Europa League 2025-26

[DaveD]

Aston Villa can confirm the club has been informed that no away fans may attend the UEFA Europa League match with Maccabi Tel Aviv on Thursday, November 6, following an instruction from the Safety Advisory Group.

West Midlands Police have advised the SAG that they have public safety concerns outside the stadium bowl and the ability to deal with any potential protests on the night.

Absolutely shameful decision by WMP. Do..your..job. Banning Jews for their own safety is just pathetic.

And anyone who thinks this isn't going to rebound on Villa, despite the club being blameless, is hopelessly naive.

[Sexual Ealing]

Urgh, it really feels like this is about to become a "Big Talking Point" amongst the stupidest parts of the political right.

Can they not just piss off and stop being quite so silly?

Like Tim Farron and Kier Starmer?

Yes, them too. Exactly.

[cdbearsfan]

Starmer thought there was a chance he could enjoy some Muslims getting a kicking and didn't want to miss out.

Maybe we should have told him the Maccabi fans were carrying placards, then he would be frightened.

[Dave]

Urgh, it really feels like this is about to become a "Big Talking Point" amongst the stupidest parts of the political right.

Can they not just piss off and stop being quite so silly?

Like Tim Farron and Kier Starmer?

If they think they need to weigh in on it, absolutely. The twats.

I'm pretty sure their days aren't spent on the minutiae of football policing, and the various factors that the SAG consider. So sure, bollocks to them and stop making Villa matches your (helpful idiom) political football of the day.

[AV82EC]

Aston Villa can confirm the club has been informed that no away fans may attend the UEFA Europa League match with Maccabi Tel Aviv on Thursday, November 6, following an instruction from the Safety Advisory Group.

West Midlands Police have advised the SAG that they have public safety concerns outside the stadium bowl and the ability to deal with any potential protests on the night.

Absolutely shameful decision by WMP. Do..your..job. Banning Jews for their own safety is just pathetic.

And anyone who thinks this isn't going to rebound on Villa, despite the club being blameless, is hopelessly naive.

They’re not banning Jews though are they? They’re banning a bunch of antagonistic Israeli hooligans. Or did Amsterdam last year pass you by?

[cdbearsfan]

Aston Villa can confirm the club has been informed that no away fans may attend the UEFA Europa League match with Maccabi Tel Aviv on Thursday, November 6, following an instruction from the Safety Advisory Group.

West Midlands Police have advised the SAG that they have public safety concerns outside the stadium bowl and the ability to deal with any potential protests on the night.

Absolutely shameful decision by WMP. Do..your..job. Banning Jews for their own safety is just pathetic.

And anyone who thinks this isn't going to rebound on Villa, despite the club being blameless, is hopelessly naive.

Were the police being anti-Polish when they banned Legia supporters for acting like twats?

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They didn't ban them. The Poles had a strop because they wanted (the Ultras) to hand out tickets for their tiny away following. Absolutely get fucked they were told and much mayonnaise was lost in the aftermath.

[Brazilian Villain]

But Ayoub Khan, the independent MP for Birmingham Perry Barr, said he welcomed the news that Maccabi Tel Aviv fans would "not be permitted to watch the match at Aston Villa!"

He added: "Well done to all those that signed our petition!"

The petition, signed by Mr Khan and his fellow MP Jeremy Corbyn, attracted 3,861 signatures.

3,861? Martyn's posts on Threads get more likes than that.

[DaveD]

Aston Villa can confirm the club has been informed that no away fans may attend the UEFA Europa League match with Maccabi Tel Aviv on Thursday, November 6, following an instruction from the Safety Advisory Group.

West Midlands Police have advised the SAG that they have public safety concerns outside the stadium bowl and the ability to deal with any potential protests on the night.

Absolutely shameful decision by WMP. Do..your..job. Banning Jews for their own safety is just pathetic.

And anyone who thinks this isn't going to rebound on Villa, despite the club being blameless, is hopelessly naive.

They’re not banning Jews though are they? They’re banning a bunch of antagonistic Israeli hooligans. Or did Amsterdam last year pass you by?

If you've read every source on what happened on Amsterdam and you still want to blame it all on Maccabi supporters, I'm afraid there's no help for you.

[cdbearsfan]

I don't think anyone thinks they're all to blame. A huge number of them acted like violent twats, though, just as not all Legia fans were to blame but they were all banned from attending.

If Maccabi fans are looking for someone to blame, they need to look at the fans that smashed up Athens and targeted Muslims, not WMP who are trying to stop them doing the same in Birmingham.

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On that basis Millwall would not be allowed out of Surrey Queys.

[PeterWithesShin]

On that basis Millwall would not be allowed out of Surrey Queys.

Is that how Manuel spells it?

[tomd2103]

Sensible decision. There would be plenty of people milling about with no interest in the game whatsoever with an intent to cause trouble.

There still will be.

Yep.  Haven't heard the last of this I'm guessing.  Think there will be calls now for the game to.be played behind closed doors unfortunately.

[Dave]

Sensible decision. There would be plenty of people milling about with no interest in the game whatsoever with an intent to cause trouble.

There still will be.

Yep.  Haven't heard the last of this I'm guessing.  Think there will be calls now for the game to.be played behind closed doors unfortunately.

Calls from whom, and on what grounds?

[AV82EC]

Aston Villa can confirm the club has been informed that no away fans may attend the UEFA Europa League match with Maccabi Tel Aviv on Thursday, November 6, following an instruction from the Safety Advisory Group.

West Midlands Police have advised the SAG that they have public safety concerns outside the stadium bowl and the ability to deal with any potential protests on the night.

Absolutely shameful decision by WMP. Do..your..job. Banning Jews for their own safety is just pathetic.

And anyone who thinks this isn't going to rebound on Villa, despite the club being blameless, is hopelessly naive.

They’re not banning Jews though are they? They’re banning a bunch of antagonistic Israeli hooligans. Or did Amsterdam last year pass you by?

If you've read every source on what happened on Amsterdam and you still want to blame it all on Maccabi supporters, I'm afraid there's no help for you.

Where did I blame it all on Maccabi supporters?