Feyenoord: "Behavior of fans was backward"

Friday 28 November 2008

General Director of Feyenoord Eric Gudde has sharply condemned the behavior of part of the Feyenoord fans on Thursday night during the game away to Deportivo la Coruña.

"That was ridiculous, backward really. This is a bog blow to the club," Gudde said after his team had gone down without chance (3-0).

During half-time and at the start of the second half 'fans' of Feyenoord broke up chairs and threw them over the edge of the stand on Spanish fans below them.

Fortunately no one got hurt as the Spanish fans were able to get to safety in time.

"Where do you get the idea to start throwing chairs around?" Gudde said bewildered.

"That is so uncalled for. I have come to understand that is was only a relatively small group of some 10 to 15 people who were involved. We've caught them all on tape and they can count on a stadium ban and we shall try to take out the damages on them. Perhaps we will even get the police in Holland involved."

UEFA have not yet reacted on the new trouble with Feyenoord fans, but there is a good chance that Feyenoord get a serious penalty for the misbehaving fans.

Two years ago Feyenoord were evicted from the UEFA Cup when fans misbehaved in Nancy and before there had been a long list of incidents with so called fans of the Rotterdam club.

At the same time supporters of Ajax caused trouble in downtown Hamburg on Thursday afternoon, mainly in bars where they were awaiting the game.