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There was further violence before the Charity Shield game the next day when eye-witnesses described how a 50-strong mob of Liverpool and Cardiff fans attacked Manchester followers in Wood Street.
21
August 2001
Millwall
v Cardiff City
A
potentially explosive mid-week fixture in the first round of the Worthington
Cup. In the event only a few hundred Cardiff fans made the journey to London.
Very few hooligans from Cardiff’s "Soul Crew" went to the Den.
However, after the game, young Millwall fans ran riot in the streets around the ground. Cars and shops were smashed and bricks and bottles were thrown at police long into the night.
9
October 2001
Bristol
City v Cardiff City
The
Cardiff "Soul Crew" hooligans were escorted to the Coliseum pub in Redcliffe
Road. From there they were taken to Ashton Gate. Small groups of Bristol
City hooligans were in touch by mobile phone to their Cardiff counterparts.
They tried to attack the escort at Ashton Park but were held back by the police. After the game 40 or 50 Bristol hooligans attacked Cardiff fans as they left the ground. There was hand to hand fighting before police horses charged in.
29
December 2001
Cardiff
City v Bristol City
The
Bristol City hooligan group of around 300 was escorted from the Old Monk
pub to the ground. On the way they were ambushed by Cardiff’s "Soul Crew",
at Grangetown Station. The police baton charged the Cardiff hooligans.
During the game coins, cans and bottles of urine were thrown. Innocent fans were terrified. Cardiff hooligans racially abused Bristol City fans and ripped up seats.
After the game, Bristol fans returning to their cars and coaches were pelted with stones. Cardiff hooligans then fought with police for up to an hour. A local photographer was beaten unconscious.
6
January 2002
Cardiff
City v Leeds United
Around
200 Leeds hooligans travelled by coach to Hereford, where they boarded
a train to Cardiff. They were escorted to the ground. A small group of
Cardiff attempted to ambush them on Sloper Road, but were easily pushed
back by the police.
Leeds hooligans racially abused Asian families on the way to the ground. Outside the ground the Leeds escort was pelted with missiles.
During the match missiles were thrown at Leeds fans, who returned many of them. At full time Cardiff fans invaded the pitch and were prevented from attacking the Leeds supporters by riot police and dogs.
26
February 2002
Huddersfield
Town v Cardiff City
Four
football fans were arrested even though the match was called off due to
a waterlogged pitch. A large group of Cardiff hooligans in the Cherry Tree
pub was surrounded by police. Officers from four different police forces
escorted the Cardiff coaches down the M1, blocking off exits with motorcycle
riders.
2
March 2002
Northampton
Town v Cardiff City
There
was a brawl involving more than 50 people at the Sixfields leisure complex
in Weedon Road, shortly before the final whistle. Missiles were thrown
and nearby drinkers were showered with glass as windows were smashed.
30
March 2002
Chesterfield
v Cardiff City
Rival
fans fought with each other both before and after the match. Missiles were
thrown and the police came under attack as hooligans from both teams tried
to get at each other. The trouble lasted well into the evening.
1
May 2002
Cardiff
City v Stoke City
Five
people were arrested as trouble erupted after Cardiff lost in the Division
Two play-off match.
Around 600 Cardiff fans gathered outside their Ninian Park stadium after the match as 800 Stoke fans were leaving.
Three police officers needed hospital treatment following the disturbance while a number of others suffered minor injuries.
Officers using batons struggled to keep the two sets of fans apart as missiles - including stones, bottles and fence posts - were thrown from the Cardiff side.
28
April 2002
Stoke
City v Cardiff City
After
the notorious fixture between these clubs in April 2000, police mounted
one of the largest operations in the history of the domestic game. Staffordshire
police, a small force of just 2,000 officers, called on other forces to
turn out a thousand officers on the day.
The game was stopped for 7 minutes as the police attempted to arrest Stoke hooligans in the ground. After the game police were pelted with stones. Cardiff owner Sam Hamamm had his car vandalised.
13
May 2002
Cardiff
City v Swansea City
Rival
fans threw bricks and bottles at each other after trouble flared at the
end of the FAW Cup final at Ninian Park. Riot police and mounted officers
were used to keep groups of fans apart.
Several supporters tore down dividing fences in a bid to get at each other but were eventually forced back to their coaches by police. One police officer was taken to hospital with a shoulder injury.
South Wales Police had arrested 34 people before the game in an operation aimed at preventing trouble.
