Manchester Arrest Watch

[Paul]

MonTheHoops will be actively monitoring the number of arrests and trouble reported from Manchester while it is transformed in to what will look like the set for the movie "Deliverance". If you hear of any trouble or arrests we ask that you post it here as a record of their latest rampage around Europe, remember this club have been banned from Europe before and if and when they get beat tomorrow expect Armageddon again.

Manchester Arrest Counter
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[Gibbmiester]

pms @ the wee counter.:fing02:

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esl2NNOtHQE

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http://www.manchestereveningnews.co....ed_after_brawl (http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1049692_pub_closed_after_brawl)


CITY centre pub was closed down this afternoon after violence broke out among football fans.

Officers were sent to the Paramount pub on the corner of Portland Street and Oxford Street amid reports of violence between supporters of Rangers and Zenit St Petersburg.

Eyewitnesses said there were up to 400 people inside when bottles and glasses were thrown and the pub was evacuated by staff.

Rangers fan Scott King, 38, claimed the trouble was started after Russian supporters began chanting songs.

He said: "There were about 30 Zenit fans who had just finished a Russian song. The song could have been about anything.

"Then some bottles and glasses starting flying. It wasn't the Rangers fans who started it. There were children and women in there.

"There was about twelve people injured, including a couple of Zenit fans who they kept inside.

"There must have been about 400 people in the pub and they were throwing glasses at the doors."

Three ambulances were sent to the scene and one was still there an hour after the incident just before 3pm. Staff were inside clearing up glass from the floor and rearranging tables. One window was damaged but none of them were smashed.

Boisterous

Ged Murphy, area manager for Wetherspoon, which runs the Paramount pub, said: "It just all got a bit boisterous. Everyone is getting a bit lively now and there was some trouble between two sets of fans.

"There were no attacks on our staff and to be honest, there is virtually no damage. It was not carnage but we decided to close, clear the bar and start afresh.

"We took the decision to close, not the police."

A police spokesman said: "We were called at 2.59pm following reports of fighting inside the pub."

Greater Manchester Police said there had been a total of five arrests elsewhere in the city.

Medics at Manchester Royal Infirmary were treating a steady stream of Rangers fans for minor injuries and drunken-ness during the afternoon.

A spokeswoman confirmed more than 20 supporters had been treated and discharged by 3.40pm today.

"We are expecting a steady flow through the night," she added.

Stricken Rangers fans are being taken to the MRI, North Manchester General and Tameside General Hospitals while injured Zenit supporters will be taken to Hope Hospital in Salford, according to a plan put in place for the game by the North West Regional Ambulance Service.

[Mayoghirl]

pmsl:

Scotland's Shame fan Scott King, 38, claimed the trouble was started after Russian supporters began chanting songs.

He said: "There were about 30 Zenit fans who had just finished a Russian song. The song could have been about anything.

so ye start a fight cos someone has a different language???

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pmsl:

Scotland's Shame fan Scott King, 38, claimed the trouble was started after Russian supporters began chanting songs.

He said: "There were about 30 Zenit fans who had just finished a Russian song. The song could have been about anything.

so ye start a fight cos someone has a different language???i know, its show how stupid these people are.:der::der::der:

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TROUBLE flared in Manchester City centre after the big screen at Piccadilly Gardens failed just before the UEFA Cup final kicked off.

Fans reacted furiously to the technical hitch, pelting the screen with bottles as the game between Rangers and Zenit St Petersburg started at the City of Manchester Stadium.

Rangers fans fought running battles with riot police on Market Street and Oldham Street. The screen originally showed a message saying the problem was being sorted out, but about 15 minutes into the game, it shut down completely.

Rangers fans, who had climbed on trucks, loos and statues to catch a look of the game, began to disperse from the area, while a police helicopter circled above.

Soon, railings surrounding the city centre fanzone had been torn down as angry supporters began squabbling and scuffling between themselves.

By the time police arrived, tempers had reached fever pitch.

A number of fans were hit with batons, and officers had to use riot shields to protect themselves from glass being thrown. Stunned passers-by filmed the action as police pushed the hooligans farther away from Piccadilly.

Before the screen failure, thousands of fans had enjoyed a carnival atmosphere in the city centre in the build up to the game.:pointandlaugh::pointandlaugh:

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A RUSSIAN fan was stabbed outside the City of Manchester football stadium after the UEFA Cup final between Rangers and Zenit St Petersburg.

The fan sustained non-life threatening injuries and six men, believed to be Rangers fans, have been arrested for a serious assault according to police.

Earlier, trouble flared in Manchester City centre after the big screen at Piccadilly Gardens failed just before the game kicked off.

Fans reacted furiously to the technical hitch, pelting the screen with bottles as the game started at the City of Manchester Stadium.

Rangers fans fought running battles with riot police on Market Street and Oldham Street. The screen originally showed a message saying the problem was being sorted out, but about 15 minutes into the game, it shut down completely.

Rangers fans, who had climbed on trucks, loos and statues to catch a look of the game, began to disperse from the area, while a police helicopter circled above.

Soon, railings surrounding the city centre fanzone had been torn down as angry supporters began squabbling and scuffling between themselves.

Tempers

By the time police arrived, tempers had reached fever pitch.

A number of fans were hit with batons, and officers had to use riot shields to protect themselves from glass being thrown. Stunned passers-by filmed the action as police pushed the hooligans farther away from Piccadilly.