Sunday, August 23, 2020
Benteng Stadium Renovations
Regular readers of the blog and or books may recall Benteng Stadium was closed when a local religious organisation declared Persita and Persikota playing football there was haram!
Many will know of the Persija/Persib and Arema/Persebaya rivalries but the Tangerang Derby is another level!
I recall going to a Persita game and there were Persikota fans along the way coming out of alleyways to lob rocks at the rival fans before scurrying back into their warrens.
Their fights have brought the main Jakarta - Merak tolll road to a standstill and when they weren't fighting each other they would fight with local residents near the ground!
http://jakartacasual.blogspot.com/2012/02/closing-fort.html
# posted by Me @ 2:52 PM 
