Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Fighting football fans block highway
Nothing really to do with football other han perhaps a way the media love to use the concept of football hooilgans as mordern day boogie men to sell stories.
Some lads were yesterday playing football in a field by their village when some kids turned up and started throwing rocks at them. The footballers responded and an all out brawl ensued that spilled on to the nearby Jakarta - Merak toll road causing lengthy tailbacks for the good citizens in their cars.
Things is some of the attackers were wearing colours of Persita while some of those playing were apparently fans of Tangerang rivals Persikota. Hence the local media reports have added the football angle to their coverage.
Of course it may have been a planned 'meet' or a settling of scores between the rival fans. We'll never really know.
Mind you Tangerang does seem to attract more than its fair share of football related stuff. In the last few days we've seen brawls in nearby Karawaci and four Persikota fans shot at by air guns after another game.
Some lads were yesterday playing football in a field by their village when some kids turned up and started throwing rocks at them. The footballers responded and an all out brawl ensued that spilled on to the nearby Jakarta - Merak toll road causing lengthy tailbacks for the good citizens in their cars.
Things is some of the attackers were wearing colours of Persita while some of those playing were apparently fans of Tangerang rivals Persikota. Hence the local media reports have added the football angle to their coverage.
Of course it may have been a planned 'meet' or a settling of scores between the rival fans. We'll never really know.
Mind you Tangerang does seem to attract more than its fair share of football related stuff. In the last few days we've seen brawls in nearby Karawaci and four Persikota fans shot at by air guns after another game.
# posted by Me @ 9:13 AM 
