Shibby Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 Tottenham's next Uefa Cup opponents Feyenoord have been excluded from this season's competition. Uefa has banished the Dutch club after the crowd trouble during their match in France against Nancy on 30 November. The group stage game had to be stopped for half an hour because of trouble in the stands as Feyenoord trailed 3-0. Feyenoord were set to play Tottenham in the last 32 knockout stage of the Uefa Cup but Spurs are now likely to get a bye into the next round. Feyenoord had originally been fined ?81,000 and handed a suspended sentence to play two matches in an empty stadium. The decision was taken by Uefa's independent Control and Disciplinary board, but European football's governing body appealed the decision for a harsher punishment. "The appeal by Feyenoord against the original punishment handed down by the Uefa Control and Disciplinary Body was rejected," said a Uefa statement. "Feyenoord were also ordered to contact Nancy regarding settlement of the damages." Uefa are expected to confirm next week whether Spurs will get a bye, which appears the most plausible option. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/6278299.stm Well it seems UFEA have not got any time for such troubles. Good on them for taking a stance against such problems. Why is it that alot of the european clubs suffer from thugs in the game? England had it's fair share with pretty much most clubs in the 70's having it's own firm. At least most of our thugs are now old and cause no problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martyn Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 Lucky Spurs. Shame for Feyenoord though, feel sorry for them as generally they have nice fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kriz Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 **** yeah. We would have beaten them anyway ;) Feyenoord do generally have nice fans, but the hooligans are absolutely brutal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rappy Veteran Posted January 19, 2007 Veteran Share Posted January 19, 2007 It seems Uefa might make the 4th place team play spurs if they don't let them have a bye... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarStorm Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 Spurs (Y)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 as much as its good that uefa are doing something but, why should a club be punished for something that is near on impossible for them to control? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shibby Posted January 19, 2007 Author Share Posted January 19, 2007 as much as its good that uefa are doing something but, why should a club be punished for something that is near on impossible for them to control? it is possible to control. Look at english clubs, they manged to control and kill the problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rappy Veteran Posted January 20, 2007 Veteran Share Posted January 20, 2007 I remember reading lately that during a PSG game a fan got killed by a gang...thats just wrong and even worse then Feyenoord problem :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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