Violence in Sports

[CKN]

hey,

I am doing my law summative for school and I have to write an essay on "Sports Violence involving the courts". So far it is going pretty good but I don't think I have enough cases yet.

So my request is does anyone have any websites or know anything I can look further into about Violence in sports that have lead to the courts. Any sport works great. Also Hooliganism can also be in there.

Thanks very much to anyone that helps me.

[therockbox]

Eric Cantona karate kicking a Crystal Palace fan (football/soccer). IIRC, he was sentenced to community service as well as being banned from football for a while.

[Turbo Yannis]

Duncan Ferguson got banned and sent to prison for headbutting someone when he was playing for Dundee United.

Edited November 27, 2005 by Ironside

[Guest muddatrucker]

Some Turkish football fans stabbed a couple of Leeds United fans to death a few years back, they usually carry cutthroat razors to games, they're savage cunts.

[Guest Booker T & The MG's]

Duncan Ferguson got banned and sent to prison for headbutting someone when he was playing for Dundee United.

[Renegade]

For something that was funny violence, you could use Paulo Di Canio pushing over Paul Alcock.

Mr Paul Alcock famous for going down like a big girls blouse when Paolo Di Canio gave him a push.

Just before half-time, Patrick Vieira and Petter Rudi drew handbags, Paolo Di Canio kicked Martin Keown’s shin and Paul Alcock sent the latter pair off. Di Canio reacted by pushing the referee, who staggered backwards several paces before splaying like a new-born foal. ‘I gave him a shove, but it was hardly done with force,’ said Paolo. ‘He took sideways steps then fell over in a rather strange way – like someone acting for a penalty.’ Di Canio was banned for 11 games and Alcock threatened to retire. ‘I did not expect to be branded a psycho,’ said Paolo.

http://www.dellah.com/orient/2003/11/03/diving

[Guest Reveen]

How about Todd Bertuzzi? He punched a hockey player in the neck, breaking it. Here a link from Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd_Bertuzzi...ore_incident.22

Edited November 27, 2005 by Reveen

[gunnar hendershow]

Sunderland's chairman got attacked two nights ago.

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=350379&cc=5901

My friend told me it was by a Sunderland supporter, but I don't know if he was right or not.

[Turbo Yannis]

Duncan Ferguson got banned and sent to prison for headbutting someone when he was playing for Dundee United.

That was playing for Rangers against Raith Rovers.

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

There's a helluva lot of scary violence involved in Italian football supporting. Especially between rival clubs like Lazio and Roma, and Juventus and Torino, and Inter and Milan.

[MDK]

Don't forget South American football, they are nuts.

[Scott McFly]

Inter and Milan.

[Different Cloud]

Although I didn't see it, I think there was quite a lot of trouble in Turkey's WC play off?

Last season, there was also a comic incident in the Premiership with 2 players on the same team scrapping with each other (Dyer/Bower). Hopefully someone has a link so I can see that again.

[sirdavinator]

A referee Anders Fisk was whipped in the head by a projectile flung by a Roma “fan”. His blood spilling across the Olimpico pitch, Fisk calls the game at half-time, awarding a 2-0 result to Dynamo Kiev and condemning Roma to a UEFA censure that orders the club's remaining home matches in the Champion's league group phase to be played behind close doors.

[Guest 12characters]

The El Salvador-Honduras soccer war. That was mad shit.

[Kobra]

Hugh Dallas being hit with coins during Old Firm match?

[Lowerdeck]

The whole Ron Artest fighting in the stands at the Pistons-Pacers game last November? That was crazy.

There's also the time Izzy Alcantra kicked the catcher in the facemask and then charged the pitchers mound. That had to have been a few years ago from now.

[IAceI]

Wow, Football/Soccer is a rough sport eh?

As for the Sunderland fan attacking the chairman. Well, it's not his fault. He should have attacked Jon Stead instead...ha...I made a fun- no wait, I didn't.

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Cricket players have been known to call each other "meanies" before ¬_¬.

Some Afridi guy got banned for scraping his foot along the 'wicket' but no court proceedings happened.

[DonaldMick]

What did you have before this?

And did you remember to include Marty McSorley/Donald Brashear from a couple of years ago?

[CKN]

Thanks a lot everyone this has helped me a lot. I mostly only had North American happenings so this was very helpful to expand my report.

Thanks once again