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Herald lies about Irish football neo-nazi links

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Thursday April 22, 2004 12:29

by Hoops man

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Ultras reject allegations

The Evening Herald have published an article claiming that supporters from Shamrock Rovers are 'forging links' with neo-nazis in Europe.

On Tuesday, the Evening Herald published an article on their front page under the headline 'Irish Soccer Hooligans Plan Riots on the Net - Rovers thugs forge links with neo-nazis'.

The article contains a number of inaccuracies, exaggerations and outright lies about a supporters group known as the Shamrock Rovers Ultras. It alleged that the Ultras plan riots on the internet and have forged links with neo-nazis in Europe.
The Ultras were founded to improve atmosphere at Eircom league football matches. Such has been the success of the group that the FAI invited the Ultras to Ireland matches in order to improve atmosphere there. The Ultras are a non-violent group and are 100% anti-racist. While the allegation that the Ultras plan violence is serious, the slur that they are nazis is completely unfounded and extremely damaging.
The paper then alleged that violence at Eircom league games is "spiralling out of control" - another ridiculous statement with absolutely no foundation.

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Comments (19 of 19)

#	Title	Author	Date
1	Who gives a fuck...	Mrs Doyle	Thu Apr 22, 2004 12:53
2	Actually...	Anti-Fascist	Thu Apr 22, 2004 13:04
3	Gutterism	Dermot L	Thu Apr 22, 2004 14:38
4	Muppets.	Sean Walsh	Thu Apr 22, 2004 14:43
5	LOI	Dermot L	Thu Apr 22, 2004 15:02
6	Some Rovers Fans Are Scum	Bohs Fan	Thu Apr 22, 2004 16:08
7	The Ultras	BohsPartisan	Thu Apr 22, 2004 16:49
8	LOI Show	Newshound	Thu Apr 22, 2004 17:02
9	Sisters of Mercy.	"John" the witness after Marcus.	Thu Apr 22, 2004 17:04
10	Anto-Facist	Hoops man	Thu Apr 22, 2004 17:17
11	rubbish	LTFC	Thu Apr 22, 2004 18:33
12	SRFC Ultras	SRFC Ultras	Thu Apr 22, 2004 18:41
13	Sorry Hoopsman	Anti-Fascist	Thu Apr 22, 2004 19:50
14	GO ON THE HOOPS	SRFC	Fri Apr 23, 2004 14:22
15	Duality	Peter	Mon Apr 26, 2004 16:55
16	rovers passion	Dolyer rovers	Wed May 26, 2004 20:12
17	Doyler Rovers	Red and Black Army	Thu May 27, 2004 14:07
18	My only experience	Football supporter	Sun May 07, 2006 22:24
19	For the love of Jeebus!	sportsman	Mon May 08, 2006 09:55

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