Cardiff police on alert
Police in Cardiff are braced for Best Prada Outlet In Florence violence when the Welsh capital hosts the play-off finals next weekend amid fears Authentic Prada Bags For Sale Philippines that local hooligans will use the end-of-season showpieces as a stage on which to ambush supporters of competing clubs.
Four people were arrested after 600 Cardiff City fans clashed with police in Black Prada Bag Mission Impossible the wake of the Bluebirds’ play-off semi-final defeat to Stoke on Wednesday, and a fifth was charged in connection with offences inside Ninian Park. Now, with Stoke returning to Cardiff to play Brentford next Saturday, and Birmingham appearing at the Millennium Stadium the following day, the potential for trouble is all too clear.
Publicly South Wales Police remain confident that they can oversee the games without any Authentic Prada Leather Handbags trouble purse, though privately both Best Prada Outlet In Milan they and the Football Associa tion of Wales are deeply concerned at the prospect.
Both Stoke and Birmingham are tainted by their own conspicuous, if minority, hooligan elements with Blues’ fans clashing with Cardiff supporters after last season’s Worthington Cup final. Next weekend, the clubs are each likely to bring up to 35,000 fans to the First and Second Division finals
«The matches will all bring their own unique policing challenges,» admitted Superintendent Kevin Tumelty. «We will meet those challenges successfully. We want genuine football fans to come and enjoy these matches and there will be no soft line for hooligans in Cardiff. Authentic Prada Purses Sale South Wales Police will not tolerate anyone intent on causing trouble and spoiling the occasion.»
Cardiff are already due to face Biggest Prada Store In London an FAW hearing on May 16 after violence during and after their FA Cup third-round win over Leeds in January. The authorities are unlikely to take further disciplinary action for Wednesday’s scenes because most of the trouble was outside the stadium, though they could act over objects thrown at Stoke players during the game.
Rushden & Diamonds have made a formal complaint to the police over Black Prada Bag With Gold Hardware an incident involving their midfielder Ritchie Hanlon at the end of Tuesday’s Third Division Alex Pradas Quiles play-off at Rochdale.
Fans invaded the pitch at the end of the match, which Rushden won 2-1 to progress 4-3 on aggregate, and Hanlon, who because of injury was only a spectator, went to the rescue of his team-mate Garry Butterworth, who was allegedly being attacked. Authentic Prada Handbags Online Australia
Hanlon claimed he was struck by a police baton in the ensuing melee and he will make a statement to officers in Wellingborough in the next couple of days.
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