Maccabi Tel Aviv football club banned

It's not the Israeli fans they are worried about. It's the morons who will take this as an opportunity to attack them.

ronib

I thought, this not being my specialty, that fans from rival teams could be placed in separate stands in the grounds with separate entrances?

The problems often arise outside the venues and those wishing to cause trouble will find their quarry.

If there is a severe safety issue then ban all fans. Have a closed matches as they did in the pandemic.
I do think it's sending the wrong message to ban Maccabi.
The fault lies with people who seem to believe all Jews are responsible for Gaza. It's utterly ridiculous.

I thought, this not being my specialty, that fans from rival teams could be placed in separate stands in the grounds with separate entrances?

Maremia

The Club must surely know the names of their fans involved in the disturbances last time they were abroad.

Are you under the false impression that it was only the Tel Aviv fans in the Netherlands at fault?
Ajax fans behaved like animals.

Rosie51 exactly what I was going to write.
Play the game away from Birmingham and let another police force manage the security if they can’t.
The police and clubs seem to manage elsewhere.

Aston Villa are just giving in to antisemitism and bullying. They can sugar coat it anyway they like but the truth is they are banning the victim not the aggressor. If they can't provide adequate security perhaps they should forgo home advantage and play the game in Tel Aviv?
I wonder if they'd be happy to accept their fans being blanket banned from away fixtures?

The Club must surely know the names of their fans involved in the disturbances last time they were abroad.

Our nephews are season ticket holders at Villa Park and will attend this match. The family would be extremely worried if the opposition fans attended.

crowd not crown!

ronib

I always thought that the police force ensured the safety of football fans?

No ronib- they police the community- ensuring safe behaviour outside the ground and on entering and exiting. They are not employed by the football club to police the crown inside.

I always thought that the police force ensured the safety of football fans?

I think that the football club are responsible for the fans safety - perhaps they don’t feel up to it?

Perhaps do what other Clubs decide when they have already identified 'problem' supporters? Ban the transgressors from travelling abroad to the venue. There is precedence for this.