The combined Maccabi thread - now with are you going? poll

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

MTA derby tonight cancelled due to rioting. 

"The Tel Aviv soccer derby between Maccabi Tel Aviv and Hapoel Tel Aviv was cancelled after fans caused chaos with smoke bombs and fireworks at Bloomfield Stadium. Three police officers and five spectators were injured, while five people were arrested outside the stadium for throwing bottles and stones."

https://www.timesnownews.com/world/middle-east/watch-fans-trigger-smoke-and-firework-chaos-at-maccabi-vs-hapoel-match-football-match-in-tel-aviv-article-153025438

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

https://twitter.com/i/status/1979984740930200013

"Police said that conditions at the stadium were too dangerous to continue, leading to the cancellation just 20 minutes after the scheduled 8.30 pm kickoff. “This was not a football game, but a case of serious disorder and violence,” officials said"

[Brazilian Villain]

https://twitter.com/i/status/1979984740930200013

The smoke bombs are red and white, so looks like they came from the Hapoel fans.

[astonvilla82]

Well, I'm in my seventies but if Tommy two names and his mob turn up I'm ready for a replay of Cable Street.

Keep that twat well away from Villa Park

[Andy_Lochhead_in_the_air]

Well, I'm in my seventies but if Tommy two names and his mob turn up I'm ready for a replay of Cable Street.

Keep that twat well away from Villa Park

Don't worry, there are no replays in Europe any more.

[Ads]

Broomfield? Didn't know they played in Blackpool.

[Stu]

https://twitter.com/i/status/1979984740930200013

The smoke bombs are red and white, so looks like they came from the Hapoel fans.

Yeah tbf the only footage I’ve seen appears to show Hapoel fans and police. I guess it’s possible Maccabi fans were also involved but I don’t want to do what some did the other day and jump in two-footed without knowing the full picture.

[Percy McCarthy]

Those Israeli police must really hate Jews though right?

[Archbishop Herbert Cockthrottle]

Those Israeli police must really hate Jews though right?

At the moment Tommy Robinson is working really hard to see how he can blame this on Starmer.

[andyh]

https://twitter.com/i/status/1979984740930200013

"Police said that conditions at the stadium were too dangerous to continue, leading to the cancellation just 20 minutes after the scheduled 8.30 pm kickoff. “This was not a football game, but a case of serious disorder and violence,” officials said"

Jenrick has posted that it was ‘just bantz’

[adrenachrome]

Stanloi on X:

Opta Stan.
Maccabi Tel Aviv have had 2 match postponements in the last 266 days for public disorder. Aston Villa haven't had 1 in 50,080 days (since 8th September 1888, Football League Matchday 1, the birth of global league football). Home or away.
Gaslit.

[eamonn]

Good lad, Colly. Was sure I saw him score our equaliser at Spurs this afternoon. I had to squint and do a double-take from yesteryear.

[olaftab]

https://twitter.com/i/status/1979984740930200013

The smoke bombs are red and white, so looks like they came from the Hapoel fans.

I think the more important point is football fans from Tel Aviv.  They have different standards.

[dave.woodhall]

You can't but smile at the timing.

[andyh]

HTA are very upset the match was cancelled, saying the events outside and inside the ground ‘made it look like the police were preparing for war’.

Now, why exactly would that be ?? Why would the police feel they needed to be prepared for a ‘war’ ?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cgr4n07509wo

And, a bit more footage from outside the ground

https://youtu.be/f4Nm8M_dsOg?si=W1xurPcd2nOisn-u