuck the Arabs”. The Dutch national broadcaster NOS, other local media outlets and Amsterdam city hall officials also reported that fans chanted that there were “no children” left in Gaza.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/11/what-happened-amsterdam-israeli-football-fans