He didnt criticise the police for bringing the banning orders against the idiots, just the way that they had done it. I totally understand that

Lancashire Towns---------AccringtonBlackburnBlackpoolBoltonBurnleyBuryChorleyClitheroeColneDarwenLancasterLeighLeylandLythamNelsonPrestonRawtenstall First published on Thursday 29 April 2004: Judge hits out at soccer bans trial A JUDGE has criticised police over moves to ban alleged football hooligans from travelling to Euro 2004 in Portugal. District judge Paul Firth asked why it had taken police five months to bring the matter to court and why the prosecution then expected the defence to be ready to conduct trials in just three weeks.

The Goverment have funded Lancashire Constabulary the £5Million to get rid of football hooligans before the European Championships, which didnt happen where did you read this? The lancashire Evening Telegraph The Times Citizen

Exactly

The Goverment have funded Lancashire Constabulary the £5Million to get rid of football hooligans before the European Championships, which didnt happen

That is a very good point. Surely you are going to get more of these people consuming a LOT more alchohol in and around the town centre, or even around the train station which is very daangerous. I think its more risky to ban these people, at least you know where they are if they are in the ground.

EXACTLY WASTE OF MONEY.

Maybe but what trouble have they caused. I have not seen this web site myself, but £5million is a bit extreme to ban little kids running around in burberry romper suits isn't it.

The so called blackburn hooligans are at Blackburn Magistrates Court tommorow to contest the banning orders bestowed upon them. I just cant believe that there is such a thing as a Blackburn hooligans cult in or around Ewood Park on matchdays. Just think how much this is costing me and you in taxes, apparentley Lancashire constabulary had been given £5 million to stop Blackburn Rovers Hooligans from going to Portugal in the summer of 2004, and yet they they failed to do that, and they still have the nerve to go through with the banning orders just as a matter of principle from what i can gather. What good can come out of this, 15 people banned from going to ewood park, which will costs £5 Million and to top it off it the policeman who is pursuing these banning orders was in court himself earlier in the year, and was accused of being a racist. is it really worth it £5MILLION to ban 15 people i dont think so DO YOU. Has anybody else come accross or seen violence in or around ewood park on a matchday, i certainly have not.